Research - 08.05.08 - Getting started

Today was our first day in Unit 2.3 proper (yesterday - was just a bit of a stress - to be expected when forming groups). The theme of the day was based around managing research, and to be fair this is somewhere where I possibly lack certain skills or at least motivation so was there were some interesting points to take from the day. Not least my discovery that I really find google a terrible and inefficient way of searching for information.

However the most enlightening thing that I heard today was being told that us MAIM guys are terribly insular. We have our own studio and are a reasonably friendly bunch so I think we tend to comfortable in our own 4 walls. It really made me think, there’s a whole city of learning out there so I need to get out more!

In a similar vein the idea of getting out there and talking to people in industry - doing some primary research, getting contacts etc. I realised how daunting yet essential this was. i realised how institutionalised I have become without knowing it, something that would have been obvious a year ago now seems very hard.