I should have posted this a long time ago, but in case you didn’t hear, Citizen Agency is on hiatus until further notice.

Tara has gone on to bigger and better things and I’ve, well, I’ve gone to work for the man (Google, that is).

Citizen Agency may yet resurface at some point (in a very different way, I imagine!), but for now, I’m not looking for any new work or clients.

Thanks to those who have trusted us with their business in the past, and best of luck to those who continue to reach for their higher purpose.

…It conjures thoughts of Asian influences and the strength, stealth and discipline of martial arts. It stands out like a Bruce Lee in a sea of Steven Segals.

Brilliant, Jordan…and thanks! Oh…and for those who haven’t seen it:

Hopefully very soon, our blog and website will reflect our official mark…

So, if we are going to create this really great consorgency of collaborants, we should also create a symbol…perhaps starting with a logo, but not remaining rigid to some silly set of ‘logo standards’ guidelines…for people to understand that, “Yes, this is a project of that generation.” Like the ‘Z’ that Zorro left, or the rose that ‘V’ left, or the Obey Giant scattered around city scapes to remind us to pay attention – we would be recognizable by our mark.

And at the same time, the work itself is the ‘brand’. If we do terrible work or unethical work, that symbol becomes tarnished…like many symbols in history. So that the symbol isn’t what people get behind – it is the work…the proof in the pudding. The symbol only serves to give a quick representation so that we can recognize one another in an instance.

So, what is that symbol for Citizen Agency? We need a new symbol…one that hasn’t been used before. One that doesn’t have someone else’s history baked in. One that means collaboration and change and individual and independence and collective and strength and a whole lot of other things all rolled up together. It’s something revolutionary, but peaceful. It’s something that is simple. It’s something that we will know when we see it. You will know when you see it. Some will be inspired by it. Others will look at it and disagree. It won’t serve to polarize, but it will serve to be a strong symbol of this idea that Individuals, working together, can move history.

So, what represents you?

Chris is still in France and I’m sitting here at Vloggercon, but it’s definitely time to get something solid up in writing on the web.

Let’s go…