This is Mona

Yesterday I could never say I played around with code. Today I can proudly say i’m no longer a code virgin. I worked a bit of HTML magic tonight. I know this is basic stuff to all you web devs, but this adds some serious notches to my inner geek. All in an effort to move my personal project forward, I registered a domain, set up the template with a bit of customization, and updated it with some superb starter content. I plan on launching said website, along with a formal announcement of what I’m cooking up demain.

It’s currently 3am on a Saturday and i’ve been hustling all day. What seemed to be a dull start ended up out to be rather outstanding. Funny that. 

Good night! 

PS- I’m rocking a faux hawk. 

I’m putting something out in the universe. I’m doing it so that I force myself to move in a direction towards realizing a long standing goal. I’m sure many of you feel the same way when I say that since I was a kid I always felt I was capable to do more, be more. I love what I do at work, but I also know I have something in me to do something worth mentioning in the papers. Bit cocky? Perhaps. 

I also know something else about myself. I’m a lazy mother effer. I sit on ideas for a long time. Actually, I don’t even get to the ideas part. I merely keep saying to myself, “I want to do something, something memorable and big”. 

So, I think I may have found something I want to do. A personal project that has the potential to parlay into something worth mentioning in whatever form. Thing “idea” is still nascent, and needs further brainstorming. It needs action. 

As my esteemed colleague, Jason Theodor puts it in his “Creative Method” presentation: 

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That’s me alright, the empath. Someone who has a grasp of culture and the human condition, but cannot translate this into concrete or original ideas. 

The next step is to:

So i’m going to start this weekend. I’m not going to discuss what the project is until I have fully defined it myself and happy enough with it to share. Those that know snippets of this project, please do not share. What I am going to do is share my progress incognito, if that makes sense, meaning I’ll talk about what i’m doing without revealing too much. It’ll be my first and continuous attempt of breaking barriers to realizing this personal project of mine. This blog entry will be Progress #1

Note 1: For Jason’s full presentation of The Creative Method, please click here

Note 2: For all you supporters, feel free to show some love by leaving a comment! 

I love any campaign run by Uniqlo. They’re such an energetic and fun brand to watch. They found a unique way of compelling shoppers to elevate the brand on Twitter by reducing the price of clothing pieces every time someone sends a tweet about an item. Clicking on one of the pieces of clothing brings up a pre-written tweet using the hashtag #luckycounter. Users can add their own message and then send it, and watch the price fall. The more tweets users send about a particular item, the lower the price goes. Clever! 

Brilliantly crass blog that spits out fantastic recipe ideas (linking to epicurious). If you’re “not a fucking vegetarian”? There’s a perfectly good recipe for you too.