At my son’s lacrosse game today and a family’s dog came onto the field and attacked one of the players when the play came close to the sideline. The kid had to go to the ER and get stitches.
I know people love to take their dogs everywhere, but maybe they shouldn’t…
I’ve reached a big milestone in my academic career: my first published research paper. Brand new: How visual context shapes initial response to logos and corporate visual identity systems has bene published in the Journal of Product and Brand Management. It’s available now online and will eventually be assigned to an issue. If you have access to journal articles through a university or public library, you can access the article.
I really enjoy Apple’s new crosswords in Apple News.
Flat tire today sidetracked my plans for the day. Now I’m working from a waiting room.
Finally updated to macOS Sonoma on my Mac and iOS on my iPhone. My watch didn’t update because apparently, I don’t have enough space… not sure what that is all about.
Tomorrow night, the Ahsoka finale airs on Disney+. I’m looking forward to it. I’ve enjoyed the show. It’s not perfect, but I love Star Wars Rebels and it’s great to see a continuation of the story line. I’ve got a few absurd ideas about the finale that I figured I’d share. Our heroes are on Peridea, in another galaxy. Thrawn is ready to come back to the core galaxy, partnered with the Nightsisters, to restore the Empire.
My son, Ryan, is back in goal for another fall lacrosse season.
Weather is beautiful today. Hanging out on the back deck and cooking out on the grill.
Columbia’s Soda City Market is hoppin’ today. I remember when they only took up two blocks of Main Street.
Overheard at a grad school symposium:
I mean, we’re grad students. We should geek out about our research.
Loved this story on the Washington Post about the evolving color palette of Lego bricks.
As a designer who is also a Ph.D. student, I don’t understand why all diagrams in academic journals are poorly crafted.
Reading back through some journal articles for class from 2001 about the potential of the internet to shape public relations. It’s a flashback to a moment after the popularization of the web, but before social media. A very different world. (I miss that world.)
Got to film in the South Caroliniana Library on campus today. Hadn’t been in since the renovation started in 2015. Designed by Robert Mills in 1840, South Caroliniana is the oldest freestanding college library in the United States. The renovation/restoration is phenomenal.
Sports talk radio all over South Carolina is going to be a dumpster fire tomorrow.
Rewatching the first few episodes of Ahsoka again. Thrilled to see the Star Wars Rebels storyline continuing.
Today is a holiday, but my daughter needed to study and I had some grad school work to do so we headed out to Starbucks. This was the only coffee shop near my house when I started grad school and I was here for long hours most weekends. It was open late and was seemingly always filled with other grad students. After COVID shut everything down, several new coffee shops opened up including two very close to my house. I don’t visit “Grad School Starbucks” very often these days, but it’s funny how a space can hold so many memories…
I realized a long time ago that watching South Carolina play football on TV just stresses me out. So I’ll follow along with the game against UNC on the ESPN website. I’ll be happy if they win. And I’ll be less frustrated if the lose.
The wifi at my daughter’s dorm room is slow and she has a hybrid class that starts this week. I dropped off an ethernet cable and a USB-C adapter today and now her internet incredibly fast. Wifi is convenient, but ethernet is fast and reliable.
Saw these flowers outside of a restaurant this evening.
