A Rally Podcast

In this episode: Jim asks ways to mitigate time lost over unforeseen circumstances, Tyler encourages designers to fail faster, Adam discusses ways for beginning designers to map out data, Geof professes the advantages of working with engineers out of the gate.

Please note that the opinions expressed here are not that of Rally Interactive and any possible reference to anyone living or deceased is purely coincidental. Also, we have no idea what we are talking about.

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In this episode: Adam drinks Rye Kool-Aid, Geof builds hamburger menus with macaroni, Clark asks for designers to hand-off style guides drawn with crayons and Jim struggles to make mouth noises and form words.

Please note that the opinions expressed here are not that of Rally Interactive and any possible reference to anyone living or deceased is purely coincidental. Also, we have no idea what we are talking about.

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In this episode: Brijan flexes his rich vocabulary, Ben admits he has just started using Grids all while Eric and Geof battle over use case scenarios for italics. Which titan will fall? Find out in this weeks episode.

Side Project: http://ippycon.com/ by @nogaraviv

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In this episode: Jim makes unsolicited feature requests, Geof heeds warning from the prophetic Jeff Goldblum, Adam backhands Storyboards and Xibs & Eric discusses the motion libraries of industry titans.

Please note that the opinions expressed here are not that of Rally Interactive and any possible reference to anyone living or deceased is purely coincidental. Also, we have no idea what we are talking about.

Please note that the opinions expressed here are not that of Rally Interactive and any possible reference to anyone living or deceased is purely coincidental. Also, we have no idea what we are talking about.

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In this episode we talk about style and if designers should embrace it or not. Also: Jim talks about building a human centipede, Ben tries not to make his projects like the last one, Brijan is confronted about his style and Eric is (still!) stuck on level 32 of Flipominos.

Be sure to check out Flipominos. A side project of our friend Tyler Martin that's coming soon: http://ultramegatronic.com/flipominos/

Please note that the opinions expressed here are not that of Rally Interactive and any possible reference to anyone living or deceased is purely coincidental. Also, we have no idea what we are talking about.

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In this episode: Clark makes his debut appearance, Adam keeps the boys on track, Jim discusses his approach to prototyping in AE and Eric prototypes in... ActionScript?!?

Please note that the opinions expressed here are not that of Rally Interactive and any possible reference to anyone living or deceased is purely coincidental. Also, we have no idea what we are talking about.

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In this episode: Geof and Jim sit down with Rally friend, Tyler Martin to discuss his most recent release, Flipominos. Flipominos is a procedurally generate puzzle with over 4 billion levels to choose from. Sign up for the beta by visiting umtc.co/flipbeta and let us know what you think!

Tyler Martin: @tylerjaymartin

Game Trailer: https://youtu.be/hInknYtySHA

Ultramegatronic on Twitter: @ultramegatronic

Flipominos Site: umtc.co/flip

Brijan Powell: http://wontfeint.com/

Please note that the opinions expressed here are not that of Rally Interactive and any possible reference to anyone living or deceased is purely coincidental. Also, we have no idea what we are talking about.

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In this episode: Eric finds inspiration in the scales of a coniferous cone, Jim shares earbuds with Eric down by the river, Brijan confesses that he is a bookworm and Geof takes a step away from the modern world. Special thanks to Phil Coffman (@philcoffman) for reaching out and recommending this weeks topic.

We’d love to showcase your sideproject on our next episode so please, reach out and hit us up at [email protected] or twitter.com/rallybanter

Please note that the opinions expressed here are not that of Rally Interactive and any possible reference to anyone living or deceased is purely coincidental. Also, we have no idea what we are talking about.

Binaural App

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/binaural-pure-binaural-beats/id838752522?mt=8

iDoser

http://www.i-doser.com/

Polyrhythms & Shape in Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn7YtjO6Mqc

Frank Lloyd Wright

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright

Denny Royal

http://azul7.com/team-members/denny-royal

Azul 7

http://azul7.com/

Biomimicry

https://biomimicry.org/what-is-biomimicry/#.VyjgRhUrJZ0

House of Leaves

http://www.amazon.com/House-Leaves-Mark-Z-Danielewski/dp/0375703764/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1P9GDJV7RPNH158X4GY7

The Familiar

http://www.amazon.com/Familiar-One-Rainy-Day-May/dp/0375714944

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Motorcycle-Maintenance-Inquiry/dp/0060589469

Michael Bierut

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bierut

Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design

http://www.amazon.com/Seventy-nine-Essays-Design-Michael-Bierut/dp/1616890614

Georgia O’Keeffe

https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-georgia-okeeffe/

The Science of Sleep

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354899/

Michel Gondry

http://www.michelgondry.com/

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/

Be Kind Rewind

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799934/

Please note that the opinions expressed here are not that of Rally Interactive and any possible reference to anyone living or deceased is purely coincidental. Also, we have no idea what we are talking about.

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In this episode: Eric blossoms like a budding rose, Geof seeks his Mr. Miyagi, Adam compliments himself and Ben forms covalent bonds. Special thanks to Sean Goodwin (@TheSeanGoodwin) for emailing in and asking the team to discuss the topic of mentorships

# Side project: http://www.geofcrowl.com/textwash/

- Side project of our very own Geof Crowl

- Text wash is the fastest way to strip text of formatting on OS X (for programs that don’t natively support it)

Please note that the opinions expressed here are not that of Rally Interactive and any possible reference to anyone living or deceased is purely coincidental. Also, we have no idea what we are talking about.

Send feedback to [email protected] or twitter.com/rallybanter

Show Notes:

- Firstborn NYC

http://www.firstborn.com/

- JoonYong Park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoonYong_Park

- Red Interactive

https://ff0000.com/

- Jared Kroff

twitter.com/jaredkroff

- Adam DeVincent

twitter.com/adamdevincent

- Struck

http://www.struck.com/

- Jeff Yamada

twitter.com/jeffyamada

- Michael Avila

twitter.com/mmburgers

- Swiss International Style

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Typographic_Style

- Kirupa

https://www.kirupa.com/

- FITC

http://fitc.ca/

- Mario Klingemann

twitter.com/quasimondo

- Jon Lax

twitter.com/jlax

- Massimo Vignelli

http://www.vignelli.com/

- Michael Bierut

twitter.com/michaelbierut

- Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design (Book)

http://amzn.com/1616890614

- How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things, Explain Things, Make Things Look Better, Make People Laugh, Make People Cry, and (Every Once in a While) Change the World (Book)

http://amzn.com/0062413902

# Adam Luptak

Developer at Rally interactive and Indian food eating extraordinaire.

twitter.com/_luptak

# Ben Cline

Part owner, designer and string cheese consumer at Rally Interactive.

twitter.com/yocline

# Eric Atwell

Designer at Rally Interactive and owner of reflective shoes.

twitter.com/ericatwell_

# Geof Crowl

Designer at Rally Interactive and connoisseur of fine italics.

twitter.com/rectangular

In this episode: Jim gives up driving, Geof promises to write shorter show notes (next time), Ben is scared shitless for the human race and Eric finds 200 hours in the week.

Please note that the opinions expressed here are not that of Rally Interactive and any possible reference to anyone living or deceased is purely coincidental. Also, we have no idea what we are talking about.

Send feedback to [email protected] or http://twitter.com/rallybanter

# Side project: http://www.verse-co.com

- Side project of Nguyen Le

- 2,300 designers on the mailing list!

- Behind the scenes on a project: from inquiry to delivery

- http://www.verse-co.com/journal/2016/3/13/step-into-my-studio

- Nguyen's work: https://dribbble.com/newincreative

- Process masterclass: http://www.verse-co.com/process-masterclass

# Mentioned and discussed on the show

- Future topic: should design require a license?

How do you balance work and life? (4:00)

- Is work play?

- On working 9–6.

- Does working odd hours help cut out distraction from others?

- Turning all notifications off

- Social pressure to respond: do we put it on ourselves?

- Can you allow yourself to not get distracted?

- Living in Utah for outdoors and hobbies

- Lunch bike rides and guilt

- Vacation policies and blocking off time

- Unwinding in the outdoors with exercise

- Is working all night ever worth it?

- Getting ideas outside of the office

- Thinking more before taking action

Tangent: Technology and the possible consequences (21:30)

- Virtual reality as a future

- Guy on subway car in VR: http://youtu.be/ryNs6rddECw

- Augmented Reality VS Virtual Reality

- Omata: http://www.omata.com/ (Buy 10!)

- Omata on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/omata/omata-one-analog-gps-speedometer

- Rhys Newman: https://www.twitter.com/rhysys

- Julian Bleecker: https://www.twitter.com/darthjulian

- Benefits of an analog dial over digital readout

- Technology as an educator

- Technology as a motivator

Back to: Work and life balance (29:30)

- Relationships and work

- Shout out to significant others that are designers!

- Eric: summer concert > working late

- Ben on starting Rally and how it affects his relationships

- Payroll & business burdens

- Working to live vs living to work

- Creating an environment where people can have lives

- Trust in people to get work done

- On burnout…

- Some behind the scenes at Rally during a stressful time

- Stenographer: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_reporter

Do you have a good work life balance? (47:00)

- Eric: Yes. Tipping towards work.

- Jim: Pretty good. Could do more for himself.

- Ben: 6 days in a row of bike riding. Always swayed towards work.

- Geof: Leans heavy towards work. But took time off to fly fish.

And we're all going camping!

# Ben Cline

Part owner, designer and string cheese consumer at Rally Interactive.

http://twitter.com/yocline

# Jim DeBrock

Designer at Rally Interactive and Logic Pro tutorial consuming beast.

http://twitter.com/jimdebrock

# Eric Atwell

Designer at Rally Interactive and owner of reflective shoes.

http://twitter.com/ericatwell_

# Geof Crowl

Designer at Rally Interactive and connoisseur of fine italics.

http://twitter.com/rectangular