Jun 27, 2008
Although buying and reading books may not be listed in the favourite hobbies in Singapore (although shopping for books could be), you may need, at some point of time, to purchase a book.
Forget about Amazon, there is no Amazon Singapore, besides so far I found no Amazon website that accepts to do international shipping to Singapore.
If you're a student, or know people from a university, you may want ...
May 5, 2008
It's simple, you have GOT to read this if you are:
a student, that may soon need to look for an internship.
soon to seek a job and want to assess quantitatively how much interest your recruiters show for your application.
a blogger and want the most detailed information about visits.
You can try here a public sample of the StatCounter.com interface.
I used this magic stuff when I was looking ...
Apr 14, 2008
Having so far spent 3 months in Singapore, where I met a fairly important number of Chinese people from China and Singaporeans with Chinese origins, I have realised how peculiar for a European the family richness transfer is in Chinese-type cultures.
Basically, it is a common thing that the most established family wealth does not last longer than 3 generations. In the meantime, it seems to me that rich ...
Apr 3, 2008
The Harvard / Altran course "Innovation in Science and Engineering" is a course that addresses students in any Grandes Ecoles or universities based in Île-de-France.
From April to May 2007, four student from INT took this course. Namely Florian Fainelli, William Germain, Youssef Barhomi and myself Youcef Banouni.
I am posting this article primarily for INT student, to invite the most motivated to join this class. There is only 3 ...
Feb 13, 2008
As the number of computer science and engineering students electing to go to graduate school increases, so does the competition to get into top schools. Students applying to competitive programs need to make sure all the elements of their applications are strong, including their letters of recommendation. But persuasive letters of recommendation should be easy to acquire as long as you’ve excelled in college, right? All you should ...
Feb 13, 2008
Many of my friends have often solicited me for tips on how to write a good resume in English, along with a unique cover letter. Eventually, they would catch vivid interest, and together we would work on getting a good recommendation letter and prepare the interview. I take this opportunity to also drop a word on public presentations.
The experience and skills I gained in doing this over and over again ...
Feb 12, 2008
Parce que l'Électron Libre est un VIP (Very Important Particle), la rédaction a décidé de mettre en place une interview pour apporter des éléments de réponse a toutes les interrogations possibles au sein du fanclub de l'Electron Libre, a savoir bien souvent, d'autres VIP ;)
12/02/2007 , a 17h30.
Journaliste : "Alors Youcef, comment ça se passe a Singapour ?"
Youcef : "Super, merci. Je suis enfin pose maintenant. Avec toute ...
Jan 25, 2008
Article dernièrement mis à jour le 30/03/2007, à 8h11 (heure française).
Monter un Business Plan (BP) solide, en une semaine, ça relève en effet du Challenge. Comme toujours, c'est systématiquement à la fin qu'on se rend compte de ce qu'on aurait du faire. Pour une fois, grâce à l'article du free electron two thousand and seven là, vot' Business Plan là, il va être pas mal bien bon, tabernac ...
Jan 24, 2008
"J'ai une nouvelle idée...
J'ai pas encore trop creusé, mais elle me plaît beaucoup et m'a l'air innovante."
Si vous vous dites cela souvent, cet article est fait pour vous. Il donne quelques pistes aux esprits en proie d'innovation, quelques conseils basés sur une expérience qui bien qu'encore très courte, peut quand même servir. Toute suggestion pertinente d'ajout/modification, ou réaction est naturellement bienvenue.
Les questions traitées par la suite sont les ...
Jan 15, 2008
Voila quelques jours que je suis a la National University of Singapore.
NUS, un campus de thai
En termes de superfiecie, c'est un campus relativement grand (150 hectares) par rapport aux grandes ecoles francaises comme Telecom INT, mais assez comparable a une universite de bonne taille, comme l'Universite de Paris-Sud XI. Mais comme l'architecture est tres verticale (4 a 6 etages par batiment), ca fait une capacite nettement plus importante : ...