When it comes to drawing the comic for New Years Eve, since I usually am dateless and don’t go anywhere, I used to just draw a comic of me… well, ushering in the new year with the TV on (usually[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged North American Graphic Designers
Just like that. Sure, I guess if I was reading the tea leaves I could have suspected something with all those new procedures they’ve been shoving at us since the end of 2020. But to get through all of 2020,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It felt good to have a fully functional laptop back. Even though I never really needed the sound in order to get any of my graphics done, still, it’ll be so much easier to sit through our Teams meetings by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been known to be critical and dismissive of meetings in the past, especially corporate meetings, but this was different. It was as if all the graphic designers were in the same room discussing everything that works with our project[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At Siemens we don’t use Zoom for our meetings, we use Teams. So on our screens we just see everyone’s avatar’s along with their name. We do hear everyone’s voices though (and my audio still, for some reason, doesn’t work[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Even though we have an incredibly large backlog of work and all of those millions of hours on our schedule, I’m still a bit concerned about my job. It’s not because of my work, everyone from Siemens to the customers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After having used Teams now, a couple of times, I don’t see where using Zoom would be more advantageous. There’s really no need to be looking at a screen filled with faces staring back at you. Faces attached to bodies[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I was sitting, eating my dinner, I realized that I had never been at a Benihana in my life. This restaurant chain’s been around for over 50 years, you’d think I’d have eaten there at least once. But, nope,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, once a year (as many that can make it) all of the Siemens Graphic Designers get together for a week long summit, learning new techniques, trading ideas and getting a chance to meet other designers from all over the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I’ve gone this far, but there’s still a few more hurdles to jump before I FINALLY get full time. I really hope it’s no later than April 1st or 8th, I’m looking forward to getting some paid time off.