A Requiem for Argus Associates

Swanson, Troy Swanson at moraine.cc.il.us
Mon Mar 19 10:59:45 EST 2001


Does anyone know if the content for Argus' web site will still be
available??
(yes???  please!)


Troy Swanson

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tony Barry [SMTP:me at Tony-Barry.emu.id.au]
> Sent:	Saturday, March 17, 2001 12:45 AM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	[WEB4LIB] Re:A Requiem for Argus Associates
> 
> At 2:08 PM -0800 16/3/01, Roy Tennant wrote:
> >Since I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, many of you may not know 
> >that our friends and colleagues at the information architecture firm 
> >Argus Associates (http://www.argus-inc.com/) are closing their 
> >doors. Apparently a victim of the economic downturn, what was once a 
> >highly successful firm is now no more.
> 
> Bugger!  [Not sure if this translates well across the Pacific. In 
> Australia it's a common, medium level, swear word of annoyance and 
> regret].
> 
> When I went to the US in 1994 I deliberately went to Ann Arbor just 
> to meet Lou. He seemed a bit put out and arranged for me to meet the 
> Dean etc etc. I had hoped he would make a lot of money. And yes I DID 
> buy the book.
> 
> An economic downturn does not respect talent unfortunately.
> 
> Tony
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