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Re:Ask HN: Where are you located?
on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @10:24AM (#13820837)
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, South India
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2017)
on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:25AM (#13771660)
SEEKING WORK - remote, India
Hi, I’ve been designing brands for over 10 years and developing websites for over 6 years. I designed the logo and identity for io.js which eventually became the new Node.js: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept. The logo has been further refined based on feedback and can be seen here along with banners and icons that continue the logo’s theme: http://twitter.com/official_iojs
There are several more work samples on my portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
In addition to Branding & Identity, I work on responsive front-end (Bootstrap/Angular), back-end (Nginx/Node.js/MongoDB), WordPress and iOS app design and development.
Do email me at [email protected]
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2017)
on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @01:36AM (#13307194)
SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, India
I'm the designer of the io.js logo and identity: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept
The logo has been further refined based on feedback and can be seen here along with banners and icons that continue the logo’s theme: http://twitter.com/official_iojs
In addition to Branding/Identity, I work on responsive front-end development (Bootstrap/Angular), server-side programming (Node/io.js/MongoDB) and iOS app design and development.
Email: [email protected] Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2016)
on Monday October 03, 2016 @11:28AM (#12628146)
SEEKING WORK: India
I’m the designer of the Brand Identity for io.js [1] I will design an awesome brand and website package for your product/service for 2500 USD in 4 weeks. Package includes...
- 1 logo (I provide 3 options, each with their own presentation)
- 1 Multi-page WordPress website with domain registration, Nginx setup, security and SEO, Contact Form
- 1 landing page optimized for conversion
- 2 social media profile pages, one each for Facebook and Twitter with custom header images and profile avatars
Other skills: full-stack developer on the React/Node.js stack
Email: [email protected]
Portfolio: www.dffrnt.com
[1] https://www.behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept
Re:The basic neurobiology behind the 12-dot illusion
on Saturday September 17, 2016 @12:20PM (#12521112)
I always saw dots between the keys on my Macbook Air. Thanks to you I finally know the name for this phenomenon.
Re:The basic neurobiology behind the 12-dot illusion
on Saturday September 17, 2016 @12:17PM (#12521103)
Because stars in the sky is a high contrast visual. That applies here too, I increased the contrast using Photoshop and the illusion is gone, you can see all 12 dots perfectly fine — http://imgur.com/a/G4xR4
I think they are spot on, outside the fovea, contrast detection capability of our eyes dip drastically thereby blending the dots lying outside the fovea with the surrounding grid. Increase the contrast to the point where even the regions outside the fovea can detect it and the illusion goes away.
Re:Ask HN: Data visualization consultant
on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @11:16AM (#12488990)
I had previously contracted for Infinera working on their NMS suite. My contribution was a PoC running on D3 and Angular, using Semantic Topology that allows users to navigate any node or link in their network with zero clicks (scrolling and panning gets them anywhere à la Google Maps).
The hardest, most time-consuming part was prototyping because the tools out there (Framer, Principle, Quartz Composer, Adobe XD etc) are all optimized to work with lists and grids, not visualisations. I ended up creating three fully-functional prototypes in HTML and JS before finalizing on one. It was hard to get good feedback from the teams without live, interactive prototypes. There is also nothing like a standard library of well-designed components that can be grouped together to quickly mockup custom visualizations, like we have in Bootstrap for HTML frontends.
Another problem was performance; Angular, out-of-the-box, could not keep up with the amount of data coming through their pipes.
All in all, it was challenging and very, very fun to do. When it finally worked and people got their hands on it, it blew everyone away. If I were to do it all over again, I’d focus a lot more on explaining the challenges and setting realistic expectations. Custom visualisations are not 5-minute WordPress installs.
The work is under NDA but if you feel the need to discuss anything, my email is in my profile.
Some people I follow on twitter who are actively involved in DataVis:
Lisa Charlotte Rost (@lisacrost), Micah Stubbs (@micahstubbs), Jim Vallandingham (@vlandham), Nicky Case (@ncasenmare), Nadieh Bremer (@NadiehBremer)
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2016)
on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @09:33AM (#12209781)
SEEKING WORK: India
I’m the designer of the Brand Identity for io.js [1] I will design an awesome brand and website package — logo, single-page static website, social media profile pages — for your product/service for 2500 USD in 4 weeks.
Contact me! [email protected]
Other skills: full-stack developer on the React/Node.js stack
Portfolio: www.dffrnt.com
[1] https://www.behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept
Re:Ask HN: Do you have a profitable side project? How long did it take...
on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @10:14AM (#11902123)
I made this: https://www.behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept
I can build you a website.
Email in profile.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2016)
on Thursday June 02, 2016 @09:16AM (#11822175)
SEEKING WORK: India
Among other things, I’m the designer of the brand identity for io.js [1] I will design an awesome brand identity for your business, your product or your personal brand for 2500 USD in 4 weeks. Contact me for details: [email protected]
Other skills: full-stack developer on the React/Node.js stack
Portfolio: www.dffrnt.com
[1] https://www.behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept
Re:Ask HN: Tabs or Spaces?
on Monday May 30, 2016 @09:39AM (#11801262)
Tabs. There's a reason we put tab key on every keyboard out there, it is built specifically for alignment
The word tab derives from the word tabulate, which means "to arrange data in a tabular, or table, form." When a person wanted to type a table (of numbers or text) on a typewriter, there was a lot of time-consuming and repetitive use of the space bar and backspace key. — https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_key
Re:Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2016?
on Saturday May 28, 2016 @03:04PM (#11792899)
I’m basically in the same boat as @mindcrime here, I want it all but this year’s focus has been and will continue to be:
- Style Transfer (so CNNs, Regressions and a whole bunch of Statistics concepts)
- React, React Native and that whole ecosystem
- How to identify and validate startup niches
Re:The Golden Age of Walking Bots That Never Arrived
on Monday March 28, 2016 @04:07AM (#11373210)
> ....just seems illogical to spend so much effort to develop what is clearly a very limited and complex mode of operation
Quadrupedal motion is for locomotion. Bipedal motion is for transportation.
Bipedal motion frees up two limbs to carry stuff around, open locks, get into cars and drive, move into and out of crowded, people-packed spaces (elevators) where horizontal space is limited but vertical space is plenty and so on.
And since we’re taking about robots, the two freed up limbs need not be “normal” limbs but tools specialised for the job at hand that cannot be used for locomotion purposes (the "arms" can be guns, welding machines or forks for carrying weights)
Also, robots that look and act like humans are an easier sell and selling them is the hardest part about getting these robots mainstream.
Have no doubt, perfecting bipedal motion is a worthwhile endeavor.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer?
on Monday June 01, 2015 @10:32AM (#9638811)
SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, India
I'm the designer of the io.js logo and identity: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept
The logo has been further refined based on feedback and can be seen here along with banners and icons that continue the logo’s theme: http://twitter.com/official_iojs
In addition to Branding/Identity, I work on responsive front-end development (Bootstrap/Angular), server-side programming (Node/io.js/MongoDB) and iOS app design and development.
Email: [email protected]
Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2015)
on Friday May 01, 2015 @11:03AM (#9471838)
SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India
I'm the designer of the io.js logo and identity: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept
The logo has been further refined based on feedback and can be seen here along with banners and icons that continue the logo’s theme: http://twitter.com/official_iojs
Besides Branding/Identity, I also do responsive front-end development (Bootstrap/Angular), server-side programming (Node/io.js/MongoDB) and iOS apps.
Email: [email protected]
Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
Re:Secret Files Reveal the Structure of Islamic State
on Sunday April 19, 2015 @04:25AM (#9402403)
> The two sides are supposedly the same, but due to their own religious dogmas, they hold an existential grudge against one another.
Reminded me of this Emo Philips bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88DQIJmxRI
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2015)
on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @12:25PM (#9304771)
SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India
I'm the designer of the io.js logo: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept
The logo has been refined based on feedback and can be seen here along with banners and icons that continue the logo’s theme: http://twitter.com/official_iojs
Besides Branding/Identity, I also do responsive front-end development (Bootstrap/Angular), server-side programming (Node/io.js/MongoDB) and iOS apps.
Email: [email protected]
Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2015)
on Monday March 02, 2015 @03:00AM (#9130825)
SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India
I design logos and brands, build websites (MEAN stack + Nginx + Bootstrap) and develop apps (iOS).
Most recently I did the logo concept for io.js: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept
Email: [email protected]
Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
Please get in touch.
Re:Ask HN: What have you achieved in January 2015?
on Thursday February 05, 2015 @02:02PM (#9005135)
After nearly two months of work, I launched my logo concept for IO.JS: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept
Show HN: Logo Concept for IO.JS
Re:The Raccoon Princess and the Fox Prince: A Bayesian Parable
on Sunday February 01, 2015 @11:03PM (#8982676)
Her interactive last year on Cognitive Biases is another gem: http://cassandraxia.com/projs/advbiases/
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2015)
on Sunday February 01, 2015 @11:20AM (#8980437)
SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India
I design logos and brands, build websites (MEAN stack + Nginx + Bootstrap) and develop apps (iOS).
I have 7 years of experience as a Designer, 3 years as a web developer and a year as an iOS developer.
Most recent project: Logo design for Carton, a Warehouse Management System:
• Concept 1: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c1
• Concept 2: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c2
• Concept 3: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c3
Presentation given to the client to showcase their new logo to stakeholders: http://dffrnt.com/carton/final
• ALSO: Please check out the Branding concept I've done for IO.JS: https://www.behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept
Email: [email protected]
Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
Please get in touch.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2015)
on Thursday January 01, 2015 @10:31PM (#8825379)
SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India
I design logos and brands, build websites (MEAN stack + Nginx + Bootstrap) and develop apps (iOS).
I have 7 years of experience as a Designer, 3 years as a web developer and a year as an iOS developer.
Most recent project: Logo design for Carton, a Warehouse Management System:
• Concept 1: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c1
• Concept 2: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c2
• Concept 3: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c3
Presentation given to the client to showcase their new logo to stakeholders: http://dffrnt.com/carton/final
Email: [email protected]
Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
Please get in touch.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2014)
on Monday December 01, 2014 @11:31AM (#8681913)
SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India
I design logos and brands, build websites (MEAN stack + Nginx + Bootstrap) and develop apps (iOS).
I have 7 years of experience as a Designer, 3 years as a web developer and a year as an iOS developer.
Most recent project: Logo design for Carton, a Warehouse Management System:
• Concept 1: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c1
• Concept 2: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c2
• Concept 3: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c3
Presentation given to the client to showcase their new logo to stakeholders: http://dffrnt.com/carton/final
Email: [email protected]
Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
Please get in touch.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2014)
on Saturday November 01, 2014 @09:52AM (#8543018)
SEEKING WORK - remote, South India
I'm an experienced Designer having done several Brand Identities all over the world for the past 7 years. If you need an identity for your new app, website or business, shoot me an email (in profile) and I'll set you up with a brand new logo, business card, letterhead, envelope, brochure and website. I have an established creative process that will provide you with original artwork embedded with my personal brand of aesthetics. See the results in my portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
I'm also a MEAN stack Developer (Mongo, Node.js, Angular) and front-end Designer so if you need your ideas brought to life as a well-designed, responsive web app that works across desktops, tablets and mobiles, please get in touch.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2014)
on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @10:42AM (#8394725)
SEEKING WORK - remote, South India
I'm an experienced Designer having done several Brand Identities all over the world for the past 7 years. If you need an identity for your new app, website or business, shoot me an email (in profile) and I'll set you up with a brand new logo, business card, letterhead, envelope, brochure and website. I have an established creative process that will provide you with original artwork embedded with my personal brand of aesthetics. See the results in my portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
I'm also a MEAN stack Developer (Mongo, Node.js, Angular) and front-end Designer so if you need your ideas brought to life as a well-designed, responsive web app that works across desktops, tablets and mobiles, please get in touch.
Re:Twitter image bots stuck in an automated loop
on Sunday September 28, 2014 @02:38AM (#8379114)
It's like a war: creativity vs formalism.
Re:Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs (1985)
on Monday September 15, 2014 @12:29AM (#8317279)
Coming up with products is a bit like coming up with songs or paintings. Market research won't get you Van Gogh's Starry Night or any of the Beatles' songs. Instead it gives you autotune as music and photo filters as art. If you need to come with a genuinely once-in-a-lifetime product, music, painting or anything creative, it has to come from satisficing a basic need in a unique way (often with a personal touch i.e., "soul"). Current startup landscape dominated by validation is basically the autotune model built for quick iterations and easy profits as opposed to the old-school "soul" model which is more of a personal endeavour that transforms into a mass-movement of sorts. Bitcoin would be a modern example of something coming out of the "soul" model.
edit: One place where Market Research does have value in the "soul" model is for refining the product to fit the market better. The germ of the idea is still intensely personal to the founder.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2014)
on Monday September 01, 2014 @01:17PM (#8253838)
SEEKING WORK - remote, South India
I'm an experienced Designer having done several Identities over the past 7 years all over the world. If you need an identity for your new app, website or business, shoot me an email (in profile) and I'll set you up with a brand new logo, business card, letterhead, envelope, brochure and website. I have an established creative process that will provide you with original artwork embedded with my personal brand of aesthetics. See the results in my portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com
I'm also a MEAN stack Developer (Mongo, Node.js, Angular) and front-end Designer so if you need your ideas brought to life as a well-designed, responsive web app that works across desktops, tablets and mobiles, please get in touch.