A Designer’s New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on December 27, 2007 by C Johnson
Culture

As yet another year yawns before us and we stare at the blank pages of 2008 wondering just what we’ll be adding to them in the months to come, we are reminded the ghosts of new years resolutions past and make it our resolve to, this year, really follow through. No, seriously. We really do mean it this time.

Honest.

So we’ve planted our tongue firmly in cheek and gathered a list of resolutions that might well resonate with our neighbors in the design community.

This year, we resolve that we …

… will pay for shareware instead of renewing every 30 days.

… will not write half-arsed code.

… will put down our iPhones while engaging in social activities.

… will rid our desktops of any icon ending in .dmg, .ttf, .pdf and .doc since we have no intention of opening them anyway. Ever.

… will read design magazines instead of ones containing words like “People” and “OK”.

… not judge a movie or TV show based on its billboard typography (or lack thereof).

… will start rating restaurants on their food, not their menu design.

… will get rid of all those bulky Adobe manuals not containing the letter “CS”.

… will give Facebook a rest and work on our real-world relationships for a change.

… will play less Guitar Hero on the Wii and go outside.

… will do the world a favor and drop pointless return variables in code.

… will stop taking unaccepted Linked-In invitations as personal insults to our character.

Please feel free to comment and add your own resolutions to the list we’ve started here … we’ve got a funny feeling we’re not alone in our sentiments here.

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