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by lifeisstillgood 5037 days ago
Some comments to take or leave as desired

1. It looks really good. But on second glance I just got confused. There is a lot of info, a graph I dont get and a list of seemingly unconnected events with no exposition.

2. It took a couple of plays to work it out - its really about the categories you have set up. Clicking the filter gives you a good sense of what the person has behind them Now I get it, I like it.

3. So that leads me to: If I am a non-speaking, non-hackathoning (Whats a hackathon) uncharitable, non conference goer - my statuschart will look pretty thin. Can I alter the categories to suit me? At worst just change the labels

4. I definitely want to expand the 'projects' section - I would want to do F/OSS, Salaried jobs, contract work, education etc.

5. pricing - I think it was on the PR piece you got - $5 a month and 30/year. That sounds good but why make people sign up before they can follow / read a page. If I wanted to give this to a propspective employer, I would be forcing them to sign in before seeing my CV - or have I missed something

6. Instead of category @all@, which is just a big long list of confusing, can I suggest top - where i can weight each event and then there is a simplish algorithm to float the events I weighted highest to top (perhaps weight / days since). That way there is a default page open that has my best stuff listed right at the top, and only then does someone have to filter out.

7. I am thinking of this as a CV - I would want to put a small paragraph onto some events to explain them, maybe in a popup.

Otherwise really good - there is a rash of github resumes and other 'show off my stuff' sites. Its going to be an interesting area - good luck iterating.

cheers

Edit: kicked off a bit strong, toned it down a littel