Video Archive

Best Halloween Costumes Ever!

Halloween has more of a “cult” following over here in the US where I’ve been for the last 3 weeks. Just jotting this down before we’re on our way back this afternoon to Blighty!

Trick or treating, dressing up and copious amounts of “candy” must have contributed huge amounts of well needed revenue to the teetering US economy this year.

Invited to my sister-in-law’s Halloween party last night, I was amazed at the creativity of our American cousins in what they turned up in.

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Winners by far in my eyes were Chrissie, Matt and the adorable Miles. They looked like they’d just walked off the set of an Asterix movie, although I’m not sure what to make of Chrissie’s pose!

[Side note: Chrissie’s brother, Eric Cozens, runs the Mission Mexican Restaurant in West Seattle. Awesome eatery with equally impressive beer and tequila list.]

Below is a video of my other sister-in-law Aubrey and her husband, Chasen, who wowed us all the night before at a party with their glow-in-the-dark stickmen fancy dress.

Just glad I’ve got another 364 days to think of how to out-do them all next year…..

 

New Windows Phone TV Ads from Microsoft plus Stephen Fry

New from the US, these Windows Phone ads really sum up how my wife feels about me and my device.

Here’s hoping I can start living my life again…..

BTW – I was at the launch of the phone 7 on Monday.

As Ashley Highfield said on stage, it was “high risk” having Stephen Fry show up, but it seems to have done wonders to draw attention to the wider smartphone/tech ecosystem, especially as Stephen’s all about “biodiversity” in the technology space.

Listen to this excellent Guardian Tech podcast from the event by Jemima Kiss and Charles Arthur

And he most definitely didn’t get paid!!!

Here’s a link to my photos from the front row of the Windows Phone Launch and my fave below:

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Advertising Week 2010 Video & Links

Really proud of the team this year!

Awesome job on the ground and Cherry, our video crew were amazing!

Here are some links to all the great content we created!

Navigating the Future of Digital Marketing Video–Advertising Week 2010

Stephen Kim on Digital Creativity at Advertising Week 2010

Blake Mycoskie from TOMS Shoes interviewed at Ad Week 2010

Video: Interview – Charles Johnson on Microsoft Mobile Advertising & Windows Phone 7

Doing Deals with Devil: AOL’s Content Play at AdWeek 2010

Kinectimals Demo for Xbox 360 at Advertising Week

AdWeek 2010: Defining Value and Driving Conversations on the Facebook Frontier

Navigating the Future of Digital Marketing at Advertising Week 2010

The Power of Positive Impact: 10 Billion Impressions, 0 Media Budget – AdWeek 2010

Doug Sweeney, Levi’s VP of Brand Marketing: Revitalizing Levi’s Brand and Rebuilding America – AdWeek 2010

Consumer Adoption of New Technologies and What it Means for Marketers – Advertising Week

Video: Interview with Carolyn Everson at Advertising Week 2010

Video: Interview with Rik Van Der Kooi at Ad Week 2010

Video: Kinect for Xbox 360 Demo at Advertising Week 2010

AdWeek 2010: Attracting Generation Luxur-Y

Have You Checked in Yet? OMMA Panel on the Future Fortunes of Mobile Location-Based Services at Ad Week

D. Costolo, Twitter COO: Brands, Monetization and Why Twitter Isn’t Competing with Facebook – AdWeek 2010

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO: The Web is Being Rebuilt and Marketing is Part of the Solution

Video: Talking Kinect and Me TV with Mark Kroese at AdWeek 2010

David Moore, IAB MIXX 2010 at AdWeek: Online Has Arrived and It Is Unstoppable

Designing an Agency for the Digital Age – Part 2 at Advertising Week 2010

Video Highlights from Day 1 at Advertising Week

Carat Research: It’s A New (Digital) World for Shoppers – AdWeek 2010

Designing an Agency for the Digital Age – Part 1 at Advertising Week 2010

Video Interview with Darren Huston at Advertising Week 2010

Brand-building Jedis: Influence Beyond the Q Score at AdWeek 2010

Digital Affluencers: When to Wrestle With the Pig at AdWeek 2010

Our Advertising Week 2010 Kick Off Video

TV for Me at IAB MIXX 2010 at AdWeek NYC 2010

Seth Godin Opens IAB MIXX 2010 at AdWeek in NYC

Beyond the Banner at Ad Week 2010 with Microsoft Advertising

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