Bryan Ho's guest appearances

Bryan Ho

Radio Liferay

The Penguin Latte Podcast

Michael Young

Seth Godin

Marcus Aurelius

Juan Gonzalez

Brian Chan

David MacIver

Aldous Huxley

Ben Greenman

Andrew Yu

Chris Sparks

Paul Millerd

Dennis Ju

Chris Jordan

Jorge Ferrer

John Daub

OwlTail

This conversation is for nerrrrrrrds. Today I’m joined by Bryan Ho! (@foundbryan) Bryan is a web designer from Singapore. His web design firm, Gumbr, puts creativity and interactivity back into the web. He also illustrates and writes Startup Illustrated, a visual newsletter bringing timeless business principles to life. FOLLOW BRYAN HO Bryan Ho on Twitter Startup Illustrated Gumbr – Bryan’s web design agency In this episode we cover… Gumbr.com – Bryan’s web design agency, and how the internet weird the internet used to be (6:00) Facebook’s not what it used to be (14:00) Making the internet more interactive (17:00) How to make websites fun, weird, and efficient (22:00) Facebook is the entire internet for a lot of people and that’s sad (31:00) The internet is young (36:00) The Space Jam website is still online, thirty years later (38:00) “Most people’s intro to coding: Neopets source” (40:00) New web design trends (45:00) An oral history of Startup Illustrated, Bryan’s super cool project visualizing principles of business and life, part 1 (48:00) Does SEO matter? (56:00) Paul Graham, how cities whisper certain messages (1:00:00) Echo chambers and bubbles (1:03:00) Serendipity works tangentially (1:05:00) An oral history of Startup Illustrated, Bryan’s super cool project visualizing principles of business and life, part 2 (1:11:00) It’s okay to self-promote (1:22:00) Why do corporate art styles feel fake? (1:30:00) Is personal branding as authentic as we think? (1:35:00) Networking is flawed (1:40:00) Value. What is it? (1:43:00) Flow (1:51:00) THE FINAL QUESTION (1:56:00)  Mentions Gumbr (Bryan’s design agency, super cool) Startup Illustrated GeoCities (old internet) RuneScape (culturally irrelevant since the death of wildy) Club Penguin Paul Graham Paul Graham – Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule Jack Butcher Please enjoy! Cheers, and here’s to your good health.   Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you’re feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! This episode is brought to you (and powered) by Flow State Coffee! My buddy Greg Frontiero started a company that sells products designed to put you in that groovy sensation called Flow. His first product, Flow State Coffee, is some of the best coffee I’ve tasted. Plus, it doesn’t make you feel like you’re about to have a heart attack after drinking 6 cups of it (I’ve tried). Visit NOOWAVE.CO and enter code PAUL at checkout for 10% off.

This conversation is for nerrrrrrrds. Today I’m joined by Bryan Ho! (<a href="https://twitter.com/foundbryan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@foundbryan</a>) Bryan is a web designer from Singapore. His web design firm, Gumbr, puts creativity and interactivity back into the web. He also illustrates and writes <a href="https://www.startupillustrated.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Illustrated</a>, a visual newsletter bringing timeless business principles to life. FOLLOW BRYAN HO <a href="https://twitter.com/foundbryan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bryan Ho on Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.startupillustrated.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Illustrated</a> <a href="https://gumbr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gumbr – Bryan’s web design agency</a> In this episode we cover… <ul><li><a href="http://Gumbr.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gumbr.com</a> – Bryan’s web design agency, and how the internet weird the internet used to be (6:00)</li> <li>Facebook’s not what it used to be (14:00)</li> <li>Making the internet more interactive (17:00)</li> <li>How to make websites fun, weird, and efficient (22:00)</li> <li>Facebook is the entire internet for a lot of people and that’s sad (31:00)</li> <li>The internet is young (36:00)</li> <li>The Space Jam website is still online, thirty years later (38:00)</li> <li>“Most people’s intro to coding: Neopets source” (40:00)</li> <li>New web design trends (45:00)</li> <li>An oral history of Startup Illustrated, Bryan’s super cool project visualizing principles of business and life, part 1 (48:00)</li> <li>Does SEO matter? (56:00)</li> <li>Paul Graham, how cities whisper certain messages (1:00:00)</li> <li>Echo chambers and bubbles (1:03:00)</li> <li>Serendipity works tangentially (1:05:00)</li> <li>An oral history of Startup Illustrated, Bryan’s super cool project visualizing principles of business and life, part 2 (1:11:00)</li> <li>It’s okay to self-promote (1:22:00)</li> <li>Why do corporate art styles feel fake? (1:30:00)</li> <li>Is personal branding as authentic as we think? (1:35:00)</li> <li>Networking is flawed (1:40:00)</li> <li>Value. What is it? (1:43:00)</li> <li>Flow (1:51:00)</li> <li>THE FINAL QUESTION (1:56:00)</li> </ul> Mentions <a href="https://gumbr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gumbr (Bryan’s design agency, super cool)</a> <a href="https://www.startupillustrated.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Illustrated</a> <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/692445/remembering-geocities-the-1990s-precursor-to-social-media/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GeoCities (old internet)</a> <a href="http://runescape.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RuneScape (culturally irrelevant since the death of wildy)</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Penguin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Club Penguin</a> <a href="http://paulgraham.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Graham</a> <a href="http://paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Graham – Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jackbutcher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jack Butcher</a> Please enjoy! Cheers, and here’s to your good health. Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-penguin-latte-podcast/id1527845359" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you’re feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! This episode is brought to you (and powered) by Flow State Coffee! My buddy <a href="https://penguinlatte.blog/2020/11/13/greg2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greg Frontiero</a> started a company that sells products designed to put you in that groovy sensation called Flow. His first product, Flow State Coffee, is some of the best coffee I’ve tasted. Plus, it doesn’t make you feel like you’re about to have a heart attack after drinking 6 cups of it (I’ve tried). Visit <a href="http://NOOWAVE.CO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NOOWAVE.CO</a> and enter code PAUL at checkout for 10% off.

45: Bryan Ho — How to Make the World Weird Web More Fun & Creative

 	I had a short meeting with Bryan Ho, Lead Graphic Designer at Liferay - With that role it's obvious that we're bridging the audio/visual gap again: A very visual topic in an audio only podcast. But if you're not driving while you listen to this podcast, you can click the links from the shownotes and browse through the archives.  	Apart from being the creator of the Radio Liferay Logo, Bryan is the creator of "Ray's intergalactiv adventures". You can check out this series at https://www.liferay.com/ray.  	We talked about   		The history of Ray:  He is an "old" mascot, has been around on the very old website  		Bryan started to get involved with Ray for a T-Shirt contest in 2010 and continued to draw him  		How Ray's intergalactic adventures were started (Shoutouts to Paul Hinz and Martin Yan)  		At Devcon Bryan  created a lot of variations on Ray "on demand". You can find several of them on the flickr stream from that event.  		Luckily, Bryan keeps Ray around, for example on community T-Shirts, even though the cartoon series is currently on hyades.  		And other things that the design team works on (Website, Events, improve overall visual appearance)   	Here's Ray listening to Radio Liferay:

I had a short meeting with <a href="https://www.liferay.com/web/bryan.ho" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bryan Ho</a>, Lead Graphic Designer at Liferay - With that role it's obvious that we're bridging the audio/visual gap again: A very visual topic in an audio only podcast. But if you're not driving while you listen to this podcast, you can click the links from the shownotes and browse through the archives. 	Apart from being the creator of the Radio Liferay Logo, Bryan is the creator of "Ray's intergalactiv adventures". You can check out this series at <a href="https://www.liferay.com/ray" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.liferay.com/ray</a>. 	We talked about <ul> <li> 		The history of Ray:  He is an "old" mascot, has been around on the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20040401154517/https://www.liferay.com/home/index.jsp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">very old website</a></li> <li> 		Bryan started to get involved with Ray for a T-Shirt contest in 2010 and continued to draw him</li> <li> 		How <a href="https://www.liferay.com/ray" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ray's intergalactic adventures</a> were started (Shoutouts to Paul Hinz and <a href="https://www.liferay.com/web/martin.yan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martin Yan</a>)</li> <li> 		At Devcon Bryan  created a lot of variations on Ray "on demand". You can find several of them on the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/liferay/sets/72157646508956289/page2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">flickr stream</a> from that event.</li> <li> 		Luckily, Bryan keeps Ray around, for example on community T-Shirts, even though the cartoon series is currently on hyades.</li> <li> 		And other things that the design team works on (Website, Events, improve overall visual appearance)</li> </ul> 	Here's Ray listening to Radio Liferay:

RL045 Bryan Ho on Design and Ray 