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Gabriel_Martin

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I'm a (former) musician, (forever) student, entrepreneur and hacker. Two failed startups since the initial writing of this, and now I do UI/UX design and development.

(my name) @ GabrielMartin.dev

(edit: 12.12.2013 - It's a bumpy ride. Ecommerce site this time.)

(edit: 5.14.2014 - Third time isn't the charm. Looking for ways to gain some experience and insight.)

(edit: 8.07.2014 - I found the Startup Institute Boston, and the experience has been life changing. Here's to the future!)

(edit: 2.29.2019 - now I'm a JS dev doing UI/UX development, who would've thought?)

(edit: 3.29.2022 - Hybrid UX dev and design, pretty pretty cool stuff)

(edit: 12/15/23) How lucky I was to fail. Married with a gig as a UX architect.

(edit: 9.15.2026 - now I'm doing design and product work, with plenty of code mixed in, working on this https://swirltogether.com/ )

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Gabriel_Martin··on Stranded sailor allowed to leave abandoned ship after four years
I found the last line almost unbelievable

"It's enough, you might imagine, to make him think twice about going back to sea.

But he is determined. He says he is good at his job and wants nothing more than to pick up where he left off."

Gabriel_Martin··on How we bootstrapped a $1M ARR email client
Very cool and collaborative plehoux, thanks for sharing! Just to lightheartedly roast you a little bit, I particularly love the typo in the frontpage email "ither questions", partially because seems like a little breadcrumb to a neat UX design opportunity, maybe a Grammarly or Languagetool integration opportunity, since you already appear to have the collaborative proofreading feature (very cool).
Gabriel_Martin··on Cesium for Unreal Now Available
I've noticed a trend of games graphics being fairly oldschool while the mechanics are modern. Maybe this'll lend it's self to that trend?
Gabriel_Martin··on They Just Moved to Austin. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions
Airbnb is the least of it I'd guess. More like parking, camping and vendors' rent, depending on how close they are.
Gabriel_Martin··on The Internet has been cut in Myanmar for the 36th consecutive night
Or you could interpret their message to mean authoritarian..
Gabriel_Martin··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2021)
Location: Boston, MA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: JS/HTML/CSS frontend development, UI/UX Design and research

Résumé/CV: https://rb.gy/936bls

Email: Gabrielmtn+github [at] gmail

I'm looking for a role which allows me to make a big impact on UX. If on a small team, I'd like to be involved in UI and UX design and development. If a large team, I'd like to be involved with product or engineering teams who keep engineering and design working very closely. I love building UI, doing research with users, and exploring opportunities to create great experiences. I could theoretically do a pure UX design/research, or a pure UI development role, but doing both keeps things exciting and challenging!

Gabriel_Martin··on Ask HN: What skills are you building in 2021
3D art like Zbrush, Cinema4D, and to a certain degree, Lottie and After Effects.
Gabriel_Martin··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2021)
Location: Boston

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: JS/HTML/CSS frontend development, UI/UX Design and research

Résumé/CV: https://rb.gy/ownjvm

Email: Gabrielmtn+github [at] gmail

I'd like to be involved with product teams who keep engineering and design working very closely. I love building UI, doing research with users, and exploring opportunities to create great experiences. I could theoretically do a pure UX design/research, or a pure UI development role, but doing both keeps things exciting!

Gabriel_Martin··on SpaceX Starlink Mission #17 [video]
starlink could be a tool for fighting this though?
Gabriel_Martin··on Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop the Steal'
The number of people repeating misinformation isn't really relevant. You really seem to leverage many various fallacies, like slippery slope and argument from incredulity. My exact statement was, in context to the facts about white supremacy and far right extremists, both groups having a well documented presence at the attempted coup, that when social networks' legal/liability or moderation teams take action on the precise content that was used to foment a coup, it's not terribly shocking from a legal perspective. You seem to be shocked though, why is that?
Gabriel_Martin··on Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop the Steal'
That's not a very generous interpretation of what I said.
Gabriel_Martin··on Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop the Steal'
It's too bad that critical thinking and rationality aren't considered integral elements of preparing students to join the workforce.
Gabriel_Martin··on Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop the Steal'
Totally, and then you have unfettered capitalism and corporatism, kakistocracies, oligarchies and lawn darts. Unfortunately, unlike all of those things, the FBI, Homeland Security[1] and Congress [2] actually found that white supremacists and other far-right-wing extremists are the most significant domestic terrorism threat facing the United States.

So, when social networks' legal/liability or moderation teams take action on the precise content that was used to foment a coup, it's not terribly shocking from a legal perspective.

1: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/04/white-supremacists-...

2: https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s894/BILLS-116s894is.xml

Gabriel_Martin··on Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop the Steal'
Many seem to have been completely taken in to it, yes. And given it seems to have lead to deadly consequences already, I don't think it's unreasonable for these companies to consider it a huge liability.
Gabriel_Martin··on Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop the Steal'
The same website has, as the top article: "Capitol rioter filmed hitting officer in head with fire extinguisher"

Which quotes: "Two law enforcement sources told the Associated Press that Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, according to The Post. He later died at a hospital Thursday night"

Link : https://www.lawofficer.com/capitol-rioter-filmed-hitting-off...

Gabriel_Martin··on Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop the Steal'
That doesn't seem to be what the quote is focused on though, where most efforts around "protected classes" come from. I think it does a rather good job highlighting it's point about conservative central hyperfocus on the supremacy of an in-group. Seems to be a pretty strong candidate for an underlying proposition at least, given some of the imagery we've seen over the past days.
Gabriel_Martin··on Epic Games just bought a North Carolina mall for its new headquarters
You say "no matter how much cash you throw at renovation", but I think you may be underestimating just how much Fortnite alone makes, apparently in 2019, Fortnite brought in revenues of $1.8 billion. With costs of labor in NC, I'm betting they're feeling pretty confident about the renovation.
Gabriel_Martin··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2021)
* Location: Boston * Remote: Yes

* Willing to relocate: Yes

* Technologies: JS/HTML/CSS frontend development, UI/UX Design and research

* Résumé/CV: https://rb.gy/ownjvm

* Email: Gabrielmtn+github [at] gmail

I'd like to be involved with product teams who keep engineering and design working very closely. I love building UI, doing research with users, and exploring opportunities to create great experiences. I could theoretically do a pure UX design/research, or a pure UI development role, but doing both keeps things exciting!

Gabriel_Martin··on [dead]
Obvious bias of the writer aside, it's kind of funny how this story is posted under the "If you're tired of cancel culture and censorship" banner, and yet the author doesn't mention Parler banning folks[1]. I guess the whole Lügenpresse sword cuts both ways.

1. https://www.newsweek.com/parler-ted-cruz-approved-free-speec...

Gabriel_Martin··on Blokdots – Build interactive hardware prototypes visually
This might be what gets me to pull the trigger on tinkering with hardware, between this and the JS on firmware project I saw on HN, I've definitely felt the call recently!
Gabriel_Martin··on Blokdots – Build interactive hardware prototypes visually
It really is quite nice aesthetically and functionally. If you're on the market for a great web experience, I'd love to offer help. Feel free to reach out to my gmail, via Gabrielmtn.
Gabriel_Martin··on Australia to produce seaweed cattle feed that reduces methane emissions by 80%
If we're really looking to "leave no trace" on the land as much as we can, that could definitely include a roaming head of 100m bison or so IMO. The way they interact with the carbon cycle could be a net positive.
Gabriel_Martin··on F.lux automatically adjusts your computer lighting to match your environment
Maybe you meant dunning-kruger? People without a lot of familiarity with the issue being confident that flux is a great solution?
Gabriel_Martin··on Noita – roguelite where every pixel is simulated
or a publisher I suppose
Gabriel_Martin··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2020)
* Location: Boston

* Remote: Yes

* Willing to relocate: Yes

* Technologies: JS/HTML/CSS frontend development, UI/UX Design and research

* Résumé/CV: https://rb.gy/ownjvm

* Email: Gabrielmtn+github [at] gmail

I'd like to be involved with product teams who keep engineering and design working very closely. I love building UI, doing research with users, and exploring opportunities to create great experiences. I could theoretically do a pure UX design/research, or a pure UI development role, but doing both keeps things exciting!

Gabriel_Martin··on Star Citizen Alpha 3.10
There's actually an entire single player game on or parallel to the Star Citizen roadmap as well. "Squadron 42 Cinematic Teaser": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VppjX4to9s4
Gabriel_Martin··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2020)
* Location: Boston

* Remote: Yes

* Willing to relocate: Yes

* Technologies: JS/HTML/CSS frontend development, UI/UX Design and research

* Résumé/CV: https://rb.gy/ownjvm

* Email: Gabrielmtn+github [at] gmail

I'd like to be involved with product teams who keep engineering and design working very closely. I love building UI, doing research with users, and exploring opportunities to create great experiences. I could theoretically do a pure UX design, or a pure UI development role, but doing both keeps things exciting!

Gabriel_Martin··on Israel Systematically Hides Evidence of 1948 Expulsion of Arabs
OP's context went back thousands of years, so maybe I'd be more accurate to say sectarian violence and tribalism? Either way, maybe there's a hint in your comment. Finding ways to add sharp external costs to all parties involved? Whether Israel's state sanctioned abuse of Palestinians, Hamas or any other faction's violence, and likely also costs to neighboring countries who continue to have motivations other than seeking resolution. Do methods to add costs/pressures like that exist?
Gabriel_Martin··on Israel Systematically Hides Evidence of 1948 Expulsion of Arabs
I'm not suggesting anything, I'm wondering what mechanisms other that political pressure might make progress in the Middle-East, given the historical context that the OP mentioned.

Also, the guidelines: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

Gabriel_Martin··on Israel Systematically Hides Evidence of 1948 Expulsion of Arabs
This is a good point. An area steeped in sectarian violence and racism must surely take a completely different approach than an area with purely political struggles. I wonder what mechanisms other that political pressure might make progress in the Middle-East or if there are any success stories to learn from in other areas?
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