Busy schedule this week + my unwillingness to spend $10 for in-room Wi-Fi access at a $300/night hotel = a bit of catch-up to do.
Some notes from my New York City visit for Media Summit 2006…
Great quote from Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, during Wednesday’s “afternoon keynote:”
The supermarket is the only place in the world where you still hear Phil Collins.
As someone who enjoyed Phil Collins’ cameo on an episode of Miami Vice, my laughter was bittersweet. But it had the audience rolling.
From that same panel, someone I need to learn more about: Andrew Lippman, Senior Research Scientist, Director, Digital Life, MIT Media Lab.
TV, Internet Convergence Yields Cultural Chasm bundles comments from two different panels, including the one I was on, about how the numbers get in the way of selling online advertising, especially advertising on/around video content. My comments were brief, and focused on making things simple. Nothing is, yet, in the video swath of the online advertising world. The trickle of dollars will become a flood as simplicity emerges.
Conference did not have people blogging away, that I could tell. Big difference from Bay Area conferences, certainly. Maybe people were listening more?
Nice dinner Wednesday night, hosted by WiderThan, which I had never heard of before (mobile applications, parent company is SK Telecom in South Korea). Never knew that Children’s Television Workshop had been renamed to Sesame Street Workshop. And did you know that Snuffleupagus has been visible to everyone (not just Big Bird) for years? Always surprising what you learn and where you learn it.
Everyone at the conference assumes the gaps in the access grid will be filled in shortly. But until then, perhaps Hilton could revisit their policy of charging for Wi-Fi in their rooms? Next time I travel for business, I will make a point on this utility (not a feature, a necessity).
Barely saw Vin Crosbie, met Dorian Benkoil in person. (Some of his notes from the Summit.) I did get to connect with a variety of folks, which I enjoyed. And it wasn’t the same crowd which seems to move from one Bay Area event to the next… very appreciated.
My next speaking gig is in late March at OMMA Hollywood in Los Angeles.