Whatever’s next; whatever’s good.
It’s now-or-never-o’clock. I quit my job on Friday, primarily to focus more on getting Distance off the ground and moderately profitable. And while that’s indeed occupying a large chunk of my time, I now have way more time than I need to launch the thing. And I’m curious, and I like dabbling in small projects with good people, and I like making tiny amounts of money so I can eat burritos in a city with a comically low cost of living.
Here’s the overview so far:
- I’m an interaction designer by trade, and I focus a lot on what most folks call “product.” I blathered on about this once, and I continue to dig up examples that I find interesting. If you cofounded a startup in the past year or six, I can throw darts at it with great aplomb.
- I’m also a writer, editor, and printer. Probably as a result of all that, I’m a rather extreme type nerd, and I have a fondness for physical typesetting. I know how to work letterpress machines that weigh twenty times more than I do. So, if you want me to poke at your writing, I can do that. And if you want to collaborate on any hands-on projects with metal type, I can also do that. Or, anything with typography that doesn’t look like this stuff? I’m probably game.
- I always keep an open mind about any sort of projects that involve some degree of research, play, and curiosity. So if you want to plan anything off-the-wall funny or pranksterish, then get at me. I love outlandish, ridiculous projects. Let’s scheme together.
I would like to make cool things with good people. Maybe you’re one of these good people. And maybe you know other good people, too. I’m in a rare inflection point in my life where I don’t have to juggle competing priorities to take on new stuff. I would love if you got in touch (nickd//nickd/org or @nickd), and spread this far and wide. I am a little scared these days, but things are really only worth doing if they’re scary, so I figure I must be at least a little right.
