dsawler

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by dsawler 10y ago
Every time I think of something I have to do, I put it in my Todoist Inbox. Every night I go through my Inbox and decide what needs to get done tomorrow. I assign a 'tomorrow' date for those tasks in my Inbox. Then, I go to Google
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by dsawler 11y ago
Hey, thanks for writing this. Your article talks a lot about the nuances of the app (prototyping animation, specifically) but I'm curious how you were able to distill the experience down to 2 primary use cases - did this come from rese
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by dsawler 13y ago
Depends where you work. At a large-ish digital creative agency you're probably stuck in PS creating 100 comps. At the small-ish digital creative agency I'm at the visual designers still use PS because that's where their comfo
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by dsawler 13y ago
As an interaction designer I really liked watching this. I don't work for a startup but this is often how quick internal reviews go with a project team member at my company, as well; discovering unique scenarios you need to design for
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by dsawler 14y ago
I imagine users going directly to a site like barackobama.com or xcandidate.com would be more inclined to read, not skim. It might be as simple as "this guy is running for President, maybe I should read this stuff."
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by dsawler 14y ago
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by dsawler 14y ago
I don't know if I agree with this. I think it's important for different members of the (small) team to interview someone they potentially, and most likely, will be working with. I'm a designer, but I would want to talk to someone interviewi
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by dsawler 14y ago
These IF programs, like leangains, do not require you to fast during the day and only feed at night... it's up to you when you would like to do it; That's the beauty of it.
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by dsawler 14y ago
LPTHW, without a doubt. I've tried everything out there - codecademy, udacity, coursera, codeschool, khan, etc. Nothing has taught me as well as LPTHW -- probably from just repetition of exercises alone.
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by dsawler 14y ago
I don't understand how people are still designing for the web in an image manipulation application. There are so many other tools out there today to get you to a design much quicker than Photoshop.
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by dsawler 14y ago
I think "great design can't be tested" is wrong. All design has consequence. If I make an add to cart button on an ecommerce site purple, I can test that to see if it performs better than the red add to cart button. Yes, these decisions (of
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by dsawler 14y ago
I don't like to separate visual from UX. UX is top level, while user research, visuals, information architecture, for example, are branches. You cannot design UX, only design for it. If I'm working on user research I need to understand the
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by dsawler 14y ago
But is a web designer a visual/graphic designer as well?
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by dsawler 14y ago
This. Exactly. I was really confused. I've been trying to learn JS on an off for about a year. When I was shown the new CS program at Khan Academy today, I was instantly confused because...I was drawing pictures using processing.js. So..was
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by dsawler 14y ago
Authentic Jobs, 37signals, elegant.ly
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by dsawler 14y ago
Tons and tons of sites use the 3-4 column approach to showcasing plans and pricing Here are just a few: http://patterntap.com/search/pricing In terms of styling, you're right, it's very close to 37signals.
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by dsawler 14y ago
Also like every other site out there. It's the most generic way to showcase pricing and plans.
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by dsawler 14y ago
Seconded. Read "On Writing Well" -- write something, cut it in half, then cut that in half, and then once again cut that in half.
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Ask HN: Anonymous posts not showing up?
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by dsawler 14y ago
I can't even figure out what it is/does. "The Chromebox is a fast, compact home or office device." That means nothing to me.
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by dsawler 14y ago
Dropping carbs dramatically after living a life where you ate a normal/high amount of carbs is going to, most likely, make you miserable. If decreasing your carbs is of interest to you, do so slowly over time.
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by dsawler 14y ago
Of course there are other ways, it's called not eating crap.
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by dsawler 14y ago
Interesting. However, if they serve sandwiches, perhaps they also have "grilled chicken cutlet sandwich". If they do, no harm in just asking for the chicken and whatever other toppings you like (cheese, lettuce, tomato, etc.)
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by dsawler 14y ago
Places that focus on bread, pasta and rice are usually chain-food places (Panera, Chipotle, etc). Find a deli that will give you a chicken breast + veggies -- there are at least 4 near my New Jersey suburban office building that do this.
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by dsawler 14y ago
Getting exercise is a must, for anyone. It has nothing to do with whether you have a start-up or not.
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by dsawler 15y ago
Absolutely.
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by dsawler 15y ago
I'm a web designer who really wants to learn JS to be able to fully implement my designs on the front end (I know HTML/CSS and can edit a jQuery script to fit my needs). I feel I am in their target market, or close to it, but they failed at
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by dsawler 15y ago
Oh, that's great. Those are the only two I use :) Excited to try this out!
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by dsawler 15y ago
Is this only for Photoshop? What about Fireworks or Illustrator? When I click for an invitation, I get an Application Error (An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments. If you a
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by dsawler 15y ago
This is said a lot, and I have to disagree. The content I serve to someone on a large monitor is going to be different than what I serve up to someone on mobile because I understand what the different needs and desires are for the user grou

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