Darren Herman
Marketing, Media, and Technology Conversations
Category: Media & Entertainment

I do not know why I waited so long to post this (knew about this a week or so ago), but the Dave Matthews Band released their summer tour dates.  I just got back from seeing them in Las Vegas this past weekend (MGM Garden Arena) and the shows were good.  The setlists were a [...]

I’m focusing on getting ready for tonight’s innaugural WineTable, which focuses solely on Apple Inc.  For those of you who do not know what a WineTable is, it’s part of darrenSalon which launched early this month to stimulate intelligent digital media and technology conversations here in New York City. Why is the topic of conversation [...]

It’s been a while since I have posted about Second Life. Here are some new stats from Dr. Jim Purbrick of Linden Lab (Second Life) which were released at the ITV Conference. * 41% are female * Median age is 33 * 68% international (as opposed to being US only) * 10% of residents are [...]

I’m a huge fan of Interactive advertising, not just Internet advertising. I believe there is a difference between the two, almost in parrallel to saying that a ‘square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square.‘ Interactive encompasses anything digital (in-game advertising, RSS, digital OOH, mobile, etc), whereas Internet advertising is just that, [...]

I personally believe that when you bring smart people together and provide an underlying specific topic, a rich and diverse conversation can be ignited. The power of the conversation that is ignited is only as strong as the diversity and intellect of the people contributing. darrenSalon is the underlying online and offline platform for Intelligent [...]

I do not watch much television, but when I do, it’s concentrated around the following shows: The Office, Sopranos, Entourage, Las Vegas, and the Wire. When there are good sporting events on that involve the Devils, Yankees, Knicks or tennis, I’m also apt to watch. I came across this video from LifeInTheOffice, a blog totally [...]

Sherri and I are headed to Las Vegas to see the Dave Matthews Band during the last weekend in March to celebrate my birthday. I am a huge fan of the Dave Matthews Band and have been to 76+ shows (read this post for my history with the band) and I look forward to adding [...]

I have a whole section on this blog dedicated to virtual worlds as I’m fascinated by what they stand for. When you look at them from a macro lense, they potentially are teasing us as to what the web will become in the next few years. Wow. That’s fairly powerful. Linden Lab, the maker of [...]

Watch out XBOX Live, Apple will be releasing it’s own gaming platform through Apple TV according to a recent posting on AppleInsider. I am very excited about this because the last time I used my Apple to game was for Oregon Trail, Duke Nukem, and Pax Imperia. Apple TV’s future as a casual gaming platform [...]

Paul Hyman wrote an interesting article for The Hollywood Reporter about advergames. The focus of the article was about Burger King’s latest advergaming hit in which they released a handful of full-blown Xbox & Xbox 360 games and sold them in their restaurants bundled with their meals. While I was traveling in Budapest, Paul was [...]