Darren Herman

It’s a bold statement in the title, but I believe that the only traditional television programming to exist in the future are based around live events.  Unless Ticketmaster/Livenation create a live concert channel which I would assume is not out of the realm of possibilities, I think ESPN and it’s associated brothers/sister channels will lead [...]

Being that I work in the digital media industry, there is rarely a day that goes by without some conversation around free vs. paid.  Some folks in the office say that they would gladly pay ~$20 for the NY Times online and others argue that they won’t pay anything because eventually they will hear the [...]

I aggregated 25+ trends & predictions for 2010 centered around technology, media, and advertising last night (see them here) and created a “wordle” based on them.  See below.  You can obviously see that Facebook, Mobile, Google, Social, and Twitter are popular.
Some not-so-big (in terms of volume) but still important trends and predictions that appeared:  data, [...]

I created an uber prediction list back in 2007 and it was a hit.  Here are some of the predictions already posted across the net re: technology, media, and marketing – three things I’m very interested in.  If I missed your post and you’d like to be listed, just leave a comment and I’ll add [...]

I received a very timely email from my friend David Siegel pointing me (and a very small group of recipients) to Google’s Patent search database.  On October 22, 2009, Steven Jobs (et al) received patent US2009/0265214A1, Advertisement in Operating System which was originally filed of April 2008.
The abstract of the patent reads:
Among other disclosures, an [...]

Dear Ms. Internet,
As someone who has spent 8+ hours a day with you over the past 10 years, both for professional and personal needs, I have to say that having a long term relationship with you is challenging at best and you are starting to get a reputation for your celebrity-length relationships.
You are young and [...]

For those of you who do not know me too well, I’m a huge fan of the Dave Matthews Band.  I’ve been to more shows than I can reasonably count, have gigabytes of their live shows, my living room has a framed DMB art collection, and my son is aptly named David Matthew Herman.
For those [...]

When I was first asked to blog, I turned it down.
When I was first told about Twitter, I smiled and said no thanks.
When I just read about Life Recorders over on TechCrunch, I said no way.   There was a poll at the bottom on the TC article that asked users to vote whether or not [...]

Even if you are not a tennis fan, you should check out the official website for the US Open.  The guys behind the scenes at the USTA and their partners at IBM have put together a cross channel experience that beats any other league-developed initiative that I’ve seen (MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL).
The US Open is [...]

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 [...]