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Interesting system and redesign of time. It's mapping more closely to my maker schedule/mental model with the chunking of time and intentions, should enable more deep flow work

Congrats! Great service.

Actually, most of the UX designers in the community are American, recent HCI grads who are looking to buff up their portfolio with side projects. Does their UX feedback appeal to y…

Most of the UX designers in the community are recent HCI grads who have less than 3 years of experience and are looking to buff up their portfolio with side projects. It's not mean…

The article doesn't mention it but Obie Fernandez who wrote The Rails Way is an advisor

It's the people that work there that is the differentiation. The article mentions they are trying to build a community of designers and hackers. Also building an authentic vibe whe…

Mistakes I've made over the past two years working on two startups.

yup, I applied for TS as well. http://www.ecargnfx.com

Yeah, http://www.ecargnfx.com or http://www.ecargnfx.com/grace_portfolio.pdf

Yeah, I'm a mobile + UX designer and my cofounder is an iOS developer and software engineer. I was surprised we didn't make the cut since we both specialize and can execute for bot…

Hello all I am 21, a recent college graduate, and I just quit my safe, stable, high-salaried job as a Mobile UI Designer yesterday, after only 2 months. I feel happy and stupid, be…

Yup I agree, same here!

I just quit yesterday too!! I feel happy and stupid, because in my situation I'm the only bread winner in my family, so they're really dependent on me for money (even though I'm on…

hey, where is the chatroom? I had lost the link to it

The problem in NYC isn't that we don't have hackers, it's that we don't have the entrepreneurial minded hackers. I'm a designer working on my startup and most of my friends are dev…

This is awesome. I've always learned by doing as well. Thanks for sharing!

Haha, yeah I know what you mean. I just meant the instances where it became so mainstream that people around me were saying such things as "I chipped my nail. FML" which was very i…

Agreed. That's why the whole FMyLife irritates me so much--there are bigger things than those trivialities to fret over. There are actually a few Steve Jobs' quotes I find greatly …

"I think about it when I wonder if I'm saving enough money for the long term vs spending it on some experience that will enrich my life in the near term." One thing I realized and …