In Australia we have been watch larger media agencies start to eat up smaller hot shops - almost like pacman! And Pacman is starting to look a bit on the heavy side.
The same thing seems to have happened globally now forming some very hot digital shops. Most of these shop still work purely in the […]
Is it such a bad thing? To a purest of the social networking scene, such invasions can be like water torture. The reality is without business involvement these social networks would never have arrived. To the purest it is a necessary evil.
So why can’t everyone just get along? They can and they do! As we […]
It looks like the online advertising experiment of the past 2 years seems to be over, for now. In a story by Nat Ives (adage.com) it reports that TNS Media Intelligence have reported a 1.7% increase in online spending. Mind you, an industry that is now worth US$152.3b won’t be complaining.
One of the things I’m […]
one of the sites I monitor has had an increase of 124% search referrals on the key phrase “web design”. Out of interest I typed this in Google Trends to see if there has been increase. To my surprise it has been in steady decline for the past 3 years.
AJAX had a massive search boom […]
ok we have heard them all before. Most of the lists a plain’ol common sense. Today I read a story in a local business magazine that was purely self promotion. So here is my take on the list, I’ll flesh out each one over the next week (or three).
So what are the ‘real’ deadly sins?
forgetting business integration […]
It amazes me how the term Web2.0 has come to favor. I suppose Dot Com 2.0 didn’t have the marketing power as “Web 2.0â€. It is only Jargon, which is completely irrelevant to the copyright issue.
As a developer I have been adding audio and video to websites for over 10 years. And there have been […]
As many of us in the industry have known for a while, the current skills shortage is a worry. There are plenty of new grads but most them have not been educated to produce commercial quality work. But the real shortage is is in experienced coders.
Many grad require rapid educating to developing in the real world. And […]
Adweek has published a report cards on the top 10 interactive shops in the US. These developers really highlight why spending good money on creative results in exceptional ideas.
 (Full Report Card - PDF)
Some of the top shops:
Agency.com | Digitas |Â AKQA | Razorfish | Carat Fusion | Modem Media