Joining 5 Lines Creative
It was just an ordinary day, browsing all the Forrst posts by their great users. Oddly enough I found a post from someone who was looking to make a collab group over the internet. Our main job would be to provide affordable, high-quality web based work as a team. We would be internationally based around the globe. If you were to look around the net for similar groups, most are in-house, meaning all members are location based, but as you can tell this wouldn’t be the case.
When I sent in an email describing my skills, I found myself in a lush environment of people who are highly talented. Even though we are a three man team (at the moment) we found ourselves working together from the start very smoothly. We each have a specific job in our collaboration. Eric, in Switzerland, is our CEO and co-founder and has some of the best Photoshop skills I’ve seen. Tom, in England, is the COO and other co-founder, and is a very talented developer who can learn at an instant, whether it be a new language or a new process. My job, currently, is a front-end developer. Right now I also do some back-end work pertaining to WordPress and some PHP. In the mean time we are little down for a couple of reasons; I am nearing the end of my basketball season, and we are looking for back-end only developer.
So the name, ’5 Lines’, kind of odd, no? Well it was interesting name that I thought of for a while for a group that I wanted start. Sadly enough that idea was lost in the cloud of thought. One day, while chatting with the group of then five people, someone mentioned the name ‘Le Pixel’, which is the name for one of our themes. No one really thought that came off the tongue well. So I suggested the name ’5 Lines’. The number 5 representing (at the start) the five members of the group. The ‘Lines’ part representing lines of code. Everyone agreed on this one because it made more sense, was short and easier to remember. The ‘Creative’ part was added later to extend the name for special purposes, like our Twitter account. As a team we have overcome some start-up challenges, like registering our business as an LTD, and sorting through bank and legalities. We are just about close to professional as you can get.
As I embark on the great journey ahead, I hope to have the best experience possible at 5 Lines. I close this post out, formally announcing 5 Lines Creative open for business! Happy Reading!