006 - Work & Life Balance

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.

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# 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