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Hello HN, After 6+ years in university (undergrad + graduate + research), I have decided to put aside my interests in science and to pursue a career in the web (enough academia bureaucracy) I do iPhone & web development, and quite capable with design. I would prefer to stay in Vancouver and work remotely, but also open to other options. Thanks, Ivan
From your stylesheet: html { min-width: 1080px; } This strikes me as a bit radical. I browse on a MacBook Air (11.6"), and this resulted in me having to scroll my window both vertically and horizontally to read through the page. I don't have to do this, normally. Maybe shoot for 960?
Really appreciate your careful observation.
I was aware of this, and it was a design tradeoff that I was willing to take (like this controversy "low-lighting" thing).
The big dilemma is always "how to pack a lot of information into a limited space without looking cluttered". I also tried 980px but that extra 100px does make a big difference (plus considering the "flow" of the text). Therefore I gave up the relatively smaller market of netbooks/11-inches MBAs and go with 1280px screens.
Thanks,
Ivan
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Why'd you rip off the original Wiki Game website wholesale and turn it into an iPhone app? http://thewikigame.com/ http://wikipediagame.posterous.com/ I don't see your name anywhere on either of those pages. Do you plan to keep ripping off websites/web apps and converting them to iPhone apps in order to boost your portfolio? Edit: I didn't link his version because I didn't want to add fuel to the fire. Edit2: Wiki Ga…
alnayyir, I did not rip off The Wiki Game, at least wasn't intent to do so. In The Wiki Game, problems are randomly generated. In 3 Degree of Wikipedia (my app), they are created by other players, and limited to 3 degrees only, so each connection puzzle can actually encapsulate a concept that's meaningful and worth learning. Besides, all puzzles are dynamically ranked to filter out the bad ones (like HN). I intent to…
But I doubt that it matters that it's similar game play. How many roll the dice & go around the board games are there?
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My honest impression was that you must not be very good at what you do if you can make something as basic as reading your site so frustrating. Then when I came back here and read that you have to mouse over the text to read it, my first thought was "why would someone who advertises does iOS work make their site impossible to read on an iOS device?" I did eventually go through and check out your 3 degrees of wikipedia…
> My honest impression was that you must not be very good at what you do if you can make something as basic as reading your site so frustrating. I felt that it was overly wanky and art-bloated and neglected basic principles of Information Architecture, Usability Heuristics, and Interaction Design.
I'd say - having just looked at your site, it's not clear to me what you are selling - it's not clear to me how quickly or accurately you can deliver a product.
Maybe I'm getting old and crotchety in my IT years - but I don't really care from a portfolio page that you just quit anything to take a new direction in life. You might just want to leave that out, and instead replace it with something about how you are passionate about website architecture and design, and all the aspects involved.
Hello HN, After 6+ years in university (undergrad + graduate + research), I have decided to put aside my interests in science and to pursue a career in the web (enough academia bureaucracy) I do iPhone & web development, and quite capable with design. I would prefer to stay in Vancouver and work remotely, but also open to other options. Thanks, Ivan
Why'd you rip off the original Wiki Game website wholesale and turn it into an iPhone app? http://thewikigame.com/ http://wikipediagame.posterous.com/ I don't see your name anywhere on either of those pages. Do you plan to keep ripping off websites/web apps and converting them to iPhone apps in order to boost your portfolio? Edit: I didn't link his version because I didn't want to add fuel to the fire. Edit2: Wiki Ga…
"New Competitors Help Validate Your Market"
So, I'm totally cool with ThreeWiki.com! :-)
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Why'd you rip off the original Wiki Game website wholesale and turn it into an iPhone app? http://thewikigame.com/ http://wikipediagame.posterous.com/ I don't see your name anywhere on either of those pages. Do you plan to keep ripping off websites/web apps and converting them to iPhone apps in order to boost your portfolio? Edit: I didn't link his version because I didn't want to add fuel to the fire. Edit2: Wiki Ga…
Hey there! I'm the creator of http://TheWikiGame.com , and the first thing that comes to my mind is: "New Competitors Help Validate Your Market" So, I'm totally cool with ThreeWiki.com! :-)
Ditch the "clever" text mouse over stuff. Also, you're wrecking your information hierarchy by putting your right bar vertically level with your big intro blur on the top left. Let that intro blurb sit on its own with nothing to the right of it. Good luck.
Hello HN, After 6+ years in university (undergrad + graduate + research), I have decided to put aside my interests in science and to pursue a career in the web (enough academia bureaucracy) I do iPhone & web development, and quite capable with design. I would prefer to stay in Vancouver and work remotely, but also open to other options. Thanks, Ivan
Why'd you rip off the original Wiki Game website wholesale and turn it into an iPhone app? http://thewikigame.com/ http://wikipediagame.posterous.com/ I don't see your name anywhere on either of those pages. Do you plan to keep ripping off websites/web apps and converting them to iPhone apps in order to boost your portfolio? Edit: I didn't link his version because I didn't want to add fuel to the fire. Edit2: Wiki Ga…
When Ivan showed me the initial prototype of his app (over 6 months ago), neither of us had heard of The Wiki Game. We had however, heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon) before though, and I'm sure many others have too.
If you've ever worked on an idea, especially for the internet, you'll find that nearly all of them have been thought of before in some shape or form, so it's not surprising that they came up with this independently.
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Thank you for your suggestions (especially the one about Opera). I have darkened the text, now working on other issues.
Is this what it is supposed to look like? http://imgur.com/LOHRG For somebody like me (I have pretty terrible vision), this is almost unreadable.