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joshhemsley
September 19, 2013
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Building a Better Us
A brief discussion about removing ego from our design process and decisions.
joshhemsley
September 19, 2013
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Transcript
building a better us @JOSHHEMSLEY
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my first speaking event
“i’m going to impress and be amazing”
is this how i design?
what an asshole i am
today is no bullshit day
hi. i’m josh hemsley
my journey here
started dating the girl of my dreams. (I was 12)
1997
drew band logos instead of listening in science class. 1999
but kept the GF — success!
tried to play college baseball and failed. 2003 but kept
the GF — success!
dropped out of college and delivered pizzas. 2004 but kept
the GF — success!
met this thing called myspace. learned html? 2005 but kept
the GF — success!
girlfriend starts to worry... enrolls me in a design school.
2005 late
fell in love... with design. 2006 but kept the GF
— success!
graduated from design school. 2007 and kept the GF —
success!
got my first full- time design job. 2008
moved out of state 2008
bought my first house 2008
MARRIED THAT GIRLFRIEND! 2008
PHWW
lost my first design job. 2009 but kept the wife
— success!
forced into freelance. also did some agency work 2009 mid
we had our first little human. 2009 late
got invited to dribbble 2010
got a full-time job at MyEnergy thanks to dribbble 2010
late
also started a small virtual agency. 2010 late
we had our 2nd little human 2011
hey look, i’m popular on dribbble 2012
holy job offers batman! but no thanks. 2012
sold MyEnergy. worked at Nest. then began something new. 2013
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great for inspiration
great for community
great for finding talent
great for job leads
but like i said, no bullshit.
fuel for my ego
approval from peers makes me feel good
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None
aren’t we lucky?
people crave design
story time
I assumed everything was wrong because it was ugly, so
I changed it all.
it made everyone frustrated.
our team disappeared.
our team disappeared.
we were an engineering company
evolve design into everything
systematically aesthetically
we built a process
we learned how to communicate
we learned how to adapt
we learned how to simplify
we learned how to iterate
we learned how to solve problems
we built a foundation of design by building better relationships
people matter
the world now knows who the designers are
600+ open engineers jobs
2000+ other jobs not related to design
The Design Driven Company
The Design Driven Company
the best design happens away from photoshop when others can
be involved
Some of the best designers don’t call themselves designers. Find
them.
life/work/design all about interaction, communication and people.
Be proud of what you can do TOGETHER.
don’t be a jerk. say hello. THX