I would LOVE to work with this guy, but only if he was actually competent and had his shit together. It has nothing to do with directness or tone, it has everything to do with being managed by someone who is actually good at managing people and knows their stuff. I've worked for terrible managers and no amount of softness or politeness has made my job any better.
Ugh, I guess HN commenters are just a little less enlightened than I had hoped for. This game is a 14 year labor to create a tome of apologetics for rape culture. If you can play through the hive level without feeling like you need to take a shower you should probably seek help.
This just borders on ridiculous. Four pixels isn't nearly enough resolution to properly represent a subject as wide as film. What's telling is that the site asks you to have a go at 'guessing' what each film is. With good design you shouldn't be forcing anyone to guess.
While quaint, I was expecting something slightly more interesting like an actual MP3 decoder in Javascript? The use of Localstorage is kind of neat though and doesn't get enough attention.
The nature of the iPhone and other touch devices makes :hover irrelevant in that context? WELL FUCK!!! BETTER THROW IT IN THE TRASH THEN AND QUIT USING IT ENTIRELY!!!!!! HOLY SHIT LOOK AT ME I'M A FUCKING INTERNET PUNDIT!!! HURF DURF HURRRF