zachwaugh

We're not using a framework. The app itself is a standard Cocoa/Objective-C app, just using a mix of web views and native views for rendering the content of individual screens.

I created this before I ever heard about the playing cards of the same name, and actually meant to change the name (check out the last line of the readme - https://github.com/zachwaugh/Helveticards/blob/master/readme...).

Happy to change the name though, this was just a quick, weekend hack about two years ago.

Kind of surprised to find this on here today. I made it about two years ago as a quick hack, and haven't touched it since. I used unicode glyphs because I didn't see any benefit of recreating those in CSS. Was planning on adding the backsides so you could flip them over, but never got around to it.

Pleasantly surprised that it worked perfectly on my iPad with touch and dragging. I always read HN on my iPad and so many sites, especially anything keyboard driven, become useless.

This is pretty much exactly what Wordoid does with the bonus of telling you if the domain is available - http://wordoid.com/.

Just been going through this process myself. I usually use Fireworks, but wanted to learn Photoshop since there are so many more resources available. Here's some that I've found helpful:

- http://365psd.com/ and http://designmoo.com/ - Both have free, high-quality (for the most part) PSD's you can download. Sometimes for me the most helpful thing is just seeing how someone else constructed something. How many layers they used, which layer styles created a certain effect, etc.

- http://methodandcraft.com/ - Just recently launched, but already has some nice videos I've learned a lot from.

- http://photoshopetiquette.com/ - A bunch of quick tips

- http://bjango.com/articles/ - All the design articles are great

- http://designthencode.com/ - Can't vouch for this personally as I haven't gone through it myself, but looks like a really great and detailed guide.

That's probably a good rough estimate. I did some of my own back of the envelope calculations along those lines and figured out a site like Daring Fireball is probably making around $5,700/month from the Deck, which is less than I would have thought. I'd love to get some first-hand info though.

For the mobile, I would most likely want to use the same network for consistency. And the main reason I want to use one of these networks is because the ads are high quality and relevant. I'm less worried about maximizing revenue, and more concerned with the ads being helpful and unobtrusive.

Thanks again for the tips. I haven't done much with advertising, so it's definitely helpful to hear.

I don't know how they perform, but I assume their successful because companies keep advertising there. I don't mind these particular ads because they're high quality, not obnoxious, and relevant to me. I never click through ads on most sites, but I actually do click through these because I'm interested in the product. It's ideal advertising to me.

Thanks for the info. I think you may be thinking of the wrong Deck though. I was referring to http://decknetwork.net/, which is a network that only shows only a single ad per site with a limited number of advertisers and publishers. For example, on Daring Fireball (http://daringfireball.net/). Fusion (http://fusionads.net/) does the same thing. I'm not sure how much that changes the numbers, but I believe it's a bit different from the typical ad network.

Go to college. Put all the education and career considerations aside for a moment. College was one of the best times of my life. Go have some great experiences, make friends, go to parties, travel, do crazy shit, and take time to think about the rest of your life and want you want it to be. After that, you'll be working until you retire, and that's something I wouldn't rush into. I've been out of college about 7 years, and never once I have thought, man, I wish I've been working full-time longer. Plus, I made some of my best friends and met my wife while I was in college.

You have no idea in what direction your career will take you, so I wouldn't worry too much about trying to plan for the "long run". A lot of my friends switched careers or went back to school at some point in their 20s. Many people are now making a living off creating iPhone apps, and the iPhone didn't even exist 4 years ago, so there is no way to plan for everything.