2016 Review :What I Could Have Done Better, What I Did Right, and Plans for 2017

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 This article inspired by Alex,2016 year in review

It’s that time of year again, where most of us think of new resolutions for the coming year and set ourselves goals and promises to keep for the new year ahead, that are bigger and better. 

 There were a lot of things that I did during the year and it’s crazy to realize how long a year is and how much you can get done. 

 I wish it didn’t go by so fast because it’s been such an incredible year in my life.

What I Could Have Done Better

Now, I think it’s important to highlight what I could have done better so I can better reflect on my weaknesses and work on those sticking points.

What I have done (important moments )

This has been a big year. A lot has happened and I’m in a very different place compared to twelve months ago.

  1. CTF contests

I have Played more than +18 Contest compared to 5 contests in 2015 , that's was great ! to boosts more my skills in security and programming.Check out the contests here CTFs and our Blog for writeups http://0xbugsbunny.blogspot.com/

2. OURCloud project

That's was really one of the favorite projects for me after 4 months of the launch of  Own-cloud ,I have worked on something like own cloud server, It was also presented as Mini project in my university.
you can find the code source here https://github.com/ihebski/ourcloud



3. Award of the best graduation project and the first IOT project in Tunisia

Graduation was an exciting moment for me as a student to celebrate all the achievements over many years and months of hard work and study.It was absolutely great when we have received the Award of the Best graduation project and the highest mark in my university.Also, the project was introduced in the IOT workshop by our professor.(The award was received by the minister of Technology and communication )

4. Lauréate de la promotion SR(Sécurité réseaux) 2016: Graduation  

After 3 years of hard working, Finally graduation !!! 


5. First place winners of Elearning Hackathon 

Nodes project was placed as the first project to be the laureate of the Hackathon, you read more about the challenge here Tunisia Elearning Hackathon

6. First place winners of TuniHack Hackathon: Ventus project

This challenge was about creating a solution for Data Science and Economy sharing.The Bugs_Bunny team was placed as the first place winners with "Ventus Project" that combine the two side of the themes, Also, an award for Tritux API and Award of DataVora dataset.


7. Patricia BOT 

When feeling lonely you can create your own bot to talk with it.Am totally obsess with Artificial Intelligence, so, it was a good try to launch Patricia BOT on facebook and test it with more than 50 real conversions.
you can read more about the project here! https://nodeme.blogspot.com/2016/10/we-made-our-own-smart-artificial_14.html and Check out my ppt presentation http://www.slideshare.net/Ihebbensalem3/patricia-botthe-human-apprentice .Patricia was introduced in an event about AI at Time university 

8. NodeMe blog 

Am not a great writer, but, Blogging was something special for me when you can share your experiences, knowledge and your interests with all the different kind of people in the world.I was wondering when my first post has bypassed 500 views in a couple of days, that's  have inspired me to share more valuable things with people and to inspire and be inspired, that's what worth your effort in the end. (When u convinced Tunisians to views your blog this is Totally a  miracle! )

9. Second Place winner of Start UP Pirate Tunis contest

When you are a geek with full passion and enthusiasm of technology, you have probably no life :p! , Startup pirate was a great experience that has changed my life.You can learn almost everything in 8 days with experts, investors, and company founders and through their experiences you can place your yourself to work for own and brings your ideas out to the world.


10. Mini workshop at Hack m3ana event (makers event)

The OpenFab community of makers and fab labs works very hard to improve the concept of Maker Labs and Fablabs in Tunisia.
Good work guys :) 


11. Become Member of Book club

Nothing great then meeting such valuable people to discuss books , topics , and to share knowledge with others.

12. Certification of OSI (objectif sciences international ) ST1

We were the youngest ones with a group of doctors and professor ,funny isn't :p!

13. Certification Steer you career : Injezz Tunisie

After 6 sessions of leadership ,communication, collaborative work , management , and time management we were 13 certified student from the Young Word Achievement foundation. 

14. Google Hash-Code

With my team we have played in Hash-code contest, we were placed with 507 Rank in the world ! Great isn't, it's the first time ever we play in such a big event like that and with 11 pages to describe the task :p!


15. First place winners of Innovation camp Injezz Tunisie

The challenge was really funny, we have been placed on the TOP of the teams with a very weird idea :p  , I have no idea how we have successfully convinced the judges :p! , the Vikings Magic.


16. Open street Map

When you can contribute to maps, that makes it awesome.


17. Firefox Student Ambassadors

Am new to Mozilla community , I hope 2017 will be the year of Mozilla firefox


18. Fabric Fest

 

19. Engineers Spark 

I was really glad to see my family getting bigger in a different places and universities.Our club now makes a lot of people inspired by technology , and getting the experience worth to inspire others to do the same thing.


20. Founder of El Ghazala HackerSpace 

Hackerspaces are community-operated physical places, where people can meet and work on their projects. Read more about it here https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Ghazela_Hackerspace


Things that didn’t go well: what is work/life balance?

My work/life balance is a work in progress and was something I wanted to fix but haven’t. 

What’s in store for next year?

Alright, so what’s in store for next year? There are a couple of things I want to specifically target: 

  • growing a startup 
  • Improve the hackerSpace concept
  • Switch off from work more and reinstate the weekend. 
  • Attend more conferences. 
  • Spend more time with family and friends. 
  • Learn more! Get back in the reading habit. 
  • Generally, improve the quality of life and happiness.

Final Thoughts

Never underestimate what you can get done in a year. Although I made some mistakes, I still made 2016 great by making lots of great decisions and accomplishments. 

 I’m sure there will be some road bumps in 2017 but I won’t let that stop me from my goals.
It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done"-Rocky Balboa 

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