#coliving #coworking but at a much better rate. I would say it's very 'back to the roots' and all the expenses ever incurred (2.5+ years now) are in the spreadsheet and the daily rate is the reflection of the actual cost.
You can read on their wiki: "Non-for-profit, open budget = 100€ a week contribution."
(and that 100€ - 135$ - includes food and stay)
Been there November 2013, highly recommended. Wish I was able (timewise, employmentwise, familywise) to visit / reside there more often.
You need some sort of indicator to keep scrolling down. I only saw your team the first time I clicked on it. I was surprised when I went back a second time that there was more content below that.
I'm not a huge fan of the order that you display your content in either. I think you should get to the message quicker than scrolling. The "Refresh your app design in 31 days" bit is better for a headline, not the first thing that your user sees. Chances are they already saw that bit when they clicked on your site. Show them immediately what you do and why they should choose you.
Like the idea, but found the site hard to navigate. Reading your team info over the moving image of the scooter was too hard, my eyes gave up. :) Good luck!
> You need some sort of indicator to keep scrolling down.
Hiding the content in the hopes that the user will notice that they can scroll down seems like some kind of trendy design thing that I'm seeing a lot of lately.
Warning: If you spend any time looking at the The Surf Office site[^1], you're likely to be ruined for normal coworking spaces. The quality of life and affordability... wow.
I can't imagine the productivity levels would be as high as a normal workspace. Seems like there are a tad too many things that will break your focus- which is what you need most when building a startup.
This sounds great and extremely fun. Unfortunately that amount of time isn't going to work for many people. Do people have other recommendations for app redesigns? Any "night school" versions of this in Brooklyn? Maybe it's just best to find a great designer? I probably can't learn enough to compete with even a good designer.
Ironically for me the site has some design bugs on FF 29.0.1
The "meet the team" page seems like a constant bg and all the other pages kinda slide over it with some transparency. so there are times when both of them are visible and overlap.
The site is unique but I find it ironic everyone is complaining about the UX when they are advertising a big UX and design package.
For real feedback, what in terms of work does this get me? Does it get me well thought out wireframes, PSDs, or fully implemented solution? I feel like the latter is half the battle itself.
We've had some problems with the HTML+CSS in some browsers. We're already working on it.
The idea is taking a current project you're working on and help you with its redesign. You'll get wirefames, PSDs, and we'll help you with implementation.
Please apply if you're interested and we'll give you more information.
I am looking at this in the larger context of starting a startup.
SurfOffice to me is an indicator that sometimes the most productive thing to do is to get away and focus on your startup. You don't have to be in SF or NYC.
FiberHouse - Feld's KC Fiber House and Homes for Hackers are other examples of this and there are many more.
One big aspect of starting a startup is runway and with the prices of rent in SF and NYC through the roof getting away to a place that is relatively inexpensive, where other people are also working on projects is a great way to focus and extend runway.
I believe it's important to have that out of the office time, to get your subconscious problem solving with a hike, surf, bike and sunshine. This is a step in the right direction when it comes to the startup lifestyle.
Awesome! Love such ideas. There is one internship here in Goa, India(a well known beach town) where a tech startup(forgot the name) teaches you everything from fornt end design to back end and if you're lucky, you land a job there as well.
Pretty cool opportunity and effective advertising too. Went thetechbeach.com and then went to Facebook and saw thesurfoffice.com as a sponsored ad. Wonder how big an ad budget you have to have to have targeted advertising like that.
[+] [-] stefek99|11 years ago|reply
#coliving #coworking but at a much better rate. I would say it's very 'back to the roots' and all the expenses ever incurred (2.5+ years now) are in the spreadsheet and the daily rate is the reflection of the actual cost.
You can read on their wiki: "Non-for-profit, open budget = 100€ a week contribution."
(and that 100€ - 135$ - includes food and stay)
Been there November 2013, highly recommended. Wish I was able (timewise, employmentwise, familywise) to visit / reside there more often.
[+] [-] danohuiginn|11 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mrlase|11 years ago|reply
I'm not a huge fan of the order that you display your content in either. I think you should get to the message quicker than scrolling. The "Refresh your app design in 31 days" bit is better for a headline, not the first thing that your user sees. Chances are they already saw that bit when they clicked on your site. Show them immediately what you do and why they should choose you.
Just my $0.02
[+] [-] joshdance|11 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] davidw|11 years ago|reply
Hiding the content in the hopes that the user will notice that they can scroll down seems like some kind of trendy design thing that I'm seeing a lot of lately.
[+] [-] 6cxs2hd6|11 years ago|reply
[^1]: http://www.thesurfoffice.com/
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The "meet the team" page seems like a constant bg and all the other pages kinda slide over it with some transparency. so there are times when both of them are visible and overlap.
http://imgur.com/NVCDTFN
[+] [-] polimorfico|11 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] joshmlewis|11 years ago|reply
For real feedback, what in terms of work does this get me? Does it get me well thought out wireframes, PSDs, or fully implemented solution? I feel like the latter is half the battle itself.
[+] [-] polimorfico|11 years ago|reply
The idea is taking a current project you're working on and help you with its redesign. You'll get wirefames, PSDs, and we'll help you with implementation.
Please apply if you're interested and we'll give you more information.
[+] [-] startupfounder|11 years ago|reply
SurfOffice to me is an indicator that sometimes the most productive thing to do is to get away and focus on your startup. You don't have to be in SF or NYC.
FiberHouse - Feld's KC Fiber House and Homes for Hackers are other examples of this and there are many more.
One big aspect of starting a startup is runway and with the prices of rent in SF and NYC through the roof getting away to a place that is relatively inexpensive, where other people are also working on projects is a great way to focus and extend runway.
I believe it's important to have that out of the office time, to get your subconscious problem solving with a hike, surf, bike and sunshine. This is a step in the right direction when it comes to the startup lifestyle.
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- The third FAQ should probably read: "So I’ve signed up… what’s next?" since all the other questions are formulated from the visitor's POV.
- When scrolling to the very bottom, there is a yellow 1-px-line between the FAQ and "Stay in touch" (FF 29.0.1, Win8)
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