I was in Amsterdam on Friday and it was freezing. Much colder than it has been here of late. I lost the feeling in my right hand having taken my glove off to answer the phone.
By contrast I enjoyed very warm welcomes at both of my meetings. We're in the process of developing a proper international new business strategy, and I was visiting 180 and Strawberry Frog to pick their brains. This was very generous of them given that they were effectively helping out a competitor. So thanks to Guy at 180 and to Mark and Alessandro at Strawberry Frog. The warmth and generosity felt very "Edinburgh" and we owe you.
As I was in the area I met up with Lee Hempstock for lunch. Lee is one half of a creative team that used to work here at Leith. He's now at 180 working on adidas and global Sony pitches. This is him pretending to do some work.
