Recruiting Designers for your Open Source Project

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1. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
   I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
   Designers
   RECRUITING
   FOR YOUR OPEN
   SOURCE PROJECT
   

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2. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
   I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
   THE
   PROBLEM
   

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3. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
   I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
   You have an amazing open source project.
   

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4. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
   I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
   You need an amazing designer.
   

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5. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
   I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
   THE REAL
   PROBLEM
   

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6. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
   I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
   Designers are picky.
   

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7. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
   I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
   Designers are stubborn.
   

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8. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
   I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
   Designers have “no time.”
   

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9. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
   I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
   I am guilty of all of this.
   

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10. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    

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11. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    SO...
    WHO AM I?
    

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12. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Hi, I’m @bryanveloso.
    FOLLOWING ME WOULD BE LEGEND... sleep(3)... DARY.
    

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13. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Hi, Bryan!
    AUDIENCE:
    

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14. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    (0^_^)b
    

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15. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    (›°□°)›ớ ǝɔuǝıpnɐ
    

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16. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Hi, I’m @bryanveloso.
    FOLLOWING ME WOULD BE LEGEND... sleep(3)... DARY.
    

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17. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    

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18. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    I  have
    stickers!
    

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19. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    SOME
    SOLUTIONS
    

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20. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    from cloud import designer
    

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21. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Let your project speak for itself.
    If you solve a problem for a designer,
    you have them in the palm of your hand.
    

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22. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Sound familiar?
    

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23. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Let your project speak for itself.
    If you solve a problem for a designer,
    you have them in the palm of your hand.
    Can  be  replaced  with  
    something  like...  “developer”
    

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24. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Example: I maintain django-imagekit.
    I’ve also contributed to a number of
    Python, Objective-C, Erlang and even Ruby projects.
    

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25. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    

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26. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Be explicit with your design needs.
    

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27. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    “Make it pretty” is FORBIDDEN.
    

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28. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Developer.
    

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29. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Designer.
    

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30. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Design is as important as any TODO item.
    

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31. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Put this in your README.
    

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32. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Communicate EARLY.
    Communicate OFTEN.
    

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33. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Hey man, I finished the design.
    I need your input.
    Sorry, not my style.
    TIME PASSES!
    

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34. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    MOVING
    FORWARD
    

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35. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    We want to help.
    @gregnewman @idangazit Me
    

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36. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Let’s help each other.
    We’re all teachers, let’s exchange knowledge!
    

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37. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    R·E·S·P·E·C·T
    We highly respect what you guys do, but please
    empathize with what we do.
    

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38. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    R·E·S·P·E·C·T
    More and more designers are
    becoming hybrids, you can help.
    

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39. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Together we can make the web...
    

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40. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    NOT BAD
    

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41. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
    I REFRAINED FROM PUTTING ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
    Thanks!
    Tweet me @Bryanveloso
    if you’d like to talk more!
    That’s it!
    

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