Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019?

Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? by nilshauk on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @06:16PM (#18765709)

I would love for us tech folk to dip our toes in idea history, hermeneutics and rhetoric.

We need to think about the way we think and talk about the way we talk. I mean reflect on the state of things, instead of blindly increasing shareholder value. We glorify engagement, but we’re arguably glorifying how addictive our creations are.

What if apps maximized for less time spent, like help users just do their work and get on with living life?

When I work on web sites that deliver services I often picture users being in a hurry. People just want to get on with life, not live their lives within my server side rendered single page web app. :)

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Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? by owl57 on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:18PM (#18766412)

What if apps maximized for less time spent

Today I used an automated delivery booth. At the end it reported in big letters: "you took your order in 2 minutes 12 seconds". Made me vividly remember the end-of-level screen in classic Doom. Maybe that's a good idea: make the session time prominently visible, to have an urge to optimize.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? by trevyn on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:58PM (#18766638)

Like a package locker? Why did it take two minutes?

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Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? by owl57 on Thursday December 27, 2018 @04:10PM (#18772657)

Well, I liked the end-of-level screen, but the rest of UI was not so new-user-friendly, especially not sleepy-new-user-friendly.

About half the time I was staring at the instruction "the box will unlock now" with the box in question still behind a closed door before trying to pull the door harder.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? by kurosawa on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @07:15PM (#18766091)

I say dive in, don't be shy. There is so much that these specific intellectual paths lead to.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? by aalhour on Thursday December 27, 2018 @01:25PM (#18771308)

Can you recommend a few resources on idea history, hermeneutics and rhetoric?

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Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? by afarrell on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @10:13PM (#18766958)

Got any recommendations on How to get started studying rhetoric?

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Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? by nilshauk on Thursday December 27, 2018 @05:32AM (#18768713)

I took a course in rhetoric and encountered the book Don’t Think of an Elephant by George Lakoff https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Think-Elephant-Democrats-Progres...

Short book, yet enlightening on rhetoric. Can recommend, regardless of political affiliation.

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