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Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by kylecesmat »

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #59

Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version? http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js Edit: Thanks HN; I wasn't aware the code was from Codrops. Move along, folks, nothing to see here. Sorry dude! Nice site. Don't go for an internship though. You command an escalation of experience that opens doors to regular full time…

AFAIK This script came from Tympanus/Codrops, not VI. I've used a version of this script as well for a project. I mean, it'd be better if Marek used even a modified background instead of taking the entire example from Codrops, but I don't think it would be 'stealing' as much as reusing tutorial code.

Link - http://tympanus.net/codrops/2014/09/23/animated-background-h... (Click 'View Demo')

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by danielvinson »

_wwz4 wrote: post #30
danielvinson wrote: post #18

FYI in the US it is considered inappropriate to have your picture on a resume.

If he were sending a standard printed resume through the mail then you might have a point. This online version is something different and I doubt that anyone looking for talent would disqualify him for having his picture on there.

Some larger corporations are required by company policy to throw out resumes with pictures on them (I know this from first hand experience). This is due to discrimination laws and attempts at eliminating bias.

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by AgentConundrum »

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #59

Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version? http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js Edit: Thanks HN; I wasn't aware the code was from Codrops. Move along, folks, nothing to see here. Sorry dude! Nice site. Don't go for an internship though. You command an escalation of experience that opens doors to regular full time…

"Steal" seems to be a slightly strong word. It looks like it's open source and just missing the license.[1]

I'd prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt rather than jump straight to accusations.

[1] I didn't look too hard, but I came up with this link quickly: https://gist.github.com/benjaminsinger/ad5231be7748de3a9a11#... - I didn't immediately see the license on the original it was forked from, but this one has a license, so I assume there's some sort of compatibility.

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by andrewmcwatters »

kylecesmat wrote: post #81
andrewmcwatters wrote: post #59

Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version? http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js Edit: Thanks HN; I wasn't aware the code was from Codrops. Move along, folks, nothing to see here. Sorry dude! Nice site. Don't go for an internship though. You command an escalation of experience that opens doors to regular full time…

AFAIK This script came from Tympanus/Codrops, not VI. I've used a version of this script as well for a project. I mean, it'd be better if Marek used even a modified background instead of taking the entire example from Codrops, but I don't think it would be 'stealing' as much as reusing tutorial code. Link - http://tympanus.net/codrops/2014/09/23/animated-background-h... (Click 'View Demo')

Good to know!

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by jasonlotito »

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #59

Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version? http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js Edit: Thanks HN; I wasn't aware the code was from Codrops. Move along, folks, nothing to see here. Sorry dude! Nice site. Don't go for an internship though. You command an escalation of experience that opens doors to regular full time…

http://codepen.io/MarcoGuglielmelli/details/lLCxy

Original author commented, and this was referenced:

http://tympanus.net/Development/AnimatedHeaderBackgrounds/

This seems to be the original author: http://rachsmith.com/

Are you positive in your claim that Visual Idiot owns the code?

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by ohitsdom »

ohitsdom wrote: post #79
andrewmcwatters wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Visual Idiot is a notable name in the design community. It would be like stealing from Tobias Van Schneider or something. You can't get past people in the know.

But how did you even make the connection? I don't see the text "Visual Idiot" anywhere. And were you just browsing his js files? Or did the UI of the site feel familiar?

Ah, I just went to http://vaguelyexciting.com/. I'm assuming you recognized the moving dots/lines and made then connection yourself, then compared JS files to confirm.

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by dcre »

Very nice. Just one tip – in one of your testimonials Cristina uses the word "pedant". She probably meant you're good with details (or that you're a good teacher), but at least in the US, that word almost always has the negative connotation of being too concerned with details.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pedant

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by eropple »

juliangregorian wrote: post #75
andrewmcwatters wrote: post #59

Did you steal some of that code from Visual Idiot instead of creating your own version? http://www.hostmeinca.com/assets/js/animated-background.js http://vaguelyexciting.com/js/site.js Edit: Thanks HN; I wasn't aware the code was from Codrops. Move along, folks, nothing to see here. Sorry dude! Nice site. Don't go for an internship though. You command an escalation of experience that opens doors to regular full time…

"steal" as if you never used someone else's code. There's not even a notice on the original, I'm hard pressed to find him at fault.

Can't speak for that poster, but while I've used other people's code for educational purposes I am not aware of a time when I've used someone else's code against its restrictions. And bear in mind that code without a license notice is not a free-for-all, it's restricted until other rights are explicitly granted.

(I have no opinion on this situation nor am I qualified to judge it. Other people have a more fully-formed opinion than I do, and it does sound like it's properly open-sourced anyway.)

Re: Take me as an Intern – 19yo student seeking internship

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Post by BinaryIdiot »

ohitsdom wrote: post #79
andrewmcwatters wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Visual Idiot is a notable name in the design community. It would be like stealing from Tobias Van Schneider or something. You can't get past people in the know.

But how did you even make the connection? I don't see the text "Visual Idiot" anywhere. And were you just browsing his js files? Or did the UI of the site feel familiar?

If you go to the Visual Idiot site it has the same background effect so if you've looked at both sites it would be a pretty easy observation.
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