Jonathan Klein: Photos that changed the world | Video on TED.com

Jonathan Klein: Photos that changed the world | Video on TED.com:

"Jonathan Klein: Photos that changed the world"

You might enjoy this.

have a nice summer!

james

English Theatre Club of TELECOM ParisTech - Crew

English Theatre Club of TELECOM ParisTech - is presenting "Grease"! on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week!

And Julien Barnu is playing Danny Zuko which I think is a pretty important role! (Think Travolta!)

I'm going tomorrow evening (Tuesday, 7 June) opening night... hope you can make it!

The musical comedy group usually does a great job so don't miss it!


all the best

james

Ed Boyden: A light switch for neurons | Video on TED.com

Ed Boyden: A light switch for neurons | Video on TED.com

YouTube - Dr House on American and British slang - with CC subtitles

YouTube - Dr House on American and British slang - with CC subtitles:

I spoke about this report with Xavier.... I thought you all might enjoy it.


have a good week

james

Videos Posted by French Debating Association: Finale 2011 - Part 1 [HQ]

Videos Posted by French Debating Association: Finale 2011 - Part 1 [HQ]:

"Videos Posted by French Debating Association"

Here you have the videos of this year's final debate at the National Assembly....

Bravo Telecom ! (and a couple of Polytechnicians too!)


james

Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong | Video on TED.com

Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong | Video on TED.com:

"Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong"
I nice internet project!

Thank you Pierre for sharing this!

james

Free Online Course Materials | Audio/Video Courses | MIT OpenCourseWare

Free Online Course Materials | Audio/Video Courses | MIT OpenCourseWare:

Here are links to the courses at MIT.

Enjoy.

james

Debating: we won!

Debating: we won!:

Two of the opening speeches -- 28 mars 2011 at Assemblée Nationale."

THE SIMPSONS - The Raven (Treehouse of Horror I) - 8 Translation(s) | dotSUB

THE SIMPSONS - The Raven (Treehouse of Horror I) - 8 Translation(s) | dotSUB:

"THE SIMPSONS - The Raven (Treehouse of Horror I)"

Here's a famous Poe poem being read!

james earl ray (the American actor, who also appears in Star Wars) is the narrator!

enjoy...


(here's another... non-simpson version:

Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven - Nevermore - Part1)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air

The Mercury Theatre on the Air

This is for you-know-who.

:-)

Créer un compte iTunes App Store sans carte bancaire

Créer un compte iTunes App Store sans carte bancaire: "Créer un compte iTunes App Store sans carte bancaire"


The easiest way to subscribe to podcasts is using the iTunes program from Apple... but to access the iTunes Music store and to get access to the (free) podcasts you need to create an account. But you don't need to give a credit card number!

How to create an iTunes music store account.... Just go to the app store and follow the instructions to create a free account there...

You can also do this from an iPhone, or from a computer.

Let me know if it works.

james


ps... Juice is the opensource "podcatcher" but it's less user-friendly than iTunes.

The official Dilbert website with Scott Adams' color comic strips, animation, mashups and more!

The official Dilbert website with Scott Adams' color comic strips, animation, mashups and more!

Here's one of my favorite professional communication sites!
Do you know about the PHB (pointy haired boss) and Dilbert?

Forbes.com Video Network | Technology: Names You Need To Know: Khan Academy

Forbes.com Video Network | Technology: Names You Need To Know: Khan Academy: "Forbes.com Video Network
Technology"

This looks like it might be interesting... there's lots of good things on the bnet! (business network).



what do you think? You can leave a comment.... hint, hint...

WOTW_contemporary_news

WOTW_contemporary_news:

This was not an April Fools' Day joke!

"This article appeared in the New York Times on Oct. 31, 1938.

"A wave of mass hysteria seized thousands of radio listeners between 8:15 and 9:30 o'clock last night when a broadcast of a dramatization of H. G. Wells's fantasy, 'The War of the Worlds,' led thousands to believe that an interplanetary conflict had started with invading Martians spreading wide death and destruction in New Jersey and New York."

And here is the audio! and many other audio books for your listening pleasure! http://www.mercurytheatre.info/
You might also enjoy... "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens read by Orson Wells.

"The finest radio drama of the 1930’s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman. In its brief run, it featured an impressive array of talents, including Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann, and George Coulouris. The show is famous for its notorious War of the Worlds broadcast, but the other shows in the series are relatively unknown. This site has many of the surviving shows, and will eventually have all of them. "


Enjoy....
james

YouTube - Video CV -- every home needs a Harvey!

YouTube - Every home needs a Harvey:

A good example of a video resumé!

Of course you know... it's a dog's world!

what do you think? will Harvey get a new position in life?

all the best

james

(you can leave a comment if you click back to the blog.)

MIDEM & MIDEMNET –The destination for music business connections and knowledge - MIDEM

MIDEM & MIDEMNET –The destination for music business connections and knowledge - MIDEM: "MIDEM & MidemNet
28 Jan - 01 Feb 2012, Cannes, France"

Here's the professional music industry's annual conference in France....

Another important music conference is SXSW (South by Southwest). Have you heard of it?

james

800+ TEDTalks as of Feb11 sorted by length

800+ TEDTalks as of February 2011 sorted by length

I thought you might enjoy this list of 875 Ted talks... There's a quick description of each one.

james

BBC News - Obama's State of the Union address

BBC News - Obama's State of the Union address:

"Obama's State of the Union Address"
This has an interactive script and also some interesting remarks by political commentators concerning the different things that Obama says.

You can leave a comment to say what you think!
I hope to get to talk to Xavier and Thomas tomorrow!

all the best
james

TED Blog | Behind the TEDTalk: New mini documentary starring Sir Ken and Raghava KK

TED Blog | Behind the TEDTalk: New mini documentary starring Sir Ken and Raghava KK:

"Behind the TEDTalk: New mini documentary starring Sir Ken and Raghava KK"

an interesting 8 minute documentary about preparing!

hope to speak with all three of you this week.

james

Rate-your-company startup Glassdoor raises $12M

Rate-your-company startup Glassdoor raises $12M:

"Glassdoor, a site where users can share details about their jobs, their companies, and their salaries, has raised $12 million in its third round of funding.

It has been more than a year since we last wrote about Glassdoor, but the Sausalito, Calif. company says its traffic grew 147 percent in 2010 and that it now receives 3.5 million unique visitors every month.

In order to get access to most of the data in Glassdoor, users have to contribute some job-related information of their own, which helps ensure that the data keeps growing. Besides company reviews and salary data, users can also share job interview questions, office photos, and CEO ratings. Glassdoor says it has information on 110,000 companies in more than 110 countries."


See you all on Monday! (That is all the first year students and the new Masters students joining the class in Semester 2. We're in a new room: F609.

Hope you've had a great vacation!

james

ps: Note to the students who are leaving the class... send me a note and I'll take you off the mailing list and blog if you wish.

norman rockwell - Recherche Google

norman rockwell - Recherche Google

Just as you have to know a bit about Coluche to understand French culture, you have to know a bit about the American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell to understand the Americans today.

Here's a collection of his illustrations and paintings.... very often used as the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.

j

CORPORA: 45-400 million words each: free online access

CORPORA: 45-400 million words each: free online access:

"CORPUS.BYU.EDU
six online corpora | 45 - 400 million words each"

here are some on-line corpora...

they're fun to explore.

YouTube - Burnistoun S1E1 - Voice Recognition Elevator - ELEVEN!

YouTube - Burnistoun S1E1 - Voice Recognition Elevator - ELEVEN!:

"Voice Recognition Elevator" for those of us that like automated voice mail systems.

This is all about accents.

enjoy.

Twitter in Plain English - 85 Translation(s) | dotSUB

Twitter in Plain English - 85 Translation(s) | dotSUB:


"Twitter in Plain English"

Here's another subtitling site.

Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four | Universal Subtitles

Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four | Universal Subtitles:

"Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats"

This page lets you see the subtitles of the videos! And even make them!

What do you think?

Geeking Out on Words Just Got Easier | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS

Geeking Out on Words Just Got Easier | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS:

"Geeking Out on Words Just Got Easier"


humm. What do you think? Have a good weekend! TGIF

Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen | Video on TED.com

Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen | Video on TED.com:

"You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called 'developing world.'"

Evan Williams on listening to Twitter users | Video on TED.com

Evan Williams on listening to Twitter users | Video on TED.com:

"Evan Williams on listening to Twitter users"

How important will Twitter become in our lives??? What do you think?

all the best

james

Welcome

Happy New Year!

And welcome to the PXTJ blog....  Pierre, Xavier, Thomas and James.

The idea is make this a team blog and to have an easy way to share interesting things from the web.

I've sent an invitation to each of you (you'll have to create a google login if you don't already have one) and once you accept I'll make all of us admins. 

Looking forward to sharing some interesting sites and discovering interesting sites that you have to share.


All the best

james

ps....   Xavier and Thomas do I get to talk with you tomorrow -- Thursday?