This Blog’s For You, Mrs. Kellog
“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.” —Brandi Snyder
I met Mrs. Kellog 35+ years ago over the course of four or five visits. Each time we walked into her room, her face lit up. She was eager to talk, happy to learn about our young experiences and anxious to share stories from her life. Mrs. Kellog had long since lost the use of her body to disease and was confined to a bed. That didn’t stop her. She never missed an opportunity to learn something new or to provide a lesson to her visitors. She was an inspiration and immediately loved by all who entered the nursing home doors.
If I could talk to Mrs. Kellog today, she would be proud to know that I’m dipping my toes into the blogosphere. She’d want to know every detail. She would take the time to provide an analogy or some related story from her teaching years. I have no doubt that she would be genuinely excited.
I can’t tell Mrs. Kellog about the experiences I’m about to encounter like I did in those brief meetings as a child. I can tell YOU, however, that she was one of the first outside of my family to teach me that knowledge is an important factor in the light of one’s life.
I’m not an expert, guru, specialist, master or queen of anything (okay maybe queen of my house, but let’s save that discussion for another time.) Like Mrs. Kellog, I’m eager to share my knowledge and equally excited to hear about your experiences. The Production Side is for you, Mrs. Kellog . . . and for you.
My mission is to share stories, perspectives, analogies, thoughts and general information from the production side of the advertising/marketing/graphic design world. I’ll focus a great deal of attention on print and printing, direct mail, paper, proofing, estimating, data management, production management . . . you get the idea. If I am able to help just one person in some small way, I will have succeeded. Let’s get started, shall we?
Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathanrussell/2976451403/
Jim Raffel said,
February 4, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Debbie,
Great start! You already get it. Just keep writing like this and your blog will be a huge success. I’ll be a regular reader.
debbiekipp said,
February 4, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Thank you, Jim. That means a lot!
Jerry Gennaria said,
February 4, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Nice work, Debbie! Nice to see one of my favorite print people embracing the pixels.
debbiekipp said,
February 5, 2010 at 8:14 am
Thanks, Jerry. You know, I do believe that when all of the “Media” kids play nice together in the sandbox they shine the brightest.
Hal Brown said,
February 5, 2010 at 4:20 am
Congrats Debbie! You look good in print. I too think you will do well. I will sub to your blog and look forward to coming posts.
debbiekipp said,
February 5, 2010 at 8:14 am
Thank you so much for your encouragement, Hal. It is greatly appreciated.
Udi said,
February 5, 2010 at 10:57 pm
What an excellent beginning for a blog! This post promises to take us to places I’d like to visit
I’ll be coming to visit!
debbiekipp said,
February 5, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Oh, how nice of you to say, Udi. Thank you. I hope I won’t disappoint.
Mari said,
February 5, 2010 at 11:23 pm
Debbie,
Congrats on your debut! I was wondering what you’ve been up to and now I know.
Looking forward to your sharing expert revelations about print production and the magic behind getting the paper to communicate.
Mari
debbiekipp said,
February 5, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Thank you for taking the time to stop by, Mari. Everyone is so supportive! I shouldn’t be surprised. I have the best Twitter and IRL friends!
Margie Dana said,
February 6, 2010 at 10:24 am
Bravo, Deb!!! Looking forward to learning from you. Terrific undertaking. Love the design, too.
debbiekipp said,
February 6, 2010 at 10:34 am
You? Learn from me? Umm. I think it’s the other way around. LOL. Thank you so much, Margie!
Kari Lønning said,
February 7, 2010 at 10:34 am
Nice post and great beginning. I look forward to reading what you have to say.
debbiekipp said,
February 7, 2010 at 10:59 am
Awww. Thank you, Kari. And thanks for stopping by.
Joe Ruiz said,
February 7, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Great post Debbie… welcome to the blogosphere! Anything we can do to educate, help and enlighten each other on the vast world of production is great in my book. Looking forward to reading more of your posts.
debbiekipp said,
February 7, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Thank you, Joe. I appreciate the support. We have to stick together, don’t we?
By the way, I’ll be adding “Production Matters” (http://productionmatters.wordpress.com/) to my blogroll next week when I update it.