My last day of my two week placement at Spring. I feel like I’ve done quite a bit in the nine days here. And it’s certainly been a fantastic experience.

Tues. I began my placement trying to file the client documents – and after a whole day’s work, I was still only on ‘B’! It was great seeing the diversity in businesses though – and going to some of these earlier this week brought some of the design work I’d seen into reality. Working on the Macs for two weeks has also really helped my knowledge – maybe when we finally get some at school, I’ll be ready to use them! It’s obvious that the Adobe suite is industry standard, so I still have much to learn.

Weds. Had my little bit of design too – helping George to design the promo flyer for local businesses was a great insight into how the ‘great minds’ work. Pleasing that the finished product was similar to my design too. Still haven’t really got over the idea of something created on a screen making it to 250 printed flyers. Didn’t end up blogging on Weds or Thursday … tut tut.

Mon. When I returned on Monday this week, there was a box of them. Needing to be delivered. So, armed with a raincoat and a surprisingly heavy batch of flyers, I marched through the town talking to shopkeepers and offering them Spring’s services. Southwold is rather large when walking! It’s nice seeing all the tourists around, and they’re all cheery despite the weather. When I got back to the office, Simon offered to take me on Tuesday through central London on a helicopter. There wasn’t much else to do, so I grudgingly agreed.

Tues. Apart from the early morning, rain and traffic jams, it was an incredible day – there’s really nothing like seeing London from the air, and it’s so so different from seeing it in a plane. Took some amazing photos of the sights, and I’m pretty confident that it would be the only chance I’d ever have to do something like that. Ta, Simon.

Weds. On Wednesday, I was introduced to the My Suffolk project – a ‘visitor & residents guestbook to post Suffolk experiences’ – coincidentally, a phrase I ended up repeating countless times, as Aprille, Lizzie and I were researching what people love about our county. People came up with some unusual responses, and you can see the full list on the site. We’d travelled to Bury and Snape to collect responses and all in all, collected just over a hundred.

Thurs. Of course, something had to be done with these responses, and on Thursday, I typed them all up to put them on My Suffolk. Never want to hear the phrase “big open sky” again. There were some interesting ideas, though. Also looked through the Flickr pool – a collection of Suffolk images from some impressive local photographers. If you’re on Flickr, and you’re into photography, share your efforts with our pool here. A great way to meet other local photographers.

Fri. And my final day. Just getting a few loose ends tied up – I was introduced to SocialOomph by Travis – and have written and scheduled tweets for the following weekend for My Suffolk’s twitter.

Did you know there are more pigs than people in Suffolk?

Got out into town once again delivering flyers, which was nice – bit of fresh sea air. And just looking through the Flickr again – some of the photos are truly amazing.

Well, thank you Spring, and Erika, Simon, George, Lizzie, Aprille, Glen, Becky, Rob, and Travis – I’ve had a really fantastic time. I hope I’ll be back next year.

Blog Post written by Jack Howson