Jobs: Vladimir Gritsenko, service founder Tittygram

What do you do in your work?

I am the creator and head of service Tittygram. I am 30 years old. I live in Ulyanovsk. Married, two children.

Now I run a startup, that is necessary to deal with absolutely everything: marketing, design, development of infrastructure, management team, business development and so on.

Prior to that, more than 10 years of experience in X-Cart, which went from being a programmer and project manager to head of department of system integration and CIO / CISO. These were the glory days, but it's time to move on.

What is your occupation?

I, strangely enough, a physicist. In the military card and reads: "Education - a physicist-driver." This is doubly funny because I do not have and have never had a driver's license. :)

I became a physicist, graduating in 2006 Ulyanovsk State University, majoring in "Solid State Physics". Since then, as a passed diploma, science, unfortunately, was not engaged. In Ulyanovsk, do not have the conditions, and the "soft body" engaged in enjoyable. :) But I try to keep abreast of important scientific discoveries and trends. This greatly strengthens my faith in humanity.

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Strengths: responsibility, result-oriented, broad project vision and innate laziness. Recently formed in me a burning desire to systematize and automate everything. So you can be lazy, while remaining responsible.

I dream of a device that reads the thoughts to quite lazy.

Of the weak - all the same laziness (the system still need to build), humility, fear of public speaking (typical introvert).

How does your workplace?

Since the launch of Tittygram (27 March 2015), the team has grown from two to 11 people. Even despite the fact that some people working remotely, in our current room space is not enough. So now we move to larger premises, that all it was convenient. I consider it important that all employees are aware of the development of all areas of start-ups and help in this.

My main working tool - MacBook Pro 13 "2014 (Retina). Before there were laptops and desktops on Windows. For their work, 90% of which is held in a browser in Windows pros do not see. But there are downsides: strange approach to scaling, no sane and multidesktopnosti DOS-console.

Speaking of hardware evil side... Working CIO in X-Cart, I happened to pick up a laptop model that would suit just 50 employees. All that was on Windows, it is much less pleasant than on Macs. Therefore, Mac - great for work if you do not make compromises.

At home I have a desktop on Windows for CS: GO, and Thermaltake Meka G-Unit and Zowie FK1. In other games I have not played.

I have a great phone - LG G Flex. On it I carry out up to 30% of the work. Big screen - it's very convenient. Due to the curved shape, the device is better in the hand. Even with a very active use of the evening remains 30-50% of the battery. (All iPhones and Androids are small at this time, "sit down.") In order not to take the phone every time I set up different sounds push-notifications for different applications. It is very convenient, all advise. In order to use a personal email and phone reader, and as a tablet. With both of these Flex functions to cope perfectly well.

I like music very much. In this case the sole criterion of good music for me - goosebumps. Here are some great bands of different styles that I like: Cynic, Atheist, Cage The Elephant, Richard Cheese, Die Antwoord, Buena Vista Social Club, «Triagrutrika», King Crimson, Avishai Cohen Trio, «Kilogram», Kiesza, Chase Long Beach, Dub FX.

Listening to music for the soul, empathize, therefore, for it is not appropriate either to music do not listen or do not work. The music I listen to at work, only if you want to do something for a long time and unseparated. For example, to make the concept of features, or prepare an offer. In my opinion, for the music must meet the following criteria:

• not detract (minus vocal);
• be rhythmically monochromatic (minus almost all instrumental);
• NOT to be loved.

For myself, I chose Goa-Psy TranceBut fit other styles of electronic music.

To listen to using this system:

• Phone, laptop or player Cowon D2 - sound sources.
• FiiO E17 Alpen - DAC plus portable amplifier. It connects via USB to the source.
• Fischer Audio DBA-02 mkII - reinforcing good headphones.

I am inspired by music and heroic deeds.

Among other devices always wear Xiaomi Mi Band. This is a great fitness tracker with charging for a month. Of the main features: tracking activity (jogging, walking), sleep tracking, vibrobudilniki and call confirmation is also vibration.

Like Wi-Fi-router at home using Apple Time Capsule. Time Machine is a fun feature, but excessive to me, because everything in the cloud. The signal at three. Customization for three and a minus.

If we talk about the software, the international startup with remote employees and partners a variety of logical use cloud products and services. Here is my application for the job.

• Google Apps for Work: The Gmail, "Calendar", "Disk Drive», SSO (OS X, Android) - is the basic infrastructure for the job. All these services are used solely in the browser and mobile applications. Third-party appam not trust.
• Chrome (OS X, Android) - the only browser used. Safari did not catch on as the Chrome I have since the days of Windows bunch of useful extensions to be searched at the Safari engage laziness.
• 1Password (OS X, Android) - storage of passwords, credit cards, documents. Expensive, but stable software. You can buy a family license (this is more economical). The main advantages: multi-platform, the Chrome extension and the convenience of everyday use. Before that tried KeePass - did not like.
• evernote Plus (OS X, Android) - the main case management tool. As planned Evernote - it is a repository of information, not an organizer. but there recommendations set setup, you can follow to get a great organizer in the GTD-style. The GTD, by the way, excellent technique, especially if the idea of ​​the work do not leave even on vacation. This technique involves a single inbox for all cases, I set IFTTT-rule to save important messages, tweets and favorites new developments in «Google Calendar." Evernote for Android to have a great widget to quickly add things.
• Trello(Android) - control of team affairs. Here, too, there is GTD-elements. For example, according to ficham plan we use a separate board with GTD-like-prioritization, which can be seen by looking at what and when will be done. For the current progress of a separate board with a breakdown of the life cycle of the task, but it is a tool of our technical director. A similar scheme introduced by the marketing, design, and HR-Taxco.
• Pocket(Android, an extension for Chrome) - a list of Read It Later. I read mostly from the phone, but adds everywhere.
• Slack(OS X, Android) - our main messenger and instrument of interaction between employees. Very handy IRC-like-medium with a bunch of integrations with third-party service that glues together all communication and allows you to search the database of all messages. This is a case where the description is not enough - you need to try to assess the power.
• Tasker (Android) - profiler. For example, come to work, the sound decreases, and the PIN-code is disabled. Conveniently.

What is in your bag?

In Tittygram many employees walking around with backpacks, I among them. I do not like it when your hands are busy. About a year ago I spent dozens of hours, choosing a backpack. "Wandering" led me to an unknown Chinese brand Maleroads.

Year backpack made me use their brand Ambassador: now I advise everyone to this particular backpack: a little of what it really comfortable, so a year use it is not broke anything! If you are looking for a reliable EDC-backpack with the department for nouta, look no further. It costs a modest $ 50.

The backpack constantly:

• laptop with charging;
• the passport;
• Sunglasses;
• audiodevaysy;
• keys;
• wallet and other small items.

On top of this you can buy polmagazina and shove it all in a backpack - plenty of space.

How do you organize your time?

As I have already mentioned, using the procedure of Getting Things Done (GTD). It is based on concepts such as inbox, daily / weekly review, prioritization (today, tomorrow, this week, this month, someday, standby), and contexts "where-what-who."

If you want to delegate the whole project, I create a task in Trello at the stage parse inbox. If in my project need to pass only one of the points, while delegating tasks move the project to the standby status and set reminders to not forget about it. As a result, I am sure that all of my tasks will be done without having to remember them.

For the organization of meetings and phone calls I use «Google Calendaring."

What's your daily routine?

I love to sleep, and I think those who do not like, weird. Therefore, if you can, come to work 11 hours. If there is a meeting or before any calls you need to keep her son in the garden, I come before. Usually I am leaving half past seven and refined home. I go to about an hour or two at night.

I do not have some of the most productive part of the day. The most productive I have headphones, and when no distractions. The only exception - after a hearty lunch. Here I try never to take up reading something else, as is likely to fall asleep. :)

What's your hobby?

I have several hobbies, which I occasionally go back, but with time Tittygram them almost does not remain.

My hobbies:

• Research of new music. Those who think in terms of styles and do not understand me, but there is good music in any genre. Here, as in the gold miners: samorodochek will find and rejoice until he heard.
• Collecting and sharpening knives. For a long time doing it. "Attacks" usually fall.
• CS: GO. I have been playing games since 1995. But the longest I spiers in Quake 3 (two years). And now - in the "Contra" (also a couple of years). Other genres of games and I do not grasp.

What place sport occupies in your life?

In my life I was engaged in a variety of sports. At school, it was judo and sport shooting. Later I went to the rocking chair, playing with friends in football and went on velopokatushki.

What made me reconsider the attitude to sport, it happened in the summer of 2013. In yet another totally unnecessary arm wrestling match, I broke my arm and was sick all summer. Previous sports experience also brought fractures, dislocations and sprains, giving tangible results. So now I appreciate the sport in the first place in terms of traumatic (or rather, the risk of injury): hiking and eSports - my choice. :)

About weight. In May 2014 I weighed about 110 kg with height 183 cm, now - about 90 kg. The purpose - about 80 kg. It should be noted that no physical activity did not give me at least some the result of weight loss, including regular cardio (about three hours a week for a year).

Nevertheless, I have a great life hacking for office pow: the only safe way to lose weight - do not eat. Try it, and after half an hour when you will bring your stomach, remember that a person can live without food for two weeks, and suffer further. :) After about a week you get used to the feeling of hunger, and a month later change your eating habits.

I am happy when my kids smile.

Layfhakerstvo from Vladimir Gritsenko

My favourite author - Neal Stephenson. This guy knows computer technology deep enough, history, literature and so much more, making it the product of a very interesting and exciting. Really, in the same cycle, he can talk about since the Second World kriptovoyny and intrigue at the court of Louis XIV, the life of Isaac Newton and pirate adventures, Van Eck phreaking and medieval plague.

The peculiarity of the author's style: he had a long harness, preparing the reader for the further development of the plot. The rule of "Do not like the first 10 pages - do not read" in this case does not work. Well, I did not know it when I first opened the book Stevenson.

I advise to start with "Cryptonomicon"And to continue the" Baroque Cycle. " Very interesting.

What is your life motto?

Never seen a man who told me about his life credo, if he was not asked about it. However, I fully support the popular comedian Jim Jeffries, who formulated the credo, advice like this: "Try not to be a jerk» (Try not to be a cunt). Great farewell, right?