The Offices of Kevin Glennon

Drug Abuse

An Open Letter to Governor Charlie Baker

Governor Charles Baker Massachusetts State House 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02133 Your Honor, While I can appreciate your desire to help the people of Massachusetts lead healthier lives, I must protest that your decision [...]
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Who’s Building the Ridesharing Television Network?

If you jump into the back of a cab in New York City, chances are you’ll have a small television screen back there showing you ads and paid content. This technology was rolled out in [...]
Ad Industry

If You’re Using Agile, You’re Doing it Wrong.

Since I’m going to slam agile project management (APM), I figured I’d first be very clear: there are times when using agile is great. When you absolutely have to be the first to market with [...]
Humor

How Many Five-Year-Olds Can You Take in a Fight?

You’re standing in the center of a bright warehouse. There are no poles or structural support beams, nor is there any furniture or other items to grasp. Every fifteen seconds a random door opens from [...]
Ad Industry

Fans Are the Future

Fan fiction is nothing new. For decades people have written stories about their favorite movie and comic book characters, created their own t-shirts and merchandise, and developed their own role-playing groups and games. Modern technology, [...]

Legalize My Damned Fireworks

June 30, 2014 0

Apparently I can’t buy fireworks here in Massachusetts because I’m going to blow myself up. Perhaps before I was born in 1972 there was a rash of human explosions, but no matter how far back […]

Johnny Depp Steals My Idea

May 16, 2016 0

Well, not really. Back in 2008 I pitched an idea similar to Disney’s New Mad Hatter Display to Hill Holiday and Chili’s. The concept just launched in Disney World, and they did a great job […]

How Many Five-Year-Olds Can You Take in a Fight?

June 3, 2019 1

You’re standing in the center of a bright warehouse. There are no poles or structural support beams, nor is there any furniture or other items to grasp. Every fifteen seconds a random door opens from […]

Producers, Not Project Managers

by Kevin in Ad Industry 0

A talented copywriter can come up with campaign concepts, compose copy, proof and edit for grammar and spelling, lead creative reviews, and perform many job-related tasks. Although a copywriter can edit copy, you wouldn’t hire [...]