Project One Proposal:
The Online
Publication of My
Dreams
Justin Charles

Introduction

Initially, I was a bit worried to have to
come up with something so soon.

Then I remembered the idea I’d been
kicking around in my head for what
seems like forever.
Bear with me.

Interests

• art, design, film, photography, TV
• basketball, soccer, cycling
• literature, media theory & criticism
• politics, cultural studies
• music (particularly hip hop &
electronic)

That’s a broad set of interests but the
big one, the Internet, is where they
converge a bit. Online I can:
• research • be delighted by
• analyze • be engrossed
in
• critique
• support • play with
• curate

Concept

Through a mixture of text, images,
audio, and video, my aim is to create
the website I would imagine as having
everything I want as a reader,
covering all those interests I
previously mentioned in a manner
displaying refinement of taste and
quality with a lack of pretentiousness.

Technology

Having worked with it before,
WordPress seems the best option:
• free
• well documented
• extendable with plug-ins
• a great way to easily create, organize,
and publish content
• I can design and code the templates

Audience

My ideal reader is me
(or someone very
much like me).
Like Sven said in lecture, if I like something then there
must be somebody else who does too.

On the social web (sites like Twitter,
Tumblr, Ffffound, Flickr, Facebook,
and the like) I’ve found a surprising
number of people who happen to be
into the broad but connected set of
interests I have.* People like this are
the ones I’ll be talking to.
*Demographically, these people are generally young (18-35)creative types living in urban
environments.

In conclusion, I know this idea may be
a bit big for its britches but hopefully
you can help me reign it in a bit.
Thank you.