  Chris ButlerVice PresidentMy job at Newfangled involves management of personnel, company resource utilization, strategic planning, marketing and writing- which means I don't actually spend much time at my desk. I love that.
A year after graduating with a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (FAV, '03), I began my career here as a designer and developer. Since then, I have been determined to develop our people and processes into a well-oiled machine, which probably has something to do with my robot obsession.
When not running around at Newfangled, you might find me reading, writing, drawing, thinking about the future, or just plain running around. Blog Posts| 1 |  |
...or maybe a human's progress. As of today, I've been with Newfangled for six years. The passage of time creates all kinds of illusions; sometimes it seems as if I've been here much longer, other times as if I just began... 
August 18, 2010 at 8:00 am 
Two years ago, I had just written a blog post appreciating the design and content strategy for Cadence Design Systems's website, when Tom Diederich, Community Manager at Cadence, noticed it and left a comment. From there, Tom and I connected and eventually set up an interview to get to know each other better and for me to learn what he was up to at Cadence. Just recently, Tom answered a question I asked on LinkedIn, so I thought now was a good time to check back in with him...
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It's been a few months since my last book-recommendations post, and in that time I've read a few I wanted to share. My selections include a book on writing as mapmaking, a collection of essays on the attention economy, a post-apocalyptic meditation on reality, an autobiography of my favorite founding father, and brilliant analysis of the progress of civilization. I hope there's one among them that piques your interest... 
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