Paul Stamatiou

I'd love to plug my blog here - I've touched on coding a few times but it's generally tech with a dabbling of what's up with my startup here and there and problems we have/how i get around them. http://paulstamatiou.com

> Black text on a white background can cause eye strain because of too much contrast. I use dark greys for my content. Then, there is still a lot of contrast, but not as much as there would be with black text. Is there such thing as having too much contrast, in the context of text relative to its background color? I still feel that this blog's text needs more contrast, not less. Perhaps it's only me, but the gray text used here is not contrasty enough for my eyes, at least on my monitor, and I find myself straining to read. My favorite blog design is https://paulstamatiou.com/. It has just the right balance in contrast, and the text's spacing is perfect. I can read comfortably. I wish I could explain how it is more readable, but it just feels right. EDIT: It's probably just my personal preference. I do notice #333333 (gray) is probably the lightest gray that's acceptable for me. The blog is using #4a4a4a, which feels a little too light. Also, I find HN to be very readable (which uses absolute black text), and I'd rather have a black text with light background than a gray text on a white background.

https://www.adriankrebs.ch/about > The site is built with Astro. Design inspired by Paul Stamatiou. https://paulstamatiou.com

> https://paulstamatiou.com/digital-clutter/ Found your site a long time ago, and love the design.

https://c82.net/ a designers website with impressive visualizations and artwork https://fabiensanglard.net/ a personal website with interesting side projects and lots of technical details https://paulstamatiou.com/ photography, technology and design with in-depth articles and detailed travel photosets https://www.arun.is/ a visually-rich blog that dives deep into how design and technology shape our lives https://ciechanow.ski/ detailed explanations and illustrations of technology https://simone.computer/ a personal website designed like an old computer https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/ The world's biggest collection of classic text mode fonts, system fonts and BIOS fonts from DOS-era IBM PCs and compatibles

You should always register more than one, and services should accept or require more than one, ideally. Google Advanced Protection shows how it could be done for extra security-conscious users though it does not, itself, use FIDO2 yet, I believe it’s still on an older iteration, U2F? The best article I’ve found to explain USB security keys has so far been https://paulstamatiou.com/getting-started-with-security-keys/ but it’s ... very long.

you've probably seen this already, but I'm a big fan of Stammy: http://paulstamatiou.com/ and the the NY times multimedia presentations: http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/12/30/year-in-interactive-sto…

Slightly off topic, but since no one else had mentioned it, just wanted to say the rest of his blog is incredibly well done (at least on mobile.) Clicking through to his "Greece" link (http://paulstamatiou.com/photos/greece/two-weeks-in-greece/) was a great decision. Great photography, great layout/design, and good UX overall (I love how it tells a story, and keeps track of what you've seen)

Stammy's articles are always a great read. As a developer, I appreciate his perspectives on the intersection of programming and design. I recommend his three-part post on designing and developing a responsive, retina-friendly site. http://paulstamatiou.com/responsive-retina-blog-design/ http://paulstamatiou.com/responsive-retina-blog-development-part-1/ http://paulstamatiou.com/responsive-retina-blog-development-part-2/

Seems the author is suffering from fanboyism induced blindness. The main points made about Android that make it great have little to do with Google: the ability to set default apps, intent sharing between apps, notifications, customised launchers, etc. Also in the referenced post the Android user describes rolling his own solutions with Bittorrent Sync: http://paulstamatiou.com/android-is-better Somehow OP glossed all over that and shifted the discussion to a troll baiting exercise. The truth is that whether you're wed to Google's services or to Apple's you're make certain tradeoffs, but one key difference remains is that you can be a Google user on the iPhone which puts them ahead in my opinion. Also I don't buy the disingenuous argument that since Apple is less adequate at services they are somehow better at privacy - more data makes better apps.

I know it's prominently linked early in the OP, but I was confused because I kept thinking that it was "Part 1" and the OP was "Part 2"...He did an excellent, very lengthy write-up just on the design aspects of the site: http://paulstamatiou.com/responsive-retina-blog-design (the difference in title was "Designing" vs "Developing")

Co-founder of Mailgun here. One of the triggers behind this kind of analytics came from the excellent blog post by Paul Stamatiou (http://paulstamatiou.com/startup-user-retention-lifecycle-email) which highlighted the importance of detailed analytics for all types of emails you do, not just "weekly newsletters". Additionally, we discovered that most of our users also use traditional email marketing companies, so we decided to kill two birds with one stone. This new product we've launched basically allows you, the developer, to become your own Mailchimp over the weekend at a fraction of the cost. And slice/dice your email traffic with arbitrary granularity, down to individual message level.

Paul Stamatiou switched to Jekyll a while back and has hundreds of posts, I believe. http://paulstamatiou.com

This is a brilliant suggestion. I've seen countless posts here on "how should I learn design?". When I think about learning to design, I want to learn the process of a good designer, not just theory or tricks. For example, I learnt a lot more design from this post and video than other stuff: http://paulstamatiou.com/startup-web-design-ux-crash-course http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEQpwduyPU

This is a great guide: http://paulstamatiou.com/startup-web-design-ux-crash-course

Paul Stamatiou made a great post a while back on moving to SF: http://paulstamatiou.com/atlanta-to-san-francisco-moving-cross-country

It's really not that impressive of a form factor or specs for this price range today. What's interesting is that Pstammy had a similar budget but had similarly priced components two years ago - http://paulstamatiou.com/diy-200-dollar-pc (sans the dual core but great form factor and larger HDD).

From the review martey linked (http://paulstamatiou.com/review-att-3g-microcell), it looks like the price is currently either a one time $150 payment or $50 + $20/month for unlimited calls while connected to the femtocell. That seems really reasonable to me, and I'd love to get one of them (in my apartment in SF, where I have extremely spotty reception from AT&T).

Its in his profile: http://paulstamatiou.com Pretty well known and according to Compete.com seeing about 55k uniques/month, thats quite a bit.

For some reason I'm not finding the front page of http://skribit.com to be informative enough of what your startup does. Could easily just be me though. I was going to ask if there was a way to vote, but then I found this example and it answers my question: http://paulstamatiou.com/ After looking at that example, why is there no way to vote yes or no? It looks like you can only vote yes for something . Based on the frontpage there are a lot of polls, why not add voting?

Bloggers need things to write about, you need people to write about you - if your offering is compelling it can be a great match. I recommend you read this article: http://paulstamatiou.com/2007/08/22/how-to-pitch-bloggers

The valley is huge, and many campuses while impressive in size are dull in aesthetics. That said, I think it's worth going to San Jose and driving up to San Francisco. Paul Stamatiou made a trip to the valley last summer and shared his experience. It's worth reading each of his three posts, the last is full of pictures of headquarters for startups. http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/06/25/california http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/07/29/more-reasons-why-i-love-california http://paulstamatiou.com/2007/07/21/california-hq-pics

I'm not using one in a production web environment, but my Macbook Pro has one in it now and it's phenomenal. Photoshop boots up in quite literally 3 seconds or less (cold startup) and every other action imaginable is noticeably quicker. I used to feel like browsing files in the Finder was slower than it was for me on my old Windows XP machines but eventually I got used to it. I use keyboard navigation as well, so it felt even slower. (For anyone interested, arrow keys, and command+downarrow to open a folder, command+uparrow to go to the parent folder). Now that I've got an SSD as a boot drive, navigating the Finder is significantly faster. It feels so quick. Folders open instantly. When I got my development environment up and running (nginx, uwsgi, django, mysql, etc...) I noticed that code compiles wayyy quicker too. Love it! For the record... I've got the Intel X-25M, second generation. It's only 80GB (they're pricey!) so I also picked up an MCE Optibay which is basically a hollowed out superdrive that lets you mount an additional HD where your DVD drive sits. It also includes an external enclosure so that you can put your otherwise useless SATA DVD drive to use via USB. So now my MBP has two drives in it, an 80gb ssd to boot off of and a 320gb regular drive for bulk storage (media, photos, etc..) Gotta give credit where credit is due... Paul Stamatiou's blog came in handy a few times with aiming me in the right direction with this. Here is a nifty article from his…

See: https://paulstamatiou.com/review-att-3g-microcell "After giving the MicroCell some power and ethernet, it will start blinking the 3G and GPS LEDs. Wait, what.. GPS? Yep. To limit the MicroCell from working outside of test markets (or out of the country too), it must get a GPS lock on your location. AT&T suggests this should take no longer than 90 minutes. It took me about 5 hours." And this was the fundamental problem: there was absolutely no way to know if progress was being made or if it was going to run forever. It was literally a real-world Halting Problem.

> https://paulstamatiou.com/revisiting-the-apple-ipod/ (Revisiting the iPod: Buying and using a 20 year old iPod) This was an interesting read but didn't describe what it was like to _use_ today, other than comparing UI interaction to older and modern devices. Did you try using it as your everyday music player?

> claimed (with no evidence whatsoever) to be from the repair manual showing wildly inappropriate levels of thermal paste being applied. ... the factory instructions wouldn't be in English The claim was for the service manual, not repair manual: http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=295925 Apple used to produce detailed service manuals in English: https://www.applerepairmanuals.com/the_manuals_are_in_here/iMac_flatpa… More on the overheating issue: https://paulstamatiou.com/macbook-too-hot-to-handle-literally/

https://c82.net/ https://fabiensanglard.net/ https://paulstamatiou.com/ https://www.arun.is/ https://ciechanow.ski/ https://simone.computer/ https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/

The moment I saw the domain name I remembered having visited it more than once after reading the initial piece "Simplify". I visited that particular post many times, but also really, really enjoyed your photos and the way you presented them. Was nice to revisit your site after quite some hiatus again. And thanks again for "Simplify". Edit: Just the speed your image galleries load and the way you scroll trigger the video in Amsterdam [0] to start and stop. I am really impressed and hope to some day achieve this level of development. [0]: https://paulstamatiou.com/photos/amsterdam/

I was curious about the same thing and it turns out he does indeed have a post about how he built his blog right here: https://paulstamatiou.com/about-this-website/

I quite like the website of Paul Stamatiou, a designer at Twitter. It’s primarily a blog about his interests (photography, gear, etc), but I think the site itself is well done and helps advertise his skills. He just posted an article about the design of the site itself: https://paulstamatiou.com/about-this-website/