ad:tech San Francisco Captured Flickr-Style

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Catch the second day (OK, mostly night) of ad:tech San Francisco in our Flickr albums.

ad:tech SF: In Pursuit of Something Shiny

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Power Panel: The Internet Economy. It’s an amalgam of nonsense. What’s a power panel? What does it mean to discuss the internet economy?

First Day of ad:tech San Francisco Summarized Picture-Style

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Rather than bore you with a wordy monologue of what went on during the first night at ad:tech San Francisco, the story is best told through pictures and there’s a lot of them here that capture the first day of the online marketing conference with hit record attendance levels of 14,000 plus. In the picture album, you’ll see all the usual shenanigans including booth babes, costumed c

…and God Created Kodak

Did you ever see that spot where Vinny Pastore beats the crap out of a printer, then gets a Kodak EasyPrint? This is part of Kodak TWO-OH, a bid to cash in on modernity by a brand that’s been…

Bloggers Rapped, Fonts Focused, Flickr Adds Vid, Butt Doubled

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Remember Neil French? The man who created a miniature shit storm a year or two ago is back mugging with his fellow judges for the second outing of his World Press Awards.

‘Brothers Forever’ Guy Parties with EyeWonder in Trademark Supersuit

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Renaldo Lapuz — who gave American Idol fans whiplash with his infectious, hurts-so-good tune — rocked out with EyeWonder for the latter’s first-ever “March Adness” event in LA.

Hub Strategy Wins ADDYs, Top 50 Shocking Ads, AgencySpy Tweets PSFK

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Trendhunter has put together a long list of the top fifty most shocking and controversial ads.

Follow Ad Age’s Digital Conference With Twitter

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Put social media to good use.

SXSW is Over But the Pictures Live On

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Having returned and recovered from SXSW last week, it’s time to share some pictures from the week.

SXSW Interactive Summed Up Sketch Note-Style

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If you missed SXSW Interactive this year, you can experience it Cliff Notes-style with sketch notes from Mike Rohde.

Digg Founder to Keynote at ad:tech San Francisco

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Other keynotes during ad:tech San Francisco, which is held April 15-7 at the Moscone Center, include NBC Universal Chief Digital Officer George Kliavkoff< who will talk about how NBC is taking NBC's programming digital through the company's just launched Hulu (which rocks, by the way) and other outlets.

Internet Famous Flock to Digg’s Bigg Digg Shindigg

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It was like a giant Twitter feed all in one room.

SXSW Gets GEICO Caveman Down with His Bad Self

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At a launch party for GEICO’s “I Heart Cavemen” campaign (paleolithic Facebook meets Match.com), Marty the Caveman made a well-documented cameo.

PostSecret’s Frank Warren Shares the Love

At South by Southwest this week, one of the keynotes was given by PostSecret’s Frank Warren. PostSecret started as a blog and still is a blog. It’s purpose is to provide an anonymous online confessional of sorts where people’s…

Adrants Rawked by SXSW…And It’s Only the First Day

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The uber-conference/festival South by Southwest kicked off Friday and it’s very, very different than your average advertising conference mostly because, well, it’s not really about advertising.

Clio Launches Future Gold Young Creatives Program

The Clio Awards team just launched the 2008 Clio Future Gold Young Creatives Program. It’s open to copywriters and art directors worldwide, 30 years of age or younger. 12 people — two from each of six global regions –…

Cannes Goes to Dubai For Regional Festival

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Don’t worry, the annual advertising ego-fest isn’t leaving sunny France, it’s just launching regional festivals and its chosen Dubai as its first stop outside Europe.

ad:tech San Francisco Approaches, Get 20 Percent Discount

ad:tech San Francisco is approaching and if you’re considering going, you can click here to get information about the show and use the code BRSFX4 to get a 20 percent discount on the registration cost.

In the Mood for New Media? Yeah, Baby … Yeah.

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MarketingSherpa does this annual ad:tech survey of internet marketers: what works, what doesn’t, how does social media make you feeeel (besides sticky)?

Creativity, Culture, Social Media Focus of Upcoming PSFK Conference

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Because we always think it’s a great idea for creative people in the industry to get together and share thoughts, we figured we’d tell you about an upcoming PSFK conference which will be held March 27 at the Art Directors Club in New York.