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See, now, this is great stuff. How do you not hire this guy? A near-perfect example of the form:

* It's gorgeous

* It's simple

* It's precisely targeted and relevant

My only critique is that he didn't find a way to work Pocket into it; the story about his six-year-old sister using it is a winner.

Anyone want to put odds on how long Loren stays on the market? I give it a week. :)

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I suppose the Matasano version would be the same thing, but it'd be on your intranet? ;-)

Well played, sir. Hats off.

Thomas - thanks for the kind words and support! Highlighting Pocket totally slipped my mind, but I did include it as a project on my resume.

Your points are all true and he may make a great web designer. As for front-end engineer position there is a room for improvement. Luckily it's not me hiring so all the best to Loren.

Agreed, there's always room for improvement :) Any specifics come to mind?

I enjoy the design but I find it very decorative. By which I mean there are a lot of visual elements (clouds, arrows) that serve no real function and distract from the message. It's fine for a resume page but doesn't say much about your ability to design the front-end user experience of a consumer web app, except that it's possible you might spend a lot of time on glitter.

Just my opinion as a fervent minimalist.

I'm imagining your Christmas cards now.

   THERE IS A HOLIDAY SOON.
   I AM ALIVE AND HAPPY.
   I HOPE YOU ARE ALSO.
     ME.

Actually, that would be kind of funny. It would capture one's attention in a way that the typical cute and whimsical holiday card would not. Just as this cover letter gets one's attention in a way that a direct, factual, minimal, utterly banal and archetypal cover letter would not.

http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&biw=1280&...

One thing I noticed was that your bolding (e.g., in real/airbnb/traveling/entrepreneur/challenges) was hard to see. (I prefer my bolds to be, well, bold, or to stand out in some way.) However, I am not at all a UI guy, so YMMV.

In any case, that's just a minor nitpick, the site looks beautiful! (And far, far better than the other directed resumes I've seen on HN.)

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