Josh Kinberg: Archive

The “Dear Sophie” ad for Google Chrome wins the year for me (but I am biased having become a dad myself this year).

I don’t have kids, but that commercial makes me tear up a little bit every time.

Nov 28, 201123 notes

“What happened on Wall Street over the past decade was an unparalleled crime wave. Yet at most, maybe 1,500 federal agents were policing that beat – and that little group of financial cops barely made any cases at all. Yet when thousands of ordinary people hit the streets with the express purpose of obeying the law and demonstrating their patriotism through peaceful protest, the police response is immediate and massive. There have already been hundreds of arrests, which is hundreds more than we ever saw during the years when Wall Street bankers were stealing billions of dollars from retirees and mutual-fund holders and carpenters unions through the mass sales of fraudulent mortgage-backed securities.” —Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-the-ows-protests-20111110#ixzz1e5459yG6

Nov 18, 2011

“Colleges and universities are not teaching the skills they need to survive in this environment,” said Doug Weaver, the founder and chief executive of the Upstream Group, a company that provides digital training to publishers and agencies. While some universities have advertising and marketing concentrations, “the traditional media sales or ad skill set was not built for this,” Mr. Weaver said. “You need a hybrid.” —

NYTimes: Advertising Companies Fret Over a Digital Talent Gap

Josh says: This is true across the board, not just in Advertising/Marketing. There is a large gap between what is taught/valued in universities vs. the skills/knowledge required in today’s digital economy.

Nov 3, 2011

Josh Kinberg

November 2011

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