ivanzhao

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   by ivanzhao 16y ago

   I just got a bunch of offers from the valley. Here are some numbers: 3 big named, 10-40 people, post-A companies offered 100K-130K salary, and about 0.15%-0.2% equity. One stealth, seed-funded company in which I would be a funding team memb
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   by ivanzhao 16y ago

   Paul Graham, who created this very Hacker News you are reading now.
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   Ask HN: what could be the next gen of Delicious? (For orgnizing inforamtion)

   2 points by ivanzhao 16y ago|0 comments
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   by ivanzhao 16y ago

   It looks great. How do you want to differentiate yourself in this crowd market (personalized news feeds), given bigger players like pulse, flipboard, which are free.
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   by ivanzhao 16y ago

   If graphic design is the makeup, then typography is the bone. You should start with the bone, and I can't recommend enough of this book: http://www.amazon.ca/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bring... Also, by typography I don't just mean
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   by ivanzhao 16y ago

   What the hell? I was quite impressed by the original 1000Memories' look (the simple 2/3 colors gradient background that looks like the inside of a pearl shell). Now with all the shining blue buttons it looks like a tech webapp.
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   by ivanzhao 16y ago

   One thing I learned over the years is that "rhythm, size and spacing" is as effective as using different typefaces. So one type, plus its italic form, is enough for most of your need. Two types and you can rule the world.
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   by ivanzhao 16y ago

   Hi mlgrinshpun, Really appreciate your careful observation. I was aware of this, and it was a design tradeoff that I was willing to take (like this controversy "low-lighting" thing). The big dilemma is always "how to pack a lot of informati
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   by ivanzhao 16y ago

   alnayyir, I did not rip off The Wiki Game, at least wasn't intent to do so. In The Wiki Game, problems are randomly generated. In 3 Degree of Wikipedia (my app), they are created by other players, and limited to 3 degrees only, so each conn
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    Thank you for your kind words. To be honest, I was a bit overwhelmed about the reactions to this "low-lighting" thing. However I'd like to stick with what I believe in, at least for now : )
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    Glad you like the photos. However I usually don't associate concepts with my photos and like to response to scenes instinctively without thinking too much about composition. Thanks for your advice nevertheless.
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    My take was that low-lighting allows me to pack in more information without cluttering the page, so all can be fit into one page.
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    It's on the page. Here's the link: http://www.threewiki.com Thanks.
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    Thank you for your suggestions (especially the one about Opera). I have darkened the text, now working on other issues.
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    1-604-603-1454
16. 106.▲
    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    It's a play of "low-lighting". Mouseover to highlight it. EDIT: thanks for the suggestion. I just darkened the text a bit.
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    Hello HN, After 6+ years in university (undergrad + graduate + research), I have decided to put aside my interests in science and to pursue a career in the web (enough academia bureaucracy) I do iPhone & web development, and quite capab
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    Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio(ivzhao.com)

    105 points by ivanzhao 16y ago|85 comments
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    How funny the Web and Steve's "objects" has become one thing eventually (mashups/infrastructure-SAS/APIs)
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    Just checked out jMockups, great stuff! About the implementation, I see everything seems to be in "canvas", why not just use DOM and HTML elements directly?
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    Reminds me of Photorealism paintings ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorealism ). Interesting how the most advanced shading algorithms are almost able to describe the neurological bases of what we PERCEIVE as real.
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    My major was Cognitive Science, so I always had to read excerpts of this book as part of course requirement, but never finished the whole thing. Now I read it by jumping between pages and hoping the individual sentences/paragraphs could spa
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    Thanks. Did you also posted on Reddit? Your name is so familiar.
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    Of course I do. The ENTIRE game logistics runs on GAE, the iPhone stores zero data except a user key.
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    I just launched my app 4 days ago (threewiki.com) and its backend is using GAE (Python + Tornado). On the second day, it was featured on TheNextWeb front page and the server got TONS of traffic. It scared me a bit, and I quickly change the
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    You mean using Google App Engine (either Python or Java) as an "external" storage, separate from your Node server?
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    My family moved from China to Canada during my high school years. It was Brave New World (along with Animal Farm) that really opened up my eyes what a Communist world I was raised in. Yes, Huxley could be cruel on his depicting of the nativ
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    Thanks for your kind word; truly appreciate it.
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    Yes indeed. 3 is a better number though : p
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    by ivanzhao 16y ago

    I used Vimeo for the video hosting. They have HTML5 but for some reasons it doesn't show up properly in iPhone : ( Although works in iPad.