Archive for July, 2006
Musings on LBI International AB announcement
I met my deadline early, so I will post some commentary here on the LBI/Framfab announcement. What we have here is a post-dot-com era rollup strategy. LBI International is now, unquestionably, the largest interactive agency in Europe. Robert (Pickering) told me in an interview recently that LBI is roughly 10x larger than the number 2 [...]
LBIcon/Framfab merger closed today
I don’t have time to comment on this today because I’m on deadline. It’s worth posting the press release info, however. I will come back post-deadline with comments. From the Press Release: LBI International AB, Europe’s leading digital and interactive agency is born With today’s registration of the merger between Framfab and LB Icon the [...]
The Long Tail of a Short Tale
I recently emailed my friend Phil Wainewright that “I’m so excited [about this new sector], I feel like a Pointer Sister.” I’ve been swamped with the research and reporting for this GITS story on how SaaS and Web 2.0 applications could potentially disintermediate the billable consultant. The interviews are facscinating. Kicking off with Dion Hinchcliffe, [...]
Making up Another Mind*
Yesterday, I notice I had a flurry of activity on the blog (a blip really, in blogosphere terms, but a flurry in relative terms for my usual activity) with a reader coming in from a search for “Sapient Blog.” I would like to cover the Interactive Agency sector fairly aggressively, but my overtures to this [...]
My Bad (blog and blogging habits)
I received a nudge from a reader I respect who suggested I need to post more regularly to be taken seriously. “To be perceived as a blogger with time sensitive market insights, you need to have more frequent postings .” Ouch. The good news and bad news about blogging is unlike old school print magazine [...]
