  Maybe you've noticed that my posts have slowed down a little.  It's not that I have a shortage of things to say in this blog:  I have many many ideas in my head. all that require more time and energy than I have at the moment.  Work has been pretty busy lately.  What do I do at work?
 Well,  my job description,  like many employees at urlLink RDG Planning &  Design ,  is non- existent (
I view that as a good thing)  Over the course of my two years there,  my duties have included:  Redesigning and maintaining the urlLink website Developing Flash- based interactive CDs for the various focus markets Guiding the firm through a rebranding,  and putting together the many elements that weren't attended to by the Graphic Design firm that developed the new branding system Managing an image library with a wonderful in theory,
 not so wonderful in practice,  piece of software called urlLink Cumulus by urlLink Canto Architectural graphics:  coloring floor plans/ site plans,  touching up renderings,  creating materials for 3D renderings IT for my computer,
 seeing as I am fortunate enough to have the only Mac in my office Training other people in the office on urlLink Illustrator and urlLink Photoshop ,  and serving as a resource for the myriad graphics related questions that come from a technologically advanced Architecture firm such as ours Developing a color management workflow (  urlLink Monaco EZ Color is a great product for this) yes,  I now understand what all those Photoshop Color Warnings are about Creating promotional boards for showcasing completed projects,  creating concept boards for competition entries Putting together "
promos"  for responding to RFP s Determining the optimum printers to have for in- house printing ( the urlLink DesignJet 5500 from HP is good for the big stuff and we have a great urlLink Minolta Laser Copier/ Printer/ Scanner but I don't remember the model.
there are so many options)  and keeping those printers running smoothly " Scan monkey"  and " print monkey"  duties (
David,  can you scan this/ print this?  Designing PowerPoint presentations Designing dedication plaques for buildings Designing brochures Creating exterior paint schemes for buildings Answering the occasional computer question Making sure various displays around the office support our brand So,  as you may have noticed,  I have been almost entirely overhead for much of my days there,
 and that has kept me busier than your average 9- to- 5- er.  So far,  my record is 67 hours in one week (
keep in mind that I still have the urlLink book club ,  other urlLink AIGA stuff,  and occasional urlLink AIA events,  too)  Well,  these last couple of weeks,
 in addition to having these duties,  I have been blessed with some clients.  urlLink RDG Graphic Design is finally,  as I originally intended,  bringing in revenue,  and as anyone would do,
 I will make sure that when those clients' projects are done,  there will be no second thought as to whom they will come next time they have a project.  Some of the projects I have in progress,  or coming up,  include a booklet,  promotional CD,
 exterior building signage application,  wayfinding,  museum catalog and a newsletter redesign.  Fortunately,  not ALL of the above duties are still duties of mine.  Many people have learned enough Illustrator and Photoshop to do alot of the coloring of floor plans,
 sight plans,  and renderings,  we hired a great marketing/ writing person to concentrate on promos and color management hasn't been an issue as of late.  Some of the things will seemingly never get attended to,  such as the image library (
it's never done!
