jeffchuber

can you only move your head "within" the bounds of the sphere?

I have definitely opened that letter before and almost had a panic attack

so this is SLA+?

speed seems to be a factor - i think SLA printers are limited by resin curing time under UV light.

perhaps this is more a resin technology than a printer technology.

they do keep mentioning oxygen - but it's not clear why

i meant criticism in the friendliest way possible!

it's been interesting to watch the shift in how prosthetics have been perceived just in my lifetime. It's shifted from "it must look exactly like a leg" to "something metal and carbon fiber looks really cool". And I expect that trend to continue. My personal theory on it is we are all becoming little cyborgs with cell phones attached to our hips or palms - that is making the regular person much more comfortable with the idea.

mostly because of patents. but changing this year. here is one company http://www.norgesystems.com/

that's a fair criticism. so far the reactions have been positive

Jeff, the founder, here.

Happy to answer any questions!

causation is implied on a population through test and control. causation and correlation for an individual is almost always impossible.

Correct, they should compare the 2012 model quality to the 2014 dollhouse perspective (not the "streetview-esque photos"). (still better)

I have a delta 3d printer and I'm having a hard time imagining how this would work... Do you have an example?

It's so cool that it's an inverse delta! Sadly this is probably because they had to find a way to circumvent patents.

Gates: We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next 2 years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next 10.

easy and functional designs. PLA toys are just a novelty.

Is Yahoo really a products company or a content and advertising company?

exactly

prosthetic sockets

I have a Rostock Max V2 from SeeMeCNC. They are great guys, have a great community, their machines are easily mod-able, and totally open source. It's definitely not for the beginner, but it's an awesome tool.

I don't have any problem with the idea - I think that it's interesting and worth trying - and yea, might not be a "company" but more of an "art project" - but that's kinda what all great social media companies started out as.

I'm interested to ask you gals and guys what you think about things being "overdesigned". Is this a thing? We see the massive success of simple and maybe not the sexiest products all the time. I think part of that is the crappier it looks, the more likely it's someone just doing something in their garage for fun versus trying to juice user engagement to raise $1M. I like supporting individuals trying new things honestly. I'm conflicted with the latter.

Thoughts?

A little late, but I will add a couple thoughts:

- Good programming uses sensible patterns to make code maintainable and flexible. Good design does this too.

- Insanely great programming is a little insane - it breaks the rules. Insanely great design does too. But you can't shortcut to this step - you have to put in the time.

- For me, I learn the most programming by looking at what other people have written, and modifying it in some way, or applying something to a project of mine. Learning design works the exact same way.

- I would argue against learning anything like color theory, typography or information hierarchy. This is like take 5 CS 101 classes before beginning programming. You might have a better "foundation", but you will probably get burned out before you even start. That stuff can wait. And it will make a lot more sense when you have some corpus of work to set the context for what you are learning (same with programming).

- Don't worry about making anything look like "cool" websites. Honestly most trendy designs are simply terrible to use. Design should make the products more enjoyable to use and easier to use. Anything else is intellectual arrogance.

As with programming, I find doing things like katas is really useful. So grab a pen and paper and start drawing. Sketch like this - http://strongdesignstudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/is..., boxes for stuff and lines for stuff. don't try to add the detail. keep things light and easy to change. use a pencil. then start sketching stuff.

- make a landing page for a construction company

- make a page to market an event

- make an app "page" to find good barbers nearby

You will naturally start asking yourself the right questions. "What information is most important?" "How should information or pages be broken up?" "Who will be looking at this page?"

if you have more questions feel free to email me jeffchuber @ theBIGsearchgiant.com

Let's compare writing software to writing English. (Writing is kinda an individual sport) Almost everyone can write a short story in English, but the 10x writers really really stand out. Writing isn't a perfect analogy - we generally think of programming as a skill (right and wrong, boolean, either you can or can't) and writing as an art (shades of gray, non-boolean skill).

The assumption is that more people being able to make things with code would make the 10x engineer less valuable - but I think it makes them more valuable. In a noisy world - only the truly great can stand out. And to really make our future great, we are going to need a lot more than CRUD web apps.

I could be wrong - but I don't think this is as cut and dry as the author claims.

not for me in SF

15k left is obviously hyperbolic. It is an extreme used to make a point.

As a company you always have to temper playing the long term game vs the short term game. The temptation will always to play the short game, so you will probably want to over-emphasize the long term game.

If you have $15k left - and that employee needs $15k in severance - it may be a good idea to explain to them that you really want to help them out but cant.

If you are still at $1M and the employee needs $15k in severance - then that it is obvious that you should give it to them.

Anywhere in between - use your gut, but lean on the long term game.

I like the concept, but the site optimizes "beautiful" over functional. It is very hard to scan titles versus the standard news.ycombinator.com

1. make the text bigger and bolder

2. cut out colors

3. less padding on everything

4. the "numbering of the post" matters very little to me. it doesn't need to be so prominent

Completely agree having lived in Denmark and my mother being Danish.

Jeg vil gerne have en kop kaffe = i would like a cup of coffee

That's my go to for similarity.

Yes I do it as a tick. In fact I realized I was doing it while reading these comments.

Thank you so much! Ordered!

It allows you to build intuition of the actual singular customer profiles that are using your application. It's ineffective to design for a group. You have to design for a person. So this allows designers and developers to say "Ok - given what we know about Sarah - what is she trying to accomplish and how can we make it easier?". Currently the best way to do this is to hire a qualitative user researcher or be good at it yourself. And it's really hard to get good honest data and enough data to matter.

fixed. thanks! sorry about that.

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