About
You’ve come across the personal website of Ian MacAllen. My site has gone through a dozen iterations since I first launched it over six years ago. In the transition, I decided to modernize and transition from the blogger platform to the more versatile Word Press platform. During the transition process, I left behind the majority of my old blog posts, selecting only my favorites for inclusion in the new site. If for some reason you feel an overwhelming desire to explore those old posts, check out my original blog.
I was born and raised in Ringwood, New Jersey, a suburb 45 miles or so north of New York City. Ringwood consists largely of state forests and reservoirs, making it a rather rural place to live. When I was little, my brother and I would war against the kids up the street. We had a tree house that needed to be defended. A few years ago, the tree house collapsed under the weight of winter snow.
I attended Lakeland Regional High School with a bunch of people I don’t talk to anymore. My closest friends shared the common bond of believing ourselves better than everyone else. This is still the case. The most notable celebrity — and for now, the only celebrity — from our high school is Project Runway’s Austin Scarlett who was a year or two older than we all were.
From there I migrated to Rutgers College in New Brunswick. I had a few good drinks and met some good mates, though largely, as in high school, we all thought we were better than everyone else. Again, this is still the case.
At present I work as a graphic designer for a consulting firm. That may sound terribly vague. That is intentional.
I enjoy cooking and eating. That may seem to go hand and hand, but there are plenty of people who love eating and can’t cook for shit, and others who like cooking but don’t eat. I also get excited from tall buildings and urban planning and will at any moment espouse numerous reasons as to why the suburbs rot the brain and the soul. I’m a city kind of guy. I also like photography, digital and film alike.
I also operate local metropolitan website New York’s Sixth.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have received over the years a bit of press, which can be found here.