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Really important tip for anyone that wants to show off something that has a visual output: show the output!

ingve 9y ago
According to [0], the illustrations in "ØMQ - The Guide" [1] are made using asciitosvg. See, for example, the illustration following the "Divide and Conquer" heading: http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all#Divide-and-Conquer http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all#Divide-and-Conquer [0] https://9vx.org/post/simplistic-diagrams-with-ascii-art/ https://9vx.org/post/simplistic-diagrams-with-ascii-art/ [1] http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all
z3t4 9y ago
Sometimes the product have not been polished, or it's a concept, so you need to sell the product before even showing it. Once the customer has made his/her mind they are unlikely to change it. And then you work with the customer to improve the product to meet their expectations. Meanwhile if you would have shown the product/prototype without any selling they would have made up their mind and never come back or given any feedback. I know you are a busy person, and so am I - I just want to see the damn output, I don't have time to run it and see for myself even if it just takes 10 minutes. But if I'm not willing to do that, then it's very unlikely I'll invest in it anyway, even if it's very good.
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- OnlyRepliesToBS 9y ago
  It ain't a product. Show the output for a demo.
- koboll 9y ago
  >Sometimes the product have not been polished, or it's a concept, so you need to sell the product before even showing it. Then, at minimum, you still need to make a mockup of the result
yardshop 9y ago
This is included on the GitHub page: https://github.com/dhobsd/asciitosvg/blob/master/logo.svg https://github.com/dhobsd/asciitosvg/blob/master/logo.svg but not linked into the README for some reason. This looks a lot nicer than what is shown on the 0MQ page, or more modern at least.

According to [0], the illustrations in "ØMQ - The Guide" [1] are made using asciitosvg. See, for example, the illustration following the "Divide and Conquer" heading: http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all#Divide-and-Conquer http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all#Divide-and-Conquer [0] https://9vx.org/post/simplistic-diagrams-with-ascii-art/ https://9vx.org/post/simplistic-diagrams-with-ascii-art/ [1] http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all

z3t4 9y ago

Sometimes the product have not been polished, or it's a concept, so you need to sell the product before even showing it. Once the customer has made his/her mind they are unlikely to change it. And then you work with the customer to improve the product to meet their expectations. Meanwhile if you would have shown the product/prototype without any selling they would have made up their mind and never come back or given any feedback. I know you are a busy person, and so am I - I just want to see the damn output, I don't have time to run it and see for myself even if it just takes 10 minutes. But if I'm not willing to do that, then it's very unlikely I'll invest in it anyway, even if it's very good.

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OnlyRepliesToBS 9y ago
It ain't a product. Show the output for a demo.
koboll 9y ago
>Sometimes the product have not been polished, or it's a concept, so you need to sell the product before even showing it. Then, at minimum, you still need to make a mockup of the result

yardshop 9y ago

This is included on the GitHub page: https://github.com/dhobsd/asciitosvg/blob/master/logo.svg https://github.com/dhobsd/asciitosvg/blob/master/logo.svg but not linked into the README for some reason. This looks a lot nicer than what is shown on the 0MQ page, or more modern at least.