I am doing some work on rebranding and I wanted to get an idea of how others perceive me. Please feel free to particpate in this little exercise.
In three words (no more, no less), how would you describe Kim Siever? These can be a phrase or three separate adjectives.
Alternatively, feel free to email your response to me at kim.siever@gmail.com.
Here is an analysis by Google of over one billion web documents. It shows the most common class names, ids, elements, etc.
Very interesting.
My mum’s side of the family is nearly all French (aside from a Scottish line and a Cree line). As a result, I find myself writing in French occasionally. Living in Canada probably contributes to this as well. Most of my French correspondence is usually with my maternal grandmother.
When writing in French, I include accented characters where appropriate. My daughter’s name (Sinéad) is Irish and has an accent. Creating accents on the computer is not difficult.
On a Windows-based PC, you can usually bring up the character map (Start> All Programs> Accessories> System Tools in Windows XP), which will give you access to all available accented characters. Mac users can access a similar application by going to Edit>Special Characters in the Finder. This brings up the Character Palette.
Each system offers the ability to type in key combinations for individual letters as well. I find this method much easier than bringing up the Character Map/Palette each time I need a character. Below are some of the most common letters I use and what key combinations to use. The character is followed by the Windows shortcut and then the Mac shortcut.
| Letter | PC shortcut | Mac shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| é (as in Sinéad) | Alt+0233 | Option+e, e |
| è (as in fève) | Alt+0232 | Option+`, e |
| à (as in voilà) | Alt+0224 | Option+`, a |
| ô (as in bientôt) | Alt+0244 | Option+i, o |
| ï (as in naïve) | Alt+0239 | Option+u, i |
| ç (as in leçon) | Alt+0231 | Option+c |
Tagged by Julian Rickards.
Jason posted a list of cities he visited last year. Here’s my list (one or more nights spent in each place or I ate there), in no particular order:
Where did you go?
Now, I have heard some doozy of blond jokes in my time. I was even known to tell some pretty good ones too. However, this blond joke has to be the one to top them all.
Hilarious.
The one thing that stopped me from using del.icio.us was the fact that I couldn’t import my current bookmarks. Now I can thanks to Julian Bez’s new del.icio.us import web-based ap.
