Day 2 kicked off with a quiet bang with a State of the Industry keynote roundtable. Among those participating was Rishad Tobaccowala, the CEO of digital think tank Denuo, who quickly became my hero for the morning. It was a format that made for lively discussion and soundbites (soundbytes?). Here are a few of my faves… “The [...]

      Aside from some very un-Northern California weather, ad:tech San Francisco kicked off with the expected barrage of stats, charts, case studies and digital punditry. And oh yeah…anyone heard about this recession thing that’s happening? Apparently it’s a big deal in the ad industry. Still, with over 12,000 conference pre-registrants, ad:tech remains a formidable event [...]

As an advertising professional, there’s nothing quite like walking down New York’s Madison Avenue. But as a digital advertising professional, you can’t get any better than San Francisco. Simply put it’s the center of the digital universe. From dotcom boom to bust and back again, from Silicon Valley to the tiniest office of an aspiring [...]

  It had been a crazy week at work, one where I couldn’t keep up with my Google Reader as often as I normally like. While I had heard about the communications disruptions that had happened in the San Francisco area, I really didn’t have the time to dig into the story until I received [...]