Think Simple Now. A Blog on Creativity, Productivity, and Happiness.

The Team

Tina Su | Founding Editor & Chief Happiness Officer

On a stroke of inspiration, Tina started TSN, over a weekend in late September, 2007 - with the vision of having 100 subscribers by the end of 2007, while writing about her passion for personal development, and sharing her own lessons learned. By December 2007, the site had exceeded 3000 subscribers, and took on a life of its own. Today, she is honored to be writing for 13,000+ (smart and good-looking) subscribers.

In July, 2007, Tina left her high-paying day job to focus on TSN, and other passionate projects close to her heart.

Tina’s background is in software engineering, user experience design and Internet marketing. Prior to finding her present life purpose, she was tucked away at Amazon.com for six years in various disciplines. Tina has a bachelor of Math from the University of Waterloo, in Canada (and yes, she says Eh? a lot).

She is a keen believer of “never work again“, by living a highly creative life following one’s heart, exploring one’s potential, generating value, and living one’s mission and life purpose.

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Team member since September, 2007

Jeremy Sawatzky | Creative Editor

Jeremy is the secret support system behind all the writing published on TSN. Nothing gets published unless it goes through the strict filtering system of Jeremy’s brain. He does more than fixing typos; he also gives valuable feedback for site direction and creative input.

When not working on TSN, Jeremy works as a commercial photographer and currently leads a studio of talented photographers at Amazon.com.

On an unrelated note, Jeremy thinks Tina consumes more salad and avocados than should be humanly possible.

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Team member since September, 2008

Lisa Blessinger | Social Scientist & Community Connoisseur

Lisa wears many hats and is an all around handy-woman; from helping to manage social media to keeping Tina supplied with avocados.

When she is not working on TSN, you can find her behind a camera, reading books, dancing in her living room, or researching philosophy. Future goals include owning a pickle factory, a career as a professional storyteller, and being a Roller Girl.

Tina thinks Lisa is a phenomenally talented writer, and is exceptionally creative. She hopes to share her writing with the world someday.

Team member since April, 2009

Scott H Young | Contributor & Productivity Genius

Scott is a productivity and self-improvement writer. He runs the successful blog, ScottHYoung.com, which has over 10,000 regular subscribers and over 650 articles over the last three years. Scott has been featured in Flak Magazine and the radio program Be Happy Dammit!

Scott has authored three e-books, How to Change a Habit, Learn More, Study Less, and The Little Book of Productivity. You can read more about Scott at his website, ScottHYoung.com

Scott is located in Winnipeg, Canada (and he doesn’t say Eh? nearly as much as Tina).

Team member since April, 2009

Ralph Jean-Paul | Contributor, The Public Speaker

Ralph is committed to his own personal growth and works persistently to better himself. He currently works for one of the four largest American banks, and runs a personal development public speaking business in Florida. He speaks regularly at high schools, universities, corporations and seminars. You can learn more about Ralph at his website, Potential2Success.com.

Team member since March, 2009

Tommy P. Su | Chief of Security

Being in security is a perfect fit for Tommy, because he is insecure.

Tommy pretty much stumbled into the security trade - he is scared of everything so his nervous bark is easily mistaken as that of a ferocious guard dog. Standing 1 foot 2 inches tall and weighing in at a fluffy 10 pounds, he possesses quite the intimidating demeanor.

When not at the security desk, Tommy can most certainly be found hiding under the couch.

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Team member since September, 2007

Blackie P. Sawatzky | Office Cheerleader & Foot Warmer

On Blackie’s last performance review, his peers gave him the highest marks on his ability to ‘have fun at work’. In fact, he’s not even on the payroll at TSN but he doesn’t know that because he’s busy having too much fun. Aside from his job duties, he also acts as the public foot warmer, under office desks for our editors.

Like Tina, Blackie is made in China. He was found on a street corner in Beijing, selling umbrellas for extra cash. He immigrated to America late last year and settled in Seattle, where the job market is (ironically) flooded with umbrellas salesman.

When he grows up, he hopes to open a new umbrella stand next to Lisa’s pickle factory. His favorite color is black. His second favorite color is white.

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Team member since October, 2008