All the articles of July, 2009

Jul 30, 2009 Above the Lac de Grand Maison - July, 25th 2009 - [10 photos]
A late afternoon walk above the Lac de Grand Maison (on the path to the Lac de l'Ane). A great challenge in terms of photography: I'm not really used to have such strong constrasts.
Jul 26, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-26
New beta version for LeGuide: http://beta.leguide.com # RT @BrandRepublic: Kelkoo signs ad deal with Google: http://bit.ly/17zsGF # RT @siva_v_kumar: Greg Sterling's interesting take on a potential Y! Small Biz sale that has implications for Y!Stores http://bit.ly/Tf7XB # Adobe Wave Beta launched – http://is.gd/1J6JL – LastMinute, TheFind among early adopters. Mainstream RSS replacement, or I miss [...]
Jul 19, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19
Trying to install Silverlight3 with IE8: "Microsoft Silverlight cannot be used in browsers running in 64 bit mode. "… Unbelievable. # Interview with Bastien Duclaux, CEO, Twenga – http://is.gd/1x76i # Started yesterday, Windows7E pre-orders now closed when they were supposed to last till Aug 15th?? WTF!! # http://is.gd/1Bcxg – Google Squared as a tool to [...]
Jul 17, 2009 My grand-father's "atelier" - [27 photos]
My grand-father passed away a few months ago. Time to clean up his old house, especially his "atelier" where he spent most of his free time... A "small treasures" hunt... Remembering childhood...
Jul 17, 2009 User experience design is NOT user interface design
An interesting article on the eConsultancy blog: “six rousing user experience presentations”. The first one is about the “10 most common misconceptions about user experience design”, whose number 1 is, according to the author: User experience design is NOT user interface design A good example to illustrate this statement: Microsoft has recently released Silverlight3, the new [...]
Jul 16, 2009 Belledonne - The Veyton Valley - July, 13-14th 2009 - [38 photos]
A two-days hike in the beautiful Veyton Valley, in Belledonne mountain range. We started at the small village of Gleyzin, climbed up to the Refuge du Vay where we spent the night. On the second [...]
Jul 12, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12
Steely Dan at L'Olympia, Paris, July 2nd 2009 – Was incredible to see Mr Becker & Fagen live for the first time!! http://flic.kr/p/6BYB3p # Google testing real estate search on top of Maps (but only in Australia). Sounds a logical move – http://is.gd/1oYqn # RT @Econsultancy: Six rousing user experience presentations http://bit.ly/XWhVT # RT @superinsolite: [...]
Jul 12, 2009 Google testing new product module in search results?
While searching on Google, I’ve spotted a Product Search module I haven’t seen before. I don’t know if it’s a new test by Google, or something that exists for a long time; but I find this module far more interesting than the common “3 merchant offers” modules usually embedded in Google Universal Search results. I [...]
Jul 09, 2009 Pronto introduces new brands
Long time I hadn’t visited Pronto.com. Since my last visit (mid-08?), the look&feel of the homepage has not changed that much, but surprise, the category pages have a brand new layout. Also, the site structure has completely changed, Pronto.com being now split into 4 different brands. This change has been introduced in June 09 according [...]
Jul 08, 2009 Faceted navigation: how data quality matters – the case of product navigation
Faceted navigation (also called “guided navigation” or “parametric navigation”) is a design pattern frequently used by shopping engines; it’s indeed a convenient way to refine a search by applying filters. There is a good introduction of faceted navigation on Welie.com; and a really interesting article on User Interface Engineering to learn how to design good [...]
Jul 05, 2009 Thailand, Phuket, June 11-19th 2009 - [82 photos]
We spent ten wonderful days in Phuket island. Phuket is considered as a really crowdy destination; but going there during the low season and choosing a nicely located hotel, Phuket still provides an experience that [...]
Jul 05, 2009 Yahoo! SearchMonkey eases publication of product data
Read on Yahoo! Search blog: Back in March 2009, we announced a simple way for site owners to embed video, games, and documents in Yahoo! Search results. Starting today, we are expanding this capability by giving site owners the power to display enhanced results for product pages, local information, events, news, and discussions. If your site’s [...]
Jul 05, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05
RT @kelkoofr: Kelkoo, site de confiance reconnu, obtient le label de la charte des comparateurs ! http://tinyurl.com/dd7nxw # RT @danielbroche: Le metier s'organise: http://twurl.nl/zcku56 # Testing new Flickr / Twitter integration – smooth integration!!! http://flic.kr/p/6ygGEq # http://bit.ly/gVPfh – Inspiring article about "tools of engagement: the new practice of user-centered design" (user experience) #