Round 3! Not bad, going strong w/ week 3:

• Have a new love for Basecamp and especially Backpack from 37signals. yay for organization!
• Finished the non-profit website for Urban League of Miami
• Finished Hanna Herbertson business card; working on the website redesign now
• Jowell y Randy Design and IA in progress
• Updated my website and started working on case studies
• Opened the rest of my business accounts; savings, credit card
• researched iphone vs. the blackberry bold; i think i’m goin’ BB
• Mag Reading: Practical Web Design, Computer Arts
• Book Reading: Writing Comics w/ Peter David, Small Operator
• Bidding/pitching work for Aug/Sept.

Urban League of Greater Miami is a non-profit organization that help families find affordable housing. Came out pretty cool, clean and professional. A big step up from their existing site and a better presentation of the content and services. I like how it turned out.

Continuing on the design package for Hanna Herbertson, the business card has been recently finished. Her overall theme is “living my life like it’s golden” from jill scott. So alot of yellows and even some brown for contrast. This was really fun and I enjoy designing “cool” business cards for non traditonal clients. My redesign is coming soon as well. Next up, final website design done in wordpress.

Back again with another update. Working on a package for Choreographer/teacher/dancer, Hanna Herbertson. It will include a site, business card and newsletter. Basically, helping her better promote herself as well as well her style of dancing, dancehall. Hope ya’ll like. Business cards coming soon.

Round 2:

• Finished the Random Order Media Group page.
• got my business accounts together; biz credit card
• sent in a quote for a alternative rock artist (coldplay-like)
• finished up Urban League of Miami non-profits site. [test site]
• working onchoreographer Hanna Herbertson campaign: biz card, newsletter, and site
• set up my basecamp project management account, organization homie!
• begin work on Latino pop artists, Jowell y Randy website
• research, readin, and digesting information left and right.

I am proud to present the Random Order Media Group. A collective of 4 talented designers based in NYC but with work from all over the world. We specialize in helping people realize their design ideas in a creative and innovative ways. With web, print, branding, and photography & film, i think we have all the basics covered. I have been part of this since last fall and have learned, grown, and am still growing from it. Hit us up: tell us what you want and we’ll give you what you need.

That last line was pimp right? lol

Along with completing their website, I also transformed their menu from a normal word .doc to an actual menu. Simple yet professional was the goal. I also wanted to show the “coolness” of the sushi joint as well. It was fun to do and definitely opening more doors for the restaurant biz as well.

See PDF here

In an effort for better productivity ( and I have been better overall), I am going to blog a weekly review of the stuff I got done this past week. Also, the things I didn’t get done. I think this will help in the “writing things done” department,as well as the organization of things. Round 1:

• ate breakfast everyday (this is SUPER hard for me! lol, sad, I know)
• Wrapped up “The Wackness” flash evite. Project kinda blew up but i learned new things and that’s what counts.
• Finished Saikosushi.net and the accompanying menu (see later post) for the restaurant in San Jose.
• Continued working on an Asian Fusion restaurant website redesign. I will post progress soon.
• Got the checks, deposit slips and nifty stamp for my business account. Next up is business credit card and a new laptop.
• learning quickbooks, slowly but surely
• redesigned this blog and gave it an upgrade. Also recommitted myself to updating my blog more regularly w/ art, design, and web work.
• saw Kung Fu panda (A+), hancock (B-), and Get Smart (B+)
• updated mookiedesign.com and my portfolio as well
• in talks to monthly webmaster Parlour Magazine
• worked on new Random Order Media Group homepage. done by weds.
• made “office hours” so I, can actually be a normal person even though I work at home. lol

Whew! That’s alot and I’mnot even adding non-work related stuff. Not bad for a “short” work week.

I know, i know, I said that before. But I really am this time! Even got a spankin new blog temp to boot! I am officially running mookie design now full time so I am steppin up my biz game. That includes the books, blogs, research, etc. so yup, i am back. I am going to use this blog as updates to all things creative related to mookie design (web and illustration too!) and odds and ends. so enough yappin and get to the posting!