Alex around the World

As far as I can remember, English has always been “the” language used on the Internet (See: “Languages of the Internet“), although it is not the most spoken language on earth, but the second one, far behind Chinese, also known as Mandarin. Probably for historical reasons, because the first language used was English, spoken among [...]

I have 3 computers: a game-and-design-oriented PC at home, a professional workstation and my laptop at work. The first applications I launch after I boot any of these machines are Firefox and Thunderbird. Then, I browse some of the reference websites: boxes and arrows, digital web, a list apart or web break stuff, among many [...]

Information overload is the word that I have selected this week. I realised it could be a good featured word since I feel particularly “technostressed” these days.Her goes the intro from Wikipedia: Information overload refers to the state of having too much information to make a decision or remain informed about a topic. This term [...]

I’m starting a new series of posts: every week, I’ll post the definition of a concept or word related to the field of communication (in the broader sense). I will use Wikipedia‘s definition, simply because I like the idea that everyone can participate in editing information in it.This week I chose the main concept “communication”: [...]

Dans un article du Nouvel Observateur à propos des attentats de Bali, intitulé Bali : deux Malais sont recherchés, INDONESIE, on trouve en plein milieu du texte qui explique que les cibles étaient des restaurants fréquentés par les touristes une pub d’Air France. Je me demande si l’association de la pub vantant les voyages au [...]