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"... i'm a self-taught programmer. I've taken a job as a developer for a start-up in Waltham after college ... but i don't think i'm going to be happy in the lo

"... i'm a self-taught programmer. I've taken a job as a developer for a start-up in Waltham after college ... but i don't think i'm going to be happy in the long run ... Then it occurred to me that since i've been going to business school and programming, i've practically lost all touch with my artistic side (I used to paint, draw, act, etc..) and that I really regret it ..." make things that artists like :) The trick is don't think and/or. There are factors that will work against you though. I noticed after switching from the visual side of my brain used in fine-arts to the predominantly textual side used in programming, it pretty much killed my drawing instinct. The instictive need to draw and scribble. I've only just lately tried to balance the two. Not easy since each require different ways of thinking & looking at things.

jcl 19y ago
make things that artists like :) For what it's worth, I think this is what PG tried to do... Viaweb started out as a service to allow art galleries to get on the web: http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html
- bootload 19y ago
  "... make things that artists like :) For what it's worth, I think this is what PG tried to do... Viaweb started out as a service to allow art galleries to get on the web ..." I think your on the right trail. But pg didn't target artists as much as 'gallery owners'. [0] For good reason he took the (right) choice, of money or starving artists. But it didn't work. What I'm getting at is targeting "creatives" [1] instead of salespeople. Is this the reason why Artix couldn't "make what art salespeople wanted"? I didn't really have an example in mind until I read this morning on Fuzzwich. [2] Powerful products can created by Startups that straddle 2 logs at a time. In this case an understanding of technology and animation. [0] The "Artix Phase" is a favourite of mine ~ http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html It reads a lot like Cpt. Kirk in Star Trek: SPOCK: Captain. There is a high probability this encounter going to be similiar in nature to the 'Artix Phase'. KIRK: I was thinking the same thing. Hmm, the "Artix Phase". I haven't heard that since "Starfleet Academy". Never got off the ground to crash & burn! [1] Or at least the "creative potential" in each user. [2] "Fuzzwich (YC summer 07) launches a new look and previews Animator" ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=130008 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=130008

jcl 19y ago

make things that artists like :) For what it's worth, I think this is what PG tried to do... Viaweb started out as a service to allow art galleries to get on the web: http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html

bootload 19y ago
"... make things that artists like :) For what it's worth, I think this is what PG tried to do... Viaweb started out as a service to allow art galleries to get on the web ..." I think your on the right trail. But pg didn't target artists as much as 'gallery owners'. [0] For good reason he took the (right) choice, of money or starving artists. But it didn't work. What I'm getting at is targeting "creatives" [1] instead of salespeople. Is this the reason why Artix couldn't "make what art salespeople wanted"? I didn't really have an example in mind until I read this morning on Fuzzwich. [2] Powerful products can created by Startups that straddle 2 logs at a time. In this case an understanding of technology and animation. [0] The "Artix Phase" is a favourite of mine ~ http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html It reads a lot like Cpt. Kirk in Star Trek: SPOCK: Captain. There is a high probability this encounter going to be similiar in nature to the 'Artix Phase'. KIRK: I was thinking the same thing. Hmm, the "Artix Phase". I haven't heard that since "Starfleet Academy". Never got off the ground to crash & burn! [1] Or at least the "creative potential" in each user. [2] "Fuzzwich (YC summer 07) launches a new look and previews Animator" ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=130008 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=130008