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Thanks for sharing my article, I really appreciate it!

The announcement from Andrew Wilkinson's side: https://medium.com/@awilkinson/dribbble-2-0-c2cd1fa184c5#.8k...

Hi everyone

Side projects have played a huge role in my career, friendships, and quality of life. I’ve just launched a free email course titled, “5 Side Project Mistakes Developers Make.” It’s a week’s worth of lessons, one per day, full of stories, tips, and advice for planning, executing, and shipping side projects.

I’ve managed to ship 10+ side projects over the last few years while working a full-time job. While an email course can only scratch the surface of the lessons I've learned along the way, I’m think it provides value for anyone struggling to ship their projects. I hope you check it out, and I'd love your feedback.

Perhaps. I'm lucky to work a job I love, so I have that privilege.

But there used to be a lot of stuff I hated doing that I've been able to ditch. I probably could have written that point in a more realistic way.

It's simple, but not necessarily easy.

Heh. That's why I called it out in the post too. It's definitely something I've fallen into.

Reading about productivity can be useful, IF you use what you read. Most don't.

That's definitely something to keep in mind. Thanks for the reminder :)

It's so easy to focus on getting shit done, to the exclusion of treating yourself well sometimes. I think I need to plan a follow-up.

Thanks for sharing my post!

Thanks for sharing – I appreciate it!

Thanks!

This was far enough in the past that code reviews and "Don't deploy on Friday" weren't necessarily taken as standard practice at a lot of companies yet. But yes, we all learned :-)

I think you've been lucky. I've seen some really awful senior devs/team leads in my time.

He did :-) It's a lesson I also learned that day.

Nice!

"that's why they aren't senior devs"

Amen. I don't know about firing, but I'd definitely be having a conversation about proper mentorship. We hire juniors because they show promise, but need to learn. Being snarky and shutting them down doesn't just hurt the individual dev – it hurts the entire company.

Definitely a lesson that was re-learned that day Some lessons only come from pain.

Good morning everyone!

I wanted to drop by and announce that Draftly, my brand-new Dribbble client for Apple TV, has officially been released.

I love Dribbble. I may not be much of a designer – more a “design-minded engineer” – but hardly a day goes by where I can’t be found browsing the latest and greatest from designers all over the world. It’s a constant source of inspiration for me.

My goal was to create a Dribbble client that feels at home on Apple TV. Draftly omits unnecessary features and cluttered interfaces to keep the focus where it should be: browsing the best Dribbble has to offer, right from your couch. Here’s some of the highlights:

- Large, beautiful images and animated GIF support - Sections dedicated to Popular, Recent, Animated, and Debut Shots - Top Shelf support: browse Popular Shots right from the home screen - Full-screen mode, for when you need to see every detail - Detail views, showing off the Shot description, likes, tags, and more - Team & user profile views

It’s a solid v1, but I’m far from done. I have a ton of features in mind for future updates. But I’m super proud of this first release and I’d love to know what you all think. The best part? Draftly is completely free.

Thanks!

Interesting. I've heard 50/50 on that from other people. Some think the first size looked better, others agree the bigger version was better.

In the end it's likely best to just stick with the HIG.

It does end up being a bit of a niche product, but thanks for checking it out!

I do, along with data from U.S. border services. When possible, I automatically correct it to be more accurate. For example, "no delay" actually means <= 15 minutes or so.

In response to feedback here, I've changed the first sentence to "The latest wait times at almost every U.S.-Canadian border crossing. Quick. Easy. Check it out for yourself."

I think it will do better with those who miss the "More..." button. Thoughts?

That said, I think I'm going to re-think the first sentence. Any tips? I appreciate the feedback.

The app is currently at #12 in the top travel apps in Canada, and has held near that spot for the last few weeks. It's interesting to see how few sales it takes to jump up that chart -- I imagine it takes a lot more in the U.S. store.

Thanks buddy!

Hey CG, thanks for checking it out. There's actually a pretty well fleshed-out description. Unfortunately, the app store hides all but the first few sentences by default.

Thanks for your thoughts. We'd like to keep it simple, too.

Tags are a great idea -- we've heard that from a few people now.

Thanks, jolan!

Fair enough. I could have included some of that in my description.

Right now things are pretty simple: Create a location (either by searching name/address/type, or tapping/holding on the map), add tasks to that location. When you are nearby, the app will remind you to complete those tasks.

The features are (intentionally) basic: change radius around locations for alerts, turn alerts on/off.

We are adding time/date features, along with importing addresses/to-dos soon. But we really want to explore as many avenues for feedback as we can.

People seem to really love the app once they try it, so we're walking the fine line of wanting to give them the tools they need without making the app clunky and hard to use.

Clickable links:

- Our site: http://taskave.com - iTunes: http://itunes.com/app/taskave/

Not at the moment, but it's a feature we're looking at adding in a future update. You aren't the only person to bring that up.

Thanks!