so many smart brains every day.
What has been your biggest challenge this past year?
I feel human here. If I had
Without a doubt designing the
to choose my favorite thing
new issuu from the bottom up.
about working here I’d probably
It definitely wasn’t an easy task
say being able to touch so many
to redesign the core product that
people's lives around the world
has served us well for almost
feels pretty good. It’s sometimes
a decade — and is the reason
crazy to think that what I’m
why we still exists today. It was
designing is going to be seen
especially tough to think many
and used by millions of people
steps ahead while designing to
every month.
ensure that all the pieces would
blood flowing again and it also feels great to be surrounded by
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fit together in the future since we
What is your favorite issuu core value and how do you live it? favorite. It’s so important for a
What part of the new reading experience are you most proud of?
company of our size. Ownership
I’m mostly proud of how we’ve
to me means taking responsibility
unified our reading experience.
and never assuming it’s someone
In the past we’ve had different
else’s problem. If I see something
interfaces for different browsers
that doesn’t work or doesn’t look
— meaning the interface would
right, I’ll try fixing it myself first.
change depending on whether
If I can’t, then I’ll find a person
or not your browser has Flash.
who has the skills to help me
Even though it's being used
get it done.
by more people all the time, it's
I’d say ownership is probably my
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couldn’t build everything at once.