Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Whitehouse of the 21st Century!!

Obama, thank you for bringing the Whitehouse into the 21st century! I am amazed at the new whitehouse.gov! It's bringing all of us closer to what happens in politics from day to day. Whether it be a blog or Obama's video address of the week you can see it all on the whitehouse website. I never used to look at this site, but now we can get information diretly from the source! I almost feel closer the what happens, like my voice really does matter.

Also as a designer, I applaud you President Obama for employing designers, as is evident of your entire political campaign and your new whitehouse! I also appluad you, Obama's designers, you have created a design that really reflects the fresh ideas and the idea of hope, that the president has always stood by. The same blue and serif fonts that were used in the Obama campaign is employed in the new whitehouse website to create a seamless continuety from his campaign to the presidency. It is such a joy to see a president that really understands the importance of good design. Oh and if you are looking for another designer, I am right here! Just waiting for the right opportunity to come along so I can really reach my creative potential.....I am just FULL of good ideas!

Again kudos to you Presient Obama...now create even more jobs for designers. The first thing to get cut when times are hard is advertising. I think it is great you want to help create more jobs in teaching and energy, but advertsing and design is hurting! Please help us!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Maybe it's the wine talking...but I am kicking FEAR'S A$$!

I am sitting here and getting more HTML elements in my head and I have come to realize: HTML aint as hard as I thought it would be! Silly Sophia! You shoulda jumped on the HTML bandwagon a loooong time ago!

But seriously, aint that the case for a lot of things. We build up these things in our head and the initial fear of the unknown settles in and then when you actually start doing it, it is not NEARLY as hard as you thought it would be. It's like every freelance assignment I go on and I get so nervous the night before thinking what if they hate me, what if I can't deliver what they want, etc. Then you go to the job and after the first day you realize you are overqualified for the job and it is a piece of cake. Though that fear, though sometimes annoying, keeps you on your toes and makes you deliver superior quality in the end. The far of leaning and leaping into a new form of design is not helpful or useful at all! It is paralyzing!

So my next website, or knowisdom.com 2.0 will be all hand-coded in HTML, CSS and Javascript! Take that FEAR! Oh and you, procrastination, my former friend, well we are breaking up. I read most of this book "Getting Things Done: by David Allen, and in thinking over things recently realized, if I am not engrossed in a project or have somewhere to be, the time to do something is NOW. It is silly how I will email things to myself to do later, why, I can do it now! You gotta do things that aren't fun sometime, this is part of life, just suck it up and do it!

So the moral of the story is: If you don't think you can do it you're wrong! We are all, especially perfectionists, capable of doing more than you think! As trite and corporate as it sounds, like Nike always says... JUST DO IT!!!!!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

My career forecast for 2009

According to yahoo horoscopes, the following is my forecast for 2009:

This year, use your inventive mind and strong intuitive powers to help make some necessary changes in your career. It's time to create harmony with things that haven't quite reached your expectations, letting go of what you think are mistakes, and realizing that these are all stepping stones toward success. As you align yourself to your inner knowing and sharp business sense, your efforts will pay great rewards.

In the springtime, you will feel the urge to travel and connect with other cultures to help expand and enlighten your point of view, broadening your spiritual and intellectual values. Come summer, you may feel a bit introspective and choose to withdraw in order explore the subtle emotions and mystical depths of your being. Work in a mode of love and understanding of humanity, and in service to the life of the planet.

Prosperity is yours as you awaken to what is already inside of you. When you direct your emotions in a positive way, your fears will be released, allowing you to manifest what you want. The more you tap into universal knowledge, the more you are able to connect to your inherent power in a way you never dreamed possible. This is a time of great energy building, preparing you for the success coming in both your public and professional life. In your highest manifestation, your energy is invested in satisfying collective needs for the betterment of society.


Let's hope it comes true!!

Friday, January 2, 2009

www.knowisdom.com

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Today marks a new day in my history. I have finally got my website up!!!!!! (It's got some bugs I gotta fix, but it is up.) As past posts have stated, I've had the fear of the unknown about web design coupled with my perfectionism that has prevented me from getting this far before. I thought I would never be able to do it, but I got some help from Dan (thanks Dan, you da man!) learned some basic HTML, got a line of javascript I needed, and really got into some serious CSS and TAH DAH http://www.knowisdom.com is born!!

WOW WOW WOW, do I feel a sense of relief and damn I started 2009 off right! I won over all the self-doubt and it is a pretty damn good page for my first (second if you count the craptastic one from college) website ever!! I kicked its' ass!! I mean I got rollovers all over, multiple CSS classes and some other schmancy stuff going on!! I am so excited and no one was awake when I finished!! It is so disappointing I have no one to celebrate this moment with, so that is why I am writing this blog. In the span of a couple hours I learned and did something I never did before, actually getting a site up online. I was on the phone with yahoo and webhostingpad's tech support and man do I love 24/7 tech support!! Thanks anonymous tech guys....you made me so happy tonight, you were a part of Sophia's history in the making!! I cannot tell you, you cannot imagine the weight off of my shoulders, there are still things that need to be fixed, but I FINALLY did it!!

Now I know for sure 2009 will kick ass for me: this will be the year I get that job that will allow me to reach my creative potential! This will be the year of Sophia (Wisdom)!!

Please do have a look at my site and let me know what you think, your comments and ideas would be a great help!!