Random thoughts about work...
There's a lot happening at the moment. I'm trying to update some old InDesign files, ready to put together a new edition of two VCE study guides. Unfortunately, I don't have the half of the original fonts, and most of the images are embedded from old MS Word documents. The fonts could use a bit of standardisation anyway, but the images are a problem. Hopefully, I'll either get hold of originals to scan, or I'll find a printing company that will accept the files on faith - there's no way of checking embedded image quality before printing the file.
There's a third book in the works, although it's previously been made using Quark. I think it will be easiest to rebuild it from scratch, for the revised edition. It's an economics guide with a fairly complex layout, so it may still cause some headaches over the next few weeks.
In between long stints at the computer, the uberlist marches relentlessly onwards. I'm working on four different painting commissions at the moment, with about twenty pieces in the current wave, and thirty three after that. I've finally realised that the "paint everything all at once" approach doesn't work on this kind of scale, so I'm trying to minimise the amount of work on my desk. In theory, the best approach seems to be keeping a single day's work on the desk, and finishing it before starting anything new... only time will tell whether I manage to keep to that rule.
In the background, I'm still slowly building up stock for the Purple Mantis store. I have a Paypal Business account set up, so the next things on the list are a SSL certificate and configuring the Zencart storefront. First priority is finishing the design and painting work, though, so I have enough money to get the online store started.
Luckily, I like being busy...
There's a third book in the works, although it's previously been made using Quark. I think it will be easiest to rebuild it from scratch, for the revised edition. It's an economics guide with a fairly complex layout, so it may still cause some headaches over the next few weeks.
In between long stints at the computer, the uberlist marches relentlessly onwards. I'm working on four different painting commissions at the moment, with about twenty pieces in the current wave, and thirty three after that. I've finally realised that the "paint everything all at once" approach doesn't work on this kind of scale, so I'm trying to minimise the amount of work on my desk. In theory, the best approach seems to be keeping a single day's work on the desk, and finishing it before starting anything new... only time will tell whether I manage to keep to that rule.
In the background, I'm still slowly building up stock for the Purple Mantis store. I have a Paypal Business account set up, so the next things on the list are a SSL certificate and configuring the Zencart storefront. First priority is finishing the design and painting work, though, so I have enough money to get the online store started.
Luckily, I like being busy...