I've been dabbling on and off with web-dev for the past 2 decades but truthfully always struggled to grasp core web concepts and so always felt some barriers to building cool/fun stuff.

Now, I'd heard about Webflow a number of years ago and how it makes building sites very approachable, and while I did try my hand at it, I have to admit, it still felt overwhelming to put something respectable together. This year, I decided to change that and threw myself at Webflow. I wanted to build something I could be proud of.

After many false starts, I managed to put this silly landing page together (inspired by the Potato Landing Page https://dribbble.com/shots/2042501-Potato-landing-page). I wanted to learn Webflow while also seeing how far I could take it AND make sure to not get overwhelmed again. So I spent a few hours a week for a couple of weeks, first learning some basic Webflow skills, and then following along some tutorials. All in all, I'd say I put around 25 hours into this.

In retrospect, the biggest barrier to my seeing this project through was my own head. It looks super daunting when you're on the lower end of a steep learning curve, then you get on and realize the curve isn't scary steep, and then you're on the other side and thinking "gee, why didn't I push myself sooner?"

Anyway, hope you like it! It's still a little janky in parts and I'm not a big fan of scroll jacking (again, just testing and learning the limits), and it totally crumbles on mobile (for now), but I'm happy to get it out there so I can move onto other things now. Thanks!

I have to ask: how did you managed to take 8 months off? I can't think of any corporation that would allow this. Which leads me to guess you're not in the corporate world. Is that true?

I should have been clearer. They didn't.

We saved for several years and let them know last spring that we'd be quitting. We had expected to travel longer than 8 months, so we had sold all of our stuff, including our house, and then quit our jobs.

Upon our return, my old boss (now at a different company) asked me if I wanted to come work for him.

Thanks for the feedback. Can you elaborate further on what you mean by not buying into the maker vs thinker dichotomy? Do you mean to say that everyone is a little bit of both? If so, then yes I would agree. I just look at it with myself as being a test subject. I would love to be more prolific at delivering and producing things, but I find myself reading and 'dreaming' a lot more.

As far as rights go, everything you produce and post will be completely owned by you. Frankly, I don't see this being in either person's interest. I don't want to own the rights of content that I wouldn't know what to do with and be held liable, and you don't want to hand over ownership of your creations.

At the moment, I am thinking you will be able to browse other people's creations without needing to sign in, just like Tumblr or Pinterest, etc. But if you want to create your own profile, then obviously you will need to sign in, either through FB/Twitter/natively, etc.

Hope this answers your questions!

It just seemed like an odd choice to have to make when signing up. I didn't know how I was supposed to interpret the choices but more importantly I didn't know whether one or the other might end up affecting the account in a way I might not like in the future. What happens if I sign up as a 'thinker' then decide i want to 'make' something? Is there a 'thinker' account type and a 'maker' account type? It's fine in terms of a philosophical exercise but I want to know how it affects what i'm signing up for.

It doesn't affect it all. The question was just for my own data analysis, as you said. Sorry for the confusion.

Aside: so far it seems Thinkers and Makers are evenly divided, suggesting that both sets of people find the idea equally interesting.

I realize my karma points are at nil. I used to be an occasional lurker. I'm interested in having a discussion too. This is not a browse-by link dropping.