The Blankenships landed in Boston on July 4th, which was the most unintentionally patriotic thing I’ve ever done. Almost three months later, I am currently without gainful employment, but doing just fine with freelance work, exploring contract opportunities, going to interesting job interviews, and getting some fun feedback on my resume. Thus, Boston is currently a magical land filled with opportunity.
That being said, I wanted to try an experiment. Some of you know me know me, some of you have been reading this blog and following my work for years now, and some of you are just popping in or discovering this site. With that broad range of readers and thoughts and opinions, I want to ask you a simple question.
What do you think I should do for a living? What does my ideal job look like?
I am professionally defined by those with whom I do business…And I fervently believe that bigness achieved by acquiring dreary Clients is a losing proposition of the first order. — Tom Peters, The Brand You 50
Life without a friend is death without a witness. — Spanish Proverb
1. The outpouring of gushy awesome encouragement, job offers, freelance requests, and contract work from friends, family, dotcomrades, and total strangers.The friends and family sort of have to - it’s in their contract, but everyone else, you’re just going above and beyond.
2. Davis Square in Somerville, MA
3. Hearing the theme from 70’s TV show S.W.A.T. on the radio while simultaneously watching four teenage Hassidic Jewish kids in full garb cross the street, hats in various stages of askewness, Kosher bagged lunched in hand.
4. Arranging your home book library by book spine color is visually amazing.
5. Getting this via IM: “just thought I’d let you know, some of your work from PNFF was used as an example for experimental typography gone right in my 200 level typography class.”