Pour les addicted des réseaux sociaux et les fans de chiffres …

Dans un environnement économique encore instable, les sociétés de services informatiques ont réussi à accroître leurs effectifs. Mais dans des proportions loin d'être homogènes. Classement

Fort de 6 000 salariés pour un chiffre d’affaires de plus de 150 millions d’euros, nous sommes depuis une quinzaine d'années spécialiste dans la gestion de la relation client. Nous proposons une offre globale de services autour de la Relation Client et avons développé une approche spécifique dédiée au digital crm. Notre ambition nous amène à renforcer nos équipes.

Mission

Rapportant au Directeur de l' agence Digital crm du groupe, vous conseillez nos clients sur leur stratégie digitale et social media et les aidez à mettre en œuvre leurs actions via une approche complémentaire aux canaux traditionnels et historiques (téléphone, email). Vous avez principalement à :

• Intervenir en avant-vente, comprendre les problématiques de nos clients et prospects grands comptes, auditer l’existant

• Elaborer des stratégies d’intervention, rédiger des propositions commerciales et les défendre

• Mettre en œuvre les missions : veille sur les média sociaux, stratégie conversationnelle, définition des dispositifs opérationnels, coordination des partenaires, suivi des plannings et des budgets, mise en place et suivi des indicateurs de performance

• Enrichir en permanence votre culture digitale grâce à une veille active

• Evangéliser nos équipes internes et nos clients

• Faire un reporting précis de vos actions

Compétences et expérience

De formation supérieure, vous avez au moins 5 ans d’expérience en tant que consultant en agence de communication digitale ou au sein d’un opérateur ecommerce. Vous êtes passionné par le monde digital et les nouveaux médias et savez apprécier leur impact dans la relation client. Vous avez l’expérience de la gestion de projets auprès de grands comptes et pouvez illustrer votre expérience par des réalisations probantes. Vous êtes capable de vous adapter à des interlocuteurs de haut niveau et avez d’excellentes compétences en communication orale et écrite. Créatif dans l’âme, vous aimez aussi faire. Vous parlez couramment anglais et pouvez gérer des partenaires et des clients non francophones (entretien en anglais).Vous souhaitez aujourd’hui prendre une fonction déterminante au sein d’une équipe nouvellement créée, participer à une aventure innovante et évoluer avec son succès.

Pourquoi nous rejoindre

• L’opportunité de développer le seul acteur proposant une approche ROIste du Digital pour de grands comptes

• La possibilité de bénéficier d’un socle technologique fort et d’une expertise métier reconnue par un panel large de clients grands comptes

• Un exécutif visionnaire et responsable

Publié par Eve Nicolas-Hérondart

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.

Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.

To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot

An Introduction to Underscore.js – Part 2 Array-like collections http://su.pr/1vUy3L

The logo is no longer the shining star it once was >> http://ow.ly/aJUJj

How to Create a Custom Page in #WordPress – http://ow.ly/aJUlK /via @wpbeginner

Make sure to check out Jonathan Burton’s illustrations for Cover Her Face by PD James http://ow.ly/aJVeI

Big question: how important is it to you to keep your clients happy? http://ow.ly/aLCtQ /via @netmag

The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be http://ow.ly/aLCLg What happened to science-fiction graphics?

Ingenious and bold graphic work here http://ow.ly/aLzxh Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lesser-Known Contributions to Graphic Design

Do you know how to think outside the box when finding a job? http://ow.ly/aNzsM

Ultimate Guide to Upgrade #WordPress for Beginners [Infograph] – http://ow.ly/aND11 /via @wpbeginner

jCSML – A New Cross Platform Animation Library http://ow.ly/aO68A

How To Build A Real-Time Commenting System http://ow.ly/aO6uW – very cool article by @smashingmag

WordPress Plugins That Make Your Life Easier http://ow.ly/aOSE9

Shell Apps and Silver Bullets http://ow.ly/aP16f A detailed article in the classic web vs. native debate

‘Imagination is more important than knowledge’ http://ow.ly/aP2Sc Yet, you’ve gotta read this & get inspired!

Learn more about the creative Von Glitschka, his books and illustrations from this inspiring interview http://ow.ly/aP6F3

The Complete Guide of Retouching Photos with Human Subjects http://ow.ly/aP7ek

How to List Future “Upcoming” Posts in #WordPress – http://ow.ly/aQjN1 /via @wpbeginner

Responsive Design 101 http://ow.ly/aQk8o Because designers who don’t adapt will be left behind

Interaction Design In The Cloud http://ow.ly/aQkhZ *Great article by @smashingmag

Very cool collection of Chinese posters taken from Shanghai’s golden age http://ow.ly/aQjKv

Poster design is a true art form http://ow.ly/aQlFt Check out this awesome collection

Want more? No problem! Keep track of all our tweets by following us @DesignerDepot

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All images by Gil Elvgren

Pour trouver un fuseau horaire aux USA ou dans le monde, il existe plusieurs outils sur internet. L’objectif est d’avoir, en un seul coup d’oeil, l’ensemble des fuseaux horaires sur une partie du monde et surtout de comparer avec l’heure de l’endroit où nous nous trouvons.  C’est plutôt utile pour faire des enchères sur ebay ou encore organiser une réunion avec les collègues aux USA. A l’heure des télé-conférence, c’est à la mode.

Les Américains du nord sont rompus à cette pratique et généralement, il parle de fuseaux horaires  dans un jargon incompréhensible au début, mais qu’il faudra mémoriser.

Six fuseaux horaires aux usa

• EDT Eastern Daylight Time.
• CDT  Central Daylight Time (CST Central Standard Time ) Généralement on se synchronise sur ce fuseau quand on prépare une réunion).
• MDT Mountain Daylight Time .
• PDT Pacific Daylight Time .
• Alaska .
• HST Hawaii Daylight Time.

Plutôt que ce se casser la tête, avec tous ses termes, il vaut mieux accéder à des sites plutôt visuels qui vont tout de suite vous situer dans le temps.

Worldtimebuddy.com

Programmez jusqu’à 10 villes de votre choix dans le monde et pourquoi pas 10 villes aux USA. De plus il est possible de générer un url pour chaque programmation de fuseaux horaire. Voilà l’exemple que j’ai fabriqué pour l’exercice worldtimebuddy.com/…lid=3459...  Il suffit ensuite de mettre en favori le lien pour le retrouver plus tard.

Il est possible de régler également l’horloge sur les jargons EDT, CDT, MDT, PDT, worldtimebuddy.com/….712

On est déjà paré pour la vie avec ce site.

Gmtslider.com

ON est dans le même registre que le premier site où il est possilbe de mettre en mémoire plusieurs fuseaux horaires dans le monde et de programmer les fuseaux horaires aux USA.http://www.gmtslider.com/?cities=CST/CDT,EST/EDT,HST,MST/MDT,PST/PDT. A vous ensuite d’ajouter votre ville d’origine et votre ville de destination pour vous situer par rapport aux fuseaux américains.

Timeanddate.com

Pour ceux qui préfèrent le bon vieux temps de l’analogique, c’est sur ce site qu’il faudra travailler. Vous pouvez créer jusqu’à 25 horloges sur la même page, ce qui est plus qu’il n’en faut à mon goût! Là encore, il est possible de programmer une horloge avec n’importe quelle ville du monde et  indiquer également le type de fuseau horaire (UTC, MST, PDT, EDT, CDT) pour bien comprendre le mécanisme.

Avec ses trois sources visuelles, on est paré pour l’internationalisation et paré pour bien régler l’heure quand on voyage au bout de la terre.

Merci à Daniel G.  de m’avoir suggéré ce billet.

Source de la carte : nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/reference/timezones4.pdf

Fuseau horaire Usa : Comment travailler avec [mode d'emploi] est un billet de Cocktail Web Roget rédigé par Thierry Roget Mes partenaires www.bluehost.com www.elegantthemes.com www.dreamhost.com

lire aussi:

1. Gmtslider : Gérer les fuseaux horaires pour ne pas rater un rendez-vous
2. Comment tu fais quand tu tombes amoureux sur plusieurs fuseaux horaires.
3. Worldtimebuddy pour gérer les fuseaux horaires de chaque ville
4. FollowFriday: mode d’emploi et 23 idées
5. Faire un favicon: 10 sites pour créer un favicon et mode d’emploi: Maj [Convertico]

Plus de 55 000 identifiants et passwords de comptes Twitter ont été publiés sur le site de partage de fichiers Pastebin.com. Actualité

From the outside, the little church looks like it must have when it was completed back in 1927. Step inside, however, and the interior has been completely transformed.

Bye, bye history. Hello, light-filled modernity, complete with high-end fixtures and a unique architectural design.

In 1923, the people of Louviers, a small bedroom community just outside Denver, together contributed $5,200 to build a village church. Four years later, the chapel was finished and began servicing 200 parishioners — a house of worship that lasted until 1972.

Fast-forward to 1995, when a couple purchased the church for $110,000 and, for one year, used it as a wedding chapel. Afterwards, the owners spent four years and half a million dollars to transform the church into a home.

In 2007, the church hit the Louviers real estate market, when the current homeowners, Bob and Cindy Johnson, purchased it for $510,300. The Johnsons spent an additional $45,000 to continue the renovation, taking it to the next level, said listing agent Linda McConnell.

The result is a special blend of the old church and new home.

“They kept a lot of the originals but added a lot of modern conveniences,” McConnell said. ”What I love about it is that it still has the church steeple bell, it still has the antique glass doorknobs, the leaded glass windows and stained glass windows from England.”

While you may see architecture of this nature in Europe, or even parts of New England, McConnell says the home is completely unique for Colorado.

“It’s amazing,” McConnell said.

The entry opens to high ceilings over a living space with hardwood floors. Original foyer doors open to the dining room and kitchen, which has been completely updated with slab granite countertops and custom cabinetry. What was once the choir loft has been converted into an enormous master suite overlooking the living room. An additional four bedrooms, three bathrooms and covered sun patio round out the rest of the home.

The home is priced at $475,000, a 7-percent discount from the sale price in 2007, and reduced 4.2 percent from its previous listing price. With low mortgage rates and a 20 percent down payment on a 30-year-fixed mortgage, the home’s monthly payment will be $2,147, according to Zillow’s mortgage calculator.

« Friends », « l’auberge espagnole », « ensemble c’est tout »,  autant de films vantant l’image de vies, et d’appartements, bien remplis ! Que cela soit par nécessité ou par envie, dans les grandes comme dans les moins grandes villes, ce mode vie a su conquérir la France : Étudiants, divorcés, salariés, et même retraité, tout le monde s’y met !

Véritable alternative à la pénurie de bien en location et à l’explosion des prix des loyers, la colocation entraine de nombreux avantages. Payer moins pour vivre dans un appartement plus spacieux, cela a de quoi convaincre !

Juste une question d’argent ? Non pas seulement ! Le phénomène de colocation s’est étendu bien au-delà des simples étudiants désireux d’alléger leurs factures. En effet dans ce monde de plus en plus tourné vers la technologie, les gens ressentent le besoin de se sentir entourés et de partager une expérience de vie avec les autres. La colocation est une alternative à l’isolation et l’occasion de vivre une expérience unique tout en rencontrant des gens.

Certaines personnes âgées ont elles aussi étés conquises par ce mode de vie. Volonté de partager, de briser la solitude, d’avoir une meilleure qualité de vie, ou simplement d’être rassuré : la colocation sénior ou intergénérationnelle est aujourd’hui devenue une alternative aux maisons de retraites.

D’après des études, 62% de la population pense que la colocation est un mode de vie convivial et attirant. Cependant, même si les avantages sont nombreux la colocation peut faire peur : Tant sur le plan juridique que social, s’entendre et s’organiser avec des inconnus n’est pas forcément évident.

Pour remédier à cela, les sites de colocation comme "appartage", "ma-colocation" ou encore  "e-colocation", se multiplient pour faciliter les rencontres et trouver les colocataires parfaits! Pour s’inscrire de nombreuses informations sont à donner : Sexe, fumeur ou non, age, orientation sexuelle, situation sociale, hobbies, cela ressemble presque à un site de rencontre, mais c’est en fait un vrai supermarché des colocataires pour  choisir des personnes qui se ressemblent et qui pourrons vivre ensemble dans les meilleurs conditions.

Véritable phénomène social, la colocation a pris son envol en France, et tout est aujourd’hui organisé de manière à ce qu’elle se déroule dans les meilleurs conditions : il ne reste plus qu’à se lancer !

Un joli traitement de l’image

L'une des bases du fonctionnement de Twitter c'est le partage de liens. L'objectif que l'on recherche quand on partage un lien sur Twitter, c'est que son tweet soit mentionné, obtienne des RT et surtout que le lien que l'on partage soit cliqué. La question clé est donc : quelle est la meilleure position (début, milieu, fin) pour inclure un lien et obtenir un maximum de clics. On pense généralement que la fin est le meilleur emplacement. Dan Zarrella (Hubspot) a fait le test. Plus de 200 000 tweets avec des liens raccourcis avec bitly.com ont été analysés, et notamment leurs CTR (nombre de clics divisé par le nombre de followers). Puis, analyse de la relation entre l'emplacement du lien dans le Tweet et son CTR. Il a en établi une "heat map" (carte de chaleur, en français).

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Dans la lignée du clip conçu pour Klaxons - Twin Flames, voici ce film dirigé par Saam Farahmand afin de créer son interprétation du projet audio-visuel de Radio Soulwax. Produit par James Waters et The House of Curves. A découvrir en vidéo dans la suite de l’article.

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Angelica Huston par Richard Avedon, Vogue, Janvier 1973

“Ce Candaule était éperdument épris de son épouse et pensait, dans sa passion, avoir la femme la plus belle qui fût au monde. Il était pénétré de cette idée et, comme il avait parmi ses gardes du corps un favori, Gygès fils de Dascylos, confident de ses plus grands secrets, il lui vantait aussi sans mesure la beauté de sa femme. Peu de temps après — car il devait connaître le malheur — Candaule dit à Gygès : « Il me semble, Gygès, que tu ne me crois pas quand je te parle de la beauté de ma femme : les hommes ont moins de confiance dans leurs oreilles que dans leurs yeux. Eh bien, fais en sorte de la voir nue. » Gygès se récria hautement : « Maître, que dis-tu là ! Ce n’est pas raisonnable. Quoi ! Tu m’ordonnes de voir nue ma propre souveraine ? Mais quand une femme enlève sa robe, elle quitte en même temps toute sa pudeur ! D’ailleurs, les hommes ont depuis longtemps trouvé les bons principes qui doivent nous guider, et voici l’un d’eux : chacun ne doit regarder que ce qui est à lui. Pour moi, je suis persuadé que ton épouse est la plus belle des femmes, et je te supplie de ne pas m’imposer un acte coupable.”

Hérodote, I, 8-12 -Traduction d’Andrée Barguet, Gallimard Collection : La Pléiade

It’s not Halloween without a spooky series of homeowner horror stories. Nor is it Halloween without a look at the best places to trick-or-treat. But it’s really not the ghostly holiday of “all saints eve” without taking a tour of some of America’s most famously haunted homes.

For those who don’t mind a murder story or a few errant ethereal spirits, let’s roll.

Winchester House (above)
Location: San Jose, CA
Ghost: Sarah Winchester

Whether or not the Winchester House is haunted, it definitely tops the list for bizarre real estate. The house was designed by Sarah Winchester, pictured at left,  the widow of William Winchester, founder of Winchester rifles. According to stories, Sarah was deeply distressed by the death of her daughter Annie in 1866 and her husband in 1881, so she consulted a medium to deal with her grief. The medium told Sarah to move west and build a house to ward off the spirits.

For the next 38 years — until her death in 1922 — Sarah oversaw construction of the San Jose house, holding nightly séances to get guidance from ghosts in the design. The result was a maze-like residence full of twisting and turning hallways, dead-ends and secret panels. There was also  a window built into a floor, staircases leading to nowhere, doors that open to walls, upside-down columns, and rooms built, then intentionally closed off  — all to ward off and confuse evil spirits. Or even some living souls, too.

Lizzie Borden House (above)
Located: Fall River, MA
Ghosts: Andrew and Abby Borden

You’ve heard the song about Lizzie Borden taking an ax. Before there was a creepy nursery-rhyme like chant, there was the Lizzie Borden trial — one of the biggest trials of the 19^th century. It centered on the Aug. 4, 1892 murder of Andrew and Abby Borden. Andrew’s daughter and Abby’s step-daughter, Lizzie Borden, (pictured at left) was the prime suspect, but acquitted by the jury.

By many accounts, the Bordens were not a happy family and Andrew’s daughters, Lizzie and Emma Lenora, feared that Andrew was going to bequeath his assets to their step-mother. After her acquittal, Lizzie and Emma moved to a different house on French Street. The home of the murder still stands in Fall River and operates as a bed-and-breakfast, where guests report that Andrew and Abby can be seen wandering about.

LaLaurie Mansion (above)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Ghosts: Victims of Madame LaLaurie

The former New Orleans home of Nicolas Cage, the LaLaurie Mansion, has to rank as the most gruesome in the history of the haunted houses. The New Orleans home was the where Madame LaLaurie reportedly abused and tortured her slaves. Rumors of cruelty were confirmed to be the truth when a fire broke out in the home and more than a dozen of slaves were discovered in various horrible states of torture. An angry mob descended on the home but Madame LaLaurie escaped, never to be seen again.

Soon after, flickering lights, unearthly screams were reported throughout the home and, over the next several years, the French Quarter home changed hands several times. It was run as a music conservatory, a school for young girls, a bar and furniture store. Finally, a retired New Orleans physician purchased the home and restored it to a single-family dwelling before selling it to Nicolas Cage. The actor recently lost the home to foreclosure. A sign of the ghosts at work, perhaps?

Franklin Castle (above)
Location: Cleveland, OH
Ghosts: Babies crying

Depending on who is telling this ghost story, the one-time owner of Franklin Castle, Hannes Tiedemann, pictured, was an evil tyrant who had a hand in several mysterious deaths at the Castle. Or, he was the victim of unfortunate circumstances?

Either way, as far as haunted houses go, the Franklin Castle fits the bill as a creep palace, complete with a stone tower and turrets, gargoyles, wrought-iron fixings and wrought-iron fencing. Built in 1864, the home was sold August 26 on the Cleveland real estate market for $260,000. That was after the latest calamity to strike: A fire that gutted plans to turn the place into a bed and breakfast. We’ll have to wait and see if the new owners hear the same sounds of footsteps, babies crying, and doors slamming often reported in the home.

Sprague Mansion (above)
Location: Cranston, RI
Ghosts: Amasa Sprague, Charlie the butler

The Spragues were a prosperous family in Cranston, RI in the 1800s and owned the Cranston Print Works, a textile mill that helped pioneer chemical bleaching. When the Print Works patriarch, William Sprague, died, he passed the business on to his two sons: Amasa (photo left) and William II. Amasa concentrated on the family business while William II focused on politics, serving as a U.S. Representative, Governor and United States Senator. On Dec. 31, 1843, Amasa was found near the home, beaten and shot. A man was hung for the crime, but was later revealed to be innocent. Following the murder, the Sprague family fortune dwindled and the home fell into disrepair. Cranston Historical Society saved the home from demolition in 1967.

Myrtles Plantation (above)
Location: St. Francisville, LA
Ghosts: Chloe, Sara and her children, William Winter

Jealousy led to hauntings of this antebellum home in St. Francisville, LA. In 1808, Clark Woodruff took over the plantation from his deceased father-in-law, General David Bradford. Clark lived in the house with his wife Sara and three children. Legend has it that Clark took a liking to a slave named Chloe, who became jealous of Sara and the kids. The story goes that Chloe baked a birthday cake filled with poisonous oleander leaves that killed Sara and two of the three children. Although Chloe confessed to the crime, fellow slaves retaliated. Chloe was hanged to death and her body was dumped in the Mississippi River.

If that wasn’t enough of an eerie history, another one of the owners, William Winter, was shot and killed while standing on the front porch. Rumor has it that the home was also built on an American Indian burial ground and the home was ransacked by Union soldiers during the Civil War.  The home operates now as a bed-and-breakfast, serving up sightings of William Winter, Sara and her children as well as the ghost of Chloe outside, tending to her oleander plants.

Chambers Mansion (above)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Ghost: Claudia

Perched in the Pacific Heights neighborhood, this prime piece of San Francisco real estate was built by silver mine tycoon Richard Chambers. The story goes that Richard moved into the home with his two nieces, bringing with him a host of demons and ghosts with him. When Chambers died in 1901, the nieces inherited the home; one moved next door and one, Claudia, stayed in the home.

Claudia was discovered nearly cut in half one day. The family passed it off as a “farm implementation accident” but ghost expert Jim Fassbinder, who conducts haunted house tours in San Francisco, claims an insane family member who was kept in the attic of the Chambers home was the culprit. Recently a bed-and-breakfast, the home sold in 2009 for $3,400,800.

Whaley House (above)
Location: San Diego, CA
Ghost: “Yankee Jim” Robinson

California’s other notorious haunted home was built by Thomas Whaley, who moved to San Diego to start a general store business. The entrepreneurial Whaley also started a brick-making business and started a granary. He built the Greek-Revival style house in 1857 on where the gallows once stood.

Shortly after Whaley moved in, he reported hearing heavy footsteps “by the boots of a heavy man” throughout the home. Whaley concluded it was “Yankee Jim” Robinson (photo left) — the last man to hang on the property. Two centuries later, the Whaley home is a designated historic landmark and open to public tours where guests are invited to listen for the steps of “Yankee Jim.”

McPike Mansion (above)
Located: Alton, IL
Ghosts: Unknown woman

The town of Alton, IL is deemed the “most haunted” city in America and has no shortage of ghostly homes. The McPike Mansion has especially active ghosts. Although there doesn’t seem to be any set reason why the home is so eerie, visitors report being hugged by an unseen woman thought to be Sarah Wells — one of the former occupants. So vivid is her presence, she is said to be smelling of fresh lilacs. There’s also the laughter of children, and mysterious mists and orbs of light.

Built in 1869 for the McPike family, the house has also operated as a college and boarding house. The home is currently owned by George and Sharyn Luedke, who run tours for anyone who wants to experience the spooks first hand.

The Victorian (above)
Located: Gardner, MA
Ghost: Servant girl

The S.K. Pierce Mansion, or “The Victorian,” has been “certified haunted” by mediums and paranormal experts. The home, located in Gardner, MA, was built by chair manufacturer S.K. Pierce in 1875. The most active ghost reported in the home is a 19-year-old woman, thought to be one of Pierce’s servants. Other spirits include a man who perished in 1963 in a fire, and a small boy.

The home not only has a ghostly past, but a history of Gilded Age elite dropping by from New York on their way to Vermont and New Hampshire. Guests included President Calvin Coolidge, Norman Rockwell, and P.T. Barnum.

Did we miss a haunted hangout in your area? Let us know in the comments and perhaps it’ll show up in the round-up next year.

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Some people live in houses. Some people live in mansions. Some people live on estates and others live in castles.

Then there’s Richard Garriott, a video game mogul accomplished in so many realms — on Earth, in space, in cyberspace — that only a manor will do.

Make that a manor filled with secret passages, gargoyles, stained glass and a dungeon lined with macabre collectibles.

Well, make that three manors, all of them named Britannia.

The original Britannia Manor I was located in New Hampshire, where Garriott was raised after moving to the United States from the United Kingdom as a child. At Britannia Manor I, Garriott commenced his Halloween tradition of tricking out his manor for epic spook-fests.

After becoming a millionaire at age 17 thanks to his creation of the uber-popular and ground-breaking Ultima series games, Garriott decamped to Austin, TX. There, the son of an astronaut who also became an astronaut built Britannia Manor II.

The West Austin home at 8207 Two Coves Drive, which is now for sale for $4.1 million, was designed by Garriott, whose creativity and drive appears to have no bounds. The place is so special, so unique and has attracted so much international attention, it has its own page on Wikipedia.

“The name comes from the castle of Lord British, ruler of Britannia, the setting of the Ultima computer role-playing game series, which (Garriott) created. Britannia Manor is situated atop a large hill near Austin. The home was featured in a 2007 episode of the HGTV television series, “Secret Spaces,” on “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” and on “MTV Cribs.”

But with unflagging energy and vision, Garriott’s high-octane vision of high-living could not be contained by Britannia Manor II. So, in between space launches, game development, adventure travel to Antarctica and philanthropic enterprises, Garriott has for the past decade been building Britannia Manor III.

The eccentricities and novelties of Britannia Manor III are said to be surreal, including underground swimming pools that connect the entire house, swiveling walls to allow beds to move from room to room in the middle of the night and a five-story observatory complete with planetarium.

The new Britannia Manor III should be completed within the next 18 months, so in anticipation of the move, Garriott has listed his “old” digs for sale. The listing on the Austin real estate market gives a glimpse of what some lucky dungeon-loving buyer has in store.

“Britannia Manor II, the captivating and magical estate of Richard Garriott, aka, Lord British, is seeking new stewardship. Situated high on a level 3.99-acre hilltop overlooking downtown and a 3,000-acre preserve, this home offers amazing architectural details and intrigue plus an “off the grid” energy realm,” writes listing agent Robin McCall.

Behind the iron gates, the manor’s features “include a 360-degree-view observatory w/ telescope atop the approx 4790-sq foot home, pool, grotto, waterfall, detached studio, separate guest quarters, a/c’d barn, lagoon and lighted running track.”

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McCall said Garriott has been a tremendous citizen of Austin, a community-minded philanthropist who continued his long tradition of staging elaborate Halloween tours of his home, proceeds of which go to charity.

“He opens up his home at great expense for a benefit, ‘Scare for the Cure,’ ” McCall said.

Among Garriott’s many interests, his commitment to solar energy at Britannia Manor II is extensive. “He generates enough electricity for the property and enough to sell back energy to the city of Austin,” McCall said.

Garriott earned the right to be lord of his own manor. Born in the United Kingdom, Garriott moved to the United States as a child, then followed in his astronaut father’s (Owen Garriott) footsteps to become the only second-generation American in space. That took place in 2008, when Garriott launched the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft to the International Space Station and became the sixth private citizen to fly in Earth’s orbit. For Garriott, it was $30M well spent.

In early 2009, Garriott was awarded a Sir Arthur C. Clarke award for individual achievement. The prizes are set up to recognize UK achievements towards advancement in space exploration.

But for all of Garriott’s stellar and stirring achievements, he has a reputation for being a stand-up guy. And for all the unique qualities and quirky decor Garriott has brought to his Austin digs, listing agent McCall said Britannia Manor II is very livable.

“It’s a home you can wake up in and enjoy a cup of coffee,” she said.

Or, for the space travelers among us: Tang.