Greg Robleto
@robleto.bsky.social
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Greg Robleto
@robleto.bsky.social
· Nov 22
👋 Hi! I’m Greg Robleto, a 🎨 Design Director & Creative type based in Rockville, MD. Currently @ MFWM
Other interests:
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Parenting
🎆 Digital / CSS art
🎭 Musicals, Shakespeare
🚙 Fast & Furious, Marvel, Star Wars
🎾 Playing tennis
🗺️ Traveling
If you do similar work or share interests, let’s connect!
Other interests:
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Parenting
🎆 Digital / CSS art
🎭 Musicals, Shakespeare
🚙 Fast & Furious, Marvel, Star Wars
🎾 Playing tennis
🗺️ Traveling
If you do similar work or share interests, let’s connect!
Debugging is the art of staring at the code you wrote and wondering why past-you hated present-you so much.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Debugging is the art of staring at the code you wrote and wondering why past-you hated present-you so much.
Planning meetings are where great ideas go to die of overestimation.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Planning meetings are where great ideas go to die of overestimation.
”I know what I have to do, but I don't know if I have the Getty credits to do it,”
-Kylo Ren
-Kylo Ren
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
”I know what I have to do, but I don't know if I have the Getty credits to do it,”
-Kylo Ren
-Kylo Ren
Planning poker: where the numbers don’t matter, but the passionate defense of your ‘5’ vs. their ‘8’ is everything.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Planning poker: where the numbers don’t matter, but the passionate defense of your ‘5’ vs. their ‘8’ is everything.
☝️ Design tip
Rather than struggling to fit the world into your existing views, open your mind and give yourself permission to challenge your existing beliefs and understandings.
Rather than struggling to fit the world into your existing views, open your mind and give yourself permission to challenge your existing beliefs and understandings.
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
☝️ Design tip
Rather than struggling to fit the world into your existing views, open your mind and give yourself permission to challenge your existing beliefs and understandings.
Rather than struggling to fit the world into your existing views, open your mind and give yourself permission to challenge your existing beliefs and understandings.
It's hard to stay positive when a culture hits a low-morale point 📉 Stay focused on what you can control.
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It's hard to stay positive when a culture hits a low-morale point 📉 Stay focused on what you can control.
”It is a truth universally acknowledged...
a homepage in possession of too much content above the fold must be in want of a redesign.”
- Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice
a homepage in possession of too much content above the fold must be in want of a redesign.”
- Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
”It is a truth universally acknowledged...
a homepage in possession of too much content above the fold must be in want of a redesign.”
- Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice
a homepage in possession of too much content above the fold must be in want of a redesign.”
- Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice
Your path is your own. It’s hard because it’s yours and has not been blazed by others. Don’t compare yourself to others. They are not on your path.
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Your path is your own. It’s hard because it’s yours and has not been blazed by others. Don’t compare yourself to others. They are not on your path.
Planning meetings remind us that every team has an optimist, a pessimist, and someone who just really loves the number 3.
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Planning meetings remind us that every team has an optimist, a pessimist, and someone who just really loves the number 3.
☝️ Design Tip
When you get stuck on something and find the solution, write it down. Put it out there. Pay it forward.
When you get stuck on something and find the solution, write it down. Put it out there. Pay it forward.
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
☝️ Design Tip
When you get stuck on something and find the solution, write it down. Put it out there. Pay it forward.
When you get stuck on something and find the solution, write it down. Put it out there. Pay it forward.
There’s no problem so small that a Jira ticket can’t overcomplicate it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
There’s no problem so small that a Jira ticket can’t overcomplicate it.
Jira makes it easy to lose track of work in a highly organized way.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Jira makes it easy to lose track of work in a highly organized way.
“All developers are equal, but some full-stack developers are more equal than others.”
– George Orwell, Animal Farm
– George Orwell, Animal Farm
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“All developers are equal, but some full-stack developers are more equal than others.”
– George Orwell, Animal Farm
– George Orwell, Animal Farm
Remote working robbed us of the ability to impress co-workers with our knowledge of keyboard shortcuts.
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Remote working robbed us of the ability to impress co-workers with our knowledge of keyboard shortcuts.
Time with others is finite, and it’s precious.
Don’t just assume they know—tell the people who matter that they matter. ❤️
Don’t just assume they know—tell the people who matter that they matter. ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Time with others is finite, and it’s precious.
Don’t just assume they know—tell the people who matter that they matter. ❤️
Don’t just assume they know—tell the people who matter that they matter. ❤️
Having trouble making a choice?
Go for a walk 🚶
Don't come back until you've decided
You'll make a choice.
Go for a walk 🚶
Don't come back until you've decided
You'll make a choice.
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Having trouble making a choice?
Go for a walk 🚶
Don't come back until you've decided
You'll make a choice.
Go for a walk 🚶
Don't come back until you've decided
You'll make a choice.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was written in Helvetica.”
- The Bible
- The Bible
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was written in Helvetica.”
- The Bible
- The Bible
Your most valuable work each day is choosing the right problem to focus on.
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Your most valuable work each day is choosing the right problem to focus on.
A good design is like a good joke—if you have to explain it, it’s probably wasn't actually all that good.
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A good design is like a good joke—if you have to explain it, it’s probably wasn't actually all that good.
⭐️ Pro Tip
See the world. 🌍
Traveling abroad builds empathy for other cultures while making once-in-a-lifetime memories.
See the world. 🌍
Traveling abroad builds empathy for other cultures while making once-in-a-lifetime memories.
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
⭐️ Pro Tip
See the world. 🌍
Traveling abroad builds empathy for other cultures while making once-in-a-lifetime memories.
See the world. 🌍
Traveling abroad builds empathy for other cultures while making once-in-a-lifetime memories.
Confidence is you knowing what you’re doing;
Charisma is convincing everyone else.
Charisma is convincing everyone else.
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Confidence is you knowing what you’re doing;
Charisma is convincing everyone else.
Charisma is convincing everyone else.
Patience is a virtue, but good Wi-Fi makes it almost unnecessary.
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Patience is a virtue, but good Wi-Fi makes it almost unnecessary.
"Image Trace is vectorizing, vectorizing Image Trace—that is all ye know in Illustrator, and all ye need to know."
– John Keats
– John Keats
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Image Trace is vectorizing, vectorizing Image Trace—that is all ye know in Illustrator, and all ye need to know."
– John Keats
– John Keats
Creativity is just curiosity dressed in its trendiest outfit.
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Creativity is just curiosity dressed in its trendiest outfit.
⭐️ Pro Tip
Assemble your personal board of advisors—trusted folks you can lean on for life’s big calls.
And nurture those relationships before you need them.
Assemble your personal board of advisors—trusted folks you can lean on for life’s big calls.
And nurture those relationships before you need them.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
⭐️ Pro Tip
Assemble your personal board of advisors—trusted folks you can lean on for life’s big calls.
And nurture those relationships before you need them.
Assemble your personal board of advisors—trusted folks you can lean on for life’s big calls.
And nurture those relationships before you need them.