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CES 2012 Video

January 23, 2012 4 Comments

Here’s a video recap of my trip to CES 2012. Enjoy!

And for more from my trip check out these other posts:

Filed under Conferences Tagged with advertising, brands, CES, conferences, Consumer Electronics Show, gadgets, games, humor, technology, trends, video

Twitter and the Rebirth of Appointment TV.

July 13, 2011 Leave a comment

SPOILER ALERT!! No, I’m not about to reveal the ending of Lost or who may or may not have killed someone on True Blood last week. But if you are online, and using anything social, you are probably familiar with that term. Just the other day I had the ending of an episode of a show I watch ruined because someone on Twitter forgot to put that in front of their tweet. But it’s not really their fault. It’s Twitter’s.

The times they are a-changin’. Again.

What’s Next?

May 16, 2011 Leave a comment

At every conference, on every blog, in every trade, everyone always wants to talk about “what’s next.” What’s going to be the next disruptive technology, what’s going to be the next big consumer trend, what will people be doing five years from now and how can I prepare for it? How can I be poised to profit from it?

I don’t have a crystal ball or claim to know the future, but since my guess is as good as anyone else’s (maybe a little better), I’m going to take a stab at it.

[UPDATED] THREE of my Favorites from the PSFK Conference.

May 5, 2011 1 Comment

I know that I promised you my presentation from the PSFK conference but it hasn’t been shown to my department yet, so you have to wait. But I do want to share the videos of my ~~two~~ THREE favorite sessions of the day.

The first is Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb.com. His story of creativity, ingenuity and determination (to not become homeless) is truly inspiring.

The second is from Aaron Dignan, founding partner at Undercurrent. His presentation, entitled “Why the future of work is play” is a great breakdown of the future of how we learn and improve our skills, as well as a critique of other so-called “games.”

The third was just released the other day, hence the update. Justin Gignac, a recovering art director, entrepreneur, innovator and all around awesome guy talks about his creative process and includes great advice like “Don’t be an asshole.”

I’ll share my takeaways from the conference soon, I promise.

PSFK Conference 2011 (hottubcrimemachine.com)

Filed under Account Planning, advertising, brands, Conferences, Games, Presentations, Trends, videos Tagged with Aaron Dignan, Account Planning, advertising, AirBnB, brands, Game mechanics, games, Joe Gebbia, psfk, social media, Strategy, technology, Undercurrent, video

My predictions for 2011

December 21, 2010 2 Comments

Since it’s getting to be the end of the year and everyone else is making predictions for what 2011 will bring, I figured I might as well make some of my own.

But rather than write another post I don’t think anyone will read I decided to create a short video that no one will watch. For the two of you out there reading, enjoy!

Social Business Predictions 2011 ” Dachis Group Collaboratory (fredzimny.wordpress.com)
R.I.P. Trend Predictions: 2011 is the Year of Insight (prweb.com)
The Big List of 2011 B2B Social Media and Marketing Predictions (socialmediab2b.com)
Digital Marketing Predictions for 2011 (arhg.net)
7 Predictions For The Year 2011 From 1931 Visionaries (businessinsider.com)
JWT illustrates its trend predictions for 2011 (adweek.blogs.com)

Filed under Account Planning, advertising, brands, Mobile-Social, social media, Trends, videos Tagged with 2011, advertising, apps, brands, facebook, funny, games, location-based, mobile-social, predictions, social media, Strategy, technology, trends, Twitter, video

Life Isn’t A Game. Except For When It Is.

September 29, 2010 Leave a comment

Games are everywhere these days. Video game consoles, hand held devices, on our phones, even on our search engines. But one emerging trend is shifting gaming from something that happens on a device to something that happens in real life, with a device. Why just go to a bar when you can go to a bar, score points, earn a title and beat your friends? Games that take place in real life have been around forever – scavenger hunts and Killer are two examples of games layered over real life. But even happy hour at bars are a form of offline social gaming (just watch the video below if you don’t believe me).

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