[dylanrw]

lol hello! Let me 'redesign' your site without a brief, knowledge of the business, or any idea about the demographics/market/technology involved. I'm a designer with photoshop woohooo! /end snarky attitude

All that aside, a photoshop comp 'redesign' (re-skin may be more accurate) without a brief or objectives besides 'make it easier to use/prettier' is not design. At best it's speculation, at a glance it's just a different layout, at worst it's a grab for traffic to your blog so you can sell more of books.

A design is a solution to a problem, if you don't start with a well defined problem you're not designing...

[sergiotapia]

Your comment is a perfect example of non-constructive negative verbal diarrhea on HN.

This course has a clear purpose: How can I photoshop to design UI?

There's no need to belittle people who actually create content to share.

[aymeric]

You are totally missing the point of his videos.

[dylanrw]

I realize the main purpose is to teach someone how to use photoshop. Guess what else it's doing? Teaching them that designing without spec is a part of the job. ;)