After 6+ years in university (undergrad + graduate + research), I have decided to put aside my interests in science and to pursue a career in the web (enough academia bureaucracy)
I do iPhone & web development, and quite capable with design. I would prefer to stay in Vancouver and work remotely, but also open to other options.
Very nice site, ivanzhao. As you have already heard previously, I wasn't immediately aware of the mouseover intensiveness of the site- something that left me pondering - "surely, there has to be more"... This said (and said without having viewed on a mobile device), your portfolio was fun to peruse.
Since the logical leap to be made - considering this is a portfolio post on HN - was "surely, there must be more", I quickly discovered a lot of visual click fun to be had. Considering my typical click-in-click-out viewing patterns, the fact that your site inspired me to spend .6 seconds to learn to use it and then to also stick around to take it in speaks volumes about your creative presentation (IMHO).
Hey, do you have a phone number i can reach you at? My buddy is starting a wedding registry business in Vancouver (he's very well connected in that industry), and we're looking for a web designer to work with us!
As his friend, I'm surprised that you would accuse him of ripping off a competing site. Since you don't know him, I'll tell you straight up that it's not in his character to do something like that.
When Ivan showed me the initial prototype of his app (over 6 months ago), neither of us had heard of The Wiki Game. We had however, heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon) before though, and I'm sure many others have too.
If you've ever worked on an idea, especially for the internet, you'll find that nearly all of them have been thought of before in some shape or form, so it's not surprising that they came up with this independently.
I did not rip off The Wiki Game, at least wasn't intent to do so.
In The Wiki Game, problems are randomly generated.
In 3 Degree of Wikipedia (my app), they are created by other players, and limited to 3 degrees only, so each connection puzzle can actually encapsulate a concept that's meaningful and worth learning. Besides, all puzzles are dynamically ranked to filter out the bad ones (like HN).
After 6+ years in university (undergrad + graduate + research), I have decided to put aside my interests in science and to pursue a career in the web (enough academia bureaucracy)
I do iPhone & web development, and quite capable with design. I would prefer to stay in Vancouver and work remotely, but also open to other options.
Thanks,
Ivan