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    smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,559
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    SHZASHZA St. Louis, MO USA Posts: 3,212
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    fgalpernfgalpern Posts: 208
    Great thread! Fun to learn about everyone's backgrounds.

    I run a small video game developer/publisher called PuzzleNation. We mostly make traditional puzzles in digital form - crosswords, word search and sudoku. Not super sexy, but it is lucrative for our parent company, Three Across, owned by the folks who own Penny Press and Dell Magazines. I do everything except write code - manage the team, design the apps, create all artwork and run our marketing. Our app Daily POP Crosswords features a different theme every day, Tuesdays are our Music themed puzzle day. If you like the app, shoot me a private message and I'll hook you up with some free coins. :)

    I also spend a considerable amount of time writing, recording and performing live in a band called Plug. You can learn more about us at plugpvd.com. Relevant to interests here, the late, great Shawn Smith contributed vocals to a song on our recently released EP, Block Out The Sun. You can hear it on Spotify, Apple Music and streaming services by going here.

    I also teach Photoshop, game art and animation at a few different local colleges, including RiSD, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and Bristol Community College.
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    PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,778
    fgalpern said:
    Great thread! Fun to learn about everyone's backgrounds.

    I run a small video game developer/publisher called PuzzleNation. We mostly make traditional puzzles in digital form - crosswords, word search and sudoku. Not super sexy, but it is lucrative for our parent company, Three Across, owned by the folks who own Penny Press and Dell Magazines. I do everything except write code - manage the team, design the apps, create all artwork and run our marketing. Our app Daily POP Crosswords features a different theme every day, Tuesdays are our Music themed puzzle day. If you like the app, shoot me a private message and I'll hook you up with some free coins. :)

    I also spend a considerable amount of time writing, recording and performing live in a band called Plug. You can learn more about us at plugpvd.com. Relevant to interests here, the late, great Shawn Smith contributed vocals to a song on our recently released EP, Block Out The Sun. You can hear it on Spotify, Apple Music and streaming services by going here.

    I also teach Photoshop, game art and animation at a few different local colleges, including RiSD, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and Bristol Community College.
    I LOVE puzzles.  Never done them online though. I actually really love jigsaw puzzles but my Pumpkin (kittycat) would never allow it.  I'd have to move it into a locked closet every night, lol.  I'll check out your stuff.
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    jmug23jmug23 Posts: 778
    Firefighter / Paramedic in SoCal  and also own a surf apparel company called Rise Up Clothing. Check us out on IG. Riseupclothingcompany :)
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    wwsuicidewwsuicide Posts: 1,307
    I own a bar, restaurant and live entertainment venue about 40 minutes outside of Chicago.  We have this in about 2 weeks if anyone is in the area.  I would love to meet you! 
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    given2fly23given2fly23 Evanston, IL Posts: 5,882
    wwsuicide said:
    I own a bar, restaurant and live entertainment venue about 40 minutes outside of Chicago.  We have this in about 2 weeks if anyone is in the area.  I would love to meet you! 
    Which suburb?
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,757
    PureandEasy said:
    fgalpern said:
    Great thread! Fun to learn about everyone's backgrounds.

    I run a small video game developer/publisher called PuzzleNation. We mostly make traditional puzzles in digital form - crosswords, word search and sudoku. Not super sexy, but it is lucrative for our parent company, Three Across, owned by the folks who own Penny Press and Dell Magazines. I do everything except write code - manage the team, design the apps, create all artwork and run our marketing. Our app Daily POP Crosswords features a different theme every day, Tuesdays are our Music themed puzzle day. If you like the app, shoot me a private message and I'll hook you up with some free coins. :)

    I also spend a considerable amount of time writing, recording and performing live in a band called Plug. You can learn more about us at plugpvd.com. Relevant to interests here, the late, great Shawn Smith contributed vocals to a song on our recently released EP, Block Out The Sun. You can hear it on Spotify, Apple Music and streaming services by going here.

    I also teach Photoshop, game art and animation at a few different local colleges, including RiSD, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and Bristol Community College.
    I LOVE puzzles.  Never done them online though. I actually really love jigsaw puzzles but my Pumpkin (kittycat) would never allow it.  I'd have to move it into a locked closet every night, lol.  I'll check out your stuff.
    I'm a jigsaw puzzle junkie.  I have to seep them out in the garage with the books so I won't be tempted to sit around all day and work puzzles.  They are fun though and especially in the winter when more cooped up anyway. 
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,757
    jmug23 said:
    Firefighter / Paramedic in SoCal  and also own a surf apparel company called Rise Up Clothing. Check us out on IG. Riseupclothingcompany :)
    Much respect for firefighter/ paramedics.  Thank you!
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    darwinstheorydarwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 5,794
    wwsuicide said:
    I own a bar, restaurant and live entertainment venue about 40 minutes outside of Chicago.  We have this in about 2 weeks if anyone is in the area.  I would love to meet you! 
    Hobart? Hey neighbor! I've seen some folks from Warsaw, South Bend, Valpo and Highland 
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    imca43 said:
    Syracuse, NY. Death Claims Analyst by day. Racecar/Sign vinyl graphics and new racecar parts by night. Why two jobs? Cause after 22 years of being a cubicle office rotting shlub, i decided enough is enough. I want a job that i love, or atleast have interest in. So i startws my own business. We have grand plans but execution is killer. We have the vision to make them happen its just the funding to make it a reality is not likely. So at age 42 i'll keep plugging away at it and see how close i can get before my number is called.

    Live 20 miles north of Syracuse.  I'm a CPA and currently work as part time CFO for smaller companies that don't need me 40 hours a week. I actually work with start ups a lot. Some are people with great ideas and a dream, and others are just dreamers.  Right now I'm accumulating F.U. money....  
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    wwsuicidewwsuicide Posts: 1,307
    given2fly23 said:
    wwsuicide said:
    I own a bar, restaurant and live entertainment venue about 40 minutes outside of Chicago.  We have this in about 2 weeks if anyone is in the area.  I would love to meet you! 
    Which suburb?
    Just across the border.  Hobart, IN
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    wwsuicidewwsuicide Posts: 1,307
    darwinstheory said:
    wwsuicide said:
    I own a bar, restaurant and live entertainment venue about 40 minutes outside of Chicago.  We have this in about 2 weeks if anyone is in the area.  I would love to meet you! 
    Hobart? Hey neighbor! I've seen some folks from Warsaw, South Bend, Valpo and Highland 
    Yes!  Hobart!  Hoping to meet some great people from the forum this night!
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    fgdanzifgdanzi Posts: 136
    wwsuicide said:
    darwinstheory said:
    wwsuicide said:
    I own a bar, restaurant and live entertainment venue about 40 minutes outside of Chicago.  We have this in about 2 weeks if anyone is in the area.  I would love to meet you! 
    Hobart? Hey neighbor! I've seen some folks from Warsaw, South Bend, Valpo and Highland 
    Yes!  Hobart!  Hoping to meet some great people from the forum this night!
    Very cool venue! My son's band, Fayde, has actually played at your place a number of times recently. 
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