The girl who published the article about QBC also made an english podcast. She's got mixed feelings on a few aspects of crypto but overall positive about QBC and she also made a small investment which I will add to the pool!
http://circonference.ca/2014/04/circonference-english-companion-podcast-1/Mentions start at 11 minutes but mostly after 16 minutes. She also seems to think that all cryptos will absolutely go through a pump and dump phase whereas a few good coins like Darkcoin have simply risen and stayed pretty stable by people who actually hold it because it's a quality coin.
She got a few things right and a few things wrong. Mostly positive like you said and she's going to invest a bit so that's always good.