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 Cory Doctorow wrote this Creative Commons-licensed fiction story for Radar Online magazine.
Une version française est disponible ici
“Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him.” –Cardinal Richelieu
“We don’t know enough about you.” –Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Greg landed at San Francisco International Airport at 8 p.m., but by the time he’d made it to the front of the customs line, it was after midnight. He’d emerged from first class, brown as a nut, unshaven, and loose-limbed after a month on the beach in Cabo (scuba diving three days a week, seducing French college girls the rest of the time). When he’d left the city a month before, he’d been a stoop-shouldered, potbellied wreck. Now he was a bronze god, drawing admiring glances from the stews at the front of the cabin.
Four hours later in the customs line, he’d slid from god back to man. His slight buzz had worn off, sweat ran down the crack of his ass, and his shoulders and neck were so tense his upper back felt like a tennis racket. The batteries on his iPod had long since died, leaving him with nothing to do except eavesdrop on the middle-age couple ahead of him.
“The marvels of modern technology,” said the woman, shrugging at a nearby sign: Immigration–Powered by Google.
“I thought that didn’t start until next month?” The man was alternately wearing and holding a large sombrero.
Googling at the border. Christ. Greg had vested out of Google six months before, cashing in his options and “taking some me time"–which turned out to be less rewarding than he’d expected. What he mostly did over the five months that followed was fix his friends’ PCs, watch daytime TV, and gain 10 pounds, which he blamed on being at home instead of in the Googleplex, with its well-appointed 24-hour gym.
He should have seen it coming, of course. The U.S. government had lavished $15 billion on a program to fingerprint and photograph visitors at the border, and hadn’t caught a single terrorist. Clearly, the public sector was not equipped to Do Search Right.
The DHS officer had bags under his eyes and squinted at his screen, prodding at his keyboard with sausage fingers. No wonder it was taking four hours to get out of the god damned airport.
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 AirTalkr is another multiple IM client application immediately available in its beta version for Windows, Linux , Mac OSX as well as on Web-based version.
IM supported protocols are MSN, ICQ, GTalk, Yahoo and AIM but AirTalkr also connects you to your YouTube and Flickr accounts. In addition, AirTalkr creator Hu Shunjie comes with an interesting concept called "AirCards". AirCards are profiling cards where you can add of your buddies information such their Twitter and blog updates, their photos on Flickr as well as their profiles on MySpace and Friendster.
AirTalkr is a very light application but requires the installation of Abobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) which enables developers to use Flash, Flex, Ajax and HTML to create rich interface applications.
The AirTalkr version is still beta and some bugs have been reported but I personaly like this very smooth application and really looking to see what will come next (Skype, more social networking plateforms supported, etc..)
It definitively worth a try. Did I mention that AirTalkr is free and totally Ads-Free (Thanks Hu!).
Download AirTalkr here and Abobe AIR here.
Tags: 2007, account, adobe, aim, air, airtalkr, Ajax, blog, card, flash, Flex, Flickr, free, GTalk, HP, Hu Shunjie, ia, icq, im, install, instant messenger, King, lan, LED, light, msn, network, nomadcom.net, pda, photo, skype, social, social networking, space, twit, Twitter, update, web, windows, wp, www, XP, yahoo, youtube
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European curriculum vitae format
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Cedric
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Address
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Not Available on the online CV
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Telephone
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Fax
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E-mail
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click on this link to get it
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Date of birth
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Not Available on the online CV
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| • Dates (from – to) |
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1996 – Present day
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| • Name and address of employer |
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International Committee of the Red Cross , Geneva, Switzerland
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International Humanitarian Organization
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| • Occupation or position held |
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Information & Communication Technologies – Regional Coordinator
As from October 2008 : Western & Central African Countries, based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2005 – 2008 : 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 & Central African Countries, based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
1996 – 1997 : Commonwealth of Independent States based in Moscow, Russia
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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
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1993 – 1995
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International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland
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International Humanitarian Organization
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Information & Communication Technologies – Field Engineer
1993 : Sudan
1994 : Angola, Rwanda
1995 : Angola
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Installation and maintenance of radio communication & computer networks
User training & support
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1992 – 1993
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Placement d’Électriciens Bernard Marchon Sarl., Neyruz, Switzerland
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Employment agency
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Geneva & Lausanne Branch Director
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Human Resources
Customer Relations
Administrative & financial related tasks.
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1988 – 1991
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Placement d’Électriciens Bernard Marchon, Neyruz, Switzerland
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Employment agency
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Geneva Branch Manager
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Human Resources
Customer Relations
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1986 – 1988
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Placement d’Électriciens Bernard Marchon, Neyruz, Switzerland
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Building Trade
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Specialized electrician
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Breakdown interventions
Telephone & computer cabling systems
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1986 – 1988
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EggTelsa Électricité Téléphone S.A, Geneva, Switzerland
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Building Trade
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Electrician
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Breakdown interventions
Small & medium construction projects
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2001
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Universitat Ramon Llull – Enginyeria y Arquitectura La Salle, Barcelona, Spain
Cisco Network Academy Program
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WAN & LAN Networks, Ethernet Standards, Routing Protocols, Network design, Security policies, Router configuration, IP addressing, Transport protocols, Network Management, Troubleshooting.
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Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
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2001 – 2002
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Universitat Ramon Llull – Enginyeria y Arquitectura La Salle, Barcelone, Spain
Master in Network & Services of Telecommunications (MXST)
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Telecommunication networks & services, Network Management, Project Management, Mobile communications.
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Master in Network & Services of Telecommunication (Màster en Xarxes i Serveis de Telecomunicació).
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1981 – 1985
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EggTelsa Électricité Téléphone S.A, Geneva, Switzerland & CEPIA (Professional school)
Electrician Apprenticeship
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Electrical installation & maintenance.
Telephone & Alarm systems installation & maintenance
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Federal Proficiency Certificate of Electrician (Certificat Fédéral de Capacity)
Mention : Good
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Other professional training
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People leadership & Management by Ashridge (UK)
(ICRC Geneva 2008)
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)
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ENGLISH - SPANISH – PORTUGESE |
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Excellent – Excellent - Basic |
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Good - Good - nil |
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Good - Good – nil |
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Social skills and competences
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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. |
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Organizational skills and competences
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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. |
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Technical skills and competences
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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 |
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Artistic skills and competences
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Amateur Photographer, Photo-editing, Web-publishing
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Other skills and competences
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Driving licence(s)
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Swiss & International driver license (light vehicle & motorbike up to 125 cm3)
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