François Milhiet

I have been living in Montpellier (France) since the end of 1990. After spending a few years in Perpignan (66 - France), 5 years in Bretagne (Le Pouliguen 44 - France), 8 years in Oran in Algeria... in Le Havre (76- France), in Algeria, in Vendôme (41 - France) where I was born.

In 1984, I first learned to program with a friend on a Canon X-07 computer. One of the first personal computers running an NSC800 processor compatible with the Z80. It had 4 lines of 20 characters and was programmed with a Basic signed Microsoft. It could also be programmed in assembler. I have fond memories of that time and the beginnings of personal computing, where there was a great diversity of computers and systems. Enthusiasts allowed computing to become democratized. Magazines like Hebdogiciel then like Freelog and Logiciels PC, associations like DP Tool Club, like Afas or RUSh and many others now defunct helped to carry this movement. There was also the Yaskifo service for the online sale of software.

I then joined a computer science school where I learned Cobol and Basic, but I owe most of my current knowledge to my curiosity since I am largely self-taught.

For IT:

• in 1986, diploma in management programmer analyst.
• from 1990/1999, trainer in office automation and IT for 9 years at Ilfar (Montpellier) I trained young people and adults in the context of professional training (CAP, BP, Bac Pro, BTS) and at the same time I provided assistance for the "Parcours" software for the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
• from 1999/2014, creator and webmaster of Anshare.com / Logitheque.com, a large French software download site (750,000 visitors per month).
  I was also a member and vice president of Afas (French Association of Shareware Authors).
  creator of the numerology software Numer.
• 2003/2005, co-columnist of the shareware section of the magazine "Science & Vie Micro" with Philippe Supera. I also wrote articles for "L'Officiel du Net".
• From 2012 to November 2023, creator and webmaster of the Extra-Loge software.
• Since the end of 2021, programming of the CMS BlogTheque.
• Creation in 2024 of the association directory.

So I have more than 40 years of experience in IT and 28 in the internet.

For publishing:

• from April 2014 to February 2015, director of publication of the free magazine "Le criquet de Lunel".
• from 2014 to 2020 head of Tapuscrits publishing.
• from 2018 to 2020 Tapuscrits bookstore in Montpellier.
• creation of more than a hundred book models with Indesign software on behalf of Tapuscrits publishing but also for Via Domitia publishing in Montpellier.
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As an author:

• Journal d'un anarchiste désabusé, (political essay) 12/2015, Tapuscrits editions.
• Le mot de la fin, (short stories) 06/2018, Tapuscrits editions.
• Le libraire, (short stories) 05/2022, Tapuscrits editions.
• Couillonnades en ré mineur, (humor) 05/2022, Tapuscrits editions.
• Crainios, 11/2023, Ubik-Art editions. Crainios is a one-man show, a one-hour show telling the story of a pot-bellied poet with advanced baldness, who, consumed by loneliness and a love he is slow to find, clumsily recites poems and texts that are sometimes humorous but also trashy… He is accompanied by his childhood friend and confidante from whom he seeks advice.
• Complaintes, 07/2024 (poetry) to be published, Tapuscrits editions.
• I also participated as an author in "Les cahiers virtuel écriture" by Ubik-Art editions.

Others:

Born at the age of 3 in 2004, I am also the author of about thirty texts with a philosophical and progressive scope, some of which, toned down, are presented on the blog of my personal site.
For the anecdote, I appear in the novel "Chronique des poètes malchanceux" by Doris Kneller in the guise of the character named Bruno.