I’ve never seen the play I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, but its title has come to mind during more than a couple recent conversations when the topic of traditional advertising agencies and their clients comes up. If I were to write a play about the ad business today, I’d call it I Like You Sometimes, You Cost Too Much For What You Deliver, And If You Change, I’m Leaving You. Clearly my title is not as catchy as the original, but I think... + read on
Today I took an afternoon trek to the Brooklyn Museum for the Takashi Murakami show. It’s an exhibit that was originally put together by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in LA. The New York Times calls Mr. Murakami the Japanese version of Andy Warhol in their review of the show. There is a Louis Vuitton shop right in the middle of the exhibit selling extremely expensive bags. When my friend and I priced out a small bag at $1600, we decided... + read on
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Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Eduardo Camargo from Colmeia. He, Vini Reis (a friend and former colleague of mine) and I had a great time hanging out and talking about the things that excite a geeks like us: technology, innovation, marketing and more. Eduardo taped it and put part of our conversation on Colmeia’s vlog which you can see below. You can also follow Eduardo and Vini on Twitter.
colmeia na gringa | @NYC | episodio 2... + read on
This past Thursday night I was lucky to be part of group of people got together to talk about the state of digital advertising, technology and what the future holds for marketing in the digital age. John Haake, from Eyeblaster, was the host at ValBella.
The evening wasn’t presented as an Eyeblaster event though. No one talked about their technology or what they were selling. It was just a discussion amongst people who care about making... + read on