Hi everyone!
I’m Valentin, a passionate inventor using technology to make the world a better place. I am on a mission to increase both individual and collective intelligence, and to inspire and challenge you to think critically. This blog will mix thoughts, experiments, and ideas on a various topics, including tech, design, and society.
I grew up with a natural curiosity and a desire to solve problems with my ideas and inventions. This eventually led me to pursue an engineering degree in Communication Systems and now to work as a Product Manager for the company behind Ubuntu where I’m contributing to bringing free software to the widest audience.
One of my earliest experiences with the Internet was as a teenager, when I actually didn’t have network access at home. Though, I was determined to connect to the Internet. So I tried to remember and reproduce the IP and DNS configuration from the computers at school. No need to say: it did’t work!
Looking back, I’m grateful that I didn’t have access to this powerful, unlimited resource too early in my life. It gave me the time to be bored. Boredom is essential to build creativity and a critical mind.
Anyway ; now, here I am writing to the world on the (real) Internet. I truly hope my stories and ideas will inspire some of you.
Feel free to reach out to me on Twitter (you can find me at @ValentinViennot) or via email (blog@viennot.me) with any feedback or suggestions.
Wishing you a good read, Valentin.
(DALL-E2 might be good at drawings, but not so much at writing texts.)