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Jessica Hische
Personal blog · jessicahische.com/spendstoomuchtimeinternettingdesignwriting
Jessica Hische's personal blog at jessicahische.com covers design and writing. Since 2010, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Inspiration vs. Imitation, an Illustration”. 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
HN readers link Jessica Hische's posts on creative work habits and freelancing, such as the procrastination essay and 'Should I work for free?'. Commenters quote these posts as support for their own points.
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.
Jessica Hische is a lettering artist, illustrator, type designer, and author. She works with major brands and publishers creating custom lettering, logos, and i…
Most-linked posts?
- Inspiration vs. Imitation, an Illustration2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-10-29
What Hacker News says?
I like her quote on this page: http://jessicahische.com/spendstoomuchtimeinternetting/?p=15... The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life The fact that she uses unreadable urls and text-images argues strongly that she's right about NOT hiring her to design web pages. She writes well though and, once you print her work, it's beautifully readable.
Comment linking /spendstoomuchtimeinternetting/?p=156
on “Jessica Hische - Why you should not hire me for web design”Submitted Jessica Hische - Why you should not hire me for web design as a story · 67 points
HN discussionI like to get inspiration from magazines, books, art, music, and photography. Basically trying to get any creative inspiration away from the computer. Jessica Hische sums it quite appropriately in her latest blog post: http://jessicahische.com/spendstoomuchtimeinternetting/?p=75...
Comment linking /spendstoomuchtimeinternetting/?p=756
on “My (hastily written) Tips About Designing for the Web”Submitted Mom, this is how Twitter works as a story · 5 points
HN discussionHere's a link back to the original: http://jessicahische.com/spendstoomuchtimeinternetting/?p=78...
Comment linking /spendstoomuchtimeinternetting/?p=780
on “Should I work for free?”Submitted Inspiration vs. Imitation, an Illustration as a story · 3 points
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