http://www.36point.com/archives/2009/04/071.html A Community for Graphic Designers Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.36point.com/archives/2009/04/071.html/comment-page-1#comment-459 Prescott Perez-Fox Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:01:03 +0000 http://36point.com/wordpress/?p=164#comment-459 I have observed a very similar phenomenon. In blog posts, and in real-life lectures, there is a lot of jabber, with few actionable tips. And the word "just" pops up more frequently than I would like. You used it right there in the example. I'm also puzzled by the war stories of designers who have magically switched focuses within the design industry. For example, you'll often hear in lectures a speaker say "For ten years I did nothing but book covers, so then I switched to doing motion graphics at the top motion graphics firm in NY." And I'm thinking to myself, "how the Hell did you pull that off?!" A similar path of how this is done is severely lacking. By the way, did you read the BusinessWeek article about "Horatio Moriarti?" It was pretty severe, and made me nauseated about his highfalutin lifestyle. I'm sitting here thinking "I can haz paycheck?" and he's talking about being Martha Stewart's neighbor. *sigh* I have observed a very similar phenomenon. In blog posts, and in real-life lectures, there is a lot of jabber, with few actionable tips. And the word “just” pops up more frequently than I would like. You used it right there in the example.
I’m also puzzled by the war stories of designers who have magically switched focuses within the design industry. For example, you’ll often hear in lectures a speaker say “For ten years I did nothing but book covers, so then I switched to doing motion graphics at the top motion graphics firm in NY.” And I’m thinking to myself, “how the Hell did you pull that off?!” A similar path of how this is done is severely lacking.
By the way, did you read the BusinessWeek article about “Horatio Moriarti?” It was pretty severe, and made me nauseated about his highfalutin lifestyle. I’m sitting here thinking “I can haz paycheck?” and he’s talking about being Martha Stewart’s neighbor.
*sigh*

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