Thanks Ray, I actually did it myself using EverWeb. The stock templates it came with were pretty crap, but it is a pretty simple drag and drop program so I was able to make my own thing pretty easily. It took about 5x the amount of time I thought it would. I’m not sure why I feel so allergic to Square Space or Wiix (which is awesome BTW). I just can’t get passed the whole monthly fee thing… must be the old man genX’er in me. I pay for web hosting already.
I’d like to know tips on time management and using your time intelligently, as well… seems as though I spend more time doing less than you do!
LOL, time management. Let me see, well, I don’t have kids, so I should say my time demands are probably a lot different than most people. Second, I don’t watch much TV. Maybe 15 mins of the news during breakfast and 30-60 mins at night, tops, and a lot of times I sketch during that. So that 400 hours people put into Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad or whatever is all time I get for other stuff. Lastly, design is my profession as well as my hobby.
The list of things I like to do is short:
- work
- get dinner/drinks with friends (who tend to be other designers, artists, musicians…)
- go to museums, art shows, car shows, and concerts with said friends
- design more stuff…
I luckily don’t have any expensive time suck hobbies like snowboarding or what have you, other than cars I guess, but I keep that under control
Things I try to do regularly.
- sketch at least one hour a day not for work related projects. Even if it is just doodles I don’t show anyone else.
- meet people. Relationships are a lot of what we do. I’ve gotten so many fun projects and jobs just by talking to people and talking about design in an articulate way.
- say yes. There are always things we say no to because we just don’t feel like doing it. We rationalize it of course, but usually we ae just tired. i try to ignore that. Right now I’m on the board of directors for a photography festival. I don’t really know anything about photography or festivals, but they asked and I thought I’d learn something so I said yes