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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

Digital Innovation in Sardinia

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Sardinia is an Italian island in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, inhabited by 1.6 million humans and 4 million sheep, and separated from Italy by a few hundred kilometers of sea. You may have heard of Sardinia as a haven for luxurious tourism, or as an environmentally-preserved landscape, or for its agriculture and traditional … Lire la suite

Digital Innovation in Sardinia: Interview Nicola Pirina, Digital Champion

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Sardinia, in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, is bustling with ideas and passion when it comes to digital innovation. From social and sustainable innovations to the sharing economy, digital school or high-tech medicine, it is worth taking a deeper look at what is going on there and connecting with its players.

I’ve had the opportunity and pleasure to interview 5 of its players in a series dedicated to Digital Innovation in Sardinia.

In this interview, we meet Nicola Pirina, Digital Champion Cagliari & Sardinia, VP Sardegna 2050, innovation strategist and advisor to many start-ups and institutions.

 

The interview is available in video format below or on YouTube and the full text transcript is below.

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Digital Innovation in Sardinia: Interview Roberto Spano, Sardex

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Sardinia, in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, is bustling with ideas and passion when it comes to digital innovation. From social and sustainable innovations to the sharing economy, digital school or high-tech medicine, it is worth taking a deeper look at what is going on there and connecting with its players.

I’ve had the opportunity and pleasure to interview 5 of its players in a series dedicated to Digital Innovation in Sardinia.

In this interview, we meet Roberto Spano, CEO of Sardex, a local currency launched in 2010, now aggregating more than 2000 members with more than 50 Million euros in transactions realised, and one of three pilot projects in Europe on this front.

 

The interview is available in video format below or on YouTube and the full text transcript is below, translated in English.

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Digital School in Sardinia: Interview Alessandri Patti & Students, Istituto Comprensivo Sestu

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Sardinia, in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, is bustling with ideas and passion when it comes to digital innovation. From social and sustainable innovations to the sharing economy, digital school or high-tech medicine, it is worth taking a deeper look at what is going on there and connecting with its players.

I’ve had the opportunity and pleasure to interview 5 of its players in a series dedicated to Digital Innovation in Sardinia.

In this interview, we meet Alessandra Patti, School Director at Istituto Comprensivo Sestu, with 3 of her students, around all the digital initiatives taking place at her school (do-it-yourself interactive boards, Arduino projects, coding workshops…).

 

The interview is available in video format below or on YouTube and the full text transcript is below, translated in English.

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Digital Innovation in Sardinia: Interview Nicola Siza, Hub/Spoke

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Sardinia, in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, is bustling with ideas and passion when it comes to digital innovation. From social and sustainable innovations to the sharing economy, digital school or high-tech medicine, it is worth taking a deeper look at what is going on there and connecting with its players.

I’ve had the opportunity and pleasure to interview 5 of its players in a series dedicated to Digital Innovation in Sardinia.

In this interview, we meet Nicola Siza, founder of Hub/Spoke, a brand new co-working place for start-ups & freelances from Sardinia or abroad, with high ambitions.

 

The interview is available in video format below or on YouTube and the full text transcript is below.

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Digital Innovation in Sardinia: Interview Monica Mureddu, Sardinia Innovation

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Sardinia, in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, is bustling with ideas and passion when it comes to digital innovation. From social and sustainable innovations to the sharing economy, digital school or high-tech medicine, it is worth taking a deeper look at what is going on there and connecting with its players.

I’ve had the opportunity and pleasure to interview 5 of its players in a series dedicated to Digital Innovation in Sardinia.

In this interview, we meet Monica Mureddu, founder of Sardinia Innovation, a website dedicated to sharing innovation initiatives taking place on the island, with a strong focus on social and sustainable innovations.

 

The interview is available in video format below or on YouTube and the full text transcript, translated in English, is below.

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Digiworld Summit 2014: Mobility reloaded… Review in tweets

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The following Slideshare document is the sum of all the tweets I posted during the Digiworld Summit (theme: Mobility reloaded) in November 2014 in Montpellier, France. It gives quite a fair view of most of the keynote presentations, although I did miss a few slides, and the quality of some pictures is quite poor (sorry … Lire la suite