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That's Why I Love San Francisco

Watch this. The story is here. Awesome, yet typically californian ;-)

Just This [09-08]

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Say See You, San Francisco !

From San Francisco to San Diego

I'm heading for the OFC'08 tradeshow, going first to San Francisco to do some business with a couple of french friends of mine who have the very chance to have both a french and a US passport.
I'll do my best to do live blogging on Tuesday next week, for the OFC Keynote - Bob Metcalfe will be there.
CU soon ;-)

Just This (04-08)

Ed. note : I'm a regular/loyal iTunes user ;-)

Monday At The Dock Of The Bay

What a great Monday ! Blue sky, sunny weather, a little bit windy over the water, 70°F, and I'm listening to my favorite Classic hits radio station : KFRC. Am I in San Francisco ? No. Lyon, France.
That's one of the beauty of the Internet : soul teleportation. I even get the traffic updates live from the Bay Area. Which I don't really care for the time being, provided that I won't be driving again on the 280 before next year (well, who knows how business will go the next couple of months...). However, I wish I can get KFRC right in my car, whilst being stuck in some of those awful traffic jams here.

Note : I've searched for traffic webcams along the highway here nearby Lyon. Guess what : no chance. Now you understand why I'm so keenly willing to go to San Fran and the Bay Area ;-)

Columbus Day

On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered America. 499 years later, I discovered Columbus Avenue.

[photo credit : Don Klosterman]

Just This (20.07)

Ed. note : this photo just because the very first time I saw this house, back in 1991, I had the strange feeling that she and me have something to do together. 16 years after later, it should be time do really do something about it ;-)

post-scriptum : I then was visiting the wonderful Bicycle Odyssey in Sausalito, California.

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Well, that was true...

"A power outage hit downtown San Francisco Tuesday afternoon, leaving thousands of residents without power and knocking popular Web sites such as Craigslist, GameSpot, Yelp, Technorati, TypePad and Netflix offline for a few hours", says Erica Ogg for C|Net

Luckily enough, I was to post a thank-you note to Tour de France star Alexander Vinokourov for his tremendous victory on Monday when TypePad went down. Imagine how I would feel now :-(

Anyway. " Never Give Up " was the title of this never-to-be-published post. So, never give up, Folks !

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Kimse yok mu ? *

   
This is one of my favorite buildings in San Francisco, on  Bay St at Columbus Ave.

post-scriptum : I love the neighborhood. It's close to everything which makes the life in San Francisco so cool. Nob Hill, Russian Hill, the Marina, Columbus Avenue, North Beach...

* update Apr 12, 2007 5:24PM CET : " Kimse yok mu ? " is a turkish expression used  when one enters a place where he suspects nobody is present. English equivalent : " Hello, anyone ? ". I found it on this page : " A Mini Survey on Whether Soap-Opera-English Has Found Its Way into Turkish ", by Suzan Öniz of the METU Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

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Just This (10.07)

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Tour Of California

Being both a Cycling fan (I am cyclist myself) and a Bay Area lover (I was living in San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake - I'm serious : I firmly believe I died during the resulting fire... and that's the reason why I want to go back there for the rest of my - actual - life), I watch the Tour of California live on... the Net.

The race's website < www.amgentourofcalifornia.com > offers outstanding features packed in the Tour Tracker 2.0 tool, developped jointly by Adobe and CSC. As the press release claims :

Launching Feb. 18, the site's Tour Tracker 2.0, designed specifically for the Amgen Tour of California, will employ the latest technology from founding partners CSC and Adobe to provide the ultimate viewing experience for cycling fanatics and casual observers alike. Tour Tracker 2.0 is a lightweight Flash-based application built using Adobe Flex technology that is pioneering a new generation of rich Internet applications. Tour Tracker 2.0 requires Adobe Flash Player, which is installed on more than 700 million personal computers worldwide. Some of the features will include:

- Full-screen capable live video stream of each stage from start to finish (provided by Adobe)
- Enhanced user interface featuring elevation, route, rider and peloton positions, and text race commentary (provided by Adobe)
- Archived stage video clips
- GPS photography for each stage that pinpoints highlights along the route (provided by Adobe and CSC)
- GPS tracking for top riders and official vehicles (provided by CSC)
- GPS data will provide first-hand knowledge of the top rider positions along the route and overall peloton location, as well as elevation information, general speed and overall miles from the finish
- Minute-by-minute textual race commentary exclusively reported by VeloNews
- Two audio channels, including live audio commentary from sports journalist JoE Silva and former cyclists Robbie Ventura and Chris Gutowsky, and an official radio tour stream that lets listeners hear what race officials hear
- Mobile (WAP) site for information and text updates for each stage so fans on the go can access race information from mobile phones and devices

The question is : what does a post on Cycling do on FiberGeneration ? Actually, this : the point is, the Amgen Tour of California website is a perfect example of what a Testing 2.0 website for end-users (read : Telcos) should be. Sites maps with GPS tracking and data, live video feeds of the network' s installation, video and photos archives, audio commentaries, dedicated site for access by mobile users, etc...

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San Francisco, from Treasure Island, March 2002.

ps :  This image is part of a 180° panorama, made of 13 photos total that I am to publish each Friday from now on. Will you be able to assemble the whole puzzle ? ;-)

Just This (Tribute To Gülper)

From Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA, March 2001.

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Mason Street, San Francisco, CA, March 2001.

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Montgomery Street, San Francisco Downtown, March 2001.

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San Francisco, Nob Hill, February 2001

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Downtown San Francisco, California, July 1996.