Going out strong, and subtle art brag

30A – Final Reflection

This semester I had a lot of fun and feel like I learned a lot. I think the best thing I got out of it was just losing all reservations about walking up and asking people to talk to me. I can see that being a really useful skill, and the first round of interviews was definitely the moment where I realized that this class would make me get out there and try things. Some of the things I'll remember are the three books I read for this class, because I enjoyed the wright brothers book so much that I started a personal tradition to make a custom bookmark for every new book I read. These are the three for the books I read for this class, but I have done one for the eleven books I read since the Wright brothers and really enjoy it as a way to remember and think about books I read. 

 (The story behind that one is that I so far completely have ignored all social media, but reading the book on it made me realize that I do many of their practices for a good stream of content in the flood or random nonsense I send to my busy girlfriend all day so I made a social media site out of our text conversation.)

This class worked with several others I took this semester (an advertising class for fun, and a creativity class for Innovation Academy) really helped me feel more confident in my ability to make things and take the first step. I don't know how much my creativity will develop as far as making a business, but I definitely plan to take these skills forward. I have noticed that many of the things we learned pop up in strange places as I pay closer attention to the choices and style of businesses and products in my life.

To anyone starting this class, I would just recommend having fun with it and find a cool idea for your product/service. If your idea isn't interesting or fun for you, then the assignments could feel like a pain and it will be harder to talk to people about an idea you don't like in the interviews. Also, just have fun with your blog posts. I always tried to be more informative, fun (possibly funny on occasion), and intentional in my posts than was needed. By the first few assignments, I got into the habit of looking for comments each week (and found out that if you post too early or make your posts too long, no one wants to read and then comment on them...) and enjoying the feedback.

With that, I'll finish by thanking the cool classmates in my group. I had fun reading your posts and comments. Good luck all!