Well I am in my first week at 10up. So far so good. It is pretty crazy to go from a 6 person team to 50, but everyone is super helpful. I’m really looking forward to working with such smart talented people. I still have a long way to go, to get my mind wrapped […]
This year I had the pleasure of of speaking at WordCamp Phoenix. You Know it’s Good, Cause it’s Blue. How strategy helps your team and clients avoid arbitrary design, directions, and decisions. Watch the Video See the slides
It is Christmas morning and I am waiting for everyone to wake up. Shhh! 2014 is going to be a great year. After two hard, but fruitful years building BrainstormMedia.com with my business partner Paul, we found ourselves in a position to merge with 10up.com. Jake Goldman’s company has an amazing story of rapid growth […]
After a very fun morning together, I told my eight year old son, Rowan, to stop getting older and just stay eight for a while. He told me that I was the boss of a lot of things, but I was not the boss of his growing strategy. I think he’s listened to me talk to clients […]
When I look at a group of designer, I see individuals with a diverse set of skills, centered around creativity and communication, not the traditional monolithic group of vague creatives types typically inferred. Building a solid design team is more like a good coach finding all the necessary positions needed to win, not corralling a bunch […]
Today is my 21 anniversary and I believe it spawned this particular car conversation between myself and my 8 year old son. “Dad, when I am like 18, or 19 how do I ask a girl out?” “Row, thats a great question. Why do you think you’ll want to ask out a girl.” “Well, I […]
I have been a creative director, designer, photo retoucher, photographer, trainer and small business owner. I’ve been a waiter, welder, playground installer and the guy who patches potholes. I solve problems for fun. The problems can be design, people, relationship, philosophical, mechanical or even silly video games, it doesn’t matter. I love to figure stuff […]
There are two main camps ways a designer works to complete a project, efficiently or effectively. Some check the process boxes as they go. Others act like fine artists, taking their time ignoring business needs. Early in my career, I struggled and sought to perfect efficiencies. While this made me fast, I was missing something. As […]