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From his site: Design is at it's best when its simple - when people understand it intuitively. Design that tells great stories cuts through the clutter and finds a special place in the hearts and minds of those who listen. I found the site to be unintuitive, cluttered and lacked the full narrative. He should redesign because he seems talented and I'm still curious about the 50 problems.
I liked some of the problems, but really I'm much more interested in the guy's experience. There doesn't seem to be a story, a real narrative I can follow here :-(
Day 20: This padlock was too small for my locker. I'll wrap a metal cable around it and lock the cable.
Day 24: Wet socks. I stuck a towel under the door. It failed.
Is this really representative of what "designers" do? Just looks like jury-rigging to me. Slap some duct-tape on it and get on with your life.
Folks are apparently down on this. Why in the world? It's awesome! How cool to spend 50 days digging into people's problems, travelling, and putting it all out there. I'd bet anything that his 50 days of travel have led to more advancement, opportunity and insight than almost any other use of 50 days. Be happy and supportive for someone who is breaking convention and being prolific!
My name is Peter Smart. I am the creator of this project. Thanks for all your constructive thoughts and comments so far. I am 23 and this was a university project that has generated a lot of interest. Apologies it's so slow right now - apparently that the HN effect. Thanks for your thoughts on the site design. The site has won Site of the Day at Design Taxi and Awwwards. This was really unexpected as I agree there is…
Please make a splash page which explains exactly what is clickable, and how to use the website, and what the workflow is.
That should be your first UX job. Have fun.
My name is Peter Smart. I am the creator of this project. Thanks for all your constructive thoughts and comments so far. I am 23 and this was a university project that has generated a lot of interest. Apologies it's so slow right now - apparently that the HN effect. Thanks for your thoughts on the site design. The site has won Site of the Day at Design Taxi and Awwwards. This was really unexpected as I agree there is…
The basic premise of your site - 50 problems in 50 days, is interesting. But the navigation is not suitable. When I first load the site on my screen (1366 x 768) it shows the map with problems 29 and 30 centered. The first 20 or so problems are completely cut off. So it starts off confusing.
Make the grid view the default instead of the map view. Its more user-friendly.
The Narrative button is mislabeled. Call it quotes?
Your site's heading is "Solve 50 problems in 50 days". Reading that I expected to find 50 problems and 50 solutions. As I explored, it became clear that you offer some solutions, but in other cases you share insights about problems (using sweater to hold hot bowls). Which is fine. Its valid to examine the way we look at problems and solutions. But its not the same as you designing a bowl that can be held with bare hands when hot. So maybe get rid of the "solve" part?
Folks are apparently down on this. Why in the world? It's awesome! How cool to spend 50 days digging into people's problems, travelling, and putting it all out there. I'd bet anything that his 50 days of travel have led to more advancement, opportunity and insight than almost any other use of 50 days. Be happy and supportive for someone who is breaking convention and being prolific!
A puppet account on HN? Can't be, can it?
From his site: Design is at it's best when its simple - when people understand it intuitively. Design that tells great stories cuts through the clutter and finds a special place in the hearts and minds of those who listen. I found the site to be unintuitive, cluttered and lacked the full narrative. He should redesign because he seems talented and I'm still curious about the 50 problems.
Problem and Solution number 42 is a genius way to help the less fortunate. I do hope that the more metropolitan cities adopt that in their transit systems.