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Re:Watch other people code by revorad on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @08:05AM (#2995876)
This is a brilliant suggestion. I've seen countless posts here on "how should I learn design?". When I think about learning to design, I want to learn the process of a good designer, not just theory or tricks. For example, I learnt a lot more design from this post and video than other stuff:

http://paulstamatiou.com/startup-web-design-ux-crash-course

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEQpwduyPU

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Re:Watch other people code by TruffleLabs on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @09:05AM (#2996078)
The hipmunk character creation video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEQpwduyPU ) was helpful and entertaining to watch (I picked up a few tips). Being entertaining and helpful is what any video aiming to teach has to work toward. And the video needs to be long enough to get the concepts across, and no more.
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Re:Watch other people code by danl on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @08:28AM (#2995947)
This would need some good editing. When I'm working on a website design, it can take some time for the finished version to come together. There's quite a lot of experimenting, tweaking, undoing etc... going on.

Nice idea though.

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Re:Watch other people code by angrycoder on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @11:34AM (#2996620)
That is all part of the design process, I'm not sure why you would edit it out.
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Re:Watch other people code by bricestacey on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @01:15PM (#2997037)
Gotta edit out when you check HN =P
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Re:Watch other people code by spodek on Thursday September 15, 2011 @12:43AM (#2998940)
I had an idea a few years ago to create a tv show -- basically The Iron Chef but for designers. Two design teams would have a limited time to design a logo or web page or restaurant menu or commercial. They'd have to meet separately with the client so you'd see their human interaction.

Plus we would create an online community around it for people to trade ideas.

I told a director friend who had sold several shows and he loved the idea. We wrote up a treatment and started pitching it.

Then the recession hit and no one was interested in new show ideas.

We still have the treatment. Maybe one day...

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