I don’t think I’m the type of person to sit for long periods of time without gaining a new interest or hobby in something. I mean don’t get me wrong, relaxation is key and very important in work-life balance. I enjoy down time but am never satisfied with what I know. Now that DCWEEK’s over, I’ve freed up a lot of my time—planning events sure does consume you. Did I mention I can’t wait for next years! My new pet projects are to become a jedi master in wordpress design, figure out the ins and outs of creating a typeface and to get buff. (haha not really, just stay in shape.)
To aid in my ability to suck in all this knowledge, I’ve picked up some books, WordPress Theme Design by Tessa Blakeley Silver and Smashing WordPress by Thord Daniel Hedengren. I’ve began reading both and I’m excited to see what I will be able to do by the time I finish them. I’ve started another blog to talk about the newest techniques I pick up along the way, feel free to read along. I’m trying my best to keep up with both blogs!
I really enjoyed participating in one of HOW’s hands-on seminars back in 2007 with Chank Diesel. Ever since, I’ve been a type junkie—taking photos of weird stuff I see on the streets to saving links of interesting fonts I find along the way. I could list them but it would take up a lot of space. In my free time at and outside of work I’m hoping learn the ropes of designing a typeface. Plenty of great links out there, FontStruct is pretty rad. Fawnt is handy and Cool-fonts.com is extremely helpful! More to come…
I’m going to make a conscious effort to update these more often than I have in the past. Hope you enjoyed!
