Friday Vidcast 10-30-09

I agree with Brian, that most of us probably put on a different face for our clients than when we vent (and possibly exaggerate our frustration for effect) online. But I know what you are getting at. Most of us allow that frustration to limit our interactions with clients instead of expanding them to be as helpful as you suggest. Your suggestion is a really great one, and I share your idea on the return business that it would generate.

I think this is great advice that, unfortunately, will likely go largely unpracticed…though I guess that’s good for the rest of us . Thanks for yet another great vidcast. ... See all content Hide content

4 months, 2 weeks ago by Rob Bowen on Wordpress

Geez GET OVER YOURSELF!

lol. jk. yelling is fun.

love the attitude and approach to this ‘problem’. I definitely needed this today and I’m gonna share it with my two classmates too. We all are working on a project together for a client and the experience has been…well…interesting.

It makes me appreciate being in school and working on my OWN work .

Question. Have you ever order lasagna then decided you wanted shrimp! I don’t know Aaron I think as a server I wouldn’t be very happy.

just sayin ... See all content Hide content

4 months, 2 weeks ago by Christina Olivas on Wordpress

Perfect for a Friday! @aaroni268 's Friday Vidcast 'Design, Development, and the Pursuit of Happiness' http://bit.ly/35vWzz #graphicdesign

4 months, 2 weeks ago by psprint on Twitter

@aaroni268 's Friday vidcast for this week-- another installment full of insightful observations, IMO http://bit.ly/DTujv

4 months, 2 weeks ago by rafael armstrong on Twitter

Do you think it is ok for designers to use Twitter as a "digital water cooler" to vent? http://twurl.nl/ldluyv . Add your thoughts!

4 months, 2 weeks ago by brianyerkes on Twitter

Hi Aaron, I think you are missing the overall picture of the reason why designers express frustration, share jokes etc about certain clients that they have on twitter/facebook etc.

Sure, we all make jokes and discuss experiences with clients, whether good or bad, comical, frustrating etc…but I am confident that 99% of the designers doing this, do not do so in front of their client, or express these frustrations to their client.

Twitter and Facebook and any other online media for communication is used by a lot of designers to connect with other designers about issues that they deal with in their careers, and this gives them a platform to joke, share experiences etc between themselves. Sure, the conversation is open to anyone, and potential clients could read it, but most designers on social media either work for a local company or freelance for themselves and have mainly local clients in their community. This is why designers are able to vent/joke etc on social media, it’s basically the digital water cooler in the virtual office.

I don’t think it’s a matter of getting over themselves at all. Designer’s simply release their frustrations, share experiences with others online with the people they communicate with. Whether to entertain or build knowledge….Of course we all understand that we need clients to do what we do, and of course we respect them and deal with them in a professional way. I don’t think anyone that jokes on twitter about clients shows the same frustration to the actual client.

I think you are missing the fact that designers communicating online via Twitter etc naturally use it as a “digital water cooler” to talk about “the job”. No harm no foul. And if a certain designer acquires most of their clients from social media, they just need to be more careful than others in the messages that they put out there. ... See all content Hide content

4 months, 2 weeks ago by Brian Yerkes on Wordpress