72mena
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Design Strategy + Prototyping
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Comment · 3 months ago
Oh I love these! It just reminded me of a small project I had in which I was creating experimental watchfaces using SVGs and JavaScript, this is before the AI boom so I made all of these by hand and, although there's nothing impressive here, I'm proud of them as a designer who learned basic code by myself.
https://watchface.netlify.app/
And I wrote about it here: https://72mena.medium.com/designing-watch-faces-using-svgs-a...
Comment · 1 year ago
> If you doubt this, ask yourself the work of which contemporary novelist, poet, composer, or painter you are eagerly awaiting. I’ll pause here a moment while you fail to find any.
I don't want to use the term "gatekeeping" here, but this type of posture on a topic as subjective as personal preferences is quite odd. While the author thinks they're "making a pause while you fail to find any", I'm here coming up with examples of contemporary creators that I can't wait for them to release their new stuff. (In painting, writing, and cinema).
I don't consider we're in a "low state" as described, but I think we may be coming at this from different definitions about what low state means.
Comment · 3 years ago
> "America's global brain drain might have been the single most effective strategy"
The website has a section titled "Bring your AI Skills to the U.S.", and then a button with this label "Learn about pathways to work in the U.S.".
This is very encouraging. And it reminded me of Eric Schmidt's recommendation on this topic [1], which was published on the final report of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence:
Chapter 10. Page 178:
"Nations that can successfully attract and retain highly skilled individuals gain strategic and economic advantages over competitors." [...] "Unfortunately, international students in the United States are increasingly choosing to study in other countries or return home. One reason is the growing backlog of green card petitions. Indian immigrants face a particularly long wait. Many will spend decades on constrictive work visas waiting to receive their green cards, hindering both the technology sector’s ability to recruit talent and Indian immigrants’ quality of life."
The report recommends to focus on building better Immigration Policies. Maybe this .gov initiative listened to the advice from the report.
[1]: https://www.nscai.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Full-Report...
Comment · 3 years ago
If you don't mind sharing, what made you make the switch two weeks ago?
And which bank did you move to for the shared HYSA?
Comment · 3 years ago
TL;DR: One blog post I wrote had a big impact on me getting a job opportunity in the US.
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I grew up and lived in México most of my life.
Back in 2014 I was a consultant working in Accenture México. One weekend I wrote a UX analysis of the "Settings" screen in mobile platforms, and I posted it on my personal site. (Long lost, but reposted [here](https://72mena.com/the-ux-of-mobile-settings/)).
I don't know how it happened, but after a few weeks of no traction, it suddenly got a ton of traffic and my site went down.
One year later I was interviewing for a contractor role that required relocation to the US. My last interviewer (and decision maker) mentioned to me something along these lines: "hey, I saw your name and it reminded me about your "UX of Mobile Settings" article, I remember reading it and I liked a lot the analysis you did."
I suspect this article (with all its flaws and broken English) had a big impact on me getting the UX position I was applying for, which made me relocate to the US.
Comment · 3 years ago
From an engineering perspective, the entire project is genuinely useful:
It serves as a fantastic example of applied ingenuity. It's inspiring in fun ways, especially for the younger audience. It shows the value of prototyping, craftsmanship, DIY skills, and not taking things too seriously (key for trying new things).
Not to make this sound too grandiose, but I'm confident some children watching this guy will become engineers because they were inspired to build stuff. It is educational, and thinking "I'd love to see him put this much effort into something genuinely useful" seems to be missing the point on how useful this type of content is.
Comment · 3 years ago
Question related to this:
Is there a tool out there that let's you spin a Medium-like text editor for your personal site? Curious to hear about HN's recommendation about whether a tool like this exists or if someone has considered building one.
Comment · 3 years ago
Big change! Congratulations on the realization, all the best on the next phase and I wish you find it to be meaningful.
Comment · 3 years ago
> Once they figure out how to animate this stuff, it puts the movie industry out of business.
I'm also intrigued about the potential of AI-generated animation.
However, I don't think the industry would be "out of business", but rather they would simply evolve into a new phase. The established movie industry will most likely have access to the most expensive and performant AI models to make short and long form animations, which would be time and cost prohibiting for hobbyists.
Comment · 5 years ago
Would you mind sharing a bit more about that?
I like how this rule sounds, but am wondering whether you live in a high-cost area or not. Having two incomes at the level of the fast-food industry seems somewhat limiting, but this depends on where you live and how frugal you are.
In other comments I'm also noticing that having a mortgage is part of the need to stay in a high-paying job, so maybe renting can alleviate some of that pressure and be more flexible to adjust to live below your means?
Comment · 6 years ago
> And he makes in a year what I make in 10.
Question about your last statement (I may need this clarification because English is not my first language). The statement might mean that he makes 10x more money than you, or that his output is 10x greater than yours (or both!). Based on the context of your reply, I think it means his output is 10x greater than yours. Is that correct?