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BTW: ever since I switched to @wpengine I've never had a site go down because of the "HN effect." Highly recommended:
http://productpeople.tv/wpengine

@JessLHutton thanks Jess!

@aijanie thanks for sharing Christine!

@fojazz thanks for sharing Forrest!

@JMstudioNL thanks for the kind words!

@tuomasj yup. It's been a crazy day. ;)

@robbnotes thanks Robb!

@brennandunn thanks man.

Yes; @productpeopletv is solo-hosted by me right now. Just had great interviews with @danmartell and @jason.

@_milesokeefe haha. Thanks for sharing!

@JoannaLord why thank you Joanna!

@invoker hahaha. As if this post didn't attract enough trolls already! ;) @gunnr

@gletham just sayin' hey?

If you're going to say that, you might as well expand Glenn. ;)

Thanks to everyone who shared my post today: http://justinjackson.ca/words.html (Still #1 on HN!)

I also appreciate the kind replies & critiques. Thx!

@vstojkovic thanks Vojislav!

@scarequotes yeah.

Reminded me I should get my (now 10 year old) to do more writing on the web. ;)

@chase_reeves thanks Chase!

@williejackson cool. Thanks man.

You have a fantastic last name. ;)

@joshua_becker thanks Joshua!

@SmallishBlog thanks!

@moxielox thanks Amanda!

@nwe44 yes. That's true. If you're recruiting those pages are helpful.

@xtenson thanks man. ;)

@charlieirish just manual emails right now.

@dearamerican @sinak thank you!

@charlieirish thanks for sharing Charlie!

@StartupClarity exactly. ;)

@pietereer thanks for sharing ;)

@pinky_princess @CaptainCraigos thanks!

@chaseclemons thanks Chase. ;)

@jovica thanks!

@pearkes awesome, thanks Jack!

@jetsettingjulie thanks for sharing Julie!

@ci_chrisford thanks for sharing Chris!

@felixsalmon two lines of CSS is still pretty simple. ;)

The point was that simple, unadorned words on a page can be powerful and effective

@alistapart thanks for sharing!

@gunnr thanks man! Yup, #vernonbc; @invoker's home turf!

@tnorthcutt thanks Travis!

@TheFox21 thanks for sharing man!

@viar thanks!

@ItsJoeTurner thanks!

@PrefaceStudio thanks!

Creating something "useful", "interesting", or "we'll made" doesn't necessarily mean it will be profitable.

@marinellads thanks!

@rrhoover thanks man!

@ajwaxman thanks Adam!

@MegaSlippers thanks!

I'm into Power Metal yet, but I'm a big fan of Maiden. ;)

@codeguy thanks for sharing Josh!

@2N2L thanks for sharing Brendan!

@christopherburd It's true. There's some CSS. There's also a tracking script. The point is that simple words on a page can be powerful ;)

@kevangilbert thanks Kevan!

Always nice to meet another words guy from BC. ;)

@blueballdesign sweet. I'll check it out!

@VuongN that's been fixed Vuong. Thanks!

@davefontenot thanks Dave!

@matthewmascioni ha ha. Thanks Matthew. ;)

@mbtimney thanks for sharing Meagan!

@rachelhyunkim awesome. Thanks Rachel!

@kdnewton thanks for sharing Kyle!

@kylefrost thanks for sharing Kyle!

@hummingbird604 ha ha. Thanks Raul. ;)

@dylanrmullins wow, thanks Dylan!

@JuanMelano Ha ha. You made the connection. ;)

Thanks for sharing!

@COVRTER interesting to see your highlights Andrew!

Are you an educator?

@peterlandt thanks for sharing Peter.

Yes. I like the iterate part.

@JustinFriebel thanks for sharing Justin!

@svenhanssen thanks for sharing Sven!

@scarequotes ha ha. Thanks James!

@mikedariano that was nice. ;)

@FriedChickpea thank Rhiannon!

@JC_UX thanks James. Ha ha. I like that "extreme".

@mehulkar thanks for reading it Mehul!

@hmig123 thanks Heather!

@kaziamullin thanks Kazia!

@Sara_Mooradian thanks Sara!

Favorite word? Hmmm. Probably "Build" ;)

@FrankyCaron I like it!

@Momofthreeunder thank you Farrah!

@colinmcdermott thanks Colin!

@gerardramos thanks for sharing Gerard!

@karlstolley thanks for sharing Karl!

(I love that part too)

@charlieirish So far it's gone from 100 to 235.

@Badruddeen thanks for sharing!

@LauraTFrey @britl I should have clarified: I'm talking about the first 10-30 seconds on a page. ;)

@_wolanski thanks for sharing Gregory!

@gonewandering wow, thanks Lindsay!

@fasihsignal yes. I'm trying to do that today. I think I need a beer. ;)

@BigwigBooks @JC_UX thanks for sharing Bigwig!

@emstw33ts agreed; if hiring is the goal you're trying to achieve.

@kopkey thanks for sharing Andrew!

@therealmarklee thanks for sharing Mark!

@mbrusse thanks for the kind words!

@RussB thanks for sharing that! Added it to my Instapaper queue.

@alexadelman thanks!

@joshuadenney thanks!

@WAR_Imundo thanks!

@DigitalWaxWorks thanks for sharing!

@iChris nice!

@dromerstein thank you! Fixed.

RT @jasonfried: This is a web page. There's not much here. Just words. http://justinjackson.ca/words.html

@amyhoy there's always a certain amount of grumpiness. ;) But there's at least a discussion!

It's funny, the discussion on HN is generally engaging.

The discussion on Designer News is... grumpy?
https://news.layervault.com/stories/5202-this-is-a-web-page

@unconed I agree. ;)

"If that additional styling or image gives the audience more understanding - then add it."