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FictiveCameronon Let's help Hoefler & Frere-Jones fill these jobs. Hoping for H&FJ web fonts.

Seems like the kind of jobs folks here would be all about. I would absolutely love to use their fonts online in an accessible way.

FictiveCameronon Pmarchive - Any thoughts?

We put this together a little while back as a way to easily access all the best stuff from blog.pmarca.com.

We really think this is some of the best writing about startups on the web and deserved to be pulled out of the wayback machine and cleaned up a bit.

Hopefully it will be of help to you. Let me know if you have any ideas about how we could make it better.

FictiveCameronon Design is Open Source

Sorry about the title. Thanks for the extra context.

FictiveCameronon Dear Mr. Jobs, I have some ideas about how to improve your phone

While this isn't a major pain point for me, I think it's a great mini UX case study by one of the folks at Cooper Design. Definitely spot on about the redundancy of checking the voicemail and then click on recent calls just to get rid of the dot.

FictiveCameronon Ask HN: Please review our web app - User Interface Throwdowns

We did something that would probably go well with your site for Evernote. Probably could stand a once over from a talented visual designer, but overall we're happy with the UX choices.

http://fictivekin.com/Evernote_Redesign_A_case_study_in_UX

FictiveCameronon Ask HN: How can I tell if I'm working with a savvy business person?

Im a "business guy" out of Stanford GSB and if I was going to look for a hacker, I would expect to see a list of things that s/he had done. The more impressive that list the more likely I would be to work with that person.

Seems to me you should simply take the flip side. For me, savvy isn't the right word. There is something very self-interested about it. Instead, I would look for a business person who has actually helped build something. Preferably something very interesting.

Also, while im not big on references, it might be nice to talk to another hacker, whose work you respect, who had a positive experience working with that business person.

Lastly, I would definitely not judge a business person by which business books he has read. Business people should help you build something of value, not regurgitate the most recent tagline of a management fad.