Designers solve problems for clients. Artists solve problems for humanity. The latter is the greatest problem.
_ John Maeda

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The most important skill for almost everyone in the next decade and beyond will be the ability to create valuable, compelling and empowering information and experiences for others.
- Nathan Shedroff.

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Wow... it's only day 3 and I feel like I've been doing this course for about 3 months, even though I know this would be impossible because the course itself is 3 months long and that would mean I would be finished and that wouldn't be possible... no, it wouldn't... maybe it's because I've never had so many hours a week in my entire university career... that and the fact that I never even showed up to class most of the time... But the important thing is that it feels like 3 months.

So you must be wondering how it is... well let me tell you...

Just being around other creative people is really refreshing to me. I find that they are challenging me and pushing me in new directions of creativity as well as being a source, small as it is, of inspiration. And the location really helps to, because round the corner is Degraves and City Library - if you haven't been to City Library you need to check it out, there is this funky cafe just outside that has styled itself as if it were a 'study' and has many book shelves with books and other 'study room' elements.

... I guess I could talk more about the course but seeing that I have to wake up in 5 hours and 45 minutes, I think I'll save that one for another time...

keep it real and enjoy the images of Stefan Sagmeister's work below.

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
- Japanese Proverb

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Lately I've been feeling 'out of it'. I feel like I am here in my little room, doing my own thing and enjoying myself, but then the rest of the world keeps on spinning and I'm unaware of what's going on. I guess it mainly has to do with current affairs and world news - I feel like I'm missing out on the action and 'going-ons' around town.

When I use to work in Collingwood, I use to go in early just so I could go to the coffee shop across the street so I could scan the headlines and sometimes read the paper. But now I don't... and about 3 months later, I am feeling the effects of not keeping up to date on things.

I listened to ABC NewsRadio to try catch up on things, but even now a days I find myself less and less in the car because of over-inflated fuel prices.

I guess I wanted to know if people went online to read up on news. And if so, where?

But in the end, I know nothing can beat sitting down with the morning newspaper with a cup of your favourite morning beverage, mine being double shot cafe latté, and keeping astride with the world.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby

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Hey hey, it's been a while and a lot of things have happened, some of which I will share... so here goes...

Enoch goes back to school next Monday, yes indeedy. To a fine establishment to sharpen my graphic desgin skills - namely Shillington College. Sounds prissy and pompous but word on the street is that it's the grand poobah of design schools (http://www.shillingtoncollege.com.au/). It's going to be pretty intense: 8 am till 5 pm everyday, Monday to Friday. And it just so happens Nigel, buddy from school, is doing it too! Good times.



Other things that has happened are as follows:

+ making coffee again - now at chaddy

+ going to watch The Fray - when they head down to the Prince of Wales

+ looking at getting A grade discus ($100 a pop) - might get some cheapies first to test it out

So that about wraps it up, a few more things have happened... but alas we have run out of time. till the next time.