I found very interesting post on Tom Barrett's "ICT in my Classroom" blog about how Twitter is used as an educational tool.

Tom's post also describes where Twitter is positioned among other communications tools. Twitter is not a synchronous or an asynchronous communication system. It is rather both at once depending how channel's followers use it.

He makes a nice metaphoric comparison between Twitter and a flowing torrent where people can just stand by it and observes the flow. Some prefers to jump into while others simply do not pay much attention to the  stream.

Personally I am amazed to see how many different ways Twitter is used today. There are, indeed, lots of individuals (you and me) but also some politicians (Clinton, Obama, UK Prime Minister), Public Services (LA fire department, AmCross), Airlines, News agencies, etc.. which are increasingly using it, but not necessarily to interact with others but to broadcast content or information.

Is any company using Twitter for internal use only ? 

Tags: 2008, air, airlines, art, ATT, blog, ces, communication, downing, ia, ict, im, iso, lan, nomadcom.net, paris, post, prime minister, public, services, twit, Twitter, uk, wp

After receiving an email from Kpjas, an Ipernity member, who informed me that he took a photo of mine to illustrate "50 Places To See Before You Die" selected by BBC viewers in 2003 in his blog, I reviewed the list and noticed that I have already visited more than 50% of these places that BBC viewers dream about (lucky me).

This list raised some interrogation to me about why these places have chosen instead of other famous ones ?  I could not find any relevant explanations except perhaps a majority of places where the spoken language is (was) English (but it makes sense as enquiry took place in UK). One thing is sure, after reading names of these great location, you just feel to escape from your office, pack you stuff and go travel.

Personally I would definitively add some places to this list (Okavango delta, Yunnan mountains, Kalahari desert, Japan, etc..) and perhaps drop some but for sure, I'll not be able to keep it to only 50 locations.

BBC 2008 Viewers "Must See list"

Africa
La Digue, Seychelles

(visited)
The Pyramids, Egypt (1993)
Luxor, Egypt  (1993)
Abu Simbel, Egypt (1993)
Masai Mara, Kenya (1993/2002)
Victoria Falls, Zambia / Zimbabwe (1994)
Cape Town, South Africa – (1994/1998)

Americas
The Grand Canyon, USA
Yosemite National Park, USA
Las Vegas, USA
Hawaii, USA
Alaska, USA
San Francisco, USA
Niagara Falls, Canada / USA
Canadian Rockies, Canada
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Barbados, Barbados

(visited)
New York, USA (1996/2000)
Florida, USA (2000)
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (1999)
Machu Picchu, Peru (2001/2004)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1989/2000)
Iguassu Falls, Argentina / Brazil (2001)

Asia
Singapore, Singapore
Golden Temple, India
Taj Mahal, India
Bali, Indonesia
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
The Maldives, Maldives
Terracotta Army, China

(visited)
Bangkok, Thailand (1994/2002)
Great Wall, China (2005)
Angkor Wat, Cambodia (1995/2006)
Himalayas, Nepal (2006)
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2006)

Europe
Rome, Italy

(visited)
Paris, France (1980/2007)
Venice, Italy (1977/1982)
Barcelona, Spain (2001/2007)
Iceland, Iceland (1992)
Zermatt, Switzerland (1992/2005)

Middle-East
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

(visited)
Petra, Jordan (2003)

Oceania
Bora Bora, French Polynesia
South Island, New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand

(visited)
Sydney, Australia (1996/2005)
Uluru, Australia (1996)
Great Barrier Reef, Australia (1996)   

Some pics are really crap, so good excuse to visit some of these places again  

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When I saw this list on Bruno Giussani's "Blog over IP" post about Internet prices in Europe I could not resist to add some prices for Internet broadband access in Asia.

I did not add prices paid in most countries of Pacific rim but what they pay in Sweden for a monthly  broadband connection is equivalent to what they pay per minute in Kiribati or Cook islands for a noisy dial-up 14.4 kbps.   

Price comparison for consumer broadband in Europe (average monthly price per 1Mbps, from The Telegraph/MoneySupermarket):

1. Sweden GBP 0.32 (EUR 0.48)
2. France GBP 0.83 (EUR 1.23)
3. Finland GBP 1.41
4. Italy GBP 1.71
5. Norway GBP 2.05
6. Holland GBP 2.19
7. Denmark GBP 2.50 (EUR 3.7)
8. Iceland GBP 2.54
9. Germany GBP 2.64 (EUR 3.9)
10. Austria GBP 3.04
11. Belgium GBP 3.40
12. UK GBP 5.60 (EUR 8.3)
13. Portugal GBP 5.84
14. Spain GBP 6.33
15. Poland GBP 6.60
16. Ireland GBP 7.02
17. Luxembourg GBP 9.39
18. Switzerland GBP 11.03 (EUR 16.8)
19. Czech Republic GBP 12.25
20. Greece GBP 16.86
21. Hungary GBP 24.48
22. Slovakia GBP 25.48 (EUR 37.8)
23. Turkey GBP 58.82 (EUR 87.3)

Spectacular differences. Some of the them can be explained by technical reasons (fiber optic vs copper wires etc), some by the overall living costs in a given country. Most of the high prices however are tied to lack of  competition and of innovation in a specific market.

On this part of the World, the gap is definitively lots wider:

1. South Korea KRW 300 (EUR 0.25)
2. Japan JPY 400 (EUR 0.51)
3. China CNY 175 (EUR 17)
4. Singapore SGD 43 (EUR 21)
5. Thailand (BKK) THB 952 (EUR 22.27)
6. Sri Lanka LKR 4500 (EUR 30)
7. Philippines PHP 1995 (EUR 32)
8. Australia AUD 53 (EUR 33.25)
9. Pakistan PKR  4800 (EUR  59)
10. Malaysia MYR 300 (EUR 65)
11. India INR 3600 (EUR 65)
12. Myanmar USD 260 (EUR 192)
13. Fiji FJD 560 (EUR 260)
14. Indonesia USD 2440 (EUR 1800)

nota: On prices above there is no details about the carrier (ADSL, Wireless Local Loop, Fiber, Wimax, etc..) nor specifications about monthly download limits which are usually ridiculous low for a xDSL subscriber (e.g 2 GB) and still applicable in most countries (particularly on the second part of the list).

Internet for everyone at an affordable price is still far from reality.

Tags: 2007, 24, access, art, asia, blog, cable, ces, connection, europe, explain, gap, HP, ia, im, internet, iso, japan, lan, LG, list, MIT, money, myanmar, nomadcom.net, paris, pet, Philippines, post, public, space, switzerland, Telecommunications, Thailand, uk, wireless, world, wp, www, XP

Is the Thomas Edison 1881 invention, one of the most successful invention of the 19th Century, will disappear soon due to its high consumption ? 

Today the World starts to wake up and governments finally show some concern about our ever growing power consumption and all its side effects. This may indicate that time has come for the incandescent bulb to retire. It exists, for many years now, some economical lighting alternatives (fluorescent ) to the incandescent bulb but most of them were not really welcome into our living areas (living room, bed room, etc..) due to the livid bluer color and their acquisition cost.

Then the LED (light-emitting diode) finally jumped out of electronics equipments and started to invade the streets (traffic lights, flashlights, bicycle, etc..). They may replace soon all incandescent and halogen bulbs we still have at home. Brasil and Venezuela have started the phasing out of incandescent lightning and Australia wants to get totally rid of them by 2010.

During "LED EXPO and FPD KOREA 2007" MK Electronics presented its LED lighting 'Lumi-Forta' which can present more 512 colors via remote controller.

In comparison with other bulbs the LED, once its price will be reduce, have lots of advantages

                               Incandescent     Fluorescent     LED 

Lifetime               ~3'000 hrs         ~10'000 hrs     >30'000 hrs
Input Power         60-100 W          20-50 W          7 W      
Temperature        60°C                 45°C               38°C
Color Change        n/a                   n/a                up to 512 pattern
Bright Control       external             n/a                10 steps
Main Issue           Input Power        Recycling        Unit price

Sources : Mkhunics, Ubergizmo, Wikipedia

Tags: 2007, art, ATT, blog, bulb, ces, consumption, Coup de Coeur, economical, electricity, flash, fluorescent, fon, global warming, Great Ideas, ia, im, incandescent, iso, lan, LED, light, lightning, Lumi Forta, MIT, MK Electronics, nomadcom.net, Our World, paris, power, space, traffic, world, wp, www, XP

Just on time to take some nice photos and to find a covered place…to finally decide to go and visit Le Louvre. 

More photos on my Flickr gallery 

Tags: 2007, 24, blog, find, Flickr, im, lan, le louvre, New pictures, nomadcom.net, paris, photo, space, storm, Travel, wp, www

né à Paris le 6 mars 1619 et mort à Sannois le 28 juillet 1655, est un écrivain français.

Contemporain de Boileau et Molière, poète et libre-penseur, il signe ses écrits de noms plus ou moins imaginaires qu'il rattache au sien. Cyrano n'est pas gascon : le Bergerac dont il prend le nom d'une terre qu’aurait possédée sa famille, est situé dans la vallée de Chevreuse. C'est de 1638 que daterait l'ajout de Bergerac. Il inspira Edmond Rostand pour créer le personnage principal de sa pièce de théâtre Cyrano de Bergerac. (texte complet en français et in english)

Donc, juste pour le plaisir la fameuse tirade des nez (acte 1, scène IV)

…
LE VICOMTE
Personne ?
Attendez ! Je vais lui lancer un de ces traits !…
Il s'avance vers Cyrano qui l'observe, et se campant devant
lui d'un air fat.
Vous…. vous avez un nez… heu… un nez… très grand.

CYRANO, gravement
Très.

LE VICOMTE, riant
Ha !

CYRANO, imperturbable
C'est tout ?…

LE VICOMTE
Mais…

CYRANO
Ah ! non ! c'est un peu court, jeune homme !
On pouvait dire… Oh ! Dieu !… bien des choses en somme…
En variant le ton, par exemple, tenez
Agressif : "Moi, monsieur, si j'avais un tel nez, Il faudrait sur-le-champs que je me l'amputasse !"
Amical : "Mais il doit tremper dans votre tasse
Pour boire, faites-vous fabriquer un hanap !"
Descriptif : "C'est un roc !… c'est un pic !… c'est un cap !
Que dis-je, c'est un cap ?… C'est une péninsule !"
Curieux : "De quoi sert cette oblongue capsule ?
D'écritoire, monsieur, ou de boîtes à ciseaux ?"
Gracieux : "Aimez-vous à ce point les oiseaux
Que paternellement vous vous préoccupâtes
De tendre ce perchoir à leurs petites pattes ?"
Truculent : "Ca, monsieur, lorsque vous pétunez,
La vapeur du tabac vous sort-elle du nez
Sans qu'un voisin ne crie au feu de cheminée ?"
Prévenant : "Gardez-vous, votre tête entraînée
Par ce poids, de tomber en avant sur le sol !"
Tendre : "Faites-lui faire un petit parasol
De peur que sa couleur au soleil ne se fane !"
Pédant : "L'animal seul, monsieur, qu'Aristophane
Appelle Hippocampelephantocamélos
Dut avoir sous le front tant de chair sur tant d'os !"
Cavalier : "Quoi, l'ami, ce croc est à la mode ?
Pour pendre son chapeau, c'est vraiment très commode !"
Emphatique : "Aucun vent ne peut, nez magistral,
T'enrhumer tout entier, excepté le mistral !"
Dramatique : "C'est la Mer Rouge quand il saigne !"
Admiratif : "Pour un parfumeur, quelle enseigne !"
Lyrique : "Est-ce une conque, êtes-vous un triton ?"
Naïf : "Ce monument, quand le visite-t-on ?"
Respectueux : "Souffrez, monsieur, qu'on vous salue,
C'est là ce qui s'appelle avoir pignon sur rue !"
Campagnard : "Hé, ardé ! C'est-y un nez ? Nanain !
C'est queuqu'navet géant ou ben queuqu'melon nain !"
Militaire : "Pointez contre cavalerie !"
Pratique : "Voulez-vous le mettre en loterie ?
Assurément, monsieur, ce sera le gros lot !"
Enfin parodiant Pyrame en un sanglot
"Le voilà donc ce nez qui des traits de son maître
A détruit l'harmonie ! Il en rougit, le traître !"
Voilà ce qu'à peu près, mon cher, vous m'auriez dit
Si vous aviez un peu de lettres et d'esprit Mais d'esprit, ô le plus lamentable des êtres, Vous n'en eûtes jamais un atome, et de lettres
Vous n'avez que les trois qui forment le mot : sot !
Eussiez-vous eu, d'ailleurs, l'invention qu'il faut
Pour pouvoir là, devant ces nobles galeries,
me servir toutes ces folles plaisanteries,
Que vous n'en eussiez pas articulé le quart
De la moitié du commencement d'une, car
Je me les sers moi-même, avec assez de verve,
Mais je ne permets pas qu'un autre me les serve.

DE GUICHE, voulant emmener le vicomte pétrifié
Valvert, laissez donc !

LE VICOMTE, suffoqué
Ces grands airs arrogants !
Un hobereau qui… qui… n'a même pas de gants !
Et qui sort sans rubans, sans bouffettes, sans ganses !

CYRANO
Moi, c'est moralement que j'ai mes élégances.
Je ne m'attife pas ainsi qu'un freluquet,
Mais je suis plus soigné si je suis moins coquet ;
Je ne sortirais pas avec, par négligence,
Un affront pas très bien lavé, la conscience
Jaune encore de sommeil dans le coin de son oeil,
Un honneur chiffonné, des scrupules en deuil.
Mais je marche sans rien sur moi qui ne reluise,
Empanaché d'indépendance et de franchise ;
Ce n'est pas une taille avantageuse, c'est
Mon âme que je cambre ainsi qu'en un corset,
Et tout couvert d'exploits qu'en rubans je m'attache,
Retroussant mon esprit ainsi qu'une moustache,
Je fais, en traversant les groupes et les ronds,
Sonner les vérités comme des éperons.

LE VICOMTE
Mais, monsieur…

CYRANO
Je n'est pas de gants ?… La belle affaire !
Il m'en restait un seul d'une très vieille paire !
Lequel m'était d'ailleurs encor fort importun
Je l'ai laissé dans la figure de quelqu'un.

LE VICOMTE
Maraud, faquin, butor de pied plat ridicule.

CYRANO, ôtant son chapeau et saluant comme si le vicomte venait de se présenter
Ah ?… Et moi, Cyrano-Savinien-Hercule De Bergerac.
Rires. …

Sources : Wikipedia au sujet du vrai Cyrano, Wikipedia au sujet du texte de E.Rostand
Liens : Traductions, le Nez de Cyrano 

 

 

 

Tags: 2007, 24, aim, air, animal, arc, art, ATT, bergerac, blog, Cavalier, ces, Coup de Coeur, CTU, cyrano, dordogne, fon, gascon, HP, ia, im, ITU, lan, nomadcom.net, On The Road, pair, paris, pet, rostand, science, sco, space, tirade, tirade des nez, Travel, wp, www, XP

Time for switching off the computer at work, pack the camera with some clothes and board  tonight's flight Bangkok – Paris. 

Next postings will be, if not about, from Europe.

Forseen stop-overs are Barcelona, Bergerac, Bayonne, Bilbao, Carcassone, Mende and Paris.

Expect plenty new photos soon to be published on my photostream.

 

 

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Not very well known is the non-french speaking world, Gaston Lagaffe has turned 50 on 28th of February. The office clerk started working for Spirou Magazine in 1957. 

To celebrate this birthday, Mr Freddy Thielemans, mayor of Bruxelles, who looks like Mr De Mesmaeker, has decided to offer a day of free parameters over his the territory, paying respect to Gaston's battle again these "affreux mange-fric".
 

 

Sources:
in english : weborgers, wikipedia,
en français :  official site, special 50 ans, wikipedia,

 

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In the Quest for the "perfect" smartphone, I have just received my new HTC 620 which may replace my actual Dopod 818Pro (HTC Prophet).

Basic comparison

Communications

• Prophet : 4-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Wifi 802.11b/g, bluetooth, IrDa
• S620 : 4-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Wifi 802.11b/g, bluetooth

Size

• Prophet : 108x58x18.2mm, screen 2.8'' 320×240, 65000 colors
• S620 : 111.5×62.5×12.8mm, screen 2.4'' QVGA

Processor / Memory / Battery

• Prophet : TI OMAP 850 200 MHz, ROM/RAM 128/64 MB, SD Card slot, Battery 1200 mAh
• S620 : TI OMAP 850 200 MHz, ROM/RAM 128/64 MB, MicroSD slot, Battery 970 mAh. 

Input Method

• Prophet : Handwritten recognition on tactile screen
• S620 : full 37 keys QWERTY keyboard with backlight

Operating System

• Prophet : Windows Mobile 5.1.195 (build 1487.2.0.0)
• S620 : Windows Mobile 5.1.342 (build 15097.3.0.1) with Direct Push Technology. 

First feeling using S620 after 9 months with Prophet

• S620 is slightly lighter and thiner than Prophet  
• Wifi link establishment is lots faster than with Prophet
• S620 uses WM5 software for smartphone, while Prophet uses WM5 software for Pocket PC.
• S620 uses the same ActiveSync version but cannot synchronize files (perhaps to test again with a MicroSD card inserted).
• Typing method lots faster with keyboard than with handwritting recognition
• S620 does not have predictive text input.

More will  follow based on day-to-day experiences but fell free to participate with questions & experiences.

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European curriculum vitae format

Personal information

Name		Cedric
Address		Not Available on the online CV
Telephone		Not Available on the online CV
Fax		Not Available on the online CV
E-mail		click on this link to get it

Nationality

Swiss

Date of birth

Not Available on the online CV

Work experience

• Dates (from – to)		1996 – Present day
• Name and address of employer		International Committee of the Red Cross , Geneva, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		International Humanitarian Organization
• Occupation or position held		Information & Communication Technologies – Regional Coordinator 2005 – current : Asia & Pacific based in Bangkok, Thailand 2002 – 2004 : Great Lakes area, Eastern & Southern Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya 1999 – 2001 : Americas based in Bogota, Colombia 1997 – 1999 : Western Africa based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 1996 – 1997 : Commonwealth of Independent States based in Moscow, Russia
• Main activities and responsibilities		Coordination of telecommunication & computer networks activities of the ICRC Design & follow-up of ICT regional & institutional projects Technical adviser for ICRC executives Technical support to ICT field engineers Technical support & user training Financial & administrative tasks related to ICT systems Negotiations with national & regional providers, telecom authorities, etc.. Human resources management Implementing institutional ICT policies
• Dates (from – to)		1993 – 1995
• Name and address of employer		International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		International Humanitarian Organization
• Occupation or position held		Information & Communication Technologies – Field Engineer 1993 : Sudan 1994 : Angola, Rwanda 1995 : Angola
• Main activities and responsibilities		Installation and maintenance of radio communication & computer networks User training & support
• Dates (from – to)		1992 – 1993
• Name and address of employer		Placement d'Électriciens Bernard Marchon Sarl., Neyruz, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Employment agency
• Occupation or position held		Geneva & Lausanne Branch Director
• Main activities and responsibilities		Human Resources Customer Relations Administrative & financial related tasks.
• Dates (from – to)		1988 – 1991
• Name and address of employer		Placement d'Électriciens Bernard Marchon, Neyruz, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Employment agency
• Occupation or position held		Geneva Branch Manager
• Main activities and responsibilities		Human Resources Customer Relations
• Dates (from – to)		1986 – 1988
• Name and address of employer		Placement d'Électriciens Bernard Marchon, Neyruz, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Building Trade
• Occupation or position held		Specialized electrician
• Main activities and responsibilities		Breakdown interventions Telephone & computer cabling systems
• Dates (from – to)		1986 – 1988
• Name and address of employer		EggTelsa Électricité Téléphone S.A, Geneva, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Building Trade
• Occupation or position held		Electrician
• Main activities and responsibilities		Breakdown interventions Small & medium construction projects

Education and training

• Dates (from – to)		2001
• Name and type of organization providing education and training		Universitat Ramon Llull – Enginyeria y Arquitectura La Salle, Barcelona, Spain Cisco Network Academy Program
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered		WAN & LAN Networks, Ethernet Standards, Routing Protocols, Network design, Security policies, Router configuration, IP addressing, Transport protocols, Network Management, Troubleshooting.
• Title of qualification awarded		Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Dates (from – to)		2001 – 2002
• Name and type of organization providing education and training		Universitat Ramon Llull – Enginyeria y Arquitectura La Salle, Barcelone, Spain Master in Network & Services of Telecommunications (MXST)
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered		Telecommunication networks & services, Network Management, Project Management, Mobile communications.
• Title of qualification awarded		Master in Network & Services of Telecommunication (Màster en Xarxes i Serveis de Telecomunicació).
• Dates (from – to)		1981 – 1985
• Name and type of organization providing education and training		EggTelsa Électricité Téléphone S.A, Geneva, Switzerland & CEPIA (Professional school) Electrician Apprenticeship
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered		Electrical installation & maintenance. Telephone & Alarm systems installation & maintenance
• Title of qualification awarded		Federal Proficiency Certificate of Electrician (Certificat Fédéral de Capacity) Mention : Good
Other professional training		Managing & Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment (IT TrainingAcademy, Geneva 2005) Implementing & Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Global Knowledge, Geneva 2003). Lotus Notes R5 Domino Server Administration (Digicomp, Geneva 2001) Linux Suse Network Configuration (www sistemas, Bogota 2001) Linux Suse Administration (Acis, Bogota 2000) Administration & Technical Support of Microsoft Windows NT 4, TCP/IP interconnection (Digicomp, Geneva 1999) English Advanced (Australian College of English, Sydney 1997) Project Management (ESMT, Dakar 1996) Effective Presentation Technics (Marchstore Ltd, London 1995) Training of Trainers (Cegos, Paris 1995) Local Area Networks (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) MS-Dos 6.2 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Codan HF Radio Module (Codan UK, Farnham 1995) Novell Netware 3.1x Administration (Digicomp, Geneva 1995/99) Novell Netware 3.1x Installation & Configuration (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Lotus Notes R3 Administration 1 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Lotus Notes R3 Development 1 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Lotus Notes R3 Basics + Technical User (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Computer Security (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Windows Ressources (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Sales Technics & Customer relationship (CAFI, Lausanne 1991) Alarm & Security systems (Rochat, Geneva 1990) MS-Dos 5 (Bernard Marchon, Geneva 1990) Telepax PABX Systems (Telepax, Geneva 1990) Hasler Integral 2 PABX system (PTT, Bern 1989) Ericsson GDX/GFX PABX Systems (PTT, Bern 1989) Telephone installation 2 (CIS, Geneva 1987)

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue

FRENCH

Other languages

		ENGLISH    -   SPANISH   –  PORTUGESE
• Reading skills		Excellent   –  Excellent    -      Basic
• Writing skills		Good         -    Good      -        nil
• Verbal skills		Good         -    Good      –        nil

Social skills and competences

Team Work: I have the chance of experiencing team working on both national and international level with colleagues of various nationalities. Intercultural Skills: As working & living on permanent basis abroad since 1993,  I have the opportunity to collaborate with international and intercultural teams on daily basis, mostly aimed at the regional management of an international humanitarian organization.

Organizational skills and  competences

Management of technical national & expatriate staff at regional level. (more than 40 employees). Regional ICT project management (in more than 15 countries) Regional yearly ICT seminar organization & professional courses (about 25 participants) ICT Budget preparation & follow-up. Assets management Head of ICT regional Emergency Response Unit Promotion & auditing institutional ICT policies.

Technical skills and competences

Competent on electrical, telephone, lighting/grounding & 2-way satellite systems. Competent on wired & wireless telecommunication, HF/VHF/UHF radio communication & computer networks. Competent on various Microsoft operating systems (Windows NT4, XP Professional,  2003 server). Competent on design, installation, maintenance & troubleshooting of computer systems. Good knowledge of Lotus Notes/Domino R5 workflow environment Good knowledge on MS Office tools, computer security systems. Good knowledge on power supplies (generator, solar & wind power) Some web-building, graphic editing, Linux & MS SQL experience. Some Cisco routing & switches experience. Some competences on various PABX systems

Artistic skills and competences

Amateur Photographer, Photo-editing, Web-publishing

Other skills and competences

Driving licence(s)

Swiss & International driver license (light vehicle & motorbike up to 1235 cm3)

Additional information

Annexes

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