Ross Nover's guest appearances

Ross Nover

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Rob Guillory

Daniel Warren Johnson

Andrew MacLean

Denise Jacobs

Ilise Benun

Jeremy Keith

Amélie Lamont

Aaron Gustafson

Ben Bishop

Mike Norton

Rachel Andrew

Brad Weaver

Jake Jorgovan

Joe Eisma

Laurie Voss

OwlTail

Jamie Noguchi

Brandon Chalmers

I'm going to preface all of this by saying one thing: maybe bust out the headphones for this one if you haven't already cuz there's some language. You have been warned. With that said, we have an absolutely phenomenal episode for you this week featuring an all-star cast of guests. Over the last 8ish years we've had the  of  to  some  from the Baltimore area who are either currently a part of, or were former members of, a group by the name of Super Art Fight. They're no strangers to this show with each guest on this episode having made an appearance at least once since 2014.  And seeing as they've always been incredibly kind to two guys constantly bothering them for content, we thought having some of them on one last time would be the perfect way to say thanks. Rather than have 6 people all talking over each other at the same time, we broke this episode up into two sections: The first features Brandon Chalmers and Jamie Noguchi. Two former members of the Art Fight crew, Brandon and Jamie have since split off to form the  and are already over 100 episodes deep into their run. What started out as a "30ish minute chat" quickly snowballed into an hour and a half of madness but we do eventually talk about the FDI Cast and what Brandon and Jamie have been creating. We just took a couple extra left turns before getting there. The second half of this marathon of an episode features two of the longest tenured members of  in Marty Day and Ross Nover. Acting as the hosts and live action commentators for the majority of the Art Fight bouts, Marty and Ross have formed a sort of hive-mind full of random facts and obscure references that can be fired off at a moment's notice all while keeping the crowd focused on what the artists are spewing on the canvas. It's really a thing of beauty and their chemistry is borderline unmatched. Similar to our chat with Brandon and Jamie, 30 minutes just wasn't enough time and this episode quickly turned into the longest single episode we've ever released (I think). But it was totally worth it because like I mentioned before; these guys have been incredibly kind to us over the years and we can't begin to thank them enough for always coming on and chatting with us. This episode was some of the most fun I've had in a long time; my face hurt from smiling so much and my stomach hurt from laughing. I borderline lost my voice and yet somehow we could have easily gone another 3 hours. I'd like to think that's the sign of good content but after 10 years of doing this I still have no idea. Either way; check out the episode, listen to the FDI Cast and if you can get to an Art Fight show in the future: do it. Just do it. You never know, you might wind up making some neat new friends in the process. Enjoy! -Jr.

Episode 445 With Brandon Chalmers, Jamie Noguchi, Marty Day, and Ross Nover: The Longest Episode.

Is your agency ready to hire its first employee? Friendly Design’s Ross Nover explains how his agency grew to eight full-time staff and why. We discuss business opportunities and time-saving, hiring vs. contracting out, plus the financial considerations involved when hiring. To help you decide whether to expand your staff, we share resources and advice on how to hire alongside its business benefits.      &lt; Download MP3 &gt;      &lt; Listen on ctrlclickcast.com &gt;            Show Notes:Owner Summit	AIGA	Bureau of Digital	orgdesignfordesignorgs.com	Debra by Beck	Space Oddity by David Bowie	The Good Place    Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts    Review our show on StitcherSponsored By

Is your agency ready to hire its first employee? Friendly Design’s Ross Nover explains how his agency grew to eight full-time staff and why. We discuss business opportunities and time-saving, hiring vs. contracting out, plus the financial considerations involved when hiring. To help you decide whether to expand your staff, we share resources and advice on how to hire alongside its business benefits. &lt; Download MP3 &gt;      &lt; Listen on <a href="http://ctrlclickcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ctrlclickcast.com</a> &gt; Show Notes: Owner Summit 	AIGA 	Bureau of Digital 	<a href="http://orgdesignfordesignorgs.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">orgdesignfordesignorgs.com</a> 	Debra by Beck 	Space Oddity by David Bowie 	The Good Place Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Review our show on Stitcher Sponsored By

Biz Growth &amp; Hiring with Ross Nover

We gotta hand it to the fine folks over at . We've been bothering various members of their troupe to come on our show for something like 4 years now and every time we've come knocking they've always been willing to chat with us. This time was no exception.  joined us this week and like all the other members of the Art Fight crew he is a person of many talents. Specifically, he's the creator of "" webcomic and he also represents one-half of the hosting responsibilities for the live Art Fight bouts. With over 800 individual comics to his name and an encyclopedic knowledge of obscure cultural references we're starting to think that, despite what the t-shirts say, Ross might not suck all that much. Plus the dude can take a hell of a chop from a professional wrestler. (See: ConnectiCon 2017) For those heading to PAX East in a few weeks you'll have a great opportunity to meet Ross and some other members of the Art Fight roster as they're making their PAX debut on Friday night. If you can't make it out to Boston don't fret: they also have a  going at this very moment so you can bring the Art Fight competition into your own home. It may not be quite as Sexyful as the real thing but it will be a good substitute to hold you over until you can make it out to a live show. Enjoy! -Jr.

Episode 314 with Ross Nover: (Art) Fighting The System.