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Our newest team member is a designer, not a rapper
Last Friday I got a DM from Hup asking me to “whip something up for the blog by Monday… to give a sense of my skillz and personality.” After my initial confusion (thinking Hup wanted me to redesign an entire blog in one evening,) I realised what he meant: a blog post. “Feel free to flex your creativity a bit,” he said.
Shit. I’m getting ahead of myself here. Let’s start over.
Hello. I’m Eston Bond. I left my job last week to come back to the startup fold after absurd amounts of relentless harassment a gentle coaxing by my friend John Ramey. Previously, I was a relatively early Product Designer at Facebook, the original creative director and game designer of Twitter game Spymaster, a consultant for various social gaming companies, and most recently Principal Interaction Designer at MySpace. I’m really, really excited to be working in a fast-paced environment again on product design for a demographic I haven’t worked with yet, so expect to see more from me and my fellow designer (I’ll let him disclose himself) on this blog about the challenges we face in iterating on isocket’s product and UI. There’s really nothing like working on the ground floor of a startup.
Christ. That was boring, too. I’m sorry.
Given the climate at MySpace at the moment, I’m going to have to take down my little nerdcore track for now just to be safe. Sorry guys!
Eston Bond is isocket’s new designer, with the official title of “Mad Hatter.” He challenges all geek rappers to leave some rhymes in the comments below.
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isocket only hires the best, see?
Hip drop the racket
They gonna flip the spot, G
They got the right moves
by these grooves they mac it
with their ad plat servin up the sickness
youll boost revenue twice fold for much less
So I wake up on this day
and before I start to play
Jump in the exec chair
head to the best blog
and the second i get there
my half mast becomes a log
As i see a fresh post from my hommie Hup
introducin a man who just wants to say “Sup”
It’s a developer who makes the rest abscond
His momma done named him eston bond
That’s how you know she aint playin’
I’m not talkin trash, I’m just sayin’
They call him the mad hatter
He couldn’t be fatter
with them developing skills
that make the other guys scatter
(as well as give the ladies thrills [*T-payned out*])
isocket only hires the best, see?
Hip drop the racket
They gonna flip the spot, G
They got the right moves
by these grooves they mac it
with their ad plat servin up the sickness
youll boost revenue twice fold for much less
Add one to the roster
isocket here to stay
when it comes to ads accept no imposter
what competition there is is nervous
because of
ESTON BOND
Cause for as much as he’s crazy
I hear he’s equally dope
encouragin the team to not be lazy
lendin em style to give the ladies hope
Although he’s workin with the Rames, G (for John)
He might be a baller but he aint no James, B (for Bond)
cause too busy codin UIs to get them Dames
His wicked e-stylings garners him Fame
BANG, BANG
ESTON BOND
BANG, BANG
Click, click, click click
Don’t mean he outta bullets, don’t mean he’s on empty
On the contrary it’d be best if you just fleed
Because Eston is stylin new layouts
He gon show em to the crew and see how it plays out
Before you know it he will revamp your face
All the geeks bow down when he enter the place
(*begin obligatory talking portion*)
Gotta take him to see the Pez dispenser
Yee… initiate dat fool… cult style… wu wu…)
whatup Booma, what up Frank. Keep it real dawg
Yo I went on that Facebook and it’s all like “PLAY WITH FARM ANIMALS” and i’m like …naw..
I’m about that Spymaster homie
Myspace still sucks
(*end obligatory talking portion*)
Yall know it a just topic
You can’t mess with isocket
Their team is too sick
you might as well turn tricks
These guys know how to lock it down
through the deepest user base
servin ads up in yo face
They get the best funding
round for round
Hurp the durp
if you try em
pound for pound