• personal

    I Quit Social Media For A Week

    Recently one of my university projects focused on data visualisation. The brief was to take a set of data and create an infographic which displays that information in a way that is easy to understand. As part of this brief, I had to create an infographic based on a piece of personal data. I had a number of ideas for my personal data infographic and one of those was how much I use my phone each day. From this, I learned that I unlock my phone around 60 times each day. Even worse I spend about an hour each day on Instagram. As a result of this, I decided to…

  • blogging

    How I Edit and Schedule Instagram Photos

    As a designer, Instagram is a great way to promote my work. I have a second Instagram account just for my art and design work. Since the new API update, Instagram has allowed business accounts to directly schedule photos rather than manually post them. Today I thought I would share how I edit and schedule Instagram photos for my art account. TAKING PHOTOS I’m still working on my 100-day project so usually, I will wait for a free day so I can take multiple photos at the same time. Setting out a good chunk of time to take a batch of photos works better for me as I actually get…