I’m back!

It’s always difficult returning to a website after a break, probably more so after an unplanned one.

Life has been introducing me to new iterations of complexity and I’ve only recently felt ready to start making sense of things. I didn’t want to return without resuming my regular schedule (every other day), but I just can’t write that frequently any more. I have too much going on in my life to do that, especially as I’m successfully challenging my issues with motivation and procrastination to re-discover my passion for creativty.

Consequently, I’m returning for once-a-week updates until I have more time to say all I have to say. This will allow me to concentrate on my web design projects (get in touch if you’re looking for a web designer, or know someone who is) and to improve All Things Bright (let me know what needs changing).

Achievements

It’s not as if I haven’t been busy; here’s a summary of my latest achievements, as well as some information about what I’m working on at the moment.

Graduate Fashion Week

I recently completed work on a project that was on exhibit at Graduate Fashion Week. It’s a website called Subcultures: Fashion & Music Trends, a collaboration between myself & Melissa Taylor.

Photographs to follow shortly - look out for them next Wednesday!

Women in Media

In February 2007, Sali from Women in Media interviewed me and the resulting profile is now online. I feel truly blessed to be recognised as a woman in a successful media and technology career, especially as I don’t feel that way most of the time. I hope that the fact that I can achieve this will encourage and inspire other people, because if I can do it you surely can!

Here’s an excerpt:

Describe your job/role?
I run a blog about personal entrepreneurship. I’m starting my own business and writing about my experiences, focusing on ‘personal’ aspects - how my business affects the rest of my life, how my friends influence and inspire me, how other people can get started out.

What is the best thing about your job?
I love the fact that by doing something that I enjoy, it inspires other people. It means a lot to me that I can create and share that kind of value. I have to admit that I love playing around with the design and code for my site too.

What attracted you to it?
I’ve always enjoyed writing and geeky stuff (like making websites) - when I was at school I taught myself web design. Combining the two happened naturally, it feels almost inevitable that writing and web designing would come together.

Read the rest: Kathleen Bright: Women in Media case study interview

Bright Portfolio

I’m actively looking for web design, web development & site administration or web management work, to that end I’ve been revamping my portfolio. It’s by no means complete, but I wanted to let you know about it now.

Check out brightportfolio.com!