Greg Leuch
Greg Leuch is a user interface designer, developer, and hacker. Former Senior Designer at Buzzfeed. Former Director of R&D at Rocketboom & Know Your Meme. FAT Lab virtual fellow, JESS3, and more. New York City, New York. Passionate about design, web, technology, and art.
Portfolio: gleuch.com
Twitter: @gleuch
Github: gleuch
looking at a bowl of soup
INVISIBLE SPOON! …as he holds his invisible phone in his left hand.
This is Moscow, Russia on February 4th, 2012. That date is today.
These are the people protesting the clearly rigged election, resulting in the victory of Vladimir Putin.
This is one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait to see it here
They faced temperatures well below freezing and massed anyway.
Not even the elements will chill humanity’s hearth.
I paid a dollar for you all to really see this.
Like/reblog it if you noticed it because it was highlighted, or if u jelly.
It is time to explore again. Even though I am just shy of reaching my 14 month date at BuzzFeed, I am leaving my position as Senior Designer.
In light of all the great achievements BuzzFeed has gained recently, from its growing traffic (~6MM to ~25MM in 14 mo), recent high-profile hires for editorial verticals (~25 people to ~80), and a nice round of funding ($15.5M), I have been struggling to maintain my focus as someone who enjoys making and trying new things.
This was not an easy decision, as it is quite difficult to walk away when the combined efforts of those around me have helped achieved a large level of success for something quirky and powerful. However, something was amiss for me, and I realized I am not satistifed. As a friend quipped, my reasons for leaving are true to myself and my needs, as I am not sacrificing for the hype (in a respectable sense of the word).
Regardless of my reasons, working at BuzzFeed was a great time, and I was fortunate to work with a great design and development team. I am truly excited for the new features, products, and editorial that will be coming out over the next few months across many platforms and partners. (PS: they’re hiring!)
To answer your immediate question, I will be spending the next few weeks working on a few fun projects as I prepare for a temporary move to China at the end of March. While I am in China, I plan on spending more time focusing on projects that are interesting to me, with every intention of releasing a few of them soon. I will also be spending time learning more, whether it be iPhone development, Mandarin, or whatever else strikes my curiosity. And with more free time, I will be hosting oHours on Tuesdays and Thursdays for anyone that wants help or advise on design, tech, or art.
(Photo credit: Jiashan Wu)
I’m putting “all-round viral heavyweight” on my resume, next to “web boffin”.
Things people say. A “Shit People Say…” search engine, with 650+ documented videos! http://hasanyonesaidthisshit.com/
Ah, Chinese. Saw this and Facebook and had to post it. This is even worse in Chongqing, where “shi” is indistinguishable from “si.” (h/t John Fang)
Senator Janet Howell, Baddass Bitch of the Day
To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached an amendment that would require men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before obtaining a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication.
“We need some gender equity here,” she told HuffPost. “The Virginia senate is about to pass a bill that will require a woman to have totally unnecessary medical procedure at their cost and inconvenience. If we’re going to do that to women, why not do that to men?”
Magnificent.
Escape. NYC. (Taken with instagram)
Thank you Weather.com, your nearby weather tweets section, and @baycityjack for making my morning routine uncomfortably awkward today.
