Darren Herman

I’m writing this post about 2.5 hours before the first panel/session kicks off for SXSW 2010.  For those who are not familiar with SXSW, it’s a conference split into three areas: Interactive, Film, and Music.  I’m only down for the first few days of Interactive but in previous years, I’ve participated in the music portion [...]

I’ve been immersing myself into the world of data for the past few years at work, reading lots of books, and speaking to many gurus.  What interests me both personally and professionally is the application of large data sets and how to use them to gain a competitive advantage over the competition.  Call it 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 [...]

Unless you live under a rock, the economic environment impacted brands and agencies this year and the whole publisher ecosystem that goes with it (media cos, ad networks, etc).  Full-year 2009 will mark only the fifth spending drop since Ad Age began ranking the 100 Leading National Advertisers in 1956.
As you can see from [...]

Imagine if the web didn’t have to live in the browser.  In many ways, we are experiencing that today (i.e. Foursquare or Tweetdeck) but what if we put it onto the desktop?
For those unfamiliar with RIA or “Rich Internet Applications,” they can be defined here:
Rich Internet applications (RIAs) are web applications that have most of [...]

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 [...]

As many readers of this blog know, I’m a big fan of the fashion world.  I enjoy many different types of fashion (everything from conservative prep to sporty) and especially enjoy how the fashion world is being infused with different technologies.  I’ve been meeting with companies that provide custom shirts all the way down to [...]

There are a few areas of the digital space I’m particularly fond of right now and they have to do with mining content for data, and then turning the data into insights.  Note, that data is generally “dumb” as a single data set can mean different things to different people (insights).  Owning the data is [...]

I have just returned from speaking at the OMMA Global conference with friends & industry luminaries John Battelle, Jason Calacanis, and Paul Kedrosky which was all about the intersection of advertising with technology.  If you missed the talk, Max Kalehoff, our panel moderator (and VP of Marketing @ Clickable) penned a nice piece in MediaPost.
I [...]

Sans the party.
My wife (@sparkle201) and I (@dherman76) were asked by our friend Charlie O’Donnell about a year ago to invest in his new startup, Path 101, at a very early stage in it’s life cycle.  Initially Charlie approached me for the investment but I have no real domain knowledge of the HR world, so [...]