What are /r/onthegrid's favorite Products & Services?

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As a Product Designer at Disqus it was fun to hear you guys talk about comments in relation to Nimona. It really is a fantastic example of a community forming, not just 'comments' degrading an experience. Coincidentally I posted a critical response to someone on medium about the nature of comments vs. communities. Would appreciate yous guys pov on my argument. This isn't just a plug because I work at Disqus, I do think this is actually true, this subreddit is another perfect example.

https://medium.com/@benjkowalski/comment-sections-require-care-to-form-communities-2a9babed5114

For reference, I always try to link to anything we reference in the show notes. These can be found in the podcast episode description or on our website: http://5by5.tv/onthegrid/149

https://justgetflux.com/

We liked this comment so much that we linked to it in our newsletter this week: http://tinyletter.com/twothings/letters/shoes-like-pottery-and-a-synth-in-your-pocket

Honestly, thank you for taking the time to really break this down for us. One of the better comments we've ever gotten.

Howdy Justin!

Github is a great way to host static html + css files for free, provided you're ok with the source code being open and available. If you're just hosting a static site, that shouldn't be a problem because there's not much in the code that someone couldn't get by just viewing the source on your live site. That said, there is nothing about Github that makes it specifically tailored to a portfolio site. So, provided you have the skills to build it, you could host your site there, but it's definitely not a competitor to something like Cargo in that sense.

There may be some open source static portfolios out there, or perhaps something using Jekyll, which is a Ruby Gem for making static sites that Github will compile for you.

More info on Github pages: http://pages.github.com/ A tutorial on building a basic portfolio with Jekyll: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/building-static-sites-with-jekyll/

Anyway, to complete the full comment trilogy:

For searching the 5by5 site, I just use Google. It tends to be better than 99% of all website search functions. Just start your google search with site:5by5.tv/onthegrid

I tend to not post a big call out in the show notes, as I think it might ruin the surprise of the Happy Ending, but I am totally open to the idea that I'm wrong on that. We don't really have an option to tag links, but I could always simply add the phrase before the link.

As for a wiki, I would love to see that. I haven't started one because I don't think I'd have time to maintain it, but I am in full support of one run by listener volunteers. In fact, Andy has even designed his own simple hosted wiki software: https://postwiki.co/

Finally, I'm sure you've heard us talk about this on recent episodes, but Two Things is an attempt to begin to curate our happy endings. I'm interested to know if you like it for that reason (or others), if you don't like, or if you've even signed up.

I'm still angry at PayPal for the violin debacle from January. Whatever positive changes the company is making, they still have this black eye.

I haven't found anything indicating that PayPal addressed this situation. Has anyone else? Maybe I'll put it to Quora and ask David Marcus to answer.

EDIT: someone beat me to it. (Check question comments; David Marcus was asked to answer yesterday, apparently.)

• Perhaps a logo optimization. I don't want it to take more real estate that required to read it prominently. I'm using larger than I'd like to on the future site. I also wonder if we should treat the iTunes artwork and site logo differently at all, perhaps just in orientation...

• For responsive site, I'd be down to build smart so it's not a hassle to convert anything. I've been recommended this: http://www.getskeleton.com/ thoughts?

• Do you think the current blurb about what the show is is the best possible description?

Also, never handle a working situation like that "I wanted to work at Apple" guy

https://medium.com/apple-daily/f5f8c807d868

There were too many comments supporting his actions on designer news. I would never want to hire a designer that leaves a job that way and then posts the story online basically looking for another job.....