About

The inspiration for this format comes from Nathan Bashaw, founder of Hardbound.

    • 1993 – Born in Paris
    • 1993 – Raised between there and Beirut (the city, not the band, although it’s pretty good)
    • 2007 – When I turned 14, I got the first iPhone — it changed my life and my understanding of technology
    • 2007 – Started a blog about Apple, the iPhone in French to share my newfound passion (whytech.fr)
    • 2008 – Initiated a Bob Dylan obsession
    • 2009 – Started blogging in English, at techawe.com
    • 2010 – Picked up a guitar
    • 2010 – Evolved techawe.com to warston.com, with a more diverse editorial line
    • 2011 – Graduated from high school and started studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Warwick University
    • 2011 – Started designing and building Columize, an integrated microblogging platform and RSS client
    • 2012 – First employee to PayPlug, a French online payments company now serving 10k customers
    • 2012 – Did a TEDxYouth talk about my blogging experience and how you have to start
    • 2013 – Started designing Columize myself thanks to Sketch
    • 2014 – Designed Loop, an app that lets you create private photo albums
    • 2014 – Graduated from Warwick University
    • 2014 – Designed and released BetBuddies in under 2 months, a Football World Cup social forecasting app
    • 2015 – Released Loop
    • 2015 – Started a Led Zeppelin obsession · A short introduction to Led Zeppelin
    • 2015 – Designed Foound (unreleased restaurant meta search engine)
    • 2016 – Founded Kuma, a software design studio/experiment in Paris with Axel Kerbec
    • 2016 – Kuma released 2 apps (Columize, Emercall) and 3 websites (MAISON, Qumblr and Tohum Foundation)
    • 2016 – Designing Poilâne’s website — a globally renowned French bakery