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I like how Patio11 is now a job title. I think the background makes the text a little hard to read though
by jgh 14y ago
I like how Patio11 is now a job title.
I think the background makes the text a little hard to read though
- vellum 14y agoAgreed. I think the OP should change the image or at least use a Gaussian blur on it.
- charliepark 14y agoJust made it darker; hopefully that'll help with the contrast.
- vellum 14y agoJust tried it again. I think the problem is more with the fireplace and other stuff behind the text. The user's eye gaze is caught in a tug-of-war between the text and the imagery when he's scrolling.
- mnicole 14y agoDitto, for me it's the artifacting mixed with how busy it is. A blur would resolve both of these.
- akavi 14y agoI mean, you can't claim the guy doesn't take his own advice (specifically, his encouragement to "Carve out a niche of one").
- gbaygon 14y agopardon my ignorance, what is "patio11-style marketing engineers"?
- vellum 14y agopatio11 is Patrick MacKenzie: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11 http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11 He's minorly famous for his essays on how engineers can be better at marketing. A lot of it is about, but not limited to, how to properly A/B test your product. A patio11-style would do some of the tasks mentioned here ( scroll down to paragraph that starts with "“What is it you do, exactly?” ): http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/12/29/bingo-card-creator-and-other-stuff-year-in-review-2012/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/12/29/bingo-card-creator-and-o...
- gbaygon 14y agothanks