Working for Twitter looks fun
What a great place to work and an ace company to be part of 
Looks like the opposite of what a lot of companies practice (and I am speaking from experience).
Another wonderful digital magazine concept
Happy and busy. It’s been a great week. A really good week.
A trip to London to see a new client and also managed to catch up with three friends. (Plus got a long overdue haircut in at the always excellent Murdocks).
The go ahead for a great Hull Digital event coming soon (and I don’t mean this year’s HDLive either).
Feedback from a client that they love the website concept we’re doing for them.
Confirmation on 2 excellent mobile projects – more to follow soon.
I’m feeling excited and inspired and also because of the great people I’m working with like John, Rob, Darren, Chris, Maria, Jacqui and Mark.
So, that’s why the blogging has been somewhat sparse. I know, B- for effort. Anyway, here’s yet another digital magazine concept, but it really is rather cool, and the ‘behind the scenes’ film makes it a must watch. We just need the iPad pre-orders for the UK now!
VIV Mag Featurette: A Digital Magazine Motion Cover and Feature for the iPad from Alexx Henry on Vimeo.
Meeting hell
I’ve been here, believe me, and it wasn’t pretty 
Just say sorry
Very wise words indeed from @jasonfried – written for Seth Godin’s new free ebook – What Matters Now. Don’t miss it, it really is superb.
Clarity
It’s a nice word clarity.
Fits in well with clear, simple, understood and important. It’s vital to make sure that projects, deals, working and business relationships all have clarity. If they do, it makes things SO much simpler.
The reason I mention this is a current project where clarity has been replaced with opaque. So it is not clear, not transparent, and has led to some confusion (we are sorting this out now). Luckily the client is ace, (and a good friend), and so that it is not a deal breaker, far from it, just something we need to work out so that we both benefit.
I’ve jotted down some items that I’m going to remember for the next time:
- make sure both parties have clarity (doesn’t help if one does and one doesn’t)
- try and work with the people who really understand the project – makes things much easier
- go above and beyond the call of duty if at all possible
- ensure an agreement is in place and signed
- keep the communication in place and not get irritated – these things happen!
- ask many more questions at the beginning of the work
- educate a client as well as tell / advise
The project is looking really, really good, and the client loves it too. Just that final hurdle and it will be smiles all round
Do you need people to sign stuff?
Well, don’t muck around, just use echosign!
EchoSign: The Way the Web Signs from FromEchoSign on Vimeo.
Pretty good eh? Just click here and get started for free (that’s what I did and now pay for the service as it really is superb. In fact, 3 clients have started using it themselves!
