I assume that for many of you, work gets real again this week, and you’re already looking at an overstuffed inbox. So, let’s keep things simple and give you a quick list of things to do. Register for Digital Day Camp (Oct 2, Toronto). This week and next,...
I’m envious of all those who have OOO replies turned on this week. My summer was not the one I planned, but it has been great, nonetheless. I’m working as much as ever but in a healthier way than I was. One kid got dropped off at college last week and he’s...
Innovation is everywhere. My days are filled by talking with people about what’s possible. Some recent examples: Do you realize how much better things would be if we all moved to VAST 4+ and put IDs on creatives? The IAB Tech Lab does, and it could be...
August to July this year in our industry: hold my beer. WTF. I love to talk about market dynamics and trying to figure out how to make all this technology work for advertisers, publishers, and audiences. The industry however seems to want to settle things in the...
It’s hard to measure the power of community. I’m looking at the active conversations in our community that touch on things from consent strategies, to Google (always Google), to video player page weight, to softening CPM trends, to refresh rates in-app, to cannabis...
Looking ahead at the rest of the year, I’m trying to determine which days are free. It’s less an overbooking issue than making the most of this year and preparing for 2025. I don’t know when it became a thing where each year tries to outdo the prior one regarding...
I spent some serious time trying to connect all the great stuff we have going on right now. At one point, I tried astrophysics and then archeology. Nothing quite pulled it all together as cohesively as I wanted, so I will say this: Publishers have to build a new...
I should have expected that after our “event tsunami,” which was the last month, we’d have a lot of pent-up content and things to cover. As I’m looking at what we have to share, there is a lot. Let’s start off with the big news!We have a keynote for Navigator...
I should see how many years in a row I’ve recycled that ad tech tax joke. Diets take time, so we’re still working on tightening up the newsletter while providing the same amount of info. Would love to hear what you think about the new format.Kinda in order of...
The stats show us that we’ve reached a point with the newsletter where it’s too heavy/long for it to be delivered to everyone. We’ve just too much to say. It’s time this newsletter went on a diet. We will play with the format to deliver as much information as you...