so here it is, january 2nd. 2 days in the new year. my fresh start! my good intentions!
one of the goals i had set for this year was to try to get a picture published. the likeliest place i was going to start was JPG Magazine. JPGMag is a pretty cool concept: put user submitted, user voted and selected images in to a magazine and send it out. and it kind or worked. every month they had images (not all, of course) that were fantastic, and inspiring, and make you think “i want to do that!”
well, this was in my inbox today:
Today is a particularly sad day for all of us at JPG and 8020 Media.
We’ve spent the last few months trying to make the business behind JPG sustain itself, and we’ve reached the end of the line. We all deeply believe in everything JPG represents, but we just weren’t able to raise the money needed to keep JPG alive in these extraordinary economic times. We sought out buyers, spoke with numerous potential investors, and pitched several last-ditch creative efforts, all without success. As a result, jpgmag.com will shut down on Monday, January 5, 2009.
now, i know. nothing worth doing is ever easy. but come on. seriously. throw me a bone. if all my other resolutions start out this way, it’s going to be a very, very long year.
see? this is why resolutions are bad.
so here it is, january 2nd. 2 days in the new year. my fresh start! my good intentions!
one of the goals i had set for this year was to try to get a picture published. the likeliest place i was going to start was JPG Magazine. JPGMag is a pretty cool concept: put user submitted, user voted and selected images in to a magazine and send it out. and it kind or worked. every month they had images (not all, of course) that were fantastic, and inspiring, and make you think “i want to do that!”
well, this was in my inbox today:
now, i know. nothing worth doing is ever easy. but come on. seriously. throw me a bone. if all my other resolutions start out this way, it’s going to be a very, very long year.