First day workshop in Geneva

Had a good 1st workshop today at the University of Geneva, at least that was my feeling. I'll get feedback from the attendees through AILIS; the organizer of these workshops. And I must say, they know something about organization over here. The university made sure that all IT stuff was taken care of, lunch was well organized and we were lucky enough to be able to eat outside.

Next to the "official agenda" I loved the discussions on how to implement blogging internally, the technical and cultural challenges, the use of RSS on intranets, external blogging and the need for guidelines... As I said before, these training sessions give me as much input/ideas as I hope I provide input/ideas to the attendees.

Looking forward to tomorrow for another session, this time in French.

I just noticed I forgot my USB cable to hook up my digital camera... so pictures and a little video clip will be for later when I'm back home. Geneva is one of the most international cities I have ever visited. The amount of different languages and cultures you hear and see here is incredible. My host from AILIS is Belgian and has lived in Geneva for many years now. She told me that about 70% of people working and living here are from outside Switzerland.

I had a good Indian dinner not far from the hotel after I went for a nice walk along the lake. Picked up what looks to be a page turner along the way; The Polish Officer by Alan Furst. If you like spy stories set in Europe during WWII, then I can definitely recommend it.

Before I post this; just got news that Flock launched it's beta browser which includes blogposting... Supposed to work with the most popular blogging platforms out there. It also includes easy subscribe to RSS feeds and much more.. You can check it out here.

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