I started my first blog in November of 2004 as a way to stay in touch with my "internet friends," who were fellow designers that I had met on a forum. Dorky, I know. Since then, I've gone through a few different blogs, most notably,
Operation NICE, which encourages individuals to be proactively nice. So what would compel me, you ask, to begin yet another?
A few months ago, my entire outlook on my career in the world of design shifted. I never quite knew what I wanted to be when I grow up (don't worry, I don't actually plan on ever growing up), and I am inching closer and closer to my ten year anniversary as the in-house creative services manager for a pharmaceutical management company. I got bored even writing that, so I apologize to those reading it. I had this fear of taking on freelance work. I lacked any confidence in my skillz (always with a 'z'). I had limited interactive experience but was feeling drained working on print projects. Not only was my creative muscle atrophying, but I was losing all passion for the field of design as a whole. Then October 2011 happened. And things changed.
For the sake of keeping this post length reasonable, I won't get into it now. There will be future posts for that. But let's just say that one event led me to one person which led me to new insights, and now I feel as if I didn't just take a left at a fork in the road, I went off the trail completely. I'm in the brush. It's thrilling, and a bit scary, but yeah, mostly thrilling.
So I'm on this quest. I'm discovering that I'm enjoying the world of startups. I'm having a blast learning more about UX and UI design. And I'm not letting trepidation stand in the way of my success anymore. This blog will document that quest and also serve as a place for me to geek out about the things that excite me.
Let's see how it goes.