My (current) Weekend Project

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77points
22comments
#152of 1,097 in 2011
Top 14%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

6 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 0 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.

Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, simple design

    From 2 comments
    • Nice idea.Greatly executed.Clean design. But I have very small doubt. When people say this is 3 hour project and weekend project, do they mean buying the domain and hosting…
      sravfeyn on HN
    • Beautiful. Simple, does what it does, clean layout. Really nice. Would be cool to be able to search by what people do as well as names, unless it's there and I'm just missing it.…
      alexholehouse on HN
  • Fun to browse people's stories

    From 2 comments
    • Really cool idea. It's a lot of fun just randomly browsing around and reading peoples' stories. Tiny annoyance: the line-height: 36px (application.css:23) makes wrapped section…
      flyingyeti on HN
    • I'd like to be able to browse random people easier. A big "Show me another!" button would be cool. Then I could just sit there and while away the hours reading random thoughts…
      slevcom on HN

Objections

  • The "I do blah" phrasing can be awkward

    From 1 comment
    • Cool, nice work. I think the "I do blah" can be awkward but I like the focus. For fun, my friend and I made a similar site called http://threeabout.me (profile example:…
      yesimahuman on HN
  • Overuse of Twitter Bootstrap

    From 2 comments
    • Hi HN, This weekend I'm at a hackday and the theme is 'dreams', My dream is to get people working on what they love and find inspiration, I find my inspiration in the people…
      thehodge on HN
    • > clean layout Yes, http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap is awesome - although it's use getting a bit inflationary.
      mtrn on HN

Requests

  • Search by what people do

    From 1 comment
    • Beautiful. Simple, does what it does, clean layout. Really nice. Would be cool to be able to search by what people do as well as names, unless it's there and I'm just missing it.…
      alexholehouse on HN
  • A button to show another random person

    From 1 comment
    • I'd like to be able to browse random people easier. A big "Show me another!" button would be cool. Then I could just sit there and while away the hours reading random thoughts…
      slevcom on HN
  • Show people by geographic location

    From 1 comment
    • Some feedback: * Add geographic location and show people near you * Change "you have no friends" to "you have no friends yet. why not invite some?"
      nyellin on HN

Questions

  • Whether the 3-hour and weekend timeframe included domain and hosting

    From 1 comment
    • Nice idea.Greatly executed.Clean design. But I have very small doubt. When people say this is 3 hour project and weekend project, do they mean buying the domain and hosting…
      sravfeyn on HN

Alternatives named

  • threeabout.me

    From 1 comment
    • Cool, nice work. I think the "I do blah" can be awkward but I like the focus. For fun, my friend and I made a similar site called http://threeabout.me (profile example:…
      yesimahuman on HN

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