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I know who many of these people are, but that's because I have a lot of web design books on my self with their name on them.
My questions as someone learning web development and always searching for new (quality) resources: Who are you? And why should I pay you $200? > Previously I led the software design team at a local startup, but in the last year I have been working independently designing and developing my own apps. After seeing the $200 price tag, I expected to read something along the lines of "My web apps have been used by over X m…
If you think being famous is what makes someone qualified to create a product you want to buy, then you're not going to buy his product. That's just the beginning and end of that question, and he shouldn't worry about that one bit.
He's not going to sell as many books as DHH would, but hopefully the product stands on its merits and will provide more value to its readers/watchers/interacters than what they paid for it. My guess is that to many it will.
The whole "these people are experts in CSS/HTML" shtick never works for people who aren't already decent at web design. Instead of listing their companies, mention some of the projects they've worked on. I know who many of these people are, but that's because I have a lot of web design books on my self with their name on them.
I like how you put the Facebook, FreshBooks and Mailchimp logos on there in the same style other websites use when saying who uses their product.
I don't know if you actually liked this or not, but I did. It displayed a deep knowledge of how to manipulate design elements to implant an idea in a user's head. There's nothing dishonest about it, it's just a design element.
My questions as someone learning web development and always searching for new (quality) resources: Who are you? And why should I pay you $200? > Previously I led the software design team at a local startup, but in the last year I have been working independently designing and developing my own apps. After seeing the $200 price tag, I expected to read something along the lines of "My web apps have been used by over X m…
I agree, $200 is way too much to pay for content from a person I've never heard of, and couldn't find any easy reference in the page. With that kind of money you can get a lot of good content in a lot of places. I just don't see the differential that would make me spend that much money on this. No known clients, no big companies in the past. It makes me hesitant to even consider buying this.
First off, Nathan generously offers a full money back guarantee. If you don't find the book's value outweighs the cost, ask for a refund.
Second, yes, you can wade through hundreds of blog posts or whatever else to find a lot of what Nathan presents in the book. But I value my time, and the overhead of doing that filtration vs. having Nathan do it for me is worth a lot more than $200, especially if I build web apps for a living (which I do). There is relatively little new information under the sun — but I gladly pay people to package the best available information up and tie it all together nicely.
I like how you put the Facebook, FreshBooks and Mailchimp logos on there in the same style other websites use when saying who uses their product.
I don't know if you actually liked this or not, but I did. It displayed a deep knowledge of how to manipulate design elements to implant an idea in a user's head. There's nothing dishonest about it, it's just a design element.
1) Oh! Those companies have purchased this before to make their sites better! If they stand behind the product then maybe I should look into buying it.
2) Hmm...they didn't purchase it. Maybe the creator of this product was part of the design team for those websites and he knows what he is talking about.
3) Oh.....Those are just examples of web apps.
Any chance you're going to have the book printed? I like reading on paper, still.
I haven't found a good printer to work with. Though I would also like to get some copies printed.