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I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • Amersports and Sports tracker

    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday Amer Sports announced that it has bought Sports tracker. Sports Tracker is an application that I have been using since I had the Nokia N95 8GB. I used it on symbian, iOS and Android devices over the years. What I love about this app is the way it displays information about…

  • Video piracy in the 21st century

    Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days ago I was watching a Magnum PI episode where Higgins had a film camera pointed at the television screen to record a game of snooker broadcast from “half way around the world” by satellite.  Today I noticed this article speaking of the way in which twitter’s Periscope app and Meerkat…

  • Social media, breaking news and information overload.

    Reading Time: 2 minutesSocial media is really fast because there are so many participants. It’s also fast because one person telling a few others is simplified. The social media are a crowd and when one person says something then others repeat what they have just heard to find out what has happened. Within a few…

  • is twitter changing your blogging habits? – A 2008 response

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYes and no. Twitter is replacing instant messaging and chatrooms. It’s an open method by which for people to communicate instantly with others. It’s also about the overheard conversation although that term has disappeared. What does “overheard” mean? Well simply that whenever two people discuss a topic hundreds of people are…

  • Ingress Operation Apache, Covering Geneva in Blue.

    Reading Time: 2 minutesOperation Apache Ingress is a selfless game when you play as a team. The driver gets no AP. Other operators get a few AP for breaking portals. Three individuals gets hundreds of thousands of Mind Units (MU). Rather than feel a sense of achievement I feel fatigue. The first reason is to…

  • Social conversations and the social media

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you read “How to Win Friends and Influence People” you see how important it is to take notice of other people, to be positive and to be interested in what they are doing. That can be a challenge for everyone. We all have different priorities so putting other people first is…

  • Get Vertical

    Reading Time: < 1 minutePLAY & WIN 1. Enroll for the competition 2. Answer the questions 3. Upload your “vertical” picture Get Vertical by Salewa

  • Visiting the Creux de Van and spending time with Bouquetins.

    Reading Time: 4 minutesImages I saw of the Creux de Van made me want to visit the location in person. Yesterday despite the mediocre weather I went there. From Neuchatel you drive towards Noiraigue. Free parking is available. For the first hour you are walking up a steep winding path. A few trees have fallen,…

  • Images from the Via Ferrata de Lavanchy

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDespite the warning that rain would fall after 1700 today we went up to explore the Via Ferrata De Lavanchy. it is a via ferrata that requires a 45 minute walk up hill. You walk up towards a cirque and then turn left and continue upwards through some trees. When you…

  • The Via Ferrata season is back, time to enjoy those mountain landscapes again.

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFinally winter is over, the snow is melting away, flowers are coming up and the via ferrata season is starting once again. I will be in the mountains every second weekend from now on to explore via ferratas and hike. The next via ferrata I will explore is the Via Ferrata…