by David | Jan 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
The New Normal: DenialSince the first utterance of the phrase “green shoots,” there have been attempts to gaze into the crystal ball, to predict what things are going to be like once we get out of the recession/depression-lite. The most recent is a long...
by David | Dec 16, 2009 | New Marketing, new media, Online Video, Video
Her “Bad Romance” music video features prominent product placement for stuff she designs & sells – and has garnered 38 million views. The song itself is kinda beside the point – it’s bubblegum synth-disco-pop, about as bland and...
by David | Sep 24, 2009 | Digital Migration, New Marketing, new media, Online Video
It was a cinematic night, as event organizer Brad Nye looked like he was making an entrance in a James Bond film, and Jason Calacanis did a Q&A (thanks for taking my question first, BTW), and looked a little like Citizen Kane. It’s late and I’ve got a...
by David | Aug 16, 2009 | Digital Migration, New Marketing, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
In which I get very “Meta” and write a blog post that aggregates other blog posts that were written about aggregation. I am also posting this over on the AIM Group blog, as part of what I think might become a regular feature, “This week in the paid...
by David | Aug 10, 2009 | Digital Migration, New Marketing, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch
Another quick hit, this one courtesy of an article in AdAge about how the free-fall in the ad industry has at least stopped, but what’s emerging out of the wreckage is that things will never go back to the way they were. “This current economy has...
