Jo reminded me earlier of the Ranz des Vaches (or Lyôba), a classical Swiss alpine song which has stirred the hearts of many Swiss for years. It’s said that the song made those Swiss living abroad so homesick, that singing and playing it was banned amongst Swiss mercenaries in the eighteenth century, so as not to cause desertion.
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Schilthorn is a fascinating location where the James Bond Movie “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” was filmed and remains a huge tourist attraction with a revolving 360 degree restaurant. Schilthorn Piz-gloria is one of my favorite places to ski because you’re always above the clouds and the skiing is so beautiful. Words cannot describe the […]
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I’ve been using WordPress since the very first version and love it. In a talk at WordCamp Zurich, I shared some of the experiences I’ve gained as a CMS developer, website builder, content manager and blogger since the late 1990s.
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen in Swiss canton Bern.
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Time-lapse video of the chairlift ride from Riederalp to Hohfluh in Swiss canton Wallis.
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Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.
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Aerial video sequences of a frozen lake in the sunshine, near Fribourg in Switzerland.
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Aerial sequences of the quiet and peaceful Diemtigal Valley in Switzerland.
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The longest and hardest hike in Switzerland I’ve managed to date, captured in photos and video.
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A remarkable and beautiful film of nature, landscape, ice and ocean by photographer Stefan Forster.
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I presented at the WordCamp conference in Lausanne a couple of weeks ago, on the subject of website usability. The video of my talk is now online.
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British photographer and videographer Thomas Heaton visits three of my favourite locations in Switzerland.
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How I quickly implemented a splash page for Sulzer Schmid Laboratories, containing an autoplaying HTML5 video.
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A first foray into the world of the video blog, or “vlog”, which I shot while hiking in the Alps a few weeks ago.
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Short sequence of aerial views of Faulensee in Switzerland.
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Adobe has, at last, added the possibility to add custom presets in the mobile version of Lightroom.
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