So does that title interest you?
Well let’s see the first thing is that the quote “LIMITS ARE POSSIBILITIES” is really something out of Chip Kidd’s book, The Cheese Monkeys. It is really a look at graphic design more so than anything else. Ironically when people saw this on MSN, a great number messaged me about it. I guess technically, it was effective graphic design… or was it? All I did was capitalize the letters. The words themselves however contradict one another in the same sentence and are opposite sides of the spectrum of thinking. Regardless, after thinking about it … the statement is rather true … it is all in all … based on a person’s perspective. It was an interesting pondering though…
So the past week has been very busy and tiring for me. I wake up at 5am and head down to Union station to get to Dundurn for my internship. They are all such great people and they’ve all been providing me with really great opportunities to learn. Unfortunately I think i caught some sort of cold … and i’m just feeling…icky today.
Oh well … I have done a little bit of work on http://www.ehrencheung.com/ (let me know what you all think)
Hopefully i’ll be in a better state of mind to do some more this long weekend. Dundurn has some great books, I wonder if i’ll be able to read some. I did however have the funny opportunity to announce the arrival of a book from the printer, Mike Filey’s Toronto Sketches 9. A very fascinating book about Toronto’s history … that is if I only had the time to read all of that. I do however enjoy looking at the old photographs of Toronto. Speaking of photographs … the rainy weather reminded me of this photograph that I took while driving along the roads north of Toronto.
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It’s quite funny you know? Today was the last day of class. I did not see everyone but my mind goes back to the first day when we stepped into class. What have we achieved after these 8 months? Well, I gained skills, but really the skills did not have too much of an impact on me. The 30 or so people in the class that i’ve spent practically everyday with have made an impact on me, regardless of how small. Some I got to know better than others, but in the end, they are all great people. And what makes them each so great is the fact that they are so different and distinct. Granted, some conversations about television shows and celebrities that I don’t know about are a little off my track, even with my reservations about popular culture, it still amuses me. I will truly miss the personalities of my fellow classmates and friends. Just like the office place, the people that make up the environment and atmosphere of that space, are really what provides the real incentive to attend.
The On the Danforth magazine is finally done. People ask me how I feel about the magazine, I am unsure. I guess I had an impact. I think for the most part, I simply provided support. I can’t say how I really influenced the magazine. I do wish that it would be possible to make the scavenger hunt part of the magazine, it would have been a good addition. Both issues of On the Danforth does look very good this year, but I think the process of developing the magazine must be addressed next year. I intend on ensuring webhosting will be available for next year’s class. The domain name however, will be a very different story… but I guess we will deal with that when the time arrives.
What’s next? http://www.ehrencheung.com/ must be redesigned. Stochastic Photography is launching a special promotion. There’s a big project in the future. Web ads must be developed for On the Danforth and a big project will be on the horizon! Oh… and i will have to look for a job. I guess that’ll be another big hit. The really exciting thing will probably be that I will be taking a trip up to Manitoulin Island over the August 4th Civic holiday long weekend this summer! still calculating costs… and i’m already planning for next summer’s Mt. Washington Hike…
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… i don’t get it. Today my friend and I went to play squash and we were accused of taking an extra two dollars from the cashier (which i have to honestly tell everyone, no we didn’t have it, we checked everywhere)… the cashier guy was pretty cool…seemed like a nice person… but in the end … conflict arose… lack of respect shown for one another…and respect lost for one another… all because of a toonie. How pitiful we all have become.
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welcome to the final days of Book and Magazine publishing at Centennial. How does it feel? Really … i have no idea. It’s rather weird. I just finished my final presentation for Book Marketing today. It went well I think… but not as good as I wanted it to. Of course, maybe i just set expectations too high for myself. Usually when I do presentations, there is a high energy level that I output and afterwards I just feel very drained and most people wonder if its really my personality. Well truthfully, it is me, I just use presentations as an excuse to be silly. It is also a way to battle my shyness. In the end, its quite the crazy battle.
Aside from school, I have to work on some side projects that I have intended on for a while… and I still have the web ads for On the Danforth e-magazine to work on.
Well… back to focusing on Dundurn…more news later on that
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Well… its been quite a week and this is at last… the final week of school. Funny how time flies especially with the college strike and all. So I went in and visited the fine folks at Dundurn Group (Press). What was funny was that everyone else had a 5 minute interview or meeting. I ended up staying there for over an hour!!! But the result was a very good start to determining what I would be doing and perhaps would have the opportunity to do. I will elaborate more later.
What else these days? Well… i’m still planning and budgeting for the Manitoulin Island trip 2006 this summer. The goal is to aim for the civic holiday weekend. Cost wise isn’t bad. I think its just a matter of figuring out how many people are going. But we will have a small get-together for all the people going… have a few drinks!
The On the Danforth magazine has been keeping me busy all last week and will likely keep me busy until the launch. Somehow my responsibilities have blurred but i guess that is expected and is for the most part quite fun although tiring. My focus now that the magazine is pretty much going into production will be to deal with the web ads so that’ll be interesting. We’ll see how much time I have to either do flash ads or gif ads.
Oh… lastly… there are a few productive things such as my breakthrough in understanding CSS (or at least part of it) after bashing my head against the wall, and i now have a photoblog. Only its not a daily post, but rather a “whenever I feel like putting a up new picture” post. Check it out
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