Darren Herman

I wanted to name this post, Viral Video Crap, but that wouldn’t be on DH brand.
While reading Peter Kafka’s column, MediaMemo on AllThingsD this evening about Microsoft Word and it’s impending verdict, he linked to a video of a gentleman in a wet suit who rides down a slip-n-slide and launches into a kiddie pool.  [...]

As per my last post, Going Big but Staying Local, I am finding the local content opportunity very interesting.  I’ve got a week or so away from the office so I’m diving deep and being inspired in many different directions.
It is not often that an entire mass media channel is declining (i.e. print) and the [...]

This week, I’ve taken the family to West Hampton to relax and reset.  We’re all excited to be together and this is David’s first vacation.  With me is a signed copy of Chris Anderson’s Free and look forward to reading it.
While I’m out here, I’m spending lots of time thinking about the local space.  This [...]

My Sundays during the NFL Football season go something like this:  wake up and read the football injury reports as well, as, perform keyword searches on the hometown newspaper websites of my key players to make sure that I’m fairly certain that they are going to start.  Sunday mid-day – lock in rosters for the [...]