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  I’m Eric Karjaluoto (some just call me “karj”). My friend Eric Shelkie and I run an interaction design studio called smashLAB. We also make things like MakeFive, shiftCMS, undrln, and Design Can Change. My lovely wife and I have two very nice little boys.

   

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