Off to London

I'll be off to London in April next year for the D&AD awards. I've been selected as part of the large international Jury for Online. I couldn’t be more excited an honored to be part of D&AD. I initially thought the email I received form them was a joke or I had then compete against everyone else for one of the spots. But all was legit and I not only score a free flight to London I also get to be part of one of the biggest awards in the world. Friend Marshall Heald (who looks after Noise) was also selected as part of the digital craft jury so I'll have another Aussie there. Another 4 Aussies have been selected and a couple of Kiwis. The rest of the online jury is top shit working for companies I respect greatly. I just hope they aren't all wankers. This will also be a chance for me to have a bigger holiday overseas and I’m hoping to visit France, Amsterdam and Italy while overseas. This is all happening as our company Soap starts to get into stride and pull in bigger clients, better briefs and get our name out there in the industry. It’s also becoming a harder beast to manage and stay focused. There’s always that feeling that you haven’t done as well as you should have but this only helps stay you to driven rather than complacent. The hardest thing is not to compare yourself to others and worry about what’s in front of you. 2006 should be a big year for us and with a few more additions to the team we will have everything in place to “take over the world” as they say.