Welcome to 88 Questions, the newest feature on our Think page. To let you get to know our team a little better, we tasked each 88er with coming up with a series of questions for somebody else in the agency. The results are fascinating, funny and sometimes, we hope, enlightening.
Here, our kale-loving Group Account Director sheds some light on our DJ by Night/Web Developer by Day.
You’re a developer here at 88, and we know that you have some great creative instincts. Do you see a connection between some of your extracurricular activities, like drawing, and the web and animation work you do at 88?
In web development at 88, the main goal is to reproduce a flat design into a working website/app/animation. I think my interest in drawing, lettering, photoshopping of images and just general design helps me pay attention to the smaller design details (like alignment, cropping or kerning) of the flats during this reproduction. Also, I would say I am efficient at creating assets for these projects because I like to tinker in Adobe programs.
You have a little one at home named Joe. What’s one father-son activity you hope to do together? Secondly, will you be raising him as a Cubs or White Sox fan? (We know you’re a South Side fan all the way, but you essentially live in Cubs country.)
The sports I love the most are swimming and water polo. I just hope he has the same love for the water that I do. As for his baseball team affiliation, I will let him figure out which he prefers. If he decides he likes the Cubs, I will help him figure out why he is wrong.
Just for fun: If you could live in a book, a TV show or a movie, what would it be? Why?
Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I am currently reading a lot of about golden-age Hollywood and was raised on Disney and Looney Tunes. A universe that combines all those things would be amazingly fun.
We know you have a lot of interests outside of work, including triathlons. How did you decide to participate in triathlons? Do you have any traditions? Special meals you treat yourself to before or after competing?
I do best at working out and keeping in shape if I have a goal to work towards. Triathlons are attractive to me because I get bored with only training in one sport. I have only competed in two triathlons so far, so I do not have any traditions yet—the main reason that I need to keep doing triathlons is because I indulge in too many special meals as it is.