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Feb 4, 2019

Yippee Ki-yay

Around 7 years ago one evening, I spent over 2hrs (on what was supposed to be a 30min catch up) having an absolute blast talking to the two co-founders of BoomTown: Cooper Bane and Grier Allen. At the time I joined, BoomTown was a small software company. ~30 of us…

Startup

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Yippee Ki-yay
Yippee Ki-yay
Startup

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Mar 9, 2017

Design Leadership Manifesto

A manifesto is a published declaration of intentions, motives or views by an individual or group. If Design is about rendering intent, shouldn’t we as leaders/managers of designers be intentional about how we lead? You might think to yourself “I don’t lead any designers”. But, you might be a mentor…

Design

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Design

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Jan 12, 2016

Why getting a BFA in Graphic Design didn’t waste four years of my life or money.

“Quit your job. Screw school. Go learn on your own.” Sensational? Maybe. But, how many times have we heard this? It’s great. I love the attitude of seizing the day and doing something productive with your life. If that works for you, by all means go do it. …

Design

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Design

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Feb 23, 2015

32 Startup lessons

Things I’ve learned & observed while working at a company that’s hired 130+ people in 4 years. — I’ve had the pleasure of working at a rapidly changing startup since 2011 (BoomTown), coming on board as employee #38. Things have changed, teams have formed, products have shipped - These are few things I’ve learned & observed, in no particular order. Change is the only constant Everything can and will…

Start Ups

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Start Ups

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Oct 14, 2014

Themes design can learn from the real estate industry for 2015

My realizations after spending 3 days in a room with 400 of the best real estate agents & brokers at BoomTown Unite (#btunite). Education A big theme was educating the consumer on housing and the current market. A big point of contention with design is also educating clients on why design…

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May 16, 2014

Designing for a platform

Future-proof, responsive, customizable & brandable™ — Long awaited were the days when we didn’t have to take down the servers to push a design or code update. At BoomTown, part of the journey was reimagining where we could go. A blank canvas The current product design was born in 2007. Fast forward to 2011 —and we had found the…

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Designing for a platform
Designing for a platform

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Apr 29, 2014

With Subjectivity Comes Great Responsibility

Written in 2011 for FuelYourCreativity Art is subjective. We’re constantly trying to validate our work in the eyes of our peers, clients and our industry. With such subjectivity comes great responsibility. Our industry is littered with bad designs, horrible practice and a general mis-understanding of what exactly we do. …

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Apr 16, 2014

A Stepped Taillight 

A concept for more information on the road-way when braking — The taillight - They’re 1,000s different styles. Some are tall, some are short, some are ugly and some are stylish. At their core it’s all basically the same regardless of how awesome the form factor is. Some have a turn signal, some have a reverse light they all have redlights…

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A Stepped Taillight 
A Stepped Taillight 

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Apr 7, 2014

Design isn’t always Glamorous

But, that’s ok — Being a designer in a highly refined world has a way distracting you with great work. With sites like dribbble & behance showcasing amazing designers from across the globe — working on never ending fantastic projects, it’s easy to think to yourself “My project isn’t glamorous enough to share”. Design…

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Mar 27, 2014

Make Awesome

A mantra — It’s hard to define what makes us get up in the morning. High quality, badass, stellar, awesome, “the best” and other words we quantify our projects with are intangible… When someone asks “Why do you create things?” Is it for the rush of shipping a project? …

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Chad Engle

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Designer, Maker of Things | Design Director @GoDaddy

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