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> I was a newspaper layout designer in a previous life. Such a cool-sounding job! Any fun stories to share from those days? > Reading anything of length on th
by q7xvh97o2pDhNrh 4y ago
> I was a newspaper layout designer in a previous life.
Such a cool-sounding job! Any fun stories to share from those days?
> Reading anything of length on this screen is decidedly uncomfortable when browsing HN.
Agreed. I always browse HN in a window that's half the width of my monitor.
There is something nice about the ultra-simplistic CSS that goes as wide as your window, though. Then, the user can just resize their window to find the sweet spot for themselves. The sites that force a fixed width for reading on everyone really miss the point, I think.
- redelbee 4y agoIt was a cool job until the newspaper business imploded. I have yet to experience anything even remotely close to the buzzing productivity of a newsroom minutes before the press deadline. Election nights were always fun because all the information was coming in later so we had to scramble. Obviously we knew about the time constraints beforehand so we could plan for it to the best of our ability, which of course usually fell to the curse of best laid plans. I’m nostalgic for slower paced information flow and newspapers remain a near-perfect example.