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Shown HN: Design for Hackers (draft)

48 points by kadavy ↗ HN
Hey everyone, OMFGIFMBD! You might remember a few posts I wrote on design several months back that resulted in a book deal. Well, I'm happy to report that I have completed the draft of the book: Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty. A few tidbits I'll be talking about in the book:

- How to mentally navigate the hexadecimal color space.

- What the Impressionists have to do with Web 2.0 graphics.

- Why the golden ratio isn't all that golden, and how to use proportions in design.

- The insane effect that red has on your brain and decision-making

I made a little video greeting as well, if you want to sneak a peek at the draft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WjwIrh9N44

Anyway, I just wanted to give you an update as I know some of you are interested. Thanks so much for your support!

10 comments

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rishi
nice video. Nice job pulling this off.
sudonim
Here's the tldw;

It's a video where he shows you a printed version of the draft book and mentions what will be covered in the book. There's no link to download or read the draft (in case that's what you also thought clicking on the title).

kadavy
Oops, sorry - I hadn't considered that someone would think that.
shubble
I haven't been following while you wrote this, so maybe a video where you do a brief outline of the chapters and what we can expect to get out of them would help us decide whether to buy. Also, please consider selling as an ebook. Good Luck.
hugh3
Ah, but do I want to read a book on design from somebody who goes around putting things in ALL CAPS?
kadavy
Caps happen to be a good form of typographic differentiation in cases where other forms of emphasis (such as bold or italics) are unavailable. But, some people may feel otherwise.

The Romans used caps. In fact, that was all that they used.

davesmylie
Nice teaser - I'm very much looking forward to this coming out!

If you're wanting any beta readers, I'd be happy to volunteer =)

[dead] cancelbubble
Pro tip: Remove ear buds before filming self.