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The quest to build more accessible music tech for blind and visually impaired artists

  By Janko Roettgers February 09, 2024 Stevie Wonder. Ray Charles. Andrea Bocelli. If you were to ask a random person to name a blind musician, one of those three would almost inevitably come up. Ask that same person about up-and-coming blind musicians, and they’ll likely draw a blank.  That’s no accident, according to Athan … Continue reading The quest to build more accessible music tech for blind and visually impaired artists

7 Blind Spots That Will ALWAYS Get You Into Trouble

Achim Nowak July 21, 2021 Last Thursday, Shwan Lamei and I were strolling through the charmed side streets of Brookline, a close-in Boston suburb. Shwan, former “high-potential” corporate executive, dropped out of corporate life 2 years ago. Founded a start-up in the energy-conservation arena with a business partner, Daria. Has been riding the ups and … Continue reading 7 Blind Spots That Will ALWAYS Get You Into Trouble

Blind Hiring: A How-To Guide To Reduce Bias & Increase Diversity

Ji-A Min — June 8, 2017 — June 8, 2017 The government of Canada recently made headlines for their blind hiring pilot project: removing candidates’ names before hiring managers review their applications. Government officials state this blind hiring initiative is designed to “reduce unconscious bias” and “promote gender and ethnic equality.” The original blind hiring … Continue reading Blind Hiring: A How-To Guide To Reduce Bias & Increase Diversity

Google Or Blind Programmatic? Which Is The Brand Safety’s Arch Villain?

Google Or Blind Programmatic? Which Is The Brand Safety’s Arch Villain? by Sean Hargrave , Staff Writer, May 4, 2017 Given the brand safety debacle over YouTube and brand safety, you would think that the subject was always front of mind at media agencies — if not before, then certainly at some point during the … Continue reading Google Or Blind Programmatic? Which Is The Brand Safety’s Arch Villain?

Call Conversions: The Blind Spot Threatening Digital Marketing ROI

Blair Symes — October 29, 2016 — October 29, 2016 Most metrics and analytics ignore conversions on cellphones. Is your ROI calculation completely wrong? In 2017, digital ad spending in the United States will exceed TV ad spending for the first time. And, by 2020, marketers will spend 36 percent more on digital than on … Continue reading Call Conversions: The Blind Spot Threatening Digital Marketing ROI

Hitting blind spots on the way to gold? Olympics ads remind marketers to sweat the data details

Columnist Joshua Reynolds takes a look at McDonald’s ad strategy during the Games, how Panera Bread moved in on the fast-food giant’s blind spot and what marketers can learn from the outcome. Joshua Reynolds on August 30, 2016  lazyllama / Shutterstock.com If you tuned into the recent Rio Olympics, you saw many inspiring acts of … Continue reading Hitting blind spots on the way to gold? Olympics ads remind marketers to sweat the data details

Customer journeys, blind spots & burgers: Lessons from fast-food marketing

Believe it or not, you can learn a thing or two from the world of burgers and fries, says columnist Joshua Reynolds. Here’s why your marketing analytics should take a page from the fast food industry. Joshua Reynolds on July 26, 2016   For marketers, customer journey analysis often results in accidental narcissism. Analytics are … Continue reading Customer journeys, blind spots & burgers: Lessons from fast-food marketing