Eston Bond

Education

• University of Michigan

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Eston Bond’s Summary

Multifaceted web-based Design Director and web developer with extensive experience in social networking platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, social mechanics, virality and social game design. Academic experience in economics and computer science from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Extremely interested in social psychology, micro- and macroeconomic models and their parallels in virtual worlds and micropayment-based economies as well as mobile interfaces.

Creator of the viral hit Twitter RPG Spymaster, the first social game of its type on Twitter, currently the #2 most trafficked Twitter-based destination behind TwitPic, responsible for its concept and the design of both the game itself as well as its user interface. Past work includes user interface design on large-scale sites including Facebook, the Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge brands, as well as smaller "Web 2.0" venture-backed startups.

Eston Bond’s Specialties:

social networks, social media, social games, game design, in-game economics, virtual worlds, user experience, ux, user interface design, ui, php, erb, javascript, jquery, ajax, virality, viral growth, twitter, facebook, myspace, platforms, community management, multivariate testing, user testing, mobile interfaces, iphone, technical writing

Eston Bond’s Education

• University of Michigan

  BA , Economics , 2003 — 2007

  Economics studies include Experimental Economics, International Trade and Economic Thought. Final research paper was on the history of the economics of social and transit networks.
  
  Took all Computer Science prerequisites through Second Year.
  Took multiple classes in Online Media through the Communications Department and the School of Information.
  Began research in the Michigan School of Information on virality tracking and visualisation before moving to California.

  Activities and Societies:

  Co-Founder — Michigan Electronic Dance Music Association
  Managing Online Editor — The Michigan Daily

Additional Information

Eston Bond’s Websites:

• My Twitter Profile

Eston Bond’s Interests:

interactions between people, social psychology, sociology, structuralism, modernism, luxury aesthetics, social networks, design of all kinds, fashion, technology, journalism, kaizen

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