I was already an active member of LinkedIn with a well established network, but I wanted something more casual and far reaching. I searched for other designers and came up with surprisingly few results. My options for connecting with designers like me were running thin and I began to wonder what it was about social media that turns off designers.

Of course, the folks in design firms who first realize the switch is necessary are rarely the ones who write the checks. It’s usually the CAD Managers and drafters who smell the smoke first. Those poor folks are tasked with the chore of approaching the big Boss and telling her (or him in some cases) that they need to invest $5,000 per drafter for a new program.