It’s hard to believe that it is now February in the year 2008. Christmas day seems like only yesterday away, time has really flown by. I have to say though, what a year already. Firstly, I’d just like to start by letting you all know that I have passed my minor and major coursework in one of my modules in university. Basically the minor coursework was to develop a mini interactive portfolio using the Photoshop skills that we had learned and Macromedia Director, a program which I had never used before. In doing this it was really play time for me. Due to my understanding and experience in Photoshop I really found this module a fun and learning experience - by using my skills in Photoshop and combining them with another peice of software and one which I picked up fairly quickly. I came up with a really nice clean concept and usability, you can check out some snapshots I got on my camera over on my flickr account.

Client Work

I’d say overall the month of January has been a really successful time for me personally in my whole entire freelancing time. I’ve had so much fun with really great clients recently.

Fulfilling Goals

If you can remember back to the end of december when I was talking about my goals, well I can safely say I am fulfilling some of these goals. I signed up with local gym in January and manage to go at least twice a week.

I have also been talking with a good friend of mine Andy who works at a design firm situated near him called 383project. They are currently recruiting and if you remember correctly, one of my goals for 2008 is to find work in a design firm. I have been thinking over this goal though. If I could I would love to get a job which is relatively close to home because firstly, I don’t really have the financial benefits of leaving Glasgow to rent a flat or whatever and secondly a major factor would be driving (if I couldn’t get a place near the firm). I have been speaking with Andy and we were talking about a possible internship with the company - meaning I could do a contract basis over the summer and if I enjoyed it a lot I would possibly stay there and work full time. I have been reading about internship deals lately and they really help you gain experience in a company and can lead to a brighter future with the potential of landing a full time job.

I guess thats all I have for now folks. Check back soon as I have a really nice article lined up.

Kindest regards,
James

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