First ever Skool/The Futur video.
How we got started. Jose and Chris discuss their history in web design motion graphics. What drives trends. What is going to happen in the future?
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Table of Contents:
00:49 Shout out and thanks to Jason Calacanis
01:00 Jose, how did you get started?
01:29 Motion graphics was too much work
01:54 You weren’t challenged
02:07 In digital we were involved with the client’s businesses
02:40 I was able to be “at the table” with the business
03:00 Web 1.0 – Nestcape, pre-flash, pre everything
03:29 “Everything that can be digital will be digital”
03:50 “This is not a design studio”
04:08 I didn’t get the job
04:29 I just moved to New York and went to parties
05:12 I went to the dark side
05:18 Chris, how did you get started
14:12 Digital is only going to get bigger
14:20 More opportunities in tech, anything Silicon
14:57 Why are people afraid of digital
15:18 Digital can be daunting
15:44 State of the industry for motion design
16:22 In 1999 competition was low
16:24 Today there is a lot of competition
16:56 2007 – 2008 budgets were big enough
17:16 Clients have become very sophisticated
18:16 Digital and motion are coming together
18:37 The shifts are reflective of a broader trend in the economy
19:04 Can we affect the broader economy? Yes we can!
19:31 I didn’t like being the “butt of the process”
19:57 The economics of it are not tailored to production people
20:20 Fight the man by becoming the man
20:30 The “Science of Happiness”
20:45 “I am not a control freak” – How I provide value
21:27 Is that an asian thing?
21:43 How does one go from surviving to thriving?
22:29 Too much focus on “Hard Skills”
22:55 You can survive doing production
23:16 Everything is being offshored
24:09 You want insurance again being offshored you gotta move up
24:17 How do you move up?
24:37 No one wants to go to college anymore you can learn online
25:03 What has been your experience with the The Skoo’s process?
26:38 According to Forrester we are entering the “Era of the Customer”
26:58 UX is not something new
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