work experience..

I had really interesting meetings with two companies this last week or so. The first one was 'Imagination', a real blast from the past back to my old Uni days. Quite a few friends of mine were really keen on their methodology and belief in 'Brand Experience'. They have amazing vision, fantastic offices and excellent work plus it was great to finally get over there and have a look around.
The other company was a place called 'Fjord' and that was equally as interesting. The work they are doing is outstanding and incredibly unique. It's refreshing to go into a studio that is innovative and successful as well as really nice people. They are working in the mobile market, developing interfaces and apps for a variety of phone producers and technology companies. It really gave me a glimpse of the current mobile development industry as well as reminded me of the way 'multi-media' was when I first started in this business all those years back! If I am honest I have been always been looking for another period like that.
I think it was when I was most challenged in my career. The boundaries constantly shifted due to the rapid advance in technology and also due to the fact none of us actually knew how to do what we were supposed to be doing! It made for exciting and fascinating times. I feel that the advances in mobile technology combined with the shift in towards concentrating on user-generated content on the web marks an equally interesting period.
Well, I hope so anyway!