It is rare in the interactive advertising industry to find not only dedication and exceptional talent but friendship.

In a field that is so often based on relationships built on opportunities and current needs there can be a sense of isolation among many of us. Communities and groups help pad our egos and network our futures – perhaps occasionally bring forward good conversation (that doesn’t start and end with “So what are you working on?”) but it is rare to make it through a month without having an interaction with a shallow character or a career driven colleague with a perspective so out of whack it can be frightening. Filling your head with thoughts of “is that how I come off?”

So at MT we appreciate friendship. Not only for easier collaboration but for the ease of honest opinion. “Should we do this on the site?” “…no…that would be stupid…but you could do this!” We love those moments. And we love those rare individuals. The ones who we can trust not only with their honesty but their true friendship.

David Blonski, friend and developer of www.dblonski.ca, Dashboard Communications and One08 (busy guy…) is one of those people. And if you are reading this – you are looking at his fine work. As he helped take a collection of design files and a few missing gaps and coded minerthought.com – among other projects we’ve done. And we hope when we get to some of our non-profit work he’ll have a hand in helping with that as well. Dave was welcomed into the MT world via its owner Todd who he worked with extensively on national brand interactive projects at Dashboard in downtown Toronto. Someone he’s worked all-nighters with, weekends with, drank with and continue to enjoy collaborating with. Good industry people breed good friends.

A little about David Blonski:
Dave has been developing online interactive work for national brands and projects professionally since 2007.
He is currently employed with an amazing team at Dashboard and has worked on such clients as: Ontario Toyota Dealers, Hellmann’s, Sunlight, Atlantic Lottery Corporation and the list goes on.
Beyond his work there Dave also continues to do freelance work ensuring quality code and due diligence in all he does.

You can learn more about David through his website and keep up to date via twitter (see the related links to the right.)

Thanks Dave

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