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Jack McDade

Personal blog · jackmcdade.comdesignproductivitybusiness

Jack McDade's personal blog at jackmcdade.com covers design, productivity and business. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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8mentions?
3HN people?
2012–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 1 in 2012

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link Jack McDade's site as an example of a personal blog or portfolio. One commenter included it in a list of their favourites from a roundup of personal brand sites.

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.

What Hacker News says?

  1. hollaur · 2019-02-08Recommends
    Here's some of my favorites, pulled from this list of 12: https://www.thevectorimpact.com/personal-brand-examples/ - https://jackmcdade.com/ - http://rog.ie/ - http://sarahcpr.com/ - http://laurenholliday.com (Mine)

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    on “Ask HN: What are some great personal blogs/portfolios?”
  2. Submitted Why I Play Video Games as a story · 117 points

    HN discussion
  3. My thoughts on the matter: http://jackmcdade.com/asides/learning-to-switch-off

    Comment linking /asides/learning-to-switch-off

    on “Ask HN: Learning to switch off”
  4. Submitted The Internet We Built as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Web Design: From Meh to Pretty Good in an Hour as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Tired of Waiting as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted The one thing you should do if you're thinking of bootstrapping a SaaS app as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted TV is better than movies as a story · 1 points

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