Posts for Dan Reich


Billions Of Dollars Will Be Made From The Cognitive Surplus

From Dan Reich
August 16, 2010 at 8:44 am
Cover via Amazon If you want to understand where wealth creation will come from in the coming years then you should read Clay Shirky‘s latest book ... (more)

Learning From Experience

From Dan Reich
August 11, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Image via Wikipedia School is mostly bullshit. The only way you learn things is by doing things. Real things. Things that have consequences and things that ... (more)

Happiness Comes From Helping Others

From Dan Reich
July 21, 2010 at 10:57 am
Image by US Army Korea – IMCOM via Flickr Mark Suster wrote a great post yesterday called “Life is 10% How You Make It and 90% How you Take ... (more)

Alyssa Milano, Star Wars and The “Rainbow Swan” Effect

From Dan Reich
June 15, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Black Swans, Purple Cows, colorful animals.. The idea that something big and unexpected could happen without notice is a joke. At this point in time, if you don’t ... (more)

“Premium Content” is the wrong name – will be called “Niche Content”

From Dan Reich
June 11, 2010 at 2:27 pm
This week was internet week. I listened to a lot of media companies talk about “Premium Content” but I’m not sure that this is the right vernacular ... (more)

Dear Ambassadors and Respected Representatives of UW-Madison and Education – A Year in Review

From Dan Reich
May 20, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Image via Wikipedia Over a year ago I wrote an open letter to several faculty members of the University of Wisconsin – Madison. In the letter I voiced ... (more)

We are Wall Street

From Dan Reich
May 6, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Image by jpellgen via Flickr The market almost fell 10% today and one of my i-banker friends sends me this email chain… We are Wall Street. It’s ... (more)

Will.i.am is the Man – Creating a New Era of Music Media Platforms

From Dan Reich
April 19, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Picture from the event I always knew there was something super advanced and different about the Black Eyed Peas. My first sign was when I saw them perform ... (more)

Nice’n Niche

From Dan Reich
April 15, 2010 at 10:47 am
A lot of people recently asked me about internet based businesses. Things like: How to start a blog or website, what is twitter, how to use twitter, how to increase ... (more)

Oreos are Good, Especially The Audience Layer

From Dan Reich
April 9, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Image via Wikipedia Doug Weaver wrote a great piece today titled The New Oreo, Part 3: The Audience Layer. “Anyone mildly plugged into digital advertising ... (more)

When it comes to Online Advertising, Keep It Simple Stupid

From Dan Reich
March 15, 2010 at 12:24 pm
When things get so complicated the best thing you can do is go back to the basics. In today’s world of online advertising, the “basics” are changing so it’s ... (more)

Shaun White is Crazy Committed to Gold

From Dan Reich
February 19, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Two years ago I was volunteering on ski patrol at the Winter Dew Tour at Mount Snow, Vermont. I was stationed at the top of the super pipe for the men’s half-pipe competition, ... (more)

I made $99,620.00 Yesterday Playing Poker

From Dan Reich
January 21, 2010 at 10:55 am
Well, not really. But this guy did. I’ve been playing poker for quite some time now and what I used to consider a “gambling” game, I now consider a game of math, ... (more)

Negotiation Tactic #1 – Pretend Like You Never Heard Their Offer

From Dan Reich
January 20, 2010 at 10:01 am
This is a conversation I recently had with a NYC taxi driver, for the most part. Because negotiating is just fun sometimes… Me: Hey Taxi Driver. How much to go to Jersey ... (more)

The “Do Whatever the F you Want” Decade – Past 10 Years in Review

From Dan Reich
January 6, 2010 at 4:58 pm
After spending some time away from the computer over the past two weeks, I finally got some time to think back on the past 10 years and here’s what I’ve got. The past ... (more)

Exclusive Music: Yolks – Drive Wise Volume 1

From
December 20, 2009 at 2:58 pm

When it comes to Hip Hop, there are those artists that stack up on the top of my list. Guys like Nas, Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Common, The Roots, Notorious B.I.G, but one of my favorite

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The “Macrotization” of Ad Serving, Ad Exchanges, and Demand Side Platforms

From Dan Reich
December 15, 2009 at 2:52 pm
The online advertising industry at large is sprinting towards maximizing efficiency. Overall, the working theory is that smart aggregation and assembly of various technology providers ... (more)

The $800k Hotdogs

From Dan Reich
December 7, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Image via Wikipedia I heard a story recently that went something like this… (This is a true story, although the actual conversation below is fake) A guy calls a reputable ... (more)

From the Industrial Revolution to the Knowledge Era – Next Up: The Data Renaissance

From Dan Reich
November 5, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Image via Wikipedia The world will never be the same. Our society used to build machines and parts, in factories and in assembly lines. Today, our society builds computer programs ... (more)

The Maturation of Data Intelligence

From Dan Reich
October 27, 2009 at 6:08 pm
With all of the latest advances in digital media, we are still in the infancy stage when it comes to data intelligence and informative decision making. Consider what is currently ... (more)

Loosing Your Virginity – Getting Your First Piece of…Business

From Dan Reich
October 6, 2009 at 4:57 pm
First contracted event During my sophomore year of college my fraternity was shut down. As a result, all of our events were canceled and to make matters worse we couldn’t ... (more)

“My name is also Daniel Reich, and strange as it seems, I found your blog doing a bing search on my own name.”

From Dan Reich
August 27, 2009 at 6:08 pm
This is a damn small world. The Internet makes it that much smaller. Just read the title of this post as proof (or see entire comment here from another Daniel Reich). For the rest ... (more)

Death and Failure Happens When You Don’t Properly Assess the Situation

From Dan Reich
August 10, 2009 at 10:00 am
Myself and fellow rescuer assessing the scene and pateint (Mount Snow, Vermont) This October will mark my 9th consecutive year as an emergency health care professional. In all ... (more)

The Importance of a Real Vacation

From Dan Reich
July 30, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Image via Wikipedia By “Real Vacation” I mean: Do whatever you have to to clear your mind. Don’t think about anything. Think about nothing. I recently ... (more)

Interactive Advertising Video – How Online Advertising Has Evolved

From Dan Reich
July 9, 2009 at 10:53 am
I created this video a while back for one of my college classes. It’s amazing how far an industry has come in such a short period of time. Even crazier to think that it’s ... (more)