oris the Bus had the honor of being the getaway car for our friends Yusuf and Ashley, who got married earlier this year in Monterey. Instead of driving all the way back home that night, we decided to stay at a RV campground nearby. We rolled in, exhausted, at 2 in the morning, with “Just Married” still smeared on our windows.
Our neighbors in the RV next to us were curious about us the next morning, fortunately not so much about how trashy we were having our “honeymoon” in a fairground parking lot, but more so about how we magically appeared overnight.
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f there’s one thing that I live by, it’s this: Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Working at SolutionSet (my old employer) was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. The company was still an infant, and I grew as a designer as the company grew six times it’s size. After three and a half years, I started to get comfortable. A little too comfortable.
And so, after some truly heartbreaking goodbyes, I left a 300+ person, full-service marketing agency to a small, 8-person design studio. Hard as it was, it was the right thing to do.
That’s how I got started working at Mule Design Studio. I am honored to be part of such a tight-knit, talented group of people, and I couldn’t have had a warmer welcome as a newcomer on the team. Being at a small company obviously means doing more, which I am embracing to the fullest! I’ve been hired on as both a designer and a front-end developer, which will finally give me a nice healthy dose of both creative and technical thinking.
So far, so good. I’ve enjoyed going into work everyday, mostly because it doesn’t feel like work. Heck, the office feels like a giant living room. Allow me to share…
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ost people sigh and roll their eyes when board games are pulled out after dinner, but I jump to unpack the box, distribute all the pieces, and recite the rules to anyone who bothers to listen (hello, dork alert). I enjoy board games because unlike most Americans, I didn’t play board games growing up. So when I saw that Hasbro teamed up with House Party to ask people across the country to host a game night in their home with the offer of free games and food for the party, I signed up right away. You know me - I live for free stuff.
Let me back up. House Party is a website that lists events sponsored by a leading brand (ex: Kraft) in the goal to market a product (BBQ sauce) to a host and party guests, who will in return get a bunch of free goodies (BBQ sauce and free swag for the party). Interesting idea, isn’t it? I mean, what better way to get people to become loyal to a product - and become brand evangelists - than having them try it themselves?
Sure, laugh at me yet again for being a sucker for corporate America, but you know I can’t pass up a great excuse to throw a party and get a heck of a lot of free stuff.
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arnyard animals have been my latest and greatest obsession. So it was only a matter of time before we headed over to Ardenwood, a fully working, historical farm with a ranchhouse, garden, blacksmith shop, and animals - in Fremont (Yes, Fremont. There is apparently more than just Fry’s and Chinese strip malls.)
By the time I left, I made friends with all of the sheep, pigs, turkeys, chickens, rabbits, and goats there, and promised them I’d move in with them someday. Well ok, maybe not. But for now, I’ll pack a sandwich, smuggle in some yummy treats for my furry friends, and pay the small $5 entrance fee to have lunch with them.
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orking at a digital media agency usually means doing work for the screen, but once in a while, my agency will throw something completely random in the mix - like a project to develop car graphics for the first electric taxi in Japan.
The effort to make electric cars more appealing to the Japanese public is a huge step for BetterPlace, a company that doesn’t actually make electric cars, but instead, partners with other car companies to convert selected models to work with Better Place batteries and charging stations. Any Better Place electric car can make a quick pit stop at a charging station - the idea being that these stations will eventually will circle the globe - and have their battery swapped out for a fully charged one in just a few minutes.
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