I work as an IT journalist for the M6 Web network and more specifically on its high tech magazine Clubic.com

For the most part my work on consists in :

• ✓ Writing articles
• ✓ Conducting interviews
• ✓ Attending press conferences
• ✓ Reporting news
• ✓ Researching information
• ✓ Publishing media content
• ✓ Testing several kinds of products (software, hardware, web services).

I used to work as a freelance writer on several online and paper technology-oriented magazines.

• ✓ SVM Mac
• ✓ SVM iPod
• ✓ VNUnet.fr (ITExpresso)
• ✓ A Vos Mac
• ✓ MobiFrance.com (Sojeng)
• ✓ iPhonetik (Sojeng)
• ✓ Live.fr (TigerSun)
• ✓ OpenSource Magazine
• ✓ Zebulon.fr
• ✓ Translation works for Techcrunch France
• ✓ Translation works for Tom's Hardware Guide.

I first considered pursuing a career in Education. I wanted to get familiar with the challenges by working classroom & dormroom assistant in high school and middle school.

I used to work as a French teacher in Rochester, NY both in high school and middle school. Also, I created a continuing education program and taught French to adults in night classes.

For the most part my work consisted in :

• ✓ Preparing work materials for six teachers
• ✓ Teaching French to Beginners or intermediate and advanced users (9yo to 50yo)
• ✓ Preparing courses and written and oral exams. Correcting tests
• ✓ Managing a group of people (Children or adults)
• ✓ Speaking at internationl socio-cultural conferences

I learned by myself how to develop websites. AT first I got familiar with third party-tools (Dreameaver, Namoweb…) then learned how to directly writ the code by hand

• ✓ Competences : HTML, CSS - SEO
• ✓ Notions of JavaScript and PHP
• ✓ Developing graphical user interfaces for different types of CMS : Wordpress, Movable Type, Tumblr.
• ✓ Graphic software : Pixelmator

I have created and manage the official Yahoo! Mail Group. This place gathers more than 5000 members who discuss the web service. Users can exchange on the new features implemented by Yahoo, ask their questions and share their knowledge.

A few dozens of Sunnyvale employees take part in this forum on a regular basis, collect user feedbacks and usually offer members to test new beta features

Awarded for my involvment in several testing programs led by Microsoft as well as for the benevolent customer support.

• ✓ Testing several kinds of products : hardware, software, web services
• ✓ Offering benevolent support for the MSN Explorer/Premium client in user communities

Windows (all), Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux