Journal du Jardin
It’s hard to let go old projects, but it’s healthy. Writing about them helps me let them go. JournalduJardin.com was active from 2006 until 2009. The domain name has been used by others later on.
really simple ssl
I wanted to redirect automatically http pages to https. Tried to edit the .htaccess Tried several plugins. Thought it was a cache problem. Didn’t work. So I can recommend this one that just worked : “really simple ssl”. It just worked, in less than a minute. https://really-simple-ssl.com/
Github
I coded alone for a very long time. The problem: no rush to learn how to code with group of developers. But in every company I worked for (as marketing manager), the IT teams I had to work with obviously had to work with a distributed version-control system, making sure that people don’t erase the …
Free illustrations
Quite useful to illustrate a website: openpeeps.com blush.design drawkit.io
Data vizualisation
This is a big passion. Wish I had more time for this. I love to make data talk. Hope to find some time to browse through this list: 180 Data Analytics & Data Visualization Blog Sites to date.https://datavizblog.com/my-favorite-data-visualization-blogs-beta/ Datacamphttps://www.datacamp.com/
Learn how to code in 2020
Latest one: coding challenges: Edabit:https://edabit.com/challenges
How I learned how to code in 2000
A lot can be self taught, and unfortunately I haven’t had the chance to study coding at the university. My dad was also a self-taught programmer, and I admired that a lot when I was a kid. So it was quite natural, when I could have access to the internet (I was 18 when we …
job recommendation, job referral
A new kind of startups emerged recently, where you can recommend a friend for a job and get rewarded for this if the hire is successful. In France: keycoopt.com (La puissance du réseau au service du recrutement En recrutement, la recommandation est le moyen le plus efficace pour trouver rapidement le bon candidat et de …
Simcity
I stumbled upon an article from 2013 that I absolutely loved. It’s about the making of Simcity. Some key learning was the fact that parking lots in the game are way smaller than in real life, in order to make the game more enjoyable. http://v-e-n-u-e.com/Sim-City-An-Interview-with-Stone-Librande There are so many city builders game nowadays. A selection …
real estate, buy a flat
In Germany, I heard about people with a good salary getting rejected for purchasing a flat. In France, a new article by Lefigaro points to a similar problem:– Credit Leader says that last year, the biggest problem was finding the lowest rate among various possibilities. Now it’s about getting at least one financing proposal.– Vousfinancer …