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Re:Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew by TylerE on Friday September 07, 2012 @09:31AM (#4488904)
While I think a lot of this is good, did anyone else get the feeling the _real_ gist of it was: "shower me with $$$"?
Re:Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew by nvk on Friday September 07, 2012 @09:37AM (#4488928)
Yes, it was 'definitely' a sell sheet, but most of the points were good and have merit.
Re:Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew by bradddd on Friday September 07, 2012 @11:21AM (#4489536)
Agreed. A lot of the points seem to be stressed from the point of explaining how important what he does is.

Bring in the UX designer before you’ve attempted any UI work. I can’t tell you how many times my clients have said “I wish I’d brought you in earlier!” The UI changes are often enough to necessitate technical re-architecture. Starting with a good designer from day one will save you a lot of headaches later on...

If they nailed it on their own, they're not going to bring someone in, but still.

Re:Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew by saraid216 on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:24PM (#4491027)
I finished reading it and I still don't know his name. If it was an attempt to get hired, it was a bad UX.
Re:Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew by NickFitz on Saturday September 08, 2012 @06:57AM (#4492744)
Have you tried looking at the top of the page? It even has a photo of him.
Re:Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew by saraid216 on Saturday September 08, 2012 @03:13PM (#4493700)
Well, the point was that I wasn't interested in who he was.
Re:Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew by Datonomics on Friday September 07, 2012 @11:54AM (#4489708)
I did get that feeling, but i would not have cared as much if he would have shown some awesome before and afters or some real-world examples.
Re:Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew by JonLim on Friday September 07, 2012 @11:07AM (#4489455)
To be fair, aren't most blog posts about that? ;)

Anyway, to play the devil's advocate in this situation, I believe the gist was more along the lines of "please involve UX designers early on in the process, and know that we're not just your make-up appliers."

If that involves showering him with money, then sure.

Re:Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew by sigkill on Friday September 07, 2012 @12:51PM (#4490013)
I totally agree with your devils' advocacy. The problem occurs when the people making decisions are not able to differentiate the UI(can be changed anytime) from the UX.
Re:Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew by RossM on Friday September 07, 2012 @10:33AM (#4489258)
I was quite surprised not to find a "I'm available, hire me!" tagline at the bottom, great points but I kept getting distracted from them.