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In our <\/em>12 Questions<\/em><\/strong> blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community \u2013 in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly \u2013 activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we\u2019ll take notice.<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019re very proud to feature Troy Tessalone (crowdSPRING username: TroyTess<\/a>) today.Troy lives and works in Redondo Beach, CA.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1. Please tell us about yourself.<\/strong>
\nHello world!\u00a0 Troy Tessalone here.\u00a0 I\u2019m a creative who participates in Writing projects on crowdSPRING, or in other words I primarily name stuff.\u00a0 As a 24 year old, I\u2019m nearing my quarter century age crisis.\u00a0 I was born and raised in the South Bay area of Southern California, which is also where I currently live and work.\u00a0 The South Bay is a group of beach cities about 30 minutes to an hour (depending on traffic) southwest of downtown Los Angeles.\u00a0 In May 2008, I earned my B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from the University of Southern California (USC), where I also took some Information Technology courses like how to build a website.\u00a0 Needless to say, I\u2019m a USC Trojan, tried and true.\u00a0 By day, I work for an online advertising company, where I\u2019m a Web Production Analyst.\u00a0 That\u2019s geek speak for saying I work on the technical side of the business interfacing with systems and dealing with a lot of data.\u00a0 I consider myself a social media junkie and someone who keeps up with technology.\u00a0 I\u2019d rather be busy than bored, so I\u2019m always looking for ways to be immersed in the world around me and enjoy what life has to offer.\u00a0 I believe everyone is a product of their environment and I\u2019m certainly no exception.\u00a0 \u201cStay Hungry. Stay Foolish.\u201d is the motto I live my life by.\u00a0 I came across that quote while reading the graduation speech Steve Jobs gave at Stanford in 2005.\u00a0 That quote immediately struck a cord with me and I\u2019ve strived to live my life based upon it ever since.<\/p>\n

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2. How did you become interested in writing?<\/strong>
\nI became interested in writing by accident.\u00a0 It\u2019s funny seeing that I don\u2019t regard myself as a writer, more of an editor.\u00a0 Writing was not my forte growing up, but for whatever reason, I had no problem editing the work of my classmates.\u00a0 I basically reverse-engineered the development of my writing from an editor\u2019s perspective by applying the various styles of the work I would critique into my own.\u00a0 However, I was still searching for a true creative outlet.\u00a0 In my free time after college, I stumbled into naming thanks to the crowdsourcing movement spurred by the Internet.\u00a0 Soon thereafter, I was hooked on phonics, I mean naming and took it up as a hobby.\u00a0 Prior to discovering crowdSPRING, I was heavily involved in a former site called NameThis.com, where I found a good deal of success.\u00a0 Looking back, I seemed to consistently do well on vocabulary tests during my school years, so perhaps that\u2019s where it all took root.\u00a0 My affinity for naming also stems from my interest in the role that marketing and advertising plays on our society.\u00a0 Nowadays I\u2019d deem myself a no-name namer with a knack for word play.<\/p>\n

3. Who\/what are some of the biggest influences on your writing?<\/strong>
\nWithout a doubt, my Dad is the biggest influence on my writing and overall creative mindset.\u00a0 Growing up, not only did he edit all my papers, but he always challenged me to see if there was an alternative way or a more concise way to say what I was trying to communicate without losing meaning.\u00a0 I\u2019d say all that brainwashing paid off.\u00a0 Also, the world in general is a springboard for inspiration, as I\u2019m regularly on the lookout for ideas to borrow.\u00a0 I habitually take notes of new words I come across or words that catch my attention to build up the spectrum of knowledge in my cranium.<\/p>\n

4. Please tell us about your favorite projects.<\/strong>
\nMy favorites projects have been those that fully utilized the crowdSPRING platform to facilitate the creative naming process.\u00a0 From a creative\u2019s standpoint, this occurs when the project creators are active in rating entries and providing feedback.\u00a0 In doing so, it creates this back and forth flow of creativity with true results.\u00a0 Creatives know they were able to make meaningful contributions and the project creators receive more entries that are qualified.\u00a0 Personally, I try to get to the essence of what the project creator is seeking and connect the dots for them.\u00a0 Often my favorite submissions for a particular project are not what the project creator ultimately likes, but it\u2019s about giving the client worthwhile choices.\u00a0 The way I see it, crowdSPRING is really a catalyst for helping others and I\u2019m glad to be a part of that.\u00a0 Moreover, I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to have some past projects lead to opportunities outside of crowdSPRING.<\/p>\n

5. What types of writing interest you the most?<\/strong>
\nI welcome the challenge to be creative within constraints, much like the projects on crowdSPRING pose.\u00a0 I focus nearly all of my creative energy dreaming up names, domains and taglines.\u00a0 I will say it\u2019s easy to come up with a good name, but it takes more magic to find a good name with a corresponding available domain.\u00a0 Taking it a step further, I try to employ various techniques such as alliteration and acronyms or jingles and rhymes.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know why, but I get a thrill from working with fewer words.\u00a0 As well, I must admit that I take delight in dabbling with poetry for the reason that it allows me to express a concept in a fuller form surrounded by structure.\u00a0 When word choice matters, that\u2019s what I\u2019m all about.<\/p>\n

6. Did you enjoy writing in school?<\/strong>
\nFrankly, no.\u00a0 I had more fun coming up with clever titles for my papers than crafting their contents.\u00a0 I always felt like I could convey more about an assignment via a short conversation about the matter than I could cram into a paper I spent hunched over for hours concocting.\u00a0 Same goes for me even answering these interview questions, but I\u2019m happy to oblige.\u00a0 I felt the majority of academic writing was too restricting for the styles of writing that I favored.\u00a0 Though, I would still consider myself an above average writer.\u00a0 The writing process was never natural and quite laborious for me.\u00a0 That\u2019s because I place too much emphasis into trying to write each sentence the best it can be written the first time around instead of just letting my stream of consciousness flow and then editing later.\u00a0 Over the years I\u2019ve improved upon this.\u00a0 Hence, why I g\"\"<\/a>ravitate more towards creating names, taglines, etcetera, which tend to be the norm in advertising and marketing.<\/p>\n

7. What kind of on-line resources do you use?<\/strong>
\nMy repertoire consists of 5 free services.\u00a0 RhymeZone.com for, well, rhymes, but overall this is my favorite tool because it\u2019s the most comprehensive for my naming purposes.\u00a0 TheFreeDictionary.com for looking up idioms, phrases and acronyms.\u00a0 MoreWords.com for finding words that start with, end with or contain certain letters.\u00a0 Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com for more in-depth word research.\u00a0 And lastly, Domize.com for domain discovery, which I would urge others to try.\u00a0 I rely on these resources to spark my creativity.<\/p>\n

8. How do you promote your work?<\/strong>
\nBesides participating in sites like crowdSPRING, I don\u2019t promote my work.\u00a0 I\u2019ve definitely contemplated and realize I should make a proactive effort toward promoting myself, but that remains on my to do list.\u00a0 About the only promoting of my work that I do is a little word-of-mouth here and there.<\/p>\n

9. Please describe your typical work day.<\/strong>
\nI spend my typical workday in front of a computer at work from 9AM to 5PM, because the bulk of the work I do is online.\u00a0 It\u2019s great though as I\u2019m connected to social media at all times, can access any news and sports that interest me and am able to listen to music all day, which is definitely not a drab work environment.\u00a0 That means my participation in crowdSPRING is reserved for weeknights and weekends when I have the time.<\/p>\n

10. What is your favorite book?<\/strong>
\nWhere\u2019s Waldo because it was the easiest to read.\u00a0 All kidding aside, I can\u2019t say that I have a true favorite book.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong, I do enjoy reading and have read my fair share of books.\u00a0 I found a great deal of interest in The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss and would highly recommend it.\u00a0 Most of the reading I do nowadays is either online or on my iPhone.\u00a0 I\u2019d consider a blog like Mashable.com to be my information bible.\u00a0 Plus, sites such as FastCompany.com, Inc.com, Wired.com and the Silicon Alley Insider blog from BusinessInsider.com are all sites I frequent on a daily basis for reading material.\u00a0 One of my favorite offline publications is GOOD Magazine, which is a phenomenal source of real, relevant and rousing writing.<\/p>\n

11. If you were to choose a different career, what would you be doing?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m happy with my current career, but hypothetically I\u2019d have to say an entrepreneur.\u00a0 Tons of ideas are swirling around in my head, one of which has to be impactful enough to benefit the world somehow.\u00a0 Eventually I will get serious, take the risk and pursue one of them.\u00a0 I\u2019d also entertain the idea of launching a career in advertising or marketing on the conceptual side.\u00a0 My dream job though would be as a voice actor\/artist, the ones that do voiceovers for commercials, movies trailers, and radio spots.\u00a0 I find it fascinating that these great voices have such a widespread reach on our daily lives, but we never really know the names, let alone the people, behind them.\u00a0 However, I\u2019m nowhere near qualified for such a profession unless my voice magically changes, but puberty already came and passed.<\/p>\n

12. What do you do with your free time?<\/strong>
\nNothing beats a day at my second home: the beach.\u00a0 Whether that be cruising on a bike ride, playing beach volleyball, catching waves out in the water, watching the sunset or even building sandcastles.\u00a0 I\u2019m lucky to be able to live the laid-back beach lifestyle and I wouldn\u2019t trade it for anything.\u00a0 Beyond the beach, I like to partake in nighttime revelry with my peers.\u00a0 Other than that, I\u2019m a lifelong learner who aims to constantly become a better person.\u00a0 Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n

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Thanks Troy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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