VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Pete Cashmore of Mashable on ad platforms

April 17, 2008

I asked Pete Cashmore of Mashable what he thought the highlight of the Ad:Tech show was. He said since there are hundreds of ad networks and it’s hard to differentiate them, the real eye opener of the conference are the platforms that decide the best ad network for you. Dave McClure of Graphing Social Patterns […]

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VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Pat Houston on different types of content

April 17, 2008

Pat Houston, formerly of Yahoo and now with NetShelter is now speaking my language of vendor content. We ran into each other at the Revision3/Kiptronic party during Ad:Tech in San Francisco.

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VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Louise Bleakley of Merger Market on the conference

April 17, 2008

I asked journalist Louise Bleakley of Merger Market what she thought of the Ad:Tech conference.

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VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Do you want to be geotargetted by Looksmart?

April 17, 2008

Was having fun with Ben Russo of Looksmart at Ad:Tech yesterday. Asking him what they were launching new at the company. Peter Shankman is also in the video.

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VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Jim Louderback, CEO of Revision3 on launching shows

April 17, 2008

I ran into tons of people I knew at the Revision3/Kiptronic party during Ad:Tech in San Francisco. Here’s Jim Louderback who I used to work with at ZDTV/TechTV. He’s now the CEO of Revision3 and they’ve launched a bunch of new shows. I asked him what does it take to launch a new show.

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VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Jackson West on eBay in a depressed economy

April 17, 2008

Ran into Jackson West at the Revision3/Kiptronic party during Ad:Tech in San Francisco. He just started writing for Valleywag. He was telling me about how eBay said it will help you liquidate your personal assets in a recession.

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VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Tom Foremski bashes Wells Fargo's "conversation"

April 17, 2008

I ran into Tom Foremski of Silicon Valley Watcher again yesterday at the Revision3/Kiptronic party at Ad:Tech. He was telling me about his endless Wells Fargo bashing. He’s been doing it just to see if they’d respond. They’re not, although they’ve got a discussion board on their own site that says, “Welcome to the Conversation.” […]

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VIDEO: Ad:Tech 2008: Pay to blog with SocialSpark

April 15, 2008

Ran into SocialSpark on the tradeshow floor at Ad:Tech in San Francisco. I must say that I was a little suspect of the model when I first heard about it. But this interview proved me wrong.

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VIDEO: Ad:Tech 2008: Fiona hugs a giant cell phone

April 15, 2008

My friend Fiona Thwaites hugs a giant cell phone from eBuddy on the show floor at Ad:Tech in San Francisco.

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VIDEO: Ad:Tech 2008: Hanging out on the show floor

April 15, 2008

My friends Fiona Thwaites and Mike McAllen from Grass Shack Road were hanging out on the show floor at Ad:Tech in San Francisco. I just turned on my camera and got some of their first impressions of the show.

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