Further readings, getting better

So this week, we had to read a marathon of chapters in the Making Things Happen book (actually just two). With that being said, I’m just going to summarize both chapters, but I will say that I enjoyed these two chapters more than the past few. So the first chapter was all about the vision of the project and how important it is to narrow it down. When working on a project, it’s important to have your workers knowing what they’re doing from the get go, but also keeping up on the project further down the line. Basically, they understand what they have to do at first, but then they lose sight later on, and this is what having a strong vision comes into play. A vision is helps determine what the project is all about and should be clear enough that everyone can understand. I believe it was in this chapter where the author states that the idea should be simply phrased, no need for big words. To help complete a vision, goal must be set that help determine different factors of the project. This chapter also talked about different questions to ask and how to go about finding additional information to help create a great vision. All and all this was a very solid chapter that brought along some very useful information.

The second chapter was all about being creative and designing your project, and how you go about it. I really enjoyed how the author destroyed the phrase that’s supposed to help with creativity, “think outside the box”.  Once again, the main theme of this chapter, the book, the articles for this class, and all aspects about life (the one and only truth), is to ask questions. Of course this chapter stresses asking only the questions that matter, that help further along the project. There’s also something in there about finding out requirements of a project and that gives you a base to start on. All questions, that’s all there ever is. This chapter also talked about brainstorming and different ways you can be successful about it. What I truly enjoyed about this chapter was the get up when you fall down because we all do motto. I always have to trudge through the mud when working on projects to get things right, and I feel that if I was supposed to be good at the things I could do, I would be able to do it in one try, but that simply is not the case. The quotes from the famous people in this chapter also help convey this message.  I also enjoyed the stand by your word idea he pushed across. That might have been a minute detail he skimmed over during the improv section, but I’m personally tired of pushing out an idea and following up with, I know it sounds dumb. I think it’s good to stick with what we say and support throughout and if it doesn’t work, we try again. Once again, very good chapter that was helpful.

Finally, with my client, I’m creating a flash banner for them, that I’ll show them tomorrow and I waiting to get back updated information for the site that is outdated on their current site. Hopefully, I’ll begin production on the site next week, sometime.