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Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by internetvin »

ai_ia wrote: post #18

I really like the idea and the execution. The only thing I am against is Slack. I don't wish to Slack. Can you add additional channels like Telegram maybe? WIP[1] uses telegram bot to do something similar to what you are aiming at. [1]: https://wip.chat/

I agree with your thoughts on Slack completely. Building on Slack was a decision I needed to make to realize the Alpha of this concept. I selected Slack because of the wide ranging types of people that already use it. I’m hoping Futureland can be a collision of many different creative disciplines. I live in Toronto and the density of telegram users here is low. At least in my life experience.

Over time if Futureland continues to be useful to others, I hope it can exist and provide value entirely on its own.

In this case I should also give credit and thanks to Slack. If it wasn’t for their existing software I wouldn’t have been able to get to this point.

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by internetvin »

avip wrote: post #19
internetvin wrote: post #6

Some background on how and why I started this. I was going through a very difficult time in my life. My father in law passed away suddenly two days before my son and first child were born. Things were very emotional and stressful. I couldn't find any clarity. I didn't have any time for myself to figure it all out. One day, while sitting alone in my friends startup office I heard the song Naked Life by Oko Ebombo. I a…

Weird suggestions provided there's no guitar in the song (only bass), and he's not exactly "singing" in the sense usually attributed to the word.

Those are two of the suggestions I received in that moment. I didn’t think they were weird, I just thought they were things that I couldn’t do. Not knowing what to do or feeling like there was nothing I could do was my general state at that time.

It’s so cool to me that you listened to the track

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by internetvin »

avip wrote: post #20
internetvin wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also here are links to profiles if that helps retain the "Show HN" status so people here can play with elements of this. I've worked really hard to get to a point where I have a working tool that people can use. It required teaching myself how to code to realize it. On Jan 01 2019, I had never written a line of code. I'm a huge fan of Hacker News and would appreciate the Show HN categorization. https://hfo.futureland…

Just wanted to say it's very cool your 365-nd output is the futureland-alpha landing page.

Not at 365 with code yet! Today is day 170. I think it’s very cool that you took the time to check this stuff out and write your thoughts. Thank you so much

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by 4mitkumar »

internetvin wrote: post #6

Some background on how and why I started this. I was going through a very difficult time in my life. My father in law passed away suddenly two days before my son and first child were born. Things were very emotional and stressful. I couldn't find any clarity. I didn't have any time for myself to figure it all out. One day, while sitting alone in my friends startup office I heard the song Naked Life by Oko Ebombo. I a…

I cannot say just how much this resonates with me.

I've had similar experiences in the past of successful "learning binge" by making something daily, but never for a sustained period of more than a month.

Desire having considered doing it all again in public, posting my progress on GitHub maybe, I am now weirdly hesitant to even apply for this free service which enables me to do just that!

I think it's the fear of commitment. May be soon but not today.

But congratulations on successfully rolling out the first version of this awesome tool. All the best for iterations!

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by Fnoord »

keyle wrote: post #9
internetvin wrote: post #6

Some background on how and why I started this. I was going through a very difficult time in my life. My father in law passed away suddenly two days before my son and first child were born. Things were very emotional and stressful. I couldn't find any clarity. I didn't have any time for myself to figure it all out. One day, while sitting alone in my friends startup office I heard the song Naked Life by Oko Ebombo. I a…

I too did this except 1 month at a time. I use to produce music or 'jams' once a day for a month or so. I also did 3D quite a bit and produced 1 spaceship concept a day as part of "#shiptember" It's a really fun way to learn to do something and inevitably become REALLY fast at it and produce incredible work that you'd never thought possible to start with. You know the software/hardware so good that by the end of it,…

If you enjoy jam sessions and would like to do this online, try with DFM [1]. I don't know if they still do it to this day, but back in the very early '00s I listened to their jam sessions weekly.

Doing it IRL has its + and -

[1] http://dfm.nu

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by Scarblac »

internetvin wrote: post #6

Some background on how and why I started this. I was going through a very difficult time in my life. My father in law passed away suddenly two days before my son and first child were born. Things were very emotional and stressful. I couldn't find any clarity. I didn't have any time for myself to figure it all out. One day, while sitting alone in my friends startup office I heard the song Naked Life by Oko Ebombo. I a…

This goes on my list of "things I want to have in my new world religion if I ever get around to creating one".

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by internetvin »

4mitkumar wrote: post #24
internetvin wrote: post #6

Some background on how and why I started this. I was going through a very difficult time in my life. My father in law passed away suddenly two days before my son and first child were born. Things were very emotional and stressful. I couldn't find any clarity. I didn't have any time for myself to figure it all out. One day, while sitting alone in my friends startup office I heard the song Naked Life by Oko Ebombo. I a…

I cannot say just how much this resonates with me. I've had similar experiences in the past of successful "learning binge" by making something daily, but never for a sustained period of more than a month. Desire having considered doing it all again in public, posting my progress on GitHub maybe, I am now weirdly hesitant to even apply for this free service which enables me to do just that! I think it's the fear of co…

thank you so much. I find when I feel fear like that it's because the thing I'm about to try might actually work.

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by internetvin »

Scarblac wrote: post #26
internetvin wrote: post #6

Some background on how and why I started this. I was going through a very difficult time in my life. My father in law passed away suddenly two days before my son and first child were born. Things were very emotional and stressful. I couldn't find any clarity. I didn't have any time for myself to figure it all out. One day, while sitting alone in my friends startup office I heard the song Naked Life by Oko Ebombo. I a…

This goes on my list of "things I want to have in my new world religion if I ever get around to creating one".

Absolutely unreal

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by bobsoap »

Good idea. I can see the potential this can have for motivation... often enough you (I) just need a tiny nudge to push you over the edge and just do it. This sounds like it could do just that.

Tiny offtopic nitpick: In the title and on the page you write "everyday". Written as one word, it means "ordniary". What you probably want is "every day", which means "each day".

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by internetvin »

bobsoap wrote: post #29

Good idea. I can see the potential this can have for motivation... often enough you (I) just need a tiny nudge to push you over the edge and just do it. This sounds like it could do just that. Tiny offtopic nitpick: In the title and on the page you write "everyday". Written as one word, it means "ordniary". What you probably want is "every day", which means "each day".

Appreciate you taking the time to write about this. Noted your feedback. It’s great thank you.
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