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Learning to code – Week 7 – Bootstrap & jQuery

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More Bootstrap & a flavour of JQuery The assignment in week 7 involved adding some effects to the resume, based on jQuery scripts, such as an interactive, dynamic portfolio of realisations with a hover effect. I guess, I even assume, that the intention behind that was GOOD: give us a flavour of Javascript before fully … Lire la suite

Learning to code – Week 6 – Bootstrap & CSS

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BOOTSTRAP!! Week 6 I discovered Boostrap.     Now THIS is the reason why ALL websites have been looking alike for the past 3 or 4 years ??? Pardon my ignorance, but I didn’t know it! I thought it was a design fad… but never thought that behind the fashion in style there could be a … Lire la suite

Learning to code – Week 5 – HTML, CSS & Ruby

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I’m still late! Struggling to catch up on week-ends, where I feel like I’m turning into a geek spending hours in front of my screen… at 41, it’s quite a strange feeling What did I do this past week? More HTML & CSS: I completed this skill on Codecademy: very proud of myself! (at least … Lire la suite

Learning to code – Week 4 – GitHub

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I’m horribly late on the program! Actually the formula I had subscribed to wasn’t really rich with exercises, and apparently a lot of people complained, so the team at Simplon decided to provide us with a lot more exercises, upgrading us to a much more practical program automatically. Good news, but 4 weeks of exercises … Lire la suite

Learning to code – Week 3 – HTML & CSS

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Week 3 was dedicated to HTML and CSS basics. Although I was quite familiar with the principles, it’s always better to really get yourself doing things. What I really enjoyed is starting to practice with Codecademy: the courses are divided into so many little sections that are each so clearly explained and interactive that progress is … Lire la suite

Digital Innovation in Lebanon: Interview Badih Saikali, Referd

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Lebanon is a brand new comer on the international high-tech scene: its first investment fund started in 2008, and entrepreneurial success stories are still a handful.

Yet the former Switzerland of the Middle East, neighbour to the Israeli Silicon Wadi, has many assets to emerge on a regional and international level. What are they, and why should foreign investors and entrepreneurs care?

I’ve had the opportunity to interview 4 players of this emerging ecosystem, entrepreneurs and investors alike.

In this interview, we meet Badih Saikali, co-founder of Referd, the business connector tool.


Full transcript of the interview:

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Learning to code – Week 2 – HTML & CSS

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Week 3 is about to start and I still haven’t finished all the assignments of Week 2 🙁  Considering that 6 months is ~24 weeks, if I start getting late now it’s gonna get tough… Now what do I take from this second week? 2 main points: There were a few resources to start getting … Lire la suite

Why School Is Not Ready For Us, by Jihad Kawas

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Jihad Kawas is an 18-year-old Lebanese entrepreneur, founder of Saily, and one of the new Thiel Foundation fellows, winner of a $100,000 tuition to drop school and develop his start-up. His story is worth reading as he taught himself how to code and built his first mobile application by the age of 14, and is … Lire la suite

Learning to code – Week 1 – HTML

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As I live in France, I subscribed to a 6-month online training with Simplon, in partnership with Open Classrooms. I took the simplest formula, online with no additional support, as I’m not really aiming at changing jobs and becoming a full-time developer after that! (At least for now, who knows? :)) The program is kicking … Lire la suite

Learning to code: Why?

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Hi! I’m 41, a digital marketer, a former Chief Digital Officer, mother of 3 children aged 13, 9 & 6, and I can’t code. It wasn’t really a problem until now, although my job has been about digital marketing and digital innovation for years. With basic notions of HTML and the help of WordPress and … Lire la suite