His distressed denim and v-neck sweater showed signs of a seasoned, yet relaxed designer. The bizarre weather in Houston tends to make or break people, but Simon Reynolds has been made. After days of trying to get on his schedule to talk, we stole a few minutes to talk with the man behind the designs, the man who walked away with WBL’s highly coveted honor.
On the afternoon of December 17th, our chance came to sit down with Simon Reynolds, Whiteboard Labs’ 2008 Employee of the Year. Our internal interviewer (with an impeccable journalistic integrity) gave Reynolds some hard-hitting questions.
Simon Reynolds, illustrated by Simon Reynolds.
Chris Pitre: In your interpretation, what do you do at Whiteboard Labs?
Simon Reynolds: Play a lot of games. (lol)…No, just kidding. That’s a good question. I do all client-side design, as well as design and implementation support for some of WBL’s product lines.
CP: Why design? What made you go down this path?
SR: I wasn’t smart enough to be a doctor. (lol) I was always attracted to the arts as a child. I wanted to pursue a career in a field that would lend itself to it. My first job was at a silk screen printer, and I got exposed to the design world a lot there. To this day, I still get really excited about projects that I get to work on.
CP: If you could be any part of a keyboard, which part would you be and why?
SR: The <Delete> key. That way, I could just delete anything I didn’t like. If in a meeting, someone says something I don’t like, just hit <Delete>!
CP: If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you?
SR: Jack Black!
CP: If it rained music, what would grow?
SR: Hmmmmmm…giant JCM 800 trees! (JCM 800 is a brand name of an amp)
CP: You play in a band, Trian Woodburns. How is that going?
SR: Good. Very good! We are playing in Austin on Friday.
CP: If you were a superhero, what would you want your powers to be?
SR: Time-travel!
CP: What would you add to the water supply to improve humans?
SR: Patience.
CP: What’s one thought that you had today (or this week) that if implemented would change the world?
SR: Free cable tv! It has advertising on it! What’s the incentive of paying $100+ bucks a month to have to sit through advertising?!
CP: What is the one question that you were afraid that I would ask but didn’t? What is the answer to that question?
SR: Do I sometimes wear Jamie’s (girlfriend) dresses? And <pause>…no. (lol)
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I haven’t met Simon yet, but for some reason I’m imagining him with a British accent (and in fact British). Please tell me if I am wrong.
Your are correct, Simon is in fact British. No real accent though.