Yay blogging

Hi.

so who knew blogging had so much more to it than just your thoughts... there are layouts Too!

Yay for feeling like I'm back in middle school in the age of Myspace, with flowered backgrounds, sparkly pictures and whatever else kind of clutter one would find on the internet to add to their page and make it that much more cooler. As annoying as it was, I tried to stay away and for the most part have been successful.

I never much understood personal blogs cause honestly I don't care if a stranger is eating cereal or got a promotion and so on. I have however found myself often perusing through design blogs on layouts, photoshop techniques, up and coming technologies, programs, etc. So I figured if I'm going to do this, mine as well make it good looking.

Easier said then done. I figured out myspace quicker than this and that was at a pre-adolecent age with no trivial knowledge of the internet for the most part!

In looking for some pre-made templates (http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/desk-mess-mirrored), which I still haven't been able to figure out how to upload, I came across this overly used design idea, but I found still some what cute. This finally brings me to my point of this post, that I found most interesting is the addition of the iPhone (old stylized paper and an iPhone. not a contradiction at all!).

I've STILL never used one! and I'm at that point that I'm feeling left behind. I remind myself of a grandparent who keeps saying they've gotten along fine so far without it, so why do they need it now kind of attitude. There is a Senior ComD course being taught at my college (Pratt) that is primarily based for the semester on creating ads and apps for the iPhone. I wouldn't even know where to begin!

This I noticed has been a big debate among creative professionals as to where the market of advertisement are going. I've had professors say print is dead, as well as the 30 second spot. Others who refute it and say there will always be a market for the 30 second spot cause that's where the most money goes to. Print isn't dead, but it's just not growing. Internet ads are annoying an most poorly done, but is a wide expanding market that will wipe out all others, and so on and so on! Frankly, it's confusing and quite exhausting.