Author Archives: brynn

Time for something new — but what?

10 Mar 2011 – 9:56

It’s with mixed emotions that I’m announcing my departure from the startup I’ve been working at since last August. I’m going to keep this post brief and follow up with a longer, more thoughtful post on why I left after the SxSW craze dies down. In short, my startup was no longer a place where [...]

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Overlap 2011 – sneak peak

7 Mar 2011 – 9:24

This weekend Krista and I scoped out the venue for the Overlap conference that we’re planning for June 2011. It’s a lot of work to plan and prepare everything, but the people in the Overlap community, alone, make the undertaking worth it! Plus, we got pretty jazzed when we saw the venue for the first [...]

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#1UP: Games for Change

4 Mar 2011 – 10:17

It’s exciting that South by Southwest is just around the corner! When I submitted my panel proposal back in, what, June? July?…I had an inkling that games would be an interesting topic, and I was particularly interested in social change. Hence a panel proposal which is now called: 1UP! Games for Change. (hashtag will be [...]

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Using design for social good

28 Jan 2011 – 10:43

I’m in Chicago this weekend to participate in a pretty cool design event: it’s called UX for Good (hashtag: #uxxu) The premise behind it is that we (designers) can apply our skills to actual, real-world social problems like unemployment, urban violence, public education, community mental health, and cross-cultural understanding. User experience and visual designers are [...]

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Startups, products, and pivots. Oh my!

17 Jan 2011 – 9:37

I’m not sure how old our company is officially. Tim was working on the seeds of the idea in July 2010. I remember this because I was “moonlighting” with them once a week after work (at an apartment in Pacific Heights), helping with design, strategy, and some early research into the idea. I joined him [...]

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