On: Lessons of Y Combinator: Things I’d do differently after 2 startups

[coglethorpe]

I loved the landing page design. Great layout, big red call to action buttons, multi-column displays... That alone got me to sign up.

[josefresco → coglethorpe]

Their web designers went to the "let's see how close we can get to a 37signals design" school apparently.

I've seen it 100 times and it's always boring.

[jfornear → josefresco]

I wouldn't blame the designers directly. In my experience designers tend to be pressured into trendy styles. The 37signals look just happens to be what's in right now.

[coglethorpe → josefresco]

That's odd you should say that. OtherWeather looks rather 37 Signals. Are you planning on changing the design?