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Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by icoder »

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,…

This sounds a lot like NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), which focuses on writing (regardless of quality) a certain number of words each day.

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by beznet »

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,…

I try and do this but end up usually just working through tutorials each day rather than making something. I suppose its a balance. I've been thinking of making little tutorial videos of me making little dinky web apps, I probably just need to put the tutorials on hold and start making.

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by enraged_camel »

Reminds me of Jennifer Dewalt and her "180 webpages in 180 days" project she did to learn programming.

https://jenniferdewalt.com/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6097155

(I'm usually bad with names, but I remember her name to this day. It was a really good way to make an impression!)

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by Marcus316 »

I like this. I feel like I would want to participate in the community, but not necessarily as an everyday creator.

While I do enjoy creating things myself, I also like providing support and mentoring where I can. Are there ways for creators to easily share their work from the Futureland system with the wider internet community? Are you considering "mentor" or "support" participants who do not create, but provide knowledge and encouragement to creators?

Not that you need to support such things. These are just a couple thoughts I had while browsing the link and the other comments here.

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by Hoasi »

internetvin wrote: post #27
4mitkumar wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> I feel fear like that it's because the thing I'm about to try might actually work.

Exactly, this is incredible, because deep down you know this, and yet the fear is real.

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by lowtto »

This is dope. Its like healthier instagram!

I would totally use it. (I'm such an instagram haters)

I have 1 suggestion, If you're planning to rework the UI/UX, don't go way off than current theme too much. I love the older webs vibe. As bonus point it could keep idiots away and maintain quality content.

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by cyborgx7 »

internetvin wrote: post #8
dang wrote: post #5

We took "Show HN" off the title because requiring an invite makes it more like a sign-up page than something people are able to try out. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

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…

Wow, there is some really cool stuff in there. Love how you can immediately see the improvement over time by scrolling through them in some of them. I can't commit to doing something every day right now with uni and work. I've tried it in the past and failed. But I would love to try this in the future.

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by internetvin »

cyborgx7 wrote: post #38
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…

Wow, there is some really cool stuff in there. Love how you can immediately see the improvement over time by scrolling through them in some of them. I can't commit to doing something every day right now with uni and work. I've tried it in the past and failed. But I would love to try this in the future.

Whenever you're ready. Many existing users in Futureland are students in Uni. I encourage you to try and figure out why you failed in the past. I'm always around to help in any way I can.

Re: Show HN: Learn anything by creating something everyday

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Post by internetvin »

lowtto wrote: post #36

This is dope. Its like healthier instagram! I would totally use it. (I'm such an instagram haters) I have 1 suggestion, If you're planning to rework the UI/UX, don't go way off than current theme too much. I love the older webs vibe. As bonus point it could keep idiots away and maintain quality content.

I am very open to whatever will make this useful to others. I would love to hear your suggestions. Feel free to share them here if it makes sense or if you want to message me directly, @internetVin on Twitter.
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