Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Tomorrow marks the end of my first semester of grad school.
One more project to finish. It’s been a lot of work (this week especially), but has been a great time. There will be a revamp of this site to include all of the work that I’ve done. At this point I’d consider this blog a failed experiment. Despite the best of intentions, time must be devoted to more pressing matters.
Now back to the virtual grad student.
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
After reading this post on iLounge I’m thinking I might finally buy a full-fledged iPod.
That’s right my friends, I’ve never owned a real iPod. I have a first generation shuffle that rarely gets used (lack of a screen sucks), and Gretchen has a 5th generation that I’ve watched videos on when we travel. But I, both a designer and an Apple nerd, do not own a magic music box with a screen (aside from the laptops).
Hopefully, tomorrow will bring this era to an end. My money is on a touch iPod with some level of wireless capability. I’m not betting on full internet or anything, but maybe wireless syncing, or some other sort of wireless trickery.
School continues to go well, and I continue to horde my projects and not put them on the internet for you to see. I’d like for this to be different, but it still remains low on the priority list. Deadlines are even more ominous when you’re the only one responsible for the whole project.
Back to work…
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
I’m eternally grateful for the friends that I have. Over the past week people have bent schedules, excused my absence, been understanding, and offered hope in panicked moments. All because they knew I was trying my hardest to accomplish everything I’d taken on.
Thanks everybody – new friends and old. I’m sure I don’t say that often enough. It’s amazing what happens when you ask those around you for help. It’s something that I have always avoided, but it’s something I’m having to do more and more now that I’m back in school.
And school got exciting today, really exciting for me. Not quite sure why yet, but there are some ideas forming and old habits breaking. Amazing what sitting around and talking about design can do to enhance creativity.
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Two days into the Fall semester, today begins the third. The past two weeks I have been mostly getting stuff done in preparation for the amount of work that we’ve been told will be hitting us. The summer work will be making its way up here shortly, but it’s not high on the priority list at the moment.
So far there are both similarities and differences between summer and fall:
I think at this point I need to keep my mind open and absorb everything I can without looking backwards too much to what I’ve done or what I think I know. That’s a strange feeling.