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Dominic Wilcox

Personal blog · variationsonnormal.comdesign

Dominic Wilcox's personal blog at variationsonnormal.com covers design. Since 2011, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.

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5HN people?
2011–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Dominic Wilcox's blog is linked as an example of unusual workspace setups, in this case a 2011 post about a desk built on a tree branch. The comment gives no judgement of the writing itself.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Variations on Normal blog

What Hacker News says?

  1. This is great! I think we need to keep exploring new models for how people get their best work done. This guy built a desk in a tree: http://variationsonnormal.com/2011/09/15/tree-branch-work-de...

    Comment linking /2011/09/15/tree-branch-work-desk/

    on “Things I've quit doing at my desk”
  2. Submitted FINGER-NOSE STYLUS FOR TOUCH SCREENS as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Finger-Nose Stylus for Touch Screens as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Sound Bulbs | Variations on normal by Dominic Wilcox as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Victory for Mankind Wilcox vs 3D Printer: Milan, Duomo as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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