Wesley ter Haar
Co-founder of MediaMonks
14 years of digital production experience, a fan of tight deadlines and a giver of spectacular high-fives. Wesley is currently Head of Operations, making him a lifeline for deadlines and the project-manager of project-managers across three continents. He spends his occasional and ephemeral free time on Judging Panels, or cultivating his beard.
10 questions for Wesley ter Haar:
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What did you do before becoming a designer/developer?
I did a short and very unsuccessful stint studying communications, before dropping-out and becoming ridiculously enamoured with the world wide web.
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Where do you turn for inspiration?
No single source, i tend to think inspiration is just a way things you’ve taken in reconnect in weird and wonderful ways when working. It’s a decent excuse to consume both high-brow and very, very, very low brow culture and content.
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Which are your favorite studios, designers or agencies?
I love what 84.Paris have been doing, and a lot of the french digital aesthetic in general. Silky.
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Who do you side with: Team Mac or Team PC?
i’m bi-curious.
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Is your city a good place for designers?
I’d say Amsterdam wears it’s skinny jeans with the best of them.
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Which technologies are you excited about?
PRISM
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How many hours do you work each week?
As many as i can possible muster.
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Do you listen to music while you work? Describe your playlist.
Always, my Spotify tends to get stuck on hip-hop, but when the going gets though I reach for the crunch time playlist
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What is your favorite book?
i’ll opt for Cloud Atlas for the time being.
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What is your favorite sport?
I’m going with football, although it’s become a spectator sport.
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Tell us your funniest anecdote related to your work
I used to find it endlessly amusing to take a screenshot of someones site, mess with it in photoshop and send it through as a bug report. I recommend it highly.
