Hello World. To introduce myself, I am Emily Pawlak one of the newest additions to the Ingenex Summer 2009 Intern Team. I am an incoming senior at Michigan State University and an aspiring digital media designer. I am gaining an understanding to the needs and expectations for social networking and the web 2.0 landscape in order to become a designer who can create a visually interesting and functional sites. I was a late comer to the world wide web, I didn’t have my own computer until I was a freshman at MSU. However, that hasn’t held me back by any stretch of the imagination. I am growing and changing with the web. The great thing about the being on the forefront of the “digital revolution” is there are no rules yet. As a creative type living in a world with guidelines rather than set rules and principles is a great place to be.
When I finally discovered my passion for light, color and design, the clouds parted and the sun shined down. Of course this happened in March…so it was more along the lines of the blizzard ceasing for 30 seconds and the winds only gusted at 10 miles per hour. Either way I was determined to make a difference in the industry. What better way to make a difference than to become a trail blazer on the digital frontier. Designing for new technologies we only dreamed of as small children when we should have been sleeping. Don’t pigeon hole me just yet, I am also honing my skills in the written word and fusing it with the limited space of our computer monitors. I can’t do it all, but I can guarantee I’m going to give it my best. I’m not certain where my experiences will lead me, but I’m more than confident it will be the path I was meant to travel.
In the meantime I will constantly be seeking out new information, the latest trends, and chasing the ever expanding “cutting edge.”
May 20th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
good post emily, i really dig your writing style