surprise the designer

This might sound obvious, but one of the greatest things about being an adjunct professor is the chance to share the knowledge you've amassed with people who haven't quite found it yet. Making a portfolio is a challenging process. You have to put your best foot forward, standing out enough to be noticed while blending in enough to appear compatible. Thanks to co-oping with four different employers (and professionally working with three more), I've made a lot of portfolios. So I have plenty of tricks up my sleeve. I gave this short presentation to the junior class at Wentworth today. It covers some of the basics: building blocks to eventually get you to the point where you'll be learning from yourself. Do you have any tips to add? Industrial Design Portfolio Basics from carlyhagins If you're looking for a slightly more in-depth guide, check out Hire Me! by the UCID class of 2012. 

Related, but not: finally blueberry pie season I've long admired bloggers who have regular features. I think For Me, For You's (now mostly defunct) Bits of My Weekend  was the first one I followed, checking in every Monday to see the newest batch of beautiful photos.  Now there's Amanda Jane Jone's My Better Half , Shutterbean's I love lists, Friday! , and Darling Studio's good glad & lovely  (among many, many others.) Recently I've been thinking of a feature of my own: tips for my kids. Let me be clear... I don't have kids. And I could be wrong, but I would bet that I won't be having kids for a handful of years. But I'm learning lots of important things now, things I'll eventually want my kids to know too. So I'm going to start keeping track of them here.  Lesson #1? Say yes. When people invite you to join them for a meal (or a snack), go somewhere, do something, or just generally spend time together, it's a goo...