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"… there are never any columns showing percentage changes. Ballmer believes people ought to do..."

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:49:05 +0200

“… there are never any columns showing percentage changes. Ballmer believes people ought to do that in their heads. It saves space on the paper for more numbers.”

- Fortune July 2008, On Ballmer’s way of dealing with data. No wonder why I just can’t use their software.

Dear RedBull, can I rent an office in your HQ ?

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:22:00 +0200

Dear RedBull, can I rent an office in your HQ ?

Thx Albertine !

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:01:00 +0200

Thx Albertine !

So simple & so good

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:07:00 +0200

Do you like good meat ?

Without any further information I’m being drag by my girlfriend to l’entrecôte.

Now I’m intrigued, half an hour to get a table. It may be usual for a new Hype&Trendy parisian hotspot, but this restaurant is older than me !

When we finally got our table, no menu ! The waitress simply asks

How do you want it ?

That’s it. You just choose how you want your meat to be cooked. No today’s special, no fish or meat, there is only one meal :

beef
french fries
the secret sauce (and what a secret sauce !)

It’s amazing, they do not try to satisfy everyone, they do not have a nice and cosy interior.. The focus is on the food, and success is here since nearly a century !

Napaholic.

Thu, 01 May 2008 14:48:13 +0200

Napaholic.

No need for a dual screen...

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:10:00 +0200

Do you feel that pain in your neck ? Right on the same side as your second screen ?

Now what’s on that screen :

iChat
VLC
a PDF opened three days ago that you haven’t start to read
…

I know the digital legend tells that you work 33.3333% faster with a second screen but I’ve just removed my second screen a week ago and I feel so focused ! It’s really great.

Just try, you may be surprised by the result !

Photo

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:35:00 +0100

Say Hi to Highrise !

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:35:00 +0100

I’ve been seduced by Highrise last week. The freelance pricing plan just winked at me…

It’s a bit tricky to “track my communications”, I mean, communication is like my main activity.

But let’s be pragmatic, it’s friday 8pm, my phone stopped ringing, my inbox is empty. I think it’s quite a success considering my workload at the moment !

But there is something better, a killer feature… it’s not the nice CRM/GTD concept, it’s not the fact that my week end is safe…

See, my Highrise dropbox is under the name “Highrise” (yes, I know, I’m a really creative mind). And every time I forward or bcc an email to my highrise…. I just say hi ! Mail completes the rest…

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is..."

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:41:56 +0100

“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

- Saint-Exupéry

It's an iLife after all

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:42:00 +0100

It’s funny how one thing leading to another I’ve found myself with

an iMac
an MacbookAir
an iPhone
a .Mac account

I’m surely a fanboy, but it feels so comfy ! Everything is synced up, everything has a shiny aluminum case, everything just fits me…

But tonight, I’m kinda scared… I was working with my fellow freelance Fabien, his Apple TV was showing pictures : a ski trip, a trip to Vienna…

boom !

Suddenly it was clear, these pictures look like Apple commercials !

I think I’m just living the iLife.