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Dear Myspace, please hire me. I'll make you be like Facebook.

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Re: Dear Myspace, please hire me. I'll make you be like Facebook.

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Post by minalecs »

wyclif wrote: post #20
minalecs wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree that if it does lead to a job interview its definitely great for him, but I hope this doesn't become common thing, with people buying a domain, putting up some html and css.. and self promoting themselves. With that said.. good luck to the author

It's already a common thing. That ship left port a long time ago: personal sites are very common. How is this fundamentally different, in terms of self-promotion, than a personal site with a resume on the front page?

sorry what I meant was I hope people posting resumes on hackernews showing up on the front page doesn't become a common thing.

Re: Dear Myspace, please hire me. I'll make you be like Facebook.

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Post by patio11 »

ggruschow wrote: post #9
minalecs wrote: post #4

Just wondering why people think this deserves to be on the front page of hackernews. Although it is interesting I don't think every persons ideas of redesigning popular sites, is hardly news worthy. In my opinion he put forth a good effort, is no where near the quality needed.

"this is my job application" This guy's resume and professional contact list together are shorter than this sentence, at least 1 in 10 people in this country can't find any suitable work, and he just landed a fantastic job interview -- completely bypassing any crumby HR dept -- for a position they might not have known they had open.

He successfully -- dare I say it -- hacked the job application process.

We spend our careers building stuff, we spent our free time building stuff, we spend our nights dreaming of building stuff. Then for job applications we write ten sentences on a piece of paper and call it a day. What is wrong with this picture?

I think every developer should have an interactive resume. Make it your next weekend app -- what can you do to show off your skills, demonstrate you have personality, and also make a cogent argument for hiring you?

Re: Dear Myspace, please hire me. I'll make you be like Facebook.

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Post by eogas »

I admire this guy's confidence, but that's just a clear cut imitation of facebook. As other people mentioned, the people who use myspace don't want myspace to look like facebook. They want it to look however they want it to (which could be tied back to the name of the site). Clearly what needs to be redesigned is the backend, not the frontend. As far as I know, customization of a myspace page (beyond setting a background image) is still only possible by referencing esoteric, undocumented css classes and id's. I can't even fathom the number of ridiculous hacks it takes to create a myspace page like this: http://www.myspace.com/attackattack

No, I don't listen to that band. However, I have a good feeling that everything on that page was created and tested extensively by someone from Vans Warped Tour. Most of the elements are shared among various bands who are all playing in Warped this year. And while a team of people probably took a week to make all of that work, one guy could have gotten it done in a day using straight html and css.

My band has a myspace page, and people have offered to customize our page for a modest $100. And I don't exaggerate when I say this: $100 is probably a deal. One of two things has to happen. Either the bugs allowing customization need to be fixed, or customization needs to be supported legitimately. It's as if the creators just threw the site into NewsCorp's lap, and it hasn't been touched since.

Re: Dear Myspace, please hire me. I'll make you be like Facebook.

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Post by Nouman »

al_james wrote: post #14

Clear example of frontend designer not understanding the primary uses of the site he is redesigning. Myspace users don't want Myspace to look like Facebook, otherwise they would just use Facebook.

Hey Guys, it's the creator Nouman here.

I think one of the ideas I wanted to bring to the table was to firstly--refresh the site outside of profiles. I know the design on pages like music, settings, blogs, and so on could use an update and should first be targeted.

Secondly, it shouldn't have to 'look' like facebook. The main idea is to leave profiles the way they are for users; however, provide much more simple users with visual tools to edit theme options like text color, and background color, but like I said-leave the hardcore users with their html.

Re: Dear Myspace, please hire me. I'll make you be like Facebook.

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Post by Nouman »

al_james wrote: post #14

Clear example of frontend designer not understanding the primary uses of the site he is redesigning. Myspace users don't want Myspace to look like Facebook, otherwise they would just use Facebook.

Here's an example of what I mean:

http://myspacehire.me/settings/

vs

http://myspacehire.me/settings/settings.png

I haven't linked this out much, but with the current heat I'm getting I think my intentions should be seen as not a facebook copy

Re: Dear Myspace, please hire me. I'll make you be like Facebook.

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Post by Nouman »

donaq wrote: post #11

The page doesn't look bad, but it's not super impressive either because it's obviously heavily inspired by facebook. Just to give some credit where it is due, the real genius here is the guy who wrote blueprint.css, without which the OP could probably not have written that sample profile page in under an hour (emphasis his).

The truth there being my friend and I running web design competitions haha, I've adopted blueprint css as a quick and easy framework for these types of situations.

Re: Dear Myspace, please hire me. I'll make you be like Facebook.

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Post by Nouman »

robertgaal wrote: post #3

Too bad he said he made it in "under an hour", which you can also see in the profile mockup: no hover on icons, awkward positioning. If he would've spent a day on it, it would probably look even better. Plus: it would signal a bigger commitment than this one.

totally, if were to get a position, I don't I'd rush into anything.And as I build, I would definitely have a place where I could show it and gather feedback.

Re: Dear Myspace, please hire me. I'll make you be like Facebook.

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Post by Nouman »

whalesalad wrote: post #17
ramchip wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He doesn't mention making myspace more like facebook anywhere on his page. His layout does look very facebook-ish, but I find the edited title on HN needlessly snarky and insulting in its use of the first person.

I guess what I meant was, they can hire anyone to simplify their layout, hiring this guy isn't gonna change anything. I'm sure there are dozens of people at Myspace who want to simplify things. Just click on the link to the dude's about page (which is his myspace link) and there are about 6 flash advertisements on top of all the other crap. Link: http://www.myspace.com/nouman Facebook removes customization/control fr…

Dustin Curtis was definitely inspiration for this project. As well as the Big Noob's take on craigslist, and of course, "You're Killing Me Zappos" by Metaladdesign.

Not my idea, not even close. Inspired by designers who are much better than me,

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