Out of Comfort Zone

FounderFuel et l’entrepreneuriat à Montréal

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Depuis quelques semaines, nous avons (Microsoft) une salle nommée le BizSpark lounge (en anglais) à la maison Notman. Un minimum d’une fois par semaine, je me rends sur place pour rencontrer des entrepreneurs, discuter technologies et tout simplement être présent pour connecter avec les gens du milieu du Web à Montréal. Malgré le fait que j’ai toujours gardé un... Read more

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So you want to work at home?

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I don’t know why, but I have something with blog post series. I have tips and tricks for people, show me your book, Fred’s tees, HTML5 challenges, and now, so you want to series… This one is all about giving some food for thought on some of the questions or comments I usually have. I started this... Read more

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Kobo Town, Jumbie in the Jukebox… a festive music

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Once in a while, music companies send me albums or show tickets as they know that I’m a big fan of music. Even if I have no obligation, every time a company gives me something, I try to do a blog post to give my own personal opinion, whether it’s positive or not: at the end, they... Read more

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Le Festival Geek est de retour

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Je me souviens encore du 22 juillet 2009, le jour où j’ai décidé de lancer l’idée de faire un Festival Geek à Montréal (aka GeekFestMtl). Ce fut hallucinant de voir tous les commentaires positifs des gens qui voulaient que je fasse de mon idée, une réalité. Ce fut à un point tel que 5 jours après... Read more

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Dance like nobody’s watching_

Watch this video before reading the rest of this post. Did you watch it? What was your reaction? Is this guy crazy? Is he funny? Would you be ashamed to know him? This guy is a lot of things, but certainly not ridiculous… He is passionate by his job or hobby. He is a music fan,... Read more

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Portrait de blogueurs se termine ici

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Ceux qui me connaissent depuis quelques années savent qu’il y a environ 2-3 ans j’avais parti une série de vidéo nommé Portrait de blogueurs. Cela fait environ 2 ans que je n’ai pas faits d’entrevue et le nom de domaine ayant échu, j’officialise la mort de ce projet aujourd’hui. J’ai eu bien du plaisir à... Read more

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MaMairie.ca, une plateforme de participation citoyenne

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Il y a un peu moins de deux semaines, j’ai vu que les amies de Nord Ouvert (une OBNL) font une campagne sur IndieGogo pour ramasser des fonds qui iront dans la l’entretien du site MaMarie.ca, mais surtout dans la mise a niveau de celui-ci et de la collecte de données provenant de la ville de Montréal... Read more

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I won’t give you the answer

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From the time I had to help other developers, had interns, lead development team, became the subject matter experts, did proctoring in workshops… I have always been that kind of guy: the kind of guy who don’t give the answer. If you have a little quick question, and I know you did your homeworks, I’ll... Read more

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Now is the perfect moment

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Don’t wait for the perfect idea. Don’t wait for a better moment. Don’t wait at all! Now is the perfect moment. The perfect moment to do what you have to do. The perfect moment to create what you want to create. The perfect moment to achieve to goal you want to achieve. Do it now! Since I’ve been... Read more

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Guest blog posts

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I’ve been asked quite often to publish blog posts from guest bloggers on this site. Sometimes it’s like a press release from an agency, and sometimes it’s from people in the community. I figured out that I would publish my thoughts around it, so I can refer to this post when people ask me. First,... Read more

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