Digest #6 — Introducing Personal Domains and Referrals!
Introducing Personal Domains 🎨
Many people have told us they'd like to use custom domains to turn their read.cv profile into a personal homepage. Well today's the day and we're excited to launch personal domains, a chrome-less version of your profile complete with custom urls, typography, and themes!
Aside from being able to set any domain you own as a custom url we also added custom typography. You can choose between Graphik by Commercial Type, Signifier by Klim Type Foundry, and Diatype Mono by Dinamo. Each of these typefaces have been an absolute pleasure to work with.
Lastly, we designed 6 new themes for personal domains. 'Brutalist', 'Swiss', and 'Klein' are each an homage to design history, while 'Red', 'Green', and 'Blue' offer a more subtle hint of color. We'll keep adding to these and would like to do a full theme editor in the future.
To unlock personal domains we ask that you invite 5 friends to read.cv using our new referral system✨. Once done personal domains will be unlocked and free to use forever. You can grab your referral link on the front page of read.cv.
Personal domains make sharing your profile even more professional and personalized. We can't wait to see how you use them!
Learn more about personal domains
On the Side
A bi-weekly recap of interesting links we've hand-picked from community profiles. Want to see more? Check out our Front Page!
Doris Saturday
Groovy tunes produced by Roby Saavedra, perfect to unwind to after a late night work session.
Voices and Voids
Hey Siri! Rethink the way you interact with voice assistants and check out this fascinating interdisciplinary performance project developed by Amanda Yeh.
Package Phobia
Tired of wasting your time and disk space on random npm package installs? Check out software shepherd Steven's project and figure out the size of a package before you install it!
Supernotes
Life is a continuous learning process (or something), so you better take note of this tool! Specifically designing it with busy people in mind, Tobias Whetton has truly brought note-taking to a whole new level.
Sunset
You might want to turn off your ad blocker for this one. Inspired by Matthew Rayfield, Luisa Vasquez's whimsical Saturday afternoon experiment could actually leave you enjoying popup windows for once!
Movement
Still keeping it classy with a good old fashioned mechanical watch? Stefano J. Attardi has got you covered with this AI-powered app that will keep your watch accurate in no time.
Wanderprompts
If a friend keeps on telling you to touch grass, this could give you an opportunity to exceed their expectations! Follow a set of prompts carefully crafted by Helena Jaramillo to walk with purpose and familiarize yourself with your surroundings in ways you might not have previously thought possible.
Trail Journal
If you ever manage to get your hands on a copy of this magazine curated by Brian Park, you really should take some time to live vicariously through the stunning visuals and insane stories that it has to offer!
Fontpair
New to design and/or want to learn more about typography? Hayden Mills' free font recommendations and inspiration make it accessible and easy so that you can elevate your next project without breaking a sweat.
An Ode to Winamp
Get ready to lament the tragic demise of Winamp with our main character, Ryan Sims. His oddly inspirational coming of age tale features the "hippest streaming service" that eventually taught him a thing or two about product design!
Who's Hiring
Psst.. are you hiring? Post a status on your profile with a job description and we might feature it on the front page or share it here!
Ladder is looking for product designers, visual designers, and UX researchers. Hit up Sam Chang for the details!
Humane is hiring UI/UX designers, graphic designers, and product designers. Reach out to Yanir Nulman for more information!
Ender is looking for a senior software engineer, front-end designer, senior product designer, and Minecraft plug-ins engineer. Contact Gautam Bhargava for details!
f7 is hiring a director of operations. Reach out to Joanna Lee Shevelenko for more info!
Allbirds is looking for a payroll associate manager. Contact Kim Lee for the details!
Bakken & Baeck is hiring for front-end/fullstack developers. Reach out to Willie Franklin, Daniël van der Winden, or Johan Bakken for more information!
Isaac Friedman-Heiman is looking for a mid-level product designer for a web3 startup. Message him for details!
Norco Bikes/Live to Play Sports has a social media specialist opening. Contact Chester Jones for more information!
Squarespace is looking for a senior product manager. Send Qichen Zhang a message if you're interested!
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