The heatwave continues and I am trying to make the post of my time spent indoors these days.
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
1.
It was a steady work week. I didn’t have a lot of meetings, and so I managed to move things along on a couple of projects. Over on the TypeTogether front, my colleague, Joancarles, breathed some cool OpenType life into a Devanagari project I am working on, and I am very excited to see where that’s headed.
2.
I find that I’ve dropped the ball on the social media front lately, having missed posting the results of my workshop at IIHS two weeks ago, as well as some new work that I had planned to share this year. I also have not managed to come up with a concrete plan for how I want to use social media for India Street Lettering. Instagram is a pain, but I realise that I have got to share work there to stay on people’s radars and generate more business. Knowing this doesn’t always act like the motivation I need it to be, though.
3.
Amber and I were back at swimming pool this week, and it has been good to spend alternate evenings swimming. The summer has put running and birdwatching completely out of our schedules, but I am thankful that we at least have this.
4.
I took up two LEGO print making projects: one alone to make a small Devanagari print that spelled out गर्मी, and another one with Amber, where we made a white-throated kingfisher. With a push over the weekend, I also finished reading A Gentleman in Moscow.
5.
For one reason or another, work on the next batch of India Street Lettering zines has been delayed for the past couple of months. I put in some time over the weekend and if all goes to plan, I should be able to send them out for test prints before the week is up.
6.
Along with the solo card games I play regularly, this week Amber and I have been playing cooperative Jenga. Our best so far is 26⅓ levels, but more importantly, we’ve been having a lot of fun. Interestingly, we have done better when we haven’t strategised beforehand. Just goes to show that we really haven’t got the pulse of the game yet.