High Hopes

I know 2009 will not be remembered as a great end to the first decade of the millennium, but I've got to say, it's been pretty good to me.

In the past year, I managed to gain responsibility at a great job (that started as an internship), be encouraged by my professors to finish up my college career by taking a different and valuable internship opportunity (and actually listening to them), move from Boston to New York City, get a fantastic job with an incredible company, and all the while keeping close to the people that are most important to me.

Things to come

I would like to have this blog eventually end up being about design. I am not confident enough in my design ability to really try to tell others how do design something. But, I hope to work up to that and I plan on including posts relating to design and things that I learn on my journey as a designer. Until then, I am planning on using this blog to give me a chance to improve my writing. I'll keep it casual and write about things I know, or things that just simply cross my mind. I hope to use this as a venue to share projects that I am starting, finishing, or in the middle of.

The goal is to be more of a content creator, not just a consumer. This is meant to be the beginning of my journey as a professional designer. I hope that this blog will serve as a reference that I can look back and see where I started.

Statue of Liberty from DUMBO, Brooklyn

The Statue of Liberty from DUMBO, Brooklyn

Commitments

My days can get pretty hectic and are often limited on time to pursue things like blog posts (though I'm getting better with my time management). I saw a post on Twitter about an challenge called Project 52 and I thought it might help motivate me to consistently create content by having over 400 people trying to do the same thing.

Project52 is a personal challenge geared toward getting fresh content on your website. The goal is to write at least 1 new article per week for 1 year.

I think I can handle that, at least I hope I can. Over the last year, my interest in writing has really picked up. Writing is in my family and I have always had a strong interested in it, but not a strong motivation. In the past few months I have begun to write, but without publishing anything. It has been good practice, but I think I am ready to start sharing these stories with the rest of the world. I have started a personal project that is both writing and design related that I hope to be unveiling in the next couple of months.

A Full Plate

Spending the past few months in New York City has been an amazing experience. I feel so fortunate to have gotten a job and been able to move here. In the short time that I've lived in the city I have met some incredible designers, been to some really inspiring lectures (primarily through the SVA MFA in Interaction Design program and AIGA New York), and been able to take on some great freelance projects.

My days are usually spent in the Flat Iron District writing CSS and my nights split between designing freelance projects and sorting through the mass of design events that are happening in the city. Starting at the end of January, I will be taking a graphic design class at the School of Visual Arts through their continuing education program. It was tough to choose which class to take and there was a lot of advice-seeking and back and forth, but I think I have finally made a decision. I hope to share some of my work in that class on this blog as well.

I would like to wish everyone else that is participating in Project52 good luck. I hope we can all complete this challenge together! If 2009 was such a terrible year, than I am truly excited for 2010 because I can't imagine it getting any better than this.

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