I like the idea too! You should add some awesome portfolios though. By the way, the arrows on the carousel are hard to click - either superimpose them onto the edge of the slides or don't hide them when the mouse is not hovering over.
There is no way, and I don't think Dribbble is an OAuth source. Thanks for the suggestion though, I will look into that and maybe ping Dan C. to see if it's possible.
When I came to work in th US I was actually totally surprised that americans work so many hours less. In northern Italy it's unthinkable to go he at 5PM.
One of the topics I cover the most there is the difference between startups and agencies/freelancing.
While startups tend to look at results (the ones that survive), agencies tend to look at the customer, at least most of them.
I actually believe that most designers coming from an agency would be eaten alive in a startup, along with their "photoshop skills". This people don't even know what UX means, never conducted a usability test (usability = I look at the website and say what I think), and definitely don't read HN.
Hi, there are no Amazon Associate links: the only one Amazon Associate link I can think about is with Flanagan's book, and Mr. Flanagan is the associate, not me. I just thought removing it wouldn't have been polite.
I leave out visual design because lots of startups that meet every goal you can eventually imagine (ginzametrics, bingocardcreator) don't even go close at having a decent visual design (no offence intended).
I believe visuals are also a very subjective matter, and belong much more to the "talent" side of things, than to the "knowledge" one.
Just saw this (Google Alerts could use some work).
I'm genuinely curious to get your feedback / more explanation of what you mean when you say we (Ginzametrics) "don't even go close to having decent visual design."
We're always working to improve our design so if you are willing to share specific feedback, I'd love to hear it. Drop me a line at hello@ginzametrics.com. Thanks!
Should be critical, yes. But if you know the market, you know that things like usability or ux are used 90% of times as buzzwords from sellers. I'm afraid I can't disclose some of my experiences with top design agencies in both the US and Italy, but trust me, I've got a truckload of horror stories :)
I believe that focusing on a single product is an unbelievable learning experience honestly, and is the real gain for designers, but your point is still valid.
There are many ways to gain understanding of how to design for startups and if anything. By working on so many startups, some briefly, some all the way to series C funding, some to exit, I have learned that there are no one way that is the right way.
Also mind you I still have had to build my own company (from 2 people to 60 people back to 30 people and from 2 partners up to 8 partners and back to 4 partners) so you can say that I have stayed focused on that.
