A talk from Phoenix Design Week 2015.
HELLO!Lynn Fisher @lynnandtonic
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SPECIALIZE
BE GOOD ATONE THING
INTERMEDIA
CREATE ART IN THESPACE WHEREDISCIPLINES OVERLAP
TRY
LEARN
BE GOOD ATLOTS OF THINGS
IS ITPOSSIBLE?
SPECIALIZATIONIS A GOOD THING
WHERE HAS OURCURIOSITY GONE?
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“You’ll never be as good as someonewho spends all their time on it.”
YOU DON’TKNOW ME
THAT’S OK.
“You don’t have to become a pro to getvalue from learning something.”PHILIP ROBERTS
WHAT DOES ITMEAN TO BE GOODAT SOMETHING?
EVERY PROJECT IN EVERYINDUSTRY REQUIRES WORKOF VARYING DIFFICULTY
“If there’s anything worse than a webdesigner who doesn’t know how to code,it’s a web designer who codes poorly!”
“Developers need designers, notbug making machines.”
“I’m not a developer and I wouldn’twant my code in production.”
WTF?!
“Our culture doesn’t supportbeginners.”
“I’m a bad teacher.”
“Do you only hire senior developers?”
CODE DOESN’T CAREWHO WROTE IT
WHAT ARE YOU?
“A title has no business attempting tocapture the seemingly infinite ways bywhich individuals evolve.”RANDS
BEYONDCATEGORY
YOU ARE NOT A PIE
“Don’t dilute someone’s skill set bytrying to expand it, play to thestrengths of your team”
CREATE ART IN THESPACE WHERECOMMUNITIES OVERLAP
LITERALLYEVERYTHING ISABOUT PEOPLE
BRING YOUR WHOLESELF TO WORK
“Do or do not. There is no try.”YODA
TRYING IS VALIDAND VALUABLE
IT REMINDS US WHATIT FEELS LIKE TO BE ABEGINNER
WE MAY FAIL
“You’re not a real ______unless you ____________”SOME JERK, PROBABLYNOUNARBITRARY CONDITION
WE DEFINE WHO WEARE AND WHAT WEARE GOOD AT
WE DECIDEWHAT MATTERS
“Use what talents you possess: thewoods would be very silent if no birdssang there except those that sang best.”HENRY VAN DYKE
PEOPLE ARE CAPABLEOF SO MUCH
THANK YOULynn Fisher @lynnandtonic