Good man gone.

Chuck Corcoran is no longer with the firm.  Having worked in THN, I always liked Chuck and he made working there a better place.  I wish him well in his future endeavors, whatever they are.  This pic was taken when I ran into Chuck at the United Red Carpet Club in DIA.  And Chuck, from NY like me, had one bad ass collection of golf shirts.

Hanging with Chuck

Ex-Clickers, ads, and captchas!

Stu Libby’s new shop is off and running, Solve Media.  They put ads in CAPTCHAS, and now, they can do that in videos too!  Check it out.

Catching up with Clickers

I know, I know, I’ve been out of touch.. so bear with me:

  • Kurt Spoerer has returned!  He’s now in Chicago and the PM on Affiliate!  No, that is not a typo.  He left Rubicon to hop over here.
  • Phil Grieshaber is (was) CTO of Demdex, which just got bought by Adobe (probably the Omniture gang).  Phil was just announced as CTO, that was fast!
  • Ryan Avecilla left, and surfaced at Turn.  I assume still in CHI..?
  • Shawn Lim left a while back, but has officially surfaced at Adchemy – welcome from the sell-side to the buy-side
  • Dave Adams (random update) is now over at VEVO.  Seems like forever that he left me to go to CBS

I’m sure there are plenty more – this is what happens when I get lazy!

Be the last to know!

Ari Paparo has left Google for Nielsen! It’s tricky to confirm, I did a search on Nielsen.com and there’s no mention of Ari – for shame!  No press releases or anything.. thankfully, a tweet tells it all.  However, I saw him in AdAge this AM and in tons of on-line rags  Since DoubleClick paid for that head shot, we should Nielsen an invoice.. Congrats on the new gig Ari.

Avi in advertising

Avi Singer, now Director of OD at Undertone, is in their new ad campaign (as seen in AdAge print) – reminds us all of that DoubleClick campaign a bit, no?

From Drop Box

DoubleClick “Welcomes you to Silicon Alley”

Is this the best picture out there?

Welcome to Silicon Alley

Welcome to Silicon Alley

The Kirbster, the thought-leader

Eric Kirby will be delivering a preso on email marketing. He’s now a thought-leader, which I’d agree with. I was just talking with Eric a few weeks ago, just catching up, glad to see the success he continues to enjoy.

The 111 8th, 10th floor renovation is underway

I knew it was coming, the demo is underway, as a new build-out begins.  Lots of memories..

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Lots of permutations of Permuto

One of the cool things about living in the Valley, as I now do, is all the tech and start-ups.  Even cooler is when you know a founder and get to meet up and have lunch with them!  I had lunch today with Navdeep Saini, CTO and co-founder of Permuto.  They are a start-up, 2 miles from my house, doing some interesting things with display ads for marketers.. Good to see him!

An eerie reminder

Yea, I was on Facebook tonite.. for like 5 minutes.  But in my list of friends, I got a reminder of Steve Wolkoff.  Just reminded me of that tragic loss.

Facebook | Ben Saitz put a mouse on my mac with 2-buttons.. apple is real stupid for not making that standard. my mighty mouse looks pretty lame now