Antipresto, a new home!
YES, YES… I know. Why would a graphic designer (with my type of style and desires) create two WordPress blogs with generic styles, write about a whole bunch of random stuff (seemingly uncorrelated), and ignore all of the custom-art-’wow’-opportunities?! Because life doesn’t always allow the time, I’ve been in pain, and have a solid list of neglected things more pressing to get to… including figuring out how to pay bills. And as far as I can tell and although blogging has been a fun outlet for me, it has yet to contribute to the bill-paying effort or even pull in more than a c-note. So far, my writing career looks like a pipedream.
So what is this new site, and why is it here? Well, I know a little something about marketing, and a little something about blogging, believe it or not. One of those things that I know: blogs should be directed, narrow, and on-topic. “On topic” is not a description that Bradtastic.com could accurately hold at the moment; there are articles and entries on everything from my silly sketches, ramblings, Mac and Windows software, all the way to what I watch on television. I want Bradtastic.com to be about me, and all of those things are important to me… and that might be the problem, so many things are important to me.
I actively want to write about everything from fine arts such as watercoloring and oil painting to tagging. I want to cover Tennis Grand Slam events as well as rock concerts. I want to write about daytime TV, Discovery Channel, National Geographic and VH1. I want to talk about national foreign policies and international diplomatic efforts as well as the latest in greatest in the magic world… there’s just no way that I can do all of that in one place like I was originally not-planning-on-but-happened-to-do at my (other) homepage.
Antipresto really isn’t about magic. It’s about technology trends and how it fits into life. Why the name? Because this is all coming from my unsolicited mind-bank of semi-brilliance, and it’s a magician’s take on the latest and greatest that the society of tech and entertainment has come up with, as well as little tidbits of information that might help a person make life a little bit easier.
I see it left-n-right when walking down the street; people ignoring perfectly good, time-saving technology while scurrying along to stand in line to blow hard-earned cash on products that will do nothing more than waste time and turn into a paperweight. Why am I the guy to listen to? Ask the many, many people who at the end of the day, turn to my advice to make decisions come morning. People pay me for advice.
And this blog, and all of the information I am about to share, is honest and free. I want to help the world be happy, I don’t want people to waste money, and more importantly, time. I just hope that two blogs is enough for me… time will tell.