To be honest with you, I’ve been so friggin’ busy that I have nothing to report for today.

This morning I spent 90 minutes in line with Jennifer waiting to buy her 3G.  I’m not quite sure what the fascination is with actually waiting in line that long (more than 7 hours all in all) to get one, but I’ll give her credit for persevering that long.  Now on the other hand, the Touch Pro will reportedly be out in September, so maybe I’ll eat my own words.  Unless I break down and import one instead.

I sat through an enlightening department meeting today in which the issue of, amongst other things, design came up.  Without going overboard I would like to elicit a challenge to all WDIM students this quarter not only to complete the work they are assigned but to challenge themselves one step further and "polish" your design. 

Mr. Anderson had an interesting point - a lot of you don’t seem to know where to begin and he gave out a lot of recommendations that I strongly agree with: stepping away from the computer and drawing by hand, layering screencaps of choice sites on top of each other in Photoshop and deconstructing or morphing them together, cutting clips from magazines and arranging them together like a scrapbook.  The point being that despite everyone’s creative talents, sometimes finding direction is the hardest part.  Take a step to be different.

From my end I would like to see more polish.  Hopefully we’ll be able to incorporate a few good example of what we mean by this in IMD345 (UCD3) this quarter.  Or if you need some examples, pick up Web Designer Magazine (a glossy, expensive British mag - find it at Barnes & Noble) and check out some of the great design coming out of the UK.  Aspire to get that kind of cleanliness or artistry in your design.  By the same token, don’t lose sight of the content and functionality.

See you next week!