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Geoffrey Grosenbach
Personal blog · topfunky.comprogrammingcareer
Geoffrey Grosenbach writes Topfunky Blog, a personal blog at topfunky.com about programming and career. Since 2007, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Web design and development writing by Geoffrey Grosenbach, linked in design and teaching threads. One commenter recalls his PeepCode-era teaching style; the other comments do not discuss the posts themselves.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Geoffrey Grosenbach
Most-linked posts?
- /baseline-rhythm-calculator/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2007-10-12
What Hacker News says?
Personally, I'd prefer the line height to be the same for all the mentioned items for a consistent vertical rhythm. In any case, I know the line height was small enough that I noticed list items and comments felt cramped even before I saw you'd asked for feedback. In this example, regardless of font size or face, the vertical rhythm follows the same beat: http://www.alistapart.com/d/settingtypeontheweb/example.html…
Comment linking /baseline-rhythm-calculator/
on “Webdesigners: please make text readable”Submitted What Does an Education Engineer Do? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionJoel's book is a great introduction and a must read if you haven't taken a look before. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.... Jakob Neilson's site is a treasure trove of usability information. http://www.useit.com/ 37 Signals will often write blog posts outlining particular design decisions in their products. http://www.37signals.com/svn/ For a more specific topic, I have been researching t…
Comment linking /baseline-rhythm-calculator/
on “Ask news YC: Your best sources to learn about design & usability”I was always fond of Geoffrey Grosenbach's[1] (aka topfunky) teaching style back during his PeepCode[2] days. Pleasant speaking style, very good at explaining stuff. 1. https://topfunky.com/ 2. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22peepcode%22
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on “Ask HN: Favorite Online Teacher?”
