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by sgdesign 14y ago
I remember that! And look, even back then Microsoft was embracing Flat Design: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/images/press/t... I think the moral of the story is that everybody 's design sucked in 1999…
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by sgdesign 14y ago
If you reversed all shadows and gradients, wouldn't your active control's lighting become completely inconsistent with the rest of your interface? Or did I misunderstand? But you're right that flat design takes away some of these tools. Tha
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Wow that's a great point! Good attention to details, I just fixed it.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
I also wrote about why and how I wrote this essay here: http://sachagreif.com/making-flat-pixels/ Basically it was a good exercise in responsive design, and was also a chance for me to try out publishing a book on Amazon. And since this i
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by sgdesign 14y ago
I'm certainly not saying that skeuomorphism is bad, and I don't think anybody that knows what they're talking about is saying that. And it's also important to keep in mind that skeuomorphism and realism are two different things. But it's de
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by sgdesign 14y ago
That's a good point, and in any case pixel art is not that far from pointillism or other mosaic-based artforms.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
I have a hard time understanding your point, but I think you're confusing pixel art and bitmap images.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Have you seen Telescope? http://telesc.pe It's basically an open-source HN clone built with Meteor, it's a good place to get an overview of the various features you need to build a useful app.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Having a strong brand is not something you can measure via A/B testing, it's a long-term commitment.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
What does Pen.fm do? And we haven't really decided on this yet, I don't think we'll need to use LaTeX but we'll see. Any suggestions are welcome :)
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Of course, we'll make sure the book is up to date with the latest version whenever it comes out. And we'll also provide updates if any major change come out in the months after the book's release.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
It's hosted on Heroku, is Heroku blocked in China? 真奇怪… Anyway here's a PDF version of the page: http://cl.ly/MiTa And you can sign up to the mailing list here: http://sachagreif.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=b5af4...
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Sorry, that's fixed now.
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Getting Started with Meteor(themeteorbook.com)
26 points by sgdesign 14y ago|5 comments
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Interested to know how people think it compares to Telescope ( http://telesc.pe ), which is more of a traditional HN-clone social news app (also open source by the way). (I also posted in the other topic, sorry for the double post but I'm r
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Interested to know how people think it compares to Telescope ( http://telesc.pe ), which is more of a traditional HN-clone social news app (also open source by the way).
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by sgdesign 14y ago
You're right, the price of such a service would probably be much higher. If I took an audit of how much time I spend on this stuff monthly, I'm guessing paying $200-500 would not seem out of proportion. Anyway it's just speculation at this
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by sgdesign 14y ago
That's definitely a concern. Can't say I have an answer, except to say that someone unqualified (in this case, me) taking care of it isn't great for security either.
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Ask HN: How can I outsource DevOps?
14 points by sgdesign 14y ago|21 comments
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Well, I can't really agree with this. Filming a movie and viewing a movie are two completely different experiences and take place in completely different environments, even if the medium is the same. What you're saying would be like saying
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Except in many cases you can't make layout decisions without also considering fonts and visual style. This is why Photoshop and Illustrator are still the best tools for web design: they enable relatively quick wireframing, but also give you
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Maybe this is a dumb question, but I'm probably not the only one wondering that: how do you capture the video from the iPhone screen in the first place? [Edit: oh, just realized you're probably just using the simulator?] Otherwise, awesome
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by sgdesign 14y ago
This sounds like it would make a great book or movie. It's scary to know you can send someone to jail for 3 month, but at the same time knowing how you did it would be quite interesting.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
A little off-topic, but was this written by patio11? The writing style feels very similar.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
To be fair, any of those ideas could produce a great startup with the right team behind it… That's the thing, the idea alone is pretty much meaningless one way or another.
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by sgdesign 14y ago
You should also A/B test those photos to increase the conversion rate. For example, have you thought about replacing those landscapes with photos of smiling businesspeople in suits? And I noticed you're not even asking people to sign up for
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Just see it as a transaction: your email and permission to send you at least one newsletter (you can always unsubscribe) in exchange for the book. Asking for a download without having to give your email is a little strange, after all the bo
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by sgdesign 14y ago
Very cool, I might be able to come!
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by sgdesign 14y ago
By the way, we've been having a hard time attracting Japanese audiences to the past meetups, in part because I'm not very familiar with the Japanese tech ecosystem yet (and not speaking Japanese doesn't help…). So if any of you Japan HNers
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by sgdesign 14y ago
More info here on the HNKansai site: http://hnkansai.org/

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