Fast Guide to IT Humor - a Whatis.com definition

Fast Guide to IT Humor - a Whatis.com definition

Wired News: Visual Gadgets of the Future

Wired News: Visual Gadgets of the Future

here are some "real" gadgets... for our French investors!

Investopedia.com - Your Source For Investing Education

Investopedia.com - Your Source For Investing Education
everything you always wanted to know about investing and never dared ask!

Wired News: Visual Gadgets of the Future

Wired News: Visual Gadgets of the Future

some more clever gadgets!!! BTW... videoconference on November 29th with Sheffield!

ZDNet AnchorDesk: Dealing with technology in real life

ZDNet AnchorDesk: Dealing with technology in real life

interesting column...

also concerning "always on, everywhere!"
here is the news from SF....
And what have you seen recently that's interesting?
james

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"October 27, 2004


The end of the hot spot
Already famous for his backing of same-sex marriage and his wife's recent overshare, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom is finally making tech headlines instead.
"We will not stop until every San Franciscan has access to free wireless Internet service," Newsom said in his state of the city address last week. "Every San Franciscan" equals about 740,000 people in 46.7 square miles. Beyond being a generous offer from the mayor, the announcement points to a fundamentally more useful way to think of Wi-Fi: hot spot-free and seamless .
When Wi-Fi is seamless, everything changes. You won't have to screw with glitchy, goofy, 3G cell phones for a data connection on your hip. A device like a Treo becomes much more useful. And instead of using a cellular  phone, you might just run VoIP software on a Wi-Fi PDA. Tasty.
The cellular carriers and phone makers have been overpromising 3G for so long, I'd love it if we just skip right over it as consumers. Besides, digital cell phones sound so bad, VoIP on your hip has to be an improvement in audio quality.
With seamless Wi-Fi, the in-car radio business could really be turned on its ear. I've spoken to several start-up stage firms that want to make Wi-Fi the new car radio, opening up your commute to thousands of interesting Webcasts instead of the tedium the major broadcast companies have made radio. I'd love it if we could shove those 22-minute commercial loads and junk syndicated content right up their greedy, overleveraged, Wall Street-beholden asses.
And finally, seamless Wi-Fi will also improve our appreciation for coffee. You'll actually be able to find a place to sit  at Starbucks once the high-tech hoboes realize they can get a Wi-Fi connection somewhere else.
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NPR : Pet Translator

NPR : Pet Translator

an interesting article to listen to ... an nice gadget!!

Business English Exercises and Quizzes

Business English Exercises and Quizzes: "These exercises will help you to improve your knowledge of Business English grammar and vocabulary."

This has a relationship to professional communication.... many of you expressed a desire to learn business and professional vocabulary!

FOXNews.com - Foxlife - Actor Christopher Reeve Dead at 52

FOXNews.com - Foxlife - Actor Christopher Reeve Dead at 52

Welcome to Fox News.... Is this American media at its best?
A view from the right! But some nice pieces of free video...

Every video report is preceeded by an ad for "you'll never guess what".

USA university vocabulary for foreigners

eduPASS | English as a 2nd Language | Glossary


We spoke about freshmen, etc in class yesterday....

SATs?
SASE?
GPA?
sophomore?


some of you will be studying in the US one day... here's some useful vocabulary from your friendly financial aid service!!


more soon!
james

Get 1 GB of email-space !

Thanks to google and its Gmail, you'll soon be all able to have 1 GB of email space FOR FREE !

Listen to good music :)

Digitally Imported internet radio
The most popular radio on the Internet. Streams music several music styles from Trance to Jazz

Watch all your favorite adds !

www.visit4info.com
(helping Leila a bit ;) )

American Rhetoric: Movie Speech from Saving Private Ryan - Captain John Miller Addresses his Unit on Saving Private Ryan

American Rhetoric: Movie Speech from Saving Private Ryan - Captain John Miller Addresses his Unit on Saving Private Ryan

movie excerpts, texts, famous speeches....

(I'm helping Leila and Aditaye to liven up the blog!)

have a good vacation!

Yukna's Bazzar - how to prepare the Toefl

Yukna's Bazzar

I thought it would be nice to share an interesting site with you (hint! hint!) by an American colleague at the Ecole de Mines! this part is about the toefl but there is lots more! have alook!

phorum - ONIM -- Professional Communication - April 5

phorum - ONIM -- Professional Communication - April 5

TWiki.LC.TestPagePourExperimenter

TWiki.LC.TestPagePourExperimenter

Bmwfilms : Viewing Options Stream

Today in class, the four of us (4? where are you? it is now T3)
We worked on Adverts... the British classics, and John Woo's BMW series...

we've postponed Emmanuel's talk til next week, and planned the talks and preview of coming events in T3.....

Comments on the film "this is the real John Woo touch", "I didn't know they made 10 minute ads...", "Did you see the volvo ads??? on the internet?"

maybe someone would like to add a link to the volvo ads, or other good ads!

Bmwfilms : Viewing Options Stream

Google--the company.

Search Beyond Google

An interesting view of the people and the company that is Google!

COMEDY CENTRAL--cruise ships!

COMEDY CENTRAL

Check out the "Destination Travel" segment

Leila and Charles are looking for a theme for their presentation....
How about the cruise ship industry! There was the QM2 launching recently and here is a nice document concerning ithe industry from the American viewpoint!

Resume Writing

Resume Writing Index
more help with resumes... and the explanation of what is a CV!

Language Learning Resource Center by Bernard Moro

Language Learning Resource Center by Bernard Moro

Look at the part about writing resumes....

USATODAY.com - Pepsi ads wink at music downloading

USATODAY.com - Pepsi ads wink at music downloading: "They settled the lawsuit for $3,00"

Apple - Pepsi - Super Bowl Ad 480

Apple - Pepsi - Super Bowl Ad 480 where are the other superbowl ads....

Monster: Career Advice

Monster: Career Advice
here is probably the reference site for information about finding a job! monster!

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HoustonChronicle.com - Working@home

HoustonChronicle.com - Working@home

Blogs in the Business world???? Professional communication? Is this really a professional tool?

Behavior Based Interviews and Behavior Interviewing Questions

Behavior Based Interviews and Behavior Interviewing Questions
CV's and Interviews.... coming soon!

Wired News: Gadgets and Gizmos

Wired News: Gadgets and Gizmos
a nice selection of gadgets!

a klog apart

a klog apart: "A complete list of blogging awards."
hummm

Bush in 30 Seconds

Bush in 30 Seconds

"Bush in 30 Seconds is a contest for the ad that best tells the truth about President Bush's failed policies."

I thought you might want to look at these... But remember, not everyone in America is against Bush!

I'll have the pictures of our first conference for you to see tomorrow!

james

BLOGGER - Knowledge Base -- What is BlogThis!

BLOGGER - Knowledge Base - What is BlogThis!

This makes it easier to post to the blog!
james

RED HERRING | The Business of Technology

RED HERRING | The Business of Technology