Over at his blog, Seth Godin asks that those of us who have a copy of his book, The Dip, to share it with a friend.
I loved it so much, it's already making the rounds with my mates.
Read it, it's worth it.
I was delighted to read this post from Celine Roque at webworkerdaily.com. Just because I'm a procrastinator, doesn't mean I have a problem. Hurrah!
Apparently, when I procrastinate by working on something trivial instead, it means I'm anxious or overwhelmed about The Task I Should Do. Check.
When I procrastinate by working on the bigger projects when the smaller ones are due, I'm annoyed with the smaller task, or don’t see the point of it. Check.
If I opt for doing something recreational, apparently I need to take a break or am not in the mood to work yet. Hmmm... not sure about this one. 1/2 right because what if I never get in the mood?
Want to know what the cure is? Well, there's no magic pill but head over to webworkerdaily.com to find out. I'll be trying out her ideas... some I already do!
I found this today, the Experimental Colr Pickr - pick a colour, use the slider for tone and it will pull up images from flickr that fit the colour you've picked. Way way cool.
The Stock Repository searches images under creative commons.
If you ever wondered how I approached blog posting, this is it. Actually, it's how I approach most things! A couple of things they left out though are research' and 'incubating' (or thinking about it).
A site by Stefan Sagemeister, one of my favourite design guru types. From the site:
The idea for this site originally came out of my own list in my diary, under the very same title: Things I have learned in my life so far. Astonishingly, I have only learned twenty or so things so far.
[...]
So here I extend this same question to you:
What have you learned in your life so far? What is it that you are fairly sure about? What is it that you believe in by now?
Please do write it down beautifully. Design it digitally, photograph it, draw it, scan it and upload it. Use any media that works for you, paint, sculpture, film….
Go on, submit something! I may even myself...
This one's by Mattias Mackler
... to Niki Fisher who initially wanted to be a fashion designer because 'I would only draw women' - word. She ended up an fashion illustrator. Not sure about those heels tho...
I've spent so much time finding women designers, illustrators etc and not enough time posting, that I'm gonna send a few out in this post. So, check these ladies out, you know you want to!
Lang Leav via: Lost at E-Minor
During my recent hiatus, I've been reconsidering this blog and what I want to do with it.
I don't really like the fact that people who aren't members of Vox can't post comments. Correct me if I'm wrong, I assume this is the case as I occasionally get comments from people with no posts and no profile so I assume they just signed up to comment, then they left. I've been thinking about the redesign of my business website, a change of name, solid personal branding with the main content coming from the blog which will be on home page. I know you with blogger and others you can have your account directed to a different URL, I don't think I can do this with Vox so will probably settle on an RSS feed... or something... but then I need to run PHP so it returns search results to my site, not vox... and my host wants me to pay more for that. Rah! In short, I've been thinking of leaving.
I've also been reconsidering the focus of my blog. Increasingly I want to write more about marketing communications, social media etc as my work and moves away from graphic design (not that it was ever 'fully' about this) towards marketing. Having said that, I'll soon be blogging on my university staff blog, templatedata. I'm just waiting for IT to finalise access... I've been waiting since December so it should only take another 6 months!! I'm exaggerating... Anyhoo, I'll be doing that a bit over there but it will be focused on using these technologies within higher education. Here I want it to be more focused on the shiny shiny.
Talking about the ladies will remain as I don't think I could help myself whatever my focus is supposed to be ;-)
I'm aware too that having too many topics on my blog I could lose focus... in fact, all this thinking about it over the last few months just led me to write about nothing at all.
Ah dunno, I guess at the end of the day, I'm doing this for me and it shouldn't really matter all that much but still... any suggestions are welcome!
Working for the man, sometimes you have to design a cliche. Sometimes you have to use fonts off the rack. I know I will have gone to pot when I no longer care.
"I want a logo with people in it. I want it to be green, white and blue. Oh yeah, with a globe of the world". *Le sigh*
I designed this report for the University of Sydney from start to finish, the layout, illustrations and even some of the photography. I organised the printing (Peachy Print rock!) and pretty much had complete creative control.
I wouldn't normally enter my work in a competition where you have to pay and where the 'prize' is practically non existent but I felt this work need some peer recognition... not something I get working in house. I didn't realise I needed it until now, I've always had confidence in what I do but it's reassuring to receive it none the less.
