[LRUG] Action

[Tim Cowlishaw]

On 8 Apr 2009, at 10:49, Chris Parsons wrote:

>  We need to work on building face to face relationships with  
> clients, as that's the main thing that gets lost through offshoring.

I totally agree with this, f2f time with clients also seems to combat  
the stereotype of our profession as being populated by antisocial  
'back room' people which i think also contributes to a lot of the  
problems we've discussed.

It's actually also really rewarding - recently i've worked on a job  
where a couple of face to face meetings have managed to shift the  
attitude towards web development at my client company from viewing web  
development as a necessary, boring expense, towards one where people  
there were actually getting really excited about the possibilities of  
the technology we were developing, which is good for their business,  
good for me, and, i like to think, good for the wider perception of  
web technology and web development.

Cheers,

Tim