(please do not read if you suffer from anxiety in relation with Covid-19 and its possible socioeconomic after effects) I do not know how old I was but I was a child when I watched Logan’s Run. It is an underrated movie about a dystopia in which people are put to death when they reach the […]
Gen X is the generation that got stuck between two transitional generations: Baby Boomers and Millennials, which is a curse in white-collar professional life. Let me explain to you why. Baby Boomers is the post war generation, and they learned to take politics and power games seriously. They are sceptical, they do not give trust […]
When I was listening to Alexander Wang in WebSummit 2019 (read my post about the Summit here), his thoughts about Lil Miquela caught my attention and kept me thinking: Avatars, influencers, celebrities, leaders, spokespeople… They are all about finding the right narrative for an abstract entity or a community: A brand, a political point of […]
It is so interesting to see how cultures and values shape our personalities and choices. I was reading this article and I found myself getting angry about the encouragement around “faking confidence” which is positioned as better than being modest. I faked confidence myself many times, sometimes you need to do that. Sometimes you fall […]
I don’t know if there is another way to do it but running adverts on Super Bowl would work for you. According to Kantar, the media value of 2018 Super Bowl ad breaks on Fox were $419 mio to reach to around 111 mio people. This is just for airing adverts on one single TV channel for […]
I will not use a brand name directly and/or share a link here. I will call them as “Jimmys’ friends” – a very useful term Hannah Gadsby created: Because even a very negative feedback is beneficial in some cases, we all know how it works: debate generates buzz, buzz spreads content, content helps SEO, SEO […]
About the idea of Decentralisation beyond Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and DAOs. How to see anonymity and decentralisation for the benefit of People.
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Web Summit 2018 happened with almost 70k participation figure. It was big, it was very well organised, it was crowded, it was awesome and it was tiresome. As professionals who are getting experienced, we grow assumptions which come with expectations. For example; we expect it to be crowded, we expect to have good wifi, we […]
Today should be my unlucky day. I saw two disappointing new advertising campaigns. So I’ll be defensive a bit. I still believe that -as advertising industry- we can be authentic and do some good with our advertising money. I think we are mature enough to say no to bad briefs, bad projects, bad products and […]
The quote itself is 12 years old and its accuracy was being discussed since then… All the speculations about Big Data and the way it turned into power games, led to numerous conspiracy theories and enormous scandals: Google knowing everything, the danger around front cameras, the Adblockers abusing your dat for marketing, democracy manipulators like […]