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, [...]

Where’s Pat’s Memorial?

September 2, 2014 2

As I read in the papers this week that a memorial bench is being dedicated to Puppy Doe here in Quincy, MA, I can’t help but wonder if we as a society have our priorities straight. […]

Frosty the Snowman is not a Christmas story.

December 27, 2017 0

Frosty the Snowman is not a Christmas story. The guy is a magically-animated pile of snow. The only difference between Frosty and any other snowman is that a magical hat was placed upon his head. […]

The Time I Almost Made Love to Michael Hutchence

May 16, 2018 3

Back in September of 1997 my buddy Jon scored us some tickets to see INXS at the Orpheum in Boston. INXS hadn’t been huge in years, but they were promoting their new “Elegantly Wasted” album, which was […]

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 [...]