Development and Quality: Reply to Agile Diary
Former WiZiQ product manager Vikrama Dhiman responded to one of my tweets with a full-blown blogpost, thereby giving support to Matt Mullenweg‘s point that microblogging goes hand-in-hand with...
View ArticleHomeroasting and Coffee Geekness
I’m a coffee geek. By which I mean that I have a geeky attitude to coffee. I’m passionate about the crafts and arts of coffee making, I seek coffee-related knowledge wherever I can find it, I can talk...
View ArticleLanding On His Feet: Nicolas Chourot
Listening to Nicolas Chourot‘s début album: First Landing (available on iTunes). Now, here’s someone who found his voice. A few years ago, Nicolas Chourot played with us as part of Madou Diarra &...
View ArticleWhy I Need an iPad
I’m one of those who feel the iPad is the right tool for the job. This is mostly meant as a reply to this blogthread. But it’s also more generally about my personal reaction to Apple’s iPad...
View ArticleI Hate Books
In a way, this is a followup to a discussion happening on Facebook after something I posted (available publicly on Twitter): “(Alexandre) wishes physical books a quick and painfree death. / aime la...
View ArticleIntimacy, Network Effect, Hype
Is “intimacy” a mere correlate of the network effect? Can we use the network effect to explain what has been happening with Quora? Is the Quora hype related to network effect? I really don’t feel a...
View ArticleOpen Letter: UnivCafé Testimonial
Here’s a slightly edited version of a message I sent about University of the Streets Café. I realize that my comments about it may sound strange for people who haven’t participated in one of their...
View ArticleConcierge-Style Service
Disclaimer: This is one of those blogposts in which I ramble quite a bit. I do have a core point, but I take winding roads around it. It’s also a post where I’m consciously naïve, this time talking...
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Santé encourageante
Il y a un an, jour pour jour, aujourd’hui, j’étais dans un piteux état, physiquement. Aujourd’hui, je suis dans la meilleure forme physique que j’ai été depuis au moins dix ans. Une chance que j’ai eu...
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BBQ Documentation
Did my inaugural cook in the 14.5″ Weber Smokey Mountain my lifepartner is giving me for my birthday (she knows I don’t like surprises). Will probably post some written notes of my smoking endeavours,...
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Jobs and Satisfaction
This one is more of a web log entry than my usual ramblings. Executive Summary: Life Is Good. Been able to deal with several issues, recently. Nothing really big. But showing me that my life really has...
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Banality of Heroism
Wow! I’m speechless! Open Source » Blog Archive » The Banality of Evil, Part II Well, ok. Not completely speechless. Not even one of the most insightful interviews I’ve heard in a long long while can...
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Bread and Satisfaction
It’s not humble to say so but, man, is my bread good! I’m truly impressed with my latest loaf. It ended up tasting pretty much like baguette, although I didn’t shape it as a stick. As with beer,...
View ArticlePraises for AT&T
Wow! I’m impressed. No, I’m not a shill for AT&T. And I’m not even an AT&T customer yet. So, what am I impressed by? Customer service. Quality of customer service. Customer service...
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Ce que mes amis sont devenus
On a bien vieilli! Quelques anciens de Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain C’est-tu pas une belle gang, ça? Nous étions quelques anciens de l’école primaire Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain de Laval à bruncher ensemble en ce...
View ArticleAnswers on Expertise
As a follow-up on my previous post… Quest for Expertise « Disparate. (I was looking for the origin of the “10 years or 10,000 hours to be an expert” claim.) Interestingly enough, that post is getting a...
View ArticleMac Tip #1: Get RAM
Part of the Back in Mac series.(Series created on August 13, 2011, and applied retroactively…) Two years ago, I’ve said something similar about my XP machine (emachines H3070). But now that I’m...
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Happiness Anniversary
A year ago today, I found out that I was, in fact, happy. Not that I suddenly became happy. It’s just that, at that moment, I realized that I had reverted back to my happy self. After about twelve...
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