Niamh Mailey

PDF of the Book Chapter one – Building a rock solid routine Today in class we discussed different chapters of the book and what we can take from them and apply to our lives. I, Lisa, Laura and David all wrote an analysis of the section - LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EFFECTIVE ROUTINE. The initial idea of the book is building meaningful rhythms of productivity and creative outputs. To do this, McGuinness recommends distinguishing between that which useful to your creative output compared to distractions to your ‘day to day’ life. “Truly effective routine is always personal”, this statement is plausible as he then goes on to argue “sacrificing your potential for the illusion of professionalism” by wasting our time checking for emails without purpose. In conclusion we can apply this to our own lives by monitoring our excessive use of technology and how they affect our habits such as: ·          Phones ·    ...

I have been playing about with my options being a 2 nd year student. What doors will I open? What stones will I step on? I have two choices for my 3 rd year at university, placement year or go onto my final year. I think I want to go on to do a placement year therefore I will have to conducts some research and look at companies/ businesses that have placement positions. Digital marketing and graphic design is the career I would love to get into, I need to read up on what it takes to be an A* candidate.  Thing like.. ·          My work / portfolio ·          Experience ·          Education ·          My goals ·          And a professional manner I am starting to work on my CV which can be hard as you don’t want to sound cocky and arrogant however you do need to se...

Paper Jam are a Graphic Design Company who had produced some amazing work for Belfast and some companies based in Belfast as well. I loved them so much that I tried to get placement there however competition was at a high level so unfortunate I didn't get one. they have done work for Short Cross Gin which has been my favourite campaign as the style the did their motions graphic in was classic yet fun. this sort of style is what i want my work to come across as therefore this is were i take inspiration for my work from. They have posted a video on how they made their stop motions advert for the Gin, which i loved and think was a vert smart idea. I really want to create something similar. Vimeo. (2018).  Making Of Shortcross Christmas Card . [online] Available at: https://vimeo.com/114662633 [Accessed 9 May 2018].

So I wanted to know why people start blogs and what sort of things do they post. I done some research and looked around at other blogs. Innocent smoothie has there own blog on their website, its filled with eating facts and eating healthy guides, which fits with the brand of 'Innocent'. therefore i knew that i wanted to post things that helped form my brand.. which i'm still trying to piece together. who knows maybe starting a blog will develop my style and brand identity.