mnicole

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by mnicole 14y ago
LESS/Sass completely changes the speed it takes to write things out, cleans up the organizational composition and increases the readability of the file. While I use variables in it (and love it), that isn't the primary reason I do so. You d
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by mnicole 14y ago
"I’m new to the tech scene.." Stop right there.
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by mnicole 14y ago
Right. For me, I'm not really into selling my resources to other professionals; for that I'd rather hand them out for free and see what they turn into in the hands of other creatives like is done on Dribbble already (also because I imagine
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by mnicole 14y ago
Much like I noted in my comment yesterday about Creative Market, I think that services like these need to be quality-controlled if you want repeat visits from buyers and worthy sellers alike. At first-glance, the content looks pretty tacky
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by mnicole 14y ago
Here in Portland we have a group called Code'n'Splode that takes women who are already working as engineers and gives them an opportunity to sound off on [gender] issues they've had in the workplace as well as coach other women interested i
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by mnicole 14y ago
Laughing is a sign of nervousness, not being a bimbo in order to look cute. She probably felt out of her league despite her ability to grasp the material.
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by mnicole 14y ago
Dribbble, Behance Network, Coroflot, Fiftytwo, Cargo Collective, Zerply, the list goes on.
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by mnicole 14y ago
I am listening to music all the time. I have it hooked up with all of the mobile services I've used (Spotify, Rdio), SoundCloud, and online radio services that support it in addition to regular old iTunes and Winamp on my computers. I'd say
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by mnicole 14y ago
I love Colourlovers and use it often because it fills a gap designers need and no one else has provided, but the quality of the content on CM insofar seems comparable to free offerings on deviantArt, Dribbble, Premium Pixels, Forrst, et al.
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by mnicole 14y ago
Ditto. 196k since '05 here. The ability to see how my musical taste synced with the ebb and flow of my life is something I really cherish.
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by mnicole 14y ago
"If someone can't be bothered to retype my non-mailto-ified email address, chances are high I'm better off not being bothered by their email." This. It is less to do with me worrying about spam as much as it is me adding an extra layer betw
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by mnicole 14y ago
The problem with Metafilter is that $5 over time hasn't scaled. It's been $5 since they implemented it way back when, and as the popularity of the site rose, $5 wasn't enough to stop people from registering to add their pointless commentary
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by mnicole 14y ago
"I'm wondering where the rest of the community was when this harassment was going on at the bar. So a whole group of conference attendees was just standing around, letting this victim be harassed?" As many of the comments here suggest, peop
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by mnicole 14y ago
Citation needed on the implied good designs. The two people I knew that used the site as 'designers' were doing so as a means to dip their feet into graphic design. They were using it to see if they even had a chance in the industry. I'm no
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by mnicole 14y ago
All you can really say to the people that use 99designs is "You get what you pay for." There's always going to be people that don't understand the cost and importance of good design, and as much as I am continually put off when I hear busin
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by mnicole 14y ago
Upon actually using it, it's pretty much snip.it but even more difficult to read. I think Snip.it and Pinterest are not very well designed around their primary purpose - content - but posts that can span 900px high of illegible text is pret
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by mnicole 14y ago
Everything's subjective to a point, but when it doesn't scale and people are using them for tiny app logos and subheadings, sensibility has nothing to do with it. Not to mention these fonts are generally used in conjunction with some pretty
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by mnicole 14y ago
Not sure if you guys are still reading this thread, but I've got an extensive collection (3k+ images) that I've already stored up on Lookwork, in addition to hundreds of posts on Snip.it. Clipboard finally looks like an end-all be-all for t
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by mnicole 14y ago
(me shilling Lookwork again)
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by mnicole 14y ago
Lobster is bad. Bello is bad. They're bad because they are ill-designed typefaces that leave much to be desired in the realm of readability and just the general aesthetic. They're display fonts that you can't compare to something like Gotha
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by mnicole 14y ago
This is what I posted on their blog post on the issue. I couldn't imagine anyone paying for this service in this day and age, especially since there doesn't appear to be any barrier-to-entry as to who can be listed. I scrolled for quite a b
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by mnicole 14y ago
This app is exactly what I was hoping for with Pair, which I saw zero value in considering it was just a glorified text-messaging app with a less-than-stellar UI. Excited to try it out.
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by mnicole 14y ago
That may be the case for some people, but for others of us (and like a commenter above said), it brings out the worst of us. I found myself getting involved in petty arguments with people or just make an off-the-cuff statement because only
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by mnicole 14y ago
But users don't want to do that legwork. I'm way more apt to use a product that, from the get-go, gives me what I want and then allows me to expand on that. Designspiration thumbnails those images so small, it's impossible to just browse an
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by mnicole 14y ago
It might not be Masonry, but I've noticed that any site that uses that method of floating content is automatically compared to Pinterest. I'd assume it's $5 because it took some effort to build and there's no other means of revenue for the
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by mnicole 14y ago
If I can get on my soapbox for a second (and let me know if this isn't cool - I just like pointing people towards more effective products), I'd like to call attention to http://www.lookwork.com , which was designed and developed by Ben &#3
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by mnicole 14y ago
You attach yourself to acquaintances, close and distant friends, and family members. You end up lumping together people who you do truly value with the noise of people who don't truly matter to you. Does that mean the latter aren't importan
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by mnicole 14y ago
No, Idan's point was incredibly valid and I'm glad that the creator cared enough to make efforts to fix it.
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by mnicole 14y ago
I quit for these very same reasons a few months ago and I truly don't miss the platform. In keeping you 'connected', it devalues the weight of your relationships and dumbs you down. No matter how many smart people they hire, the UX of the s
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by mnicole 14y ago
Dustin Curtis wrote three articles on this, initially with his disgust for AA's website and some suggestions on fixing it ( http://www.dustincurtis.com/dear_american_airlines.html ). A designer replied to Dustin about his limitations and th

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