July 17, 2006

Why a design blog instead of a portfolio site?

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One of the strengths of the internet: it is a very fluid medium of expression. If I would have built myself a website one or two years ago, it would have been a flashy, all-out portfolio site, itself being an example of my work. But the times they are a’ changin’. Just look at something like MySpace. Who woulda thunk it? You can message people, post videos and pictures, and share your personality with your friends, and meet new people in the process. You logon and have a set of friends that you don’t email, but you meet in this other “space” on the internet. It’s a step up in the process of communicating over the internet. As is a design blog, and here’s why.

fluid1.jpgI’ve been toying with the idea of a design blog for quite some time. I initially wanted to have it be an extension of my portfolio site, letting it be a place where I could write articles about design and web production. There is a new trend emerging where designers are combining blogs with their portfolio sites, making it into one seamless website that showcases their design as well as their communication skills…and everyone in this business knows that communication skills are as important (if not more so!) than design skills.

So what’s the point? This design blog will hopefully allow me the ability to showcase my work as well as my design skills, giving clients a glimpse of how I might work with them to communicate their message visually, as well as how I will communicate as a contract employee. Plus, I’ve always wanted to be a writer, and that talent gets showcased as well. As an added bonus, updating a blog is a heckuva lot easier than updating a website. You just post it and there it is.

I think it will be a wonderful promotion tool. It becomes more of a newsletter, a site people will visit often because the content is always new and fresh, as is the idea. I would love to hear your thoughts about it. ~ Jon

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