Vanderbilt designers converged today from all corners of campus for a first-ever meeting and lunch. I wouldn’t have made the cut, but fortunately the graphic artist at the Cancer Center, the same wonderful person who designed the gray-haired lady featured on this blog’s banner, urged me to come. I’m so glad I did, even if it did give me a slight Alice-in-Wonderland feeling.

I’m used to geeks, and while there was a healthy sprinkling of them too, the predominant theme was art. At one point they started talking favorite Pantones. I was proud to even know they were talking about color. And many of them can draw! One used to be a courtroom artist. Wow.

Even more amazing, over a one hour lunch they decided to set up both a listserv and blog, and by quitting time today, both were in place. Zoom….

If you are a Vanderbilt employee, you can get to the blog here: Vanderbilt Designers Blog. One challenge it creates: I follow blogs via Google Reader, but it doesn’t support password-protected ones. I’m not sure how it will unfold, but I certainly do admire the pluck of these artists willing to dive right into Web 2.0.