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tbergeronon Meteor (YC S11) gets $9M in funding

Yes, to develop a tool which will get no revenue after? This is completely pointless.

tbergeronon Meteor (YC S11) gets $9M in funding

I can't believe this. Really. Meteor is a bunch of open source projects glued together with some of their own libraries. Their package system which is out of npm is completely arbitrary.

Why not funding other good projects? There's plenty of better framework/libraries that are massively used by the community.

I'm, myself, leading a little node.js framework open source project with similar concepts and I'd never accept to be funded. This isn't a project, there's no revenue opportunities there, it's a tool!

Tools help to develop projects which then make a revenue...

Some investors have very poor judgement.

tbergeronon Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money

I really love Metalab, I always looked at them for inspiration and seriously I'm proud of those guys.

They took the other road, the road which is in my opinion the best and the wisest. You must work hard to get to your point, being funded is not working hard (opinions may vary that while you're funded you can focus on your project instead of money but I think this is a very good part of the startup concept).

Once again, Metalab inspires me, my projects are starting to get real and I'm doing it the Metalab's way. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one and that this method is successful as well. (I couldn't care less about having 4.2m or 500k, at least you have enough fund to back up your dreams and projects).

That was my 2cents. Keep up the good work guys!

tbergeronon Your favorite freelance website to start making money

Oh really? That's disturbing.

Craigslist's a good idea, didn't thought of it! Thanks

tbergeronon Need some advice before going "all in" on my start up project

This is a very nice way of thinking! I always find myself using tools in non-conventional ways to get my work done.

Maybe re-inventing the wheel isn't bad after all, just need to re-invent it for those who weren't using it as a "wheel".

Thanks for sharing! Very good article!

tbergeronon Your favorite freelance website to start making money

Thanks for the response, what do you mean "their spyware"?

I'm looking for small projects and where I currently live, they're pretty rare so that's why I'm looking online. But don't worry, I'm still looking offline as well! :-P

tbergeronon Need some advice before going "all in" on my start up project

This is very interesting! I never thought of this before, thanks for sharing!

tbergeronon Need some advice before going "all in" on my start up project

This is the best example of someone who fixed a problem at the right time. There was this gap to fill, he filled it and has been living from it since then.

Thanks for sharing!

tbergeronon Need some advice before going "all in" on my start up project

Haha I didn't read Rework yet but I read Getting Things Done which is by Jason Fried & DHH as well, amazing book.

[sometimes, try to solve problems people don't even know exist yet.]

This is an amazing and interesting advice, thanks for pointing it out!

[No, not really. I've been working at night on projects for about 9 months and I'm just ...ready.]

This is where I'm heading, it's been 6 crazy months working at night, with the software engineer job I currently have on the day. But the time is coming soon, I feel more and more ready everyday, I have faith in me and my peers are pushing me to it as well, timing seems excellent I really can't wait! Focusing on my day job is becoming really, really hard hehe.

Thanks a lot, this is very helpful and I'll sure email you soon! Thanks again!

tbergeronon Need some advice before going "all in" on my start up project

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll check those out for sure!

I like Jobs as well, kind of hard on people but he had an idea and followed it to the end and that's remarkable.

tbergeronon My mission to solve the problem with Facebook, Google+ etc.

At the bottom of the page, I returned but I can't see them anymore.

tbergeronon Meteor is now MIT licensed

I thought exactly the same, I really like the reactive programming principles they've brought. But without npm it's useless.

tbergeronon Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

I always loved Google for so much reasons. They knew how to bring amazing, fast and useful stuff to the table but then they lost themselves trying to make a "Walmart" out of themselves.

They [started to] (some may say they always did) imitate other successful services, some with success and some with huge failures (many of their social network attempts have been failures).

But since about a year, it seems like they're turning from the "good guys" to the "bad guys". They try to kick every successful company out of their specializations. (Kick Facebook with Google+, Kick Spotify with Google Music, Kick Dropbox with Google Drive, etc).

I really hate the way they're taking to always get more and more of our data. Sorry Google but after almost ten years of service, I'm currently moving all my data somewhere else.

tbergeronon My mission to solve the problem with Facebook, Google+ etc.

Registered for beta and saw Viagra ads right away. Enough said. It sounded good but it blew it for me.

tbergeronon From idea to replacing full-time salary in 4 months

I understand the train of thought you're having. It may not be the best kind of business scaling-wise but if done right he could open some more somewhere else and horizontally scale that way. Everything can be scalable when pushed into the right direction.

More branches = more employees = almost automatic administration = more money.

Those are only my opinions, therefore not facts.