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How to boil an egg. Boil it beyond all reasonable doubt. Doubt it, and boil it some more.
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Me 🤝 Closing a tab because they asked me for cover letter.
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JUST IN: Police car accident in Oba Ile, Akure. They were speeding and it had absolutely nothing to do with the protest. Before they change narrative.
#SARSMUSTEND
#SarsMustGoNow
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Just talk.
Prayer is faith that you're having a conversation with someone who's listening and willing to reply back.
So, talk! Thank him, whine to him, cry if you will, rant, gist him—then listen, waiting for him to reply.
I hope it helps.
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Dear WhizGenius (is this what you are still called?),
Bookmarked this to find the words, and I now have some for the little lanky dude with a 2GB RAM Toshiba laptop who almost bankrupted his Dad to learn Graphic Design.
For all the versions of a designer you’ve grown to …
If you’re a graphic, brand or product designer with over 5 years experience; what advice would you give your younger self? 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Let’s help those coming start more informed and better prepared.
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Me: "Any steady source of income?"
Praise: "I said I'm into affiliate marketing. You can get wealth"
Me: "Oh, so no."
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In the words of mama Burna, dear UI/UX designers and others,
"Before you became a designer, you were, first, a user".
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Omo . . . do good work. Do great work. Ask for more time even. Hone your skill. Be a friggin' genius. Be the best of the best. Be better than yesterday. Hold the center. Be extremely good. Break the ceiling sef. Know your stuff. Know even more. Build knowledge. Deepen expertise.
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That toll gate must not stand after tonight's massacre. Since they've decided to tag this as an uprising....
#EndSARS
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Hi guys,
Last April, I made a workbook for logo designers detailing (to an extent) the process of executing visual identity projects from the first call till final delivery!
Here it is for free:
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History will remember a pastor who supported a movement without toning down his belief. History will remember a leader who was human first. History will remember a Christian who truly understands empathy.
Thank you,
@sam_adeyemi
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Just designed a 9-month brand roadmap—felt good mehn! PR, comms, product, marketing, data analysis—everything was there.
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Common questions about brand design that I get asked about, and my answers to them as at Oct 1, 2022.
If I missed any, ask in the comments and I’ll add it.
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Even if you're not excellent, have a good eye for excellence. You'll need it on your way to excellence. This is irrespective of what field you are in.
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Hi guys!
At about 3 - 4am today, some people have decided to give me a fresh start. They took (read: stole/robbed) everything with an Apple logo on it.
I'm currently unreachable on any of my phone numbers and I can't access my emails either for now.
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When you see a badly designed app, it’s most likely not the designer’s fault. 🥺
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Please, hone your skills. Talent scarce. 🥲. All you have to do is a little extra detail, a little extra hour, a little extra technique and you’re in the 1% of designers.
Hone your skills. Practice everyday. Please, in the name of Jesus, be better—for my sake.
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2 nights. All expense paid. 30+ humans from 4 cities. I am a lucky dude. 🤍🤍🤍
If I did something physical;
Say a 1-day roundtable in November, for free — 30 people, feeding and accommodation free
In Akure—talking about "Your Business of Design" (I'll think about a cooler name)
Would it be fire?
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Design contests like these is never about quality of work and depth of craft. This is why you don’t do it (especially if you consider yourself a brilliant designer).
It’s down to the game master’s taste. And those with good taste don’t do contests.
My winner text me o🥹🍾❤️ 2k dollz for you
#BelongToYou
My love to everyone that did something. This was soooo interestinggggggggg
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Developers do nothing than implement, but somehow they earn more than designers. 😒😒😒
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I work so that my old man and woman never have to work a minute in their old age. Make dem dey preach gospel dey go.
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When you want to learn something for the first time, no dey find paid course at first.
Find a free YouTube tutorial, a free webinar. Follow a carousel page on it. Or a particular Twitter account that speaks about it. Read an article on it.
Be aware of what you want to pay for.
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We need another ride-hailing startup. One that’s morally different from what we currently have.
Same business model, but significantly stricter with customer service. No matter the complaints, Bolt/Uber will always get away with doing nonsense cos they’re the only options.
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In 5 days, youths all over the country wey no sabi each other, with different views, values, beliefs, religion come together for one purpose! And for 5 days, we stayed true to it.
God help the next person that says the youths are the problems of this country.
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No matter what level, as a designer, you are always faced with a version of this —from client or PM. I'll be sharing how I handle it without going crazy and still doing good work nonetheless.
Please don't forget to share!
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I listened to
@pst_iren
today for the first time. It's his opening sermon in CCI's ongoing conference.
Crazy!
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Stop looking for mentors...find friends!
Whether older than you or younger than you. This idea that you need a mentor conditions you to always ask, ask, ask, and ask.
For friends, it's a two-way street. It turns out to be the mentor relationship you never knew you had.
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That Figma can do it doesn't mean you should use Figma to do it. 😩
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I went to church today and I was honestly bothered about the fact that the design projected during offering wasn't aligned well ... and that Sans font 😭😭😭.
I hate this burden.
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Working at a startup will tear down your idealist standards.
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The wealth of information that junior designers call confusing now would be a privilege 6 years ago if I had them.
Don’t look for clarity when you’re starting. Enjoy the chaos that learning design affords you, and just like morning fog, let it clear as time progresses.
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Do design. Learn the software. Build the skill. Hold the center. Stop trying to prove to me that you are a designer.
Do it. Stop spending all your time showing you know how to.
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Every designer at one point in time literally asked "is thing meant for me?"
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Ever wondered what’s the difference between a junior designer and a senior designer?
Watch.
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Me: "So what do you do?"
Praise: "I'm into affiliate marketing"
Me: "Hm, so no"
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Brand designers when they do completely abstract logomarks:
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The best way to figure out your messaging/story as a startup founder is to keep talking about it. Every time you tell your product's story, you find something to tweak in your script.
A great story is based on the confidence of its storyteller, and repetition builds confidence.
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One dream job is Head of Brand at Arsenal.
But when I leave FinTech, I’d love to lead Brand at an NPFL team.
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If you have a lot of deadlines, stop thinking about all of them at once. You go just confuse yourself.
Pick one, and block out the rest until you are done with just that one!
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Here, I had gone 36 hours no sleep. I was about to do 4 more. 🥺
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Finally going to have a live conversation tomorrow with someone I've incredibly admired for the longest time.
While I still look forward to a hearty conversation over a cup of coffee in CA, I'll start with the live chat with
@theChrisDo
tomorrow, 7pm.
Thanks Chris.
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Twitter isn’t a real place. Take every advice (including mine) with less than a pinch of salt.
Advice won’t teach you. Experience will.
PS: Do whatever it takes and all you know (in the best way you know how) to close a design sale. ❤️
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Dey try define the problem well before you start to dey solve — even if dem rush you.
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So
@jerry_enebeli
and I are working on Blnk :
@blnkledger
— a ledger infrastructure that helps developers build better and reliable financial apps.
Still early days, but if you'd like to check it out, here's an early version to work with: .
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Talked about design pricing today with a friend who's writing a series of articles and I'd like to share stuff I've learnt in the last 6 months.
[THREAD]
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Two months ago, startups raising funds was totally stale for me. Now, I find myself actively reading about them, taking courses on VC and Angel Investing.
😭😭😭
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A huge highlight of my journey was running a startup design agency in Lagos while schooling in Akure as a 19-year old undergraduate.
How do you balance school and design, as a student designer?
[THREAD]
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"How many languages can you speak?"
Me: "6 sir"
"Wow! That's interesting for a man your age. What are they?"
Me: "Quality time, physical touch, acts of service, gifts, words of affirmation and English Language".
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When I talk about value-based pricing, one thing I used to find hard to come to terms with is that we guess the figure most of the time.
How do you do value-based pricing—and why?
[THREAD]
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In hindsight, I had completely forgotten
@get_fundall
dey my hand. E remain to dey use their app.
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May the next 5 weeks live up to the hype of tonight. Amen?
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When designers get so hyped about seeing their work live, I doubt anyone else can understand that feeling.
Sometimes, real-life proof of work is what keeps the mental lights on.
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People make the brand—it's their perception about who you are that informs the word, "brand".
I'll be sharing a personal 2-year long story of how I built a team turned family, now known as the Tri—bbe.
It's goin' to be fire—I promise!
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Great way to start the morning. I guess no be rubbish yarns I dey talk. More than x2 increase in 2 months, and we had a 6-month roadmap.
Once again, glad!
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Designing is a lot of pressure. It means that you have to peek into thousands of people's minds. It also means you have to make them see your mind too.
It's a lot of pressure.
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Church branding brings a whole new dynamic to branding. The Transformation Church case study is a huge one but too far from our local context.
The Tribe Abuja, The New and CCI are great examples of how church branding is done for the 21st century.
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#DearDesigner
, let me tell you a story before I go back to work.
The hack to personal branding is irrational consistency. Not just consistency—it has to be irrational and "unheard of". It needs to stick and be hammered on.
Let's talk some examples.
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You can’t go wrong if all you do is tweet football, your random design work, and chat with your friends here. Maybe add a little bit of movies, Netflix and f*ckishness.
You can’t go wrong. ❤️
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1. It is rocket science.
2. Learning your craft properly is not a barrier. It is a requirement for good work.
3. UX/UI is a niche underneath design. To do it well, asides under fundamentals, you must understand the basic principles.
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Brand Identity Designers who want to refine their process:
"Contemporary Brand Identity: Using Verbal and Visual Branding" on Domestika is the course to pay for.
You won't learn strategy in its full sense, but you get to understand how to build solid concepts for your work.
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Branding makes sense when the product works. The first thing to always figure out is if the product works the way the customer wants it to work.
It doesn’t have to be the best version at the beginning. But if it works, branding will support your path to the best version.
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I’d probably have my MBA, be a CDO, cofound a FinTech startup, written one book and maybe, just maybe, be an angel investor.
22 is in a few weeks.
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Sigh.
Aesthetics is not an inferior design choice/priority. You're not a better designer because you discovered something over aesthetics.
Aesthetics is not a wrong design choice. Design for delight, your users are humans, not robots.
This is for all forms of design.
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🥂 to every beginner who pays a little something to learn. $1. $2. $3.
🥂 to anyone who learns at all.
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My guys are charging agency money as freelancers. 😍😍😍
Tribbe be making moves.
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Lowkey, I'm excited about the next 3 - 5 years. A lot is going to happen. I hope X is around long enough for me to share with everyone.
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Please, for the sake of design, hold opinions. Debate them. Update them. Change stances. Be convinced of them, yet expand to accept another POV. Disagree. Build factions if you will.
But don’t sit on the fence. Don’t “it depends” every conversation.
Please.
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