Francis Rain

Design lead at @godaddy. Previously, co-founder @madebyabstract & design director @symphco 🦄✨

[Francis Rain @r4intrap]

@surim0n toronto

[Francis Rain @r4intrap]

The OGs are back! 🔥

[Halli @iamharaldur]

Hi.

My name is Halli. I'm the founder and CEO of Ueno. First of all, I want to say yes, @uenodotco is back.

I'm kind of surprised myself. I wasn't really planning on it. I started Ueno in my apartment in Reykjavík, Iceland in 2014. And seven years later I sold it to Twitter for a lot of money.

But it wasn't the money. That's maybe hard to believe but that wasn't the reason. Business was great, I didn't need money. I needed a new challenge.
Ueno had grown over those seven years to multiple offices and over 100 people. We were working with the biggest brands in the world on some really exciting projects. But still, I felt like something was missing.

I had been on the outside for a long time, working for companies to make something and then we’d hand it off to them to nurture and grow it. I wanted to be on the inside of a big company and see things through, to see them grow.

I wanted a challenge and the biggest one I could find was Twitter. To help people make better connections, to find their communities, engage more earnestly.

Things didn't turn out like I expected. But in hindsight that's not really what matters. We did some great work and I learned more than I could have imagined. About corporate ups and downs, and about my own ups and downs. I saw things you wouldn’t believe.

And then suddenly I was free and I went and made some other things. I built a lot of wheelchair ramps, I built a restaurant and movie theater, a bank, a recording studio, a community for creative people. I started a podcast, released a visual album, acted in some movies.
I did everything I always wanted to do.

And it was great.

But after four years away from Ueno it kept picking at me.

This little itch. The feeling I get when someone comes with something that's just an idea and they want our help to see it become real. It feels like magic. Like alchemy. I missed that feeling.

And so, yes, Ueno is back.

Blammo!

[Francis Rain @r4intrap]

@aris_acoba It’s about time! I’ve always wanted to embed interactive prototypes in my slides. Had to rely on a plugin, but now we can all do it natively! 🔥

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@Carl_NotANerd @Cron Dang I just saw this today. 😂

[DANN© @DannPetty]

Designers, here are some great Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals going around. 🧵

(I'll add more when I find them!)

1. https://t.co/Fte1w69G71 (50% off until Nov)
UI8 is a great resource for web + product design assets as well as icons and illustrations.

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@miramarked Super Saiyan Miramark

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@shannenspr_ the courses offered by @wesbos does this as well! 🇵🇭✨

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@_spacemaker That’s true! It’s definitely a different playing field from what I’m used to. But so much to learn how things run / operate here as well! ✨

[Francis Rain @r4intrap]

*When you’re used to work with fast-paced startups and now work with big tech*

PM: Francis, how long will this take?
Me: Gimme until today or early tomorrow and..
PM: Hey hey, slow down speedy gonzales!

😂😂😂

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@fleirecastro karon pako kabalik twitter! haha

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@dongepulango oy scam lang yan! haha 😂

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@miwrath gakayamokat ang agi oi. dmd haha 🤣

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@aris_acoba @github @githubdesign awesoooome! congrats dude! 🥳

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“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us” 🔨 https://t.co/tv6AbTtzte

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@toffeenutdesign better save those glossy web 2.0 button styles. and make sure your using the https://t.co/7ROUlecq5w margins template! 🤣

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@aldricht @_jakenunez 🍩 + 🍺 haha

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@toffeenutdesign

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@alexiscollado @theChrisDo @thefuturishere sumbong kita kay mariaressa 😂

[Francis Rain @r4intrap]

Had an honest conversation with a client. They said the reason why they chose us was because others would just blindly build what they wanted. But we believed on building what we think is needed – and that made all the difference. ✨ @theChrisDo @thefuturishere

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@toffeenutdesign @1Password @Bitwarden ditched lastpass and 1password for this as well! 😂