Author: richard
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Finding the Vibrant Swiss Pokemon Go community.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPokemon Go has been available in Switzerland officially since yesterday but people have been playing the game for longer than this. Some have achieved level 20 and above. There is a vibrant Swiss Pokemon Go community in the French speaking part of Switzerland. Pokemon Go Switzerland is one place where French speaking players…
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Appreciating the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Villars
Reading Time: 2 minutesClimbing is a sport that I have enjoyed for most of my life. As a child I would climb on to roofs, on climbing frames and up trees. Occasionally I would climb on rocks but as I had no safety equipment I was limited. Five or six years ago I went climbing…
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Cycling Trip to Lausanne and Back
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I set off on my cycling trip to Lausanne and back I thought that the strong wind would force me to turn around and that I would abort the attempt by the time I got to Rolle or Morges. As I continued cycling I fought the wind and I made slow…
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IFSC Climbing World Cup Villars 2016
Reading Time: 2 minutesI will be present at the IFSC Climbing World Cup Villars tomorrow. For me climbing has always been an active rather than a passive sport. It has been a sport where the landscape is nice and the crowds are small. Tomorrow will be the first time that I go and watch as…
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What helped make Pokemon Go popular
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere are a number of reasons which make Pokemon Go popular. I believe that the Ingress User base plays a key role, that marketing had an effect and that curiousity also played an important role. Big user base Ingress has a large and vibrant community of players. These players are so passionate about…
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First thoughts on Pokemon Go
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy first thoughts on Pokemon Go are that we can level up fast. They have taken all of the Ingress Portals that Ingress players and I have created and turned them in to whatever the locations are called in Pokemon Go. I could research the names and terms but I am not that obsessive.…
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In August I will be at FIFAD
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn August of this year I will be at FIFAD as a volontaire. FIFAD stands for Festival International du Film Alpin Des Diablerets. It’s the international Alpine Film Festival of the Diablerets. I want to participate at this event for three main reasons. The first of these is that I have…
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Did anything happn?
Reading Time: 2 minutesHappn is a location based dating app, at least in theory. I have had the app on my mobile phones for a year or more and have yet to meet a Happn user in person. In theory Happn shows you who you have crossed paths with and where. It also tells you…
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Thoughts on “How technology disrupted the truth”
Reading Time: 5 minutesHow technology disrupted the truth is currently a popular topic. This statement is a fallacy because technology is not misleading people. People with political agendas are disrupting the truth. If you remember back to the Obama campaigns you will remember that bloggers were seen as part of the solution, not the problem.…
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Summer Nyon
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is an image of Nyon on a day when the thermometer indicated at least 31°c on a sunny Sunday afternoon. In this image you can see the CGN boat leaving Nyon and heading towards Geneva. You can see the Jet D’eau in the background. You can see a sailing boat…