tomcreighton

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by tomcreighton 15y ago
You're assuming that the phrase "crypto-magic" is reassuring instead of off-putting. 'The general public' and 'readers of HN' are basically non-overlapping sets. My mom has a credit card. Would she use Bitcoins? Not in a million years.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
Does the 'average person' even know Bitcoin exists? Could you explain it to them in a way that doesnt't make it sound super-dodgy? That's why.
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The ROI of Ignorance(tomcreighton.com)
1 points by tomcreighton 15y ago|0 comments
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
Are you using a one-button mouse, or no mouse whatsoever? OS X is pretty right-click friendly out of the box.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
There's actually a really good thread here about this exact topic: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2267861
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
It's definitely enough to get started.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I would add that I normally wouldn't be inclined to create an account, given the current state of your homepage. It's not doing a good job of selling me on your service.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
Not to toot my own horn, but I created exactly this a few months back: http://tipogram.com/
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I did, and I maintain that the idea is good, and parts of the design are really well-realized, but it still needs some attention.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
Let me add this (possibly unpopular on HN?) opinion: I have never, ever seen an open-source project that begins to compare, purely in user experience, to a closed-source/commercial project. Not saying it can't happen, but the forces that pu
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
Have you thought about relaunching after a redesign? What you just outlined as the idea behind the site sounds great... so I visited the site and was hit with off-putting text (the 'voice' of the site doesn't work for me), spelling errors
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
As a counterpoint, I'm 32. I have a wife and own a house, and get to spend precious little time with either. I gave up my secure agency job to join a startup and I'm working on side startups of my own. Not because I'm greedy, but because I
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I'd disagree with my own post as well if we're spinning it out to 'all job-seekers'. This is a good point, though - there's no universal strategy.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I should write a follow-up article that says "Actually ignore everything I just said. COMMNICATION IS EVERYTHING." Honestly, I'd start writing about the aspects of your job that you find interesting and worth sharing. You can't fake enthusi
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
The lowest plan on Github is something like $7/mth - I think that's a worthwhile cost to be able to show your code. You could add potential employers as (temporary) collaborators.
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The Internet is my Resume(tomcreighton.com)
35 points by tomcreighton 15y ago|34 comments
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Git for Designers(tomcreighton.com)
1 points by tomcreighton 15y ago|0 comments
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Building Tipogram - how to make a DIY digital goods business.(tomcreighton.com)
2 points by tomcreighton 15y ago|0 comments
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by tomcreighton 16y ago
A tiny, tiny nitpick - it's 'no one', not 'noone'.
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by tomcreighton 16y ago
I agree, it's much cleaner to use the built-in features of Wordpress. That said, this post is more of a gloss than an in-depth examination - this combination of plugin, template code, etc. can be used for considerably more complex purposes.
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Turn Wordpress into an Image-Slinging Warhorse in Three Steps(factore.ca)
8 points by tomcreighton 16y ago|2 comments
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by tomcreighton 16y ago
This looks great, but the banding and overlays on the sample property report totally threw me off for a moment - it looked like something had gone wrong. Perhaps a less visually distracting approach would work better in that area.
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by tomcreighton 16y ago
This is interesting - typically I've only come across the term 'information architecture' as it relates to design. That being said, it's not surprising considering how much leeway for interpretation 'information architecture' has.
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Information Architecture in Two Really Easy Steps(factore.ca)
9 points by tomcreighton 16y ago|3 comments
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Thinking about the Process - with Videogames(factore.ca)
5 points by tomcreighton 17y ago|0 comments