dissonance
Apr. 1st, 2002 09:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonJust one of those Mondays. I sat crunching code and listening to audio books, when all I wanted to do was be at home sewing.
I don't dislike my work, and though this particular section is repetitive its not always like that. I just sometimes wonder whether I am right to keep such a strict division between work and hobbies. Having said that, I know I could never make a living sewing/designing - I lack experience, expertise, and enough creative juice to do this for a living.
What is really interesting me now workwise are issues of usability and designing things that actually work - it seems every damn thing needs to have some sort of manual or instruction. With my tiny shred of hopeless idealism I'd like to see a day when software/Web interfaces/appliances/you name it are designed so well and so simply that such things aren't necessary. As such I've been reading things like this and this and finding it all extremely inspirational.
I think what I really need is a change of scenery, one of those vacations/weekends that I've gone on about. I need to wait until after I find out what taxes will be first though, and the wait is starting to get to me.
Meanwhile, I did get a taste of sewing when I went home - I cut out the pattern pieces for the tux coat (hurrah!) and will try to cut a muslin tomorrow (hurrah!) so that is something.
Think I'm going to wind down the day with a cup of chamomile tea and a large book on Spanish costume of the late 15th/early 16th centuries (hurrah!)
I don't dislike my work, and though this particular section is repetitive its not always like that. I just sometimes wonder whether I am right to keep such a strict division between work and hobbies. Having said that, I know I could never make a living sewing/designing - I lack experience, expertise, and enough creative juice to do this for a living.
What is really interesting me now workwise are issues of usability and designing things that actually work - it seems every damn thing needs to have some sort of manual or instruction. With my tiny shred of hopeless idealism I'd like to see a day when software/Web interfaces/appliances/you name it are designed so well and so simply that such things aren't necessary. As such I've been reading things like this and this and finding it all extremely inspirational.
I think what I really need is a change of scenery, one of those vacations/weekends that I've gone on about. I need to wait until after I find out what taxes will be first though, and the wait is starting to get to me.
Meanwhile, I did get a taste of sewing when I went home - I cut out the pattern pieces for the tux coat (hurrah!) and will try to cut a muslin tomorrow (hurrah!) so that is something.
Think I'm going to wind down the day with a cup of chamomile tea and a large book on Spanish costume of the late 15th/early 16th centuries (hurrah!)
