{"id":623,"date":"2022-02-26T17:09:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T01:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/byrnecreative.com\/?page_id=623"},"modified":"2022-03-12T12:56:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T20:56:56","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/byrnecreative.com\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-gkt-effects=\"{&quot;reveal&quot;:{&quot;x&quot;:0,&quot;y&quot;:0,&quot;opacity&quot;:0,&quot;scale&quot;:0.9,&quot;transition&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;easing&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:0.9,&quot;delay&quot;:0}}}\" class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\" ><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/byrnecreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/me-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-624\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/byrnecreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/me-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/byrnecreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/me-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/byrnecreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/me-140x140.jpg 140w, https:\/\/byrnecreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/me-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/byrnecreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/me.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<style>\npicture {\n display: block;\n transition: transform 1.2s cubic-bezier(.14,-0.28,.5,1.32);\n}\npicture:hover {\n  transform: rotate(360deg);\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi! I&#8217;m Ben Byrne. My pronouns are <em>he\/him<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was born and raised in Edina, Minnesota, then attended college at Iowa State University, where I graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design with Honors (that means I was in the honors program) and with Distinction (which means my GPA was good). Then I went to grad school in Illinois. I dropped out of that program and moved to western Massachusetts for five years, where I was one of the first staff members at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepress.net\/\">Free Press<\/a>. I designed the organization&#8217;s logo, did various brochures, annual reports, and conference materials, and a variety of other stuff for about five years. During that phase of my life I also was a contestant on <em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire<\/em> (you can find my appearance on YouTube if you feel a need to see it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, I moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I lived for about five years and started working remotely  \u2014 first as a freelancer, then at a place called Firefly Partners, then for a company called New Signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2012, I co-founded <a href=\"http:\/\/cornershopcreative.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cornershop Creative<\/a> with two good friends\/colleagues. Since co-founding Cornershop we&#8217;ve grown from that initial team of three to about a team of thirty. While there I&#8217;ve had a lot of different responsibilities, but mostly I&#8217;ve been a designer\/developer unicorn, planning, designing and implementing websites for various nonprofit organizations. 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