Castellar
Joyeux Noël!!! depuis Castellar où après 2 jours de pluie on découvre enfin le vrai visage de la Côte d’Azur…
Category: Misc
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-21
- Can not find neither Rolle nor Neuchâtel on Foursquare. It sucks :-) #
- True: "If you are a Gmail user/Google user, you will end up as an Android user" (don't remember where I read that) #
- loves that playlist… http://bit.ly/6J2SzD awesome! #
- @mtrends Google phone… the disruption will be on the price (almost free) and on the almost built-in services in reply to mtrends #
- Pas mal le vendredi soir du Caprice Festival http://bit.ly/5DlZqT
#festival # - RT @Netsabe Lip-Dubs : Capitol attaque Vimeo http://bit.ly/8gPwc0 http://bit.ly/5g468m <- la faute à c'te saloperie d'UMP je pense… #
- a observé qu'une "valaisanne" c'était quasiment un pré-requis pour travailler chez Interdiscount #
- Affaire HSBC… y'a pas un politique français pour faire la leçon sur ce qu'est un état de droit ? j'aimerais en savoir un peu plus… #
- Going on vacation tip 1: unsubscribe from hight traffic mailing list #yam #
- encore une raison pour arrêter d'acheter sa musique… font ièche ses maisons de disque http://bit.ly/8ufTKy #
- Going on vacation tip 2: zero email inbox… done. ok a few left in "action" folder for when I return #yam #
- Going on vacation tip 3: set up your "out of office" email in outlook #yam #
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A Google phone ? what about a Google netbook ? and both for free…
“If you are a Gmail user/Google user, you will end up as an Android user” (don’t remember where I read that)
Here is some notes from a reading in WSJ and the Consumer Forrester blog.
Few take away (speculations, nothing is confirmed by Google)…
– The phone will be directly sold to consumer (direct sale without going through the carriers, hense unlock)
– Code name: Nexus One
– Manufactured by HTC
– Running Android
– Google designed the entire software experience (applications and “look and feel”)
Managing both personal and work agendas
In my move to Google services (more generally going “all cloud”), I started to use Gmail (love it though there are rooms for improvement regarding the UI) but I also wanted to start using Google Calendar.
Before: One agenda that contains both work and personnal information hosted in Outlook at work. I synched it with mobile device over USB or bluetooth. Pros: one agenda with all my appointements and todo in one place, can take it with me on my phone, nothing in the cloud (no “corporate” securiy issue). Cons: Mixing both professional and private appointments, I can not share it, no access control (my management could see my personal appointment ?).
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-14
- wikio merging with ebuzzing…. http://bit.ly/4K4ER9
Now we know how wikio ranking is done :-) always been fuzzy, now it is clear… # - @oliviertripet thanks j'avais pas vu in reply to oliviertripet #
- @Drl79 j'ai vu ça! je vois qu'on occupe bien sa semaine de congé :-) in reply to Drl79 #
- is in need of a new coffee machine. Red would be nice :-) #nespresso #leweb #
- ouououh le flow de tweet augmente ça va être saoûlant… merci à la fonction "mute" de Brizzly #
- @tkernen mee too I am spammed by #leweb updates. Too noisy. When using Brizzly you can mute temporarily (or not) following #
- haha leweb website http://bit.ly/5ILtJx is down!! in need of some caffeine ? :-) #Nespresso #leweb #
- well people there probably did not notice as there is a good chance they do not have wifi :-) #leweb #
- @Korben http://twitpic.com/sstry – Magnifique le stand #nespresso à #leweb , j'en connais un qui n'est pas en reste! #
- c'qui faut pas faire pour une machine à café! #
- @cyrillamblard je serais passé si j'étais sur place :-) tu feras une bise à Rémi et la famille :-) in reply to cyrillamblard #
- RT @swissfred: Cisco turns 25. Happy Birthday. Yeap Happy Birthday!!! #
- http://bit.ly/8TEekZ
mon dieu… ils tiennent vraiment à faire concurrence au PS dans la médiocrité ? tant mieux (via @julienhenzelin) #
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iPhone: QR Code reader for everyone
Yesterday Google announced that they have mailed out window stickers with two-dimensional QR Codes to the most-searched for or clicked-on businesses in its local business directory. The goal is to have them displaying in there windows so that by scanning them you will get all sorts of information about the business like phone number, photos, customer reviews,…
If you have a QR Code reader on your cell phone you can wave it in front of the barcode and you will be transported from the physical to the digital world.
An idea not so new… I am sure some persons have thought about it but Google just has the resources to effectively do it. They even partnered with Quickmark to distribute 40’000 pieces of their software for iPhone for free (instead of $1.99). iPhone owner go ahead and download it!
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-07
- The exhaustive Google Products list: http://u.go2.me/3WT #yam #
- has now Chromium OS running on an USB key on its eeepc (that also runs Jolicloud) #yam #chromium #
- quelqu'un a des pointeurs pour ce qui est de la législation en suisse sur le copyright. A qui appartient les commentaires d'un blog ? #
- will not go to Mobile Monday next week… #yam #lin #
- @mfmanca mine too… in reply to mfmanca #
- like the new Lift Conference poster, neat! http://bit.ly/5h1tZV #
- feels completely relieved… "Google Tries Not To Be a Black Hole of Brilliance" http://bit.ly/5e7uQQ #yam #
- 0-1 à la Roma… :-) nickel tip top #
- @celuiqui Thierry, Henry, Marc :-) #
- Thanks to @Raphaelbriner found out about La Cuillère Suisse http://bit.ly/8jUyWy
and just ordered a few to test it :-) # - les commentaires du tirage au sort sont à suivre sur PF: http://bit.ly/5l2jYa #
- is wondering what is Google cooking for monday…. #lin #yam #
- ouais je me réjouis! RT @Couleur3: réglez vos réveils: Couleur 3 s'éclate,ça commence demain à 6h-en direct de Sidney! http://bit.ly/8zlft7 #
- is listening Sophie Hunger on its commute. Like it… #
- RT @oliviertripet: Écologie:Ouverture du 1er Podcast Suisse dédié à ce thème http://bit.ly/4mNFlm
<- "podcast" ?? il est où le podcast ?? # - @QuickMark why available to the US Store only ? I'd love to try your app! in reply to QuickMark #
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Going Google
Last week I decided to leave aside my doubts about Google and went “all Google“. I am already an user of many Google services (like Adsense, Analytics, Google Docs,…) but I am in the process of integrating Gmail and Google Calendar in my workflow. Big move to host those datas in the Google Cloud but the services look good enough and they are so well packaged with nice features that it is probably worth it. I am not 100% sure I can trust Google but I have to reckon that so far they have been pretty good at not fooling around with my datas and hopefully it will remain like that (why would not they?). Also, unlike some “competitors”, they do not try to lock you down by “encrypting” your datas in some proprietary formats, you can always move away with your datas in an interoperable format.
Coincidentally I have been playing around with an Android phone and it appears quite obvious now that any Google user will end up as an Android user (if it is not done yet).
Right now I am trying to find the best possible way to move and manage my agenda with Google Doc, Outlook, my phone… more on that later.
One more thought, I might be about to fully trust Google but I am still wondering if the monopol they are building up on the internet is not dangerous.
Testing Jolicloud
New tools
I thought that my iPhone was broken yesterday night. I plugged it on my computer to charge it and synch it with iTunes for my weekly dose of podcasts and the screen turned suddenly black (“à la” windows blue screen) and that’s it, no way to switch on again.
I had to quickly found alternatives tools… on the left an iPod 1st gen (I bet you have not seen one of this for quite some time mmh ?), and on the right an HTC Magic phone. Both needed to be charged but are working just fine. The Android phone gets the preference over my good old N95 because I wanted to take the opportunity of trying out “new” Google OS.
It actually appears that a hard reboot was enough to heal my iPhone. I did not think of it at first because I am used to simply remove the battery on my N95 but it does seem quite obvious now (more and more often I do really wonder if I am really an engineer…).
I have to admit that I was a bit scarred to live without my iPhone but despite its recovery I will be testing the HTC Magic for a while… and might report here my thoughts.