Reading the other campaigns on Kickstarter, I think I might not fit the Kickstarter mold... most of them are really tight and focused, but I'm giving off a bit more of a Jack Kerouac stream-of-conscious kind of vibe....
I'm ok with Jack Kerouac stream-of-conscious, but not Clint Eastwood stream-of-conscious. Any thoughts?
Thank you! It's encouraging to receive your positive and thoughtful comment about this question. The question itself is meant to provoke self-reflection, which I've also found to bring positive effects. I imagine your blogging process does the same thing. It's well documented that the simple act of journaling does wonders for mental health. What other benefits have you found?
I love how this response started with a very pragmatic checklist and then quickly turned to some very specific and personal wishes. What would you be doing with that forklift and/or pallet jack now that the house was paid off?
I created a simple site to review GitHub repos. One might ask, "why review a repo?"
The purpose of writing a review is not to flag issues, but share UX stories.
For example:
- a repo could be working as intended, but *might not be a suitable fit for a particular user, stack, or implementation*
- a repo could be *losing momentum, core team moved on, orphaned, or have other development meta-issues* that would be helpful sharing
- particularly *critical issues are `wontfix` or `not planned`* or on a long-term dev roadmap
- multiple repos could be attempting to achieve all or part of the same goal
The *process of comparing repos can be very time-consuming*, and the venue for such a comparison does not lie within one of the reviewed repos (nor their issues, discussions, slack, or discord).
In these cases, it can *save a person hours if not days of work* to read a review.
UX stories can also be written once, and repeated queries funneled to the same point: "sure, take a look at my review here".
Multiplied across multiple teams and orgs this is a *significant increase in community productivity*.
I hope that helps to explain the goal of sharing UX stories in an independent, transparent, and centrally-located repo.
I'd love to get your feedback and anyone who wants to contribute is welcome to. Here's the link:
I'm ok with Jack Kerouac stream-of-conscious, but not Clint Eastwood stream-of-conscious. Any thoughts?