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Status Chart: Your Professional Dashboard

35 points by kennedysgarage 14y ago

btown 14y ago
Seems very useful, but the fact that the design is not responsive makes it unusable for me. What about people who want this open on the right side of their screen, with code on the left side?
- kennedysgarage 14y ago
  This is something we are working on. We had it responsive, but it didn't flow right. We want to spend just a bit more time getting it right.
culturestate 14y ago
Looks great, can't wait to try it out! One note - you've got a typo on your invitation request confirmation page[1]. It says "We applicate your request..." instead of "appreciate." 1. http://www.statuschart.com/invite-thanks http://www.statuschart.com/invite-thanks
- kennedysgarage 14y ago
  I appreciate it, thanks for catching that :)
markmm 14y ago
It's not very clear what it does, or what it is for?
- kennedysgarage 14y ago
  Jessica Roy from BetaBeat wrote about it this morning, she helps explains things a little better http://betabeat.com/2012/09/status-chart-the-resume-porn-for-self-quantifiers-officially-beta-launches-today/ http://betabeat.com/2012/09/status-chart-the-resume-porn-for... I will update the site in a bit with some copy, I forgot to add that :/
  - markmm 14y ago
    Thanks, that makes it much clearer, pretty good concept and nice domain name.
    - kennedysgarage 14y ago
      Cool. Yeah, I was pretty surprised to find this domain. I literally thought of the name and saw the domain & twitter was all available in 5 minutes after deciding to put up a landing page.
      - markmm 14y ago
        Yeah I didn't think there were any dotcoms available with such common words.
jedberg 14y ago
What is the purpose of this website? The landing page doesn't make it very clear why I might want to sign up. Poking around the about page I found a link to the founder's status chart (why isn't that link on the main page as a sample?) and at least I can see what it does, but it seems like it would only be useful for folks who attend a lot of meetups or do a lot of conferences. As it turns out I'm one of those people, but I'm still not quite sure why I might want to use this.
- kennedysgarage 14y ago
  Yeah, I need to put up more info up on the landing page. Here is my profile on Status Chart: https://www.statuschart.com/kennedysgarage https://www.statuschart.com/kennedysgarage Two weeks ago I was not happy with my traditional résumé and decided to take a closer look it. I noticed that my career path did not fit on the typical one page one often has. I decided the solution would be to keep my résumé a traditional résumé and create something to enhance it. I created Status Chart to list out all of my projects, hackathons, events, and so on. I fell that these items are what really make me who I am, not necessary the "jobs" I have had, although important.
  - Alex3917 14y ago
    I like the problem you're trying to solve, and I think you're on the right track, but this doesn't really work for me. - The name is obnoxious. Highlighting the events you've been to is somewhat interesting, but implicitly claiming that paying to go to some conference gives you higher social status is lame. - Too many items. If I were hiring someone would I really want to read through all that? Maybe, but not at first glance. - Organizing items by the date they were started / completed isn't especially compelling to me. I don't really care how busy you are, I just want to see the most interesting things you've done period. - It's not clear whether or not you can choose your own categories of what to add based on the front page, and presumably you can't since they each have their own unique icon. This is a problem, because what I would want to highlight about myself wouldn't fit especially well into these categories.
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lifeisstillgood 14y ago
Some comments to take or leave as desired 1. It looks really good. But on second glance I just got confused. There is a lot of info, a graph I dont get and a list of seemingly unconnected events with no exposition. 2. It took a couple of plays to work it out - its really about the categories you have set up. Clicking the filter gives you a good sense of what the person has behind them Now I get it, I like it. 3. So that leads me to: If I am a non-speaking, non-hackathoning (Whats a hackathon) uncharitable, non conference goer - my statuschart will look pretty thin. Can I alter the categories to suit me? At worst just change the labels 4. I definitely want to expand the 'projects' section - I would want to do F/OSS, Salaried jobs, contract work, education etc. 5. pricing - I think it was on the PR piece you got - $5 a month and 30/year. That sounds good but why make people sign up before they can follow / read a page. If I wanted to give this to a propspective employer, I would be forcing them to sign in before seeing my CV - or have I missed something 6. Instead of category @all@, which is just a big long list of confusing, can I suggest top - where i can weight each event and then there is a simplish algorithm to float the events I weighted highest to top (perhaps weight / days since). That way there is a default page open that has my best stuff listed right at the top, and only then does someone have to filter out. 7. I am thinking of this as a CV - I would want to put a small paragraph onto some events to explain them, maybe in a popup. Otherwise really good - there is a rash of github resumes and other 'show off my stuff' sites. Its going to be an interesting area - good luck iterating. cheers Edit: kicked off a bit strong, toned it down a littel

btown 14y ago

Seems very useful, but the fact that the design is not responsive makes it unusable for me. What about people who want this open on the right side of their screen, with code on the left side?

kennedysgarage 14y ago
This is something we are working on. We had it responsive, but it didn't flow right. We want to spend just a bit more time getting it right.

culturestate 14y ago

Looks great, can't wait to try it out! One note - you've got a typo on your invitation request confirmation page[1]. It says "We applicate your request..." instead of "appreciate." 1. http://www.statuschart.com/invite-thanks http://www.statuschart.com/invite-thanks

kennedysgarage 14y ago
I appreciate it, thanks for catching that :)

markmm 14y ago

It's not very clear what it does, or what it is for?

kennedysgarage 14y ago
Jessica Roy from BetaBeat wrote about it this morning, she helps explains things a little better http://betabeat.com/2012/09/status-chart-the-resume-porn-for-self-quantifiers-officially-beta-launches-today/ http://betabeat.com/2012/09/status-chart-the-resume-porn-for... I will update the site in a bit with some copy, I forgot to add that :/
- markmm 14y ago
  Thanks, that makes it much clearer, pretty good concept and nice domain name.
  - kennedysgarage 14y ago
    Cool. Yeah, I was pretty surprised to find this domain. I literally thought of the name and saw the domain & twitter was all available in 5 minutes after deciding to put up a landing page.
    - markmm 14y ago
      Yeah I didn't think there were any dotcoms available with such common words.

jedberg 14y ago

What is the purpose of this website? The landing page doesn't make it very clear why I might want to sign up. Poking around the about page I found a link to the founder's status chart (why isn't that link on the main page as a sample?) and at least I can see what it does, but it seems like it would only be useful for folks who attend a lot of meetups or do a lot of conferences. As it turns out I'm one of those people, but I'm still not quite sure why I might want to use this.

kennedysgarage 14y ago
Yeah, I need to put up more info up on the landing page. Here is my profile on Status Chart: https://www.statuschart.com/kennedysgarage https://www.statuschart.com/kennedysgarage Two weeks ago I was not happy with my traditional résumé and decided to take a closer look it. I noticed that my career path did not fit on the typical one page one often has. I decided the solution would be to keep my résumé a traditional résumé and create something to enhance it. I created Status Chart to list out all of my projects, hackathons, events, and so on. I fell that these items are what really make me who I am, not necessary the "jobs" I have had, although important.
- Alex3917 14y ago
  I like the problem you're trying to solve, and I think you're on the right track, but this doesn't really work for me. - The name is obnoxious. Highlighting the events you've been to is somewhat interesting, but implicitly claiming that paying to go to some conference gives you higher social status is lame. - Too many items. If I were hiring someone would I really want to read through all that? Maybe, but not at first glance. - Organizing items by the date they were started / completed isn't especially compelling to me. I don't really care how busy you are, I just want to see the most interesting things you've done period. - It's not clear whether or not you can choose your own categories of what to add based on the front page, and presumably you can't since they each have their own unique icon. This is a problem, because what I would want to highlight about myself wouldn't fit especially well into these categories.
  - 14y ago

lifeisstillgood 14y ago

Some comments to take or leave as desired 1. It looks really good. But on second glance I just got confused. There is a lot of info, a graph I dont get and a list of seemingly unconnected events with no exposition. 2. It took a couple of plays to work it out - its really about the categories you have set up. Clicking the filter gives you a good sense of what the person has behind them Now I get it, I like it. 3. So that leads me to: If I am a non-speaking, non-hackathoning (Whats a hackathon) uncharitable, non conference goer - my statuschart will look pretty thin. Can I alter the categories to suit me? At worst just change the labels 4. I definitely want to expand the 'projects' section - I would want to do F/OSS, Salaried jobs, contract work, education etc. 5. pricing - I think it was on the PR piece you got - $5 a month and 30/year. That sounds good but why make people sign up before they can follow / read a page. If I wanted to give this to a propspective employer, I would be forcing them to sign in before seeing my CV - or have I missed something 6. Instead of category @all@, which is just a big long list of confusing, can I suggest top - where i can weight each event and then there is a simplish algorithm to float the events I weighted highest to top (perhaps weight / days since). That way there is a default page open that has my best stuff listed right at the top, and only then does someone have to filter out. 7. I am thinking of this as a CV - I would want to put a small paragraph onto some events to explain them, maybe in a popup. Otherwise really good - there is a rash of github resumes and other 'show off my stuff' sites. Its going to be an interesting area - good luck iterating. cheers Edit: kicked off a bit strong, toned it down a littel