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Building a Better Us

joshhemsley
September 19, 2013

Building a Better Us

A brief discussion about removing ego from our design process and decisions.

joshhemsley

September 19, 2013
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  1. building a better us
    @JOSHHEMSLEY

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  3. my first speaking event

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  4. “i’m going to
    impress and
    be amazing”

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  5. is this how i design?

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  6. what an asshole i am

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  7. today is no bullshit day

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  8. hi. i’m
    josh hemsley

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  9. my journey here

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  10. started dating
    the girl of my
    dreams.
    (I was 12)
    1997

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  11. drew band
    logos instead
    of listening in
    science class.
    1999
    but kept the GF — success!

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  12. tried to play
    college baseball
    and failed.
    2003
    but kept the GF — success!

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  13. dropped out of
    college and
    delivered pizzas.
    2004
    but kept the GF — success!

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  14. met this thing
    called myspace.
    learned html?
    2005
    but kept the GF — success!

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  15. girlfriend starts
    to worry...
    enrolls me in a
    design school.
    2005
    late

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  16. fell in love...
    with design.
    2006
    but kept the GF — success!

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  17. graduated from
    design school.
    2007
    and kept the GF — success!

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  18. got my first full-
    time design job.
    2008

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  19. moved out
    of state
    2008

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  20. bought my
    first house
    2008

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  21. MARRIED THAT
    GIRLFRIEND!
    2008

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  22. PHWW

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  23. lost my first
    design job.
    2009
    but kept the wife — success!

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  24. forced into
    freelance. also
    did some
    agency work
    2009
    mid

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  25. we had our first
    little human.
    2009
    late

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  26. got invited to
    dribbble
    2010

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  27. got a full-time
    job at MyEnergy
    thanks to
    dribbble
    2010
    late

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  28. also started a
    small virtual
    agency.
    2010
    late

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  29. we had our 2nd
    little human
    2011

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  30. hey look, i’m
    popular on
    dribbble
    2012

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  31. holy job offers
    batman!
    but no thanks.
    2012

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  32. sold MyEnergy.
    worked at Nest.
    then began
    something new.
    2013

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  34. great for inspiration

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  35. great for community

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  36. great for finding talent

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  37. great for job leads

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  38. but like i said,
    no bullshit.

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  39. fuel for my ego

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  40. approval from peers
    makes me feel good

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  43. aren’t we lucky?

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  44. people crave design

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  45. story time

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  46. I assumed everything was
    wrong because it was ugly,
    so I changed it all.

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  47. it made everyone
    frustrated.

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  48. our team disappeared.

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  49. our team disappeared.

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  50. we were an
    engineering company

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  51. evolve design into
    everything

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  52. systematically
    aesthetically

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  53. we built a process

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  54. we learned how
    to communicate

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  55. we learned how
    to adapt

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  56. we learned how
    to simplify

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  57. we learned how
    to iterate

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  58. we learned how
    to solve problems

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  59. we built a foundation of
    design by building
    better relationships

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  60. people matter

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  61. the world now
    knows who the
    designers are

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  62. 600+
    open engineers jobs

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  63. 2000+
    other jobs not related to design

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  64. The Design Driven
    Company

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  65. The Design Driven
    Company

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  66. the best design happens
    away from photoshop when
    others can be involved

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  67. Some of the best designers
    don’t call themselves
    designers. Find them.

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  68. life/work/design
    all about interaction,
    communication and people.

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  69. Be proud of what you
    can do TOGETHER.

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  70. don’t be a jerk.
    say hello.
    THX

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