[IxDA Discuss] Back to Basics

[Nasir Barday]

Cathartic indeed :). Though I use tea and rely on the built-in eraser
(thanks to my 2nd-grade teacher, Mrs. Bradford, for showing us how to
"clean" our erasers to keep them from making icky smudges).

I'll probably become a Mac user when Apple comes out with a tablet. I
do still like the physical interaction of graphite/ink on paper--
there's something satisfying about the friction that
plastic-on-plastic action can't quite match. In the mean time, I do
non-web stuff, and projects are all over the place, so I'm stocking my
toolchest with blank paper, and two #2 pencils, one dull and one
sharp. Mechanicals, for me, are too hard to erase and I break the lead
too easily.  I think I decided that in 8th grade. I'm pretty sure I'm
an edge case ...

I took a chance and showed my drawings in a meeting, and no one seemed
to mind the graphite-lines-on-color-screenshot look. Score! This
company really has come around over the past few years... *proud*.

I learned everything I need to know about design in Middle School :).
- Nasir