Everything began in 2003, when I started studies of Computer Science. Aware of files volume growing on our computers, I found the way they were managed inefficient. Furthermore, searching for a file was slower on my computer than worldwide (thanks to Google)... I therefore developed a search engine for my PC... However, I had neither the time, nor the means to make a tool for everyone or professionals... I kept it for my personal usage and it became a small file manager.

Meantime, I noticed that my files weren't any more stationed in my only computer, but in several places: laptop computers, servers, MP3 walkmans, mobile phones, multimedia readers... Why not accessing all these devices simply and simultaneously as I do with my single computer? Such was my new challenge, and the result is NetGyver, a true network file manager!

But, it wasn't enough... Since machines were interconnected, why not allow their users to communicate? NetGyver therefore offers debate chat rooms and private instant messaging.

Why chat rooms while we have Facebook? A chat room allows us to chat anonymously with people we don't know and without leaving a written trace. They allow meeting people (not only for love), spontaneity and respect for privacy. If we want to stay in contact with a person, it is always possible to add them to our contacts.

With contacts and a network file manager, we can share our personal files (photos and videos of our camcorder, for example). That's what NetGyver allows: great!

I made NetGyver from A to Z... Its creation required:

• 100000 lines of code (in languages C, C#, PHP, SQL, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript...).
• 137 aspirins.
• 3 workstations (one died).
• 12 blocks of detachable draft sheets (I say "sorry" to trees).
• 18 theoretical works gulped down (to develop unpublished techniques).
• 3 servers running FreeBSD (1 blew up) and 2738 lines of configuration.
• 6 meters of pencils.
• 8734 hours of step by step debugging.
• 4378 steps walked in circles to find "elegant" solutions.
• 74 kg of pure coffee arabica.
• 37 UML diagrams.