Category Archives: work

GameTap Opens the Spigot

Posted on May 3, 2007 by jetrotz

So the news broke earlier this week that everyone’s favorite broadband gaming site, Turner’s very own GameTap is expanding their offering to include free-to-play games in an ad-supported environment. You can guess that my team has been actively working on … Continue reading →

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It’s Alive!

Posted on January 17, 2007 by jetrotz

Although it’s a somewhat soft launch today (shhh – don’t tell anybody), the Turner Broadcasting new venture I mentioned a few months ago when the splash page was posted has gone live today in all it’s UGC and comedic goodness. … Continue reading →

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Fore!

Posted on December 28, 2006 by jetrotz

Tonight, our ads team participated in the launch of PGATour.com. The site moved over from CBS Sportsline where it had been hosted for a number of years, and moved to our DoubleClick Dart Enterprise system here at Turner. And our … Continue reading →

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Super Deluxe is in the Wild…

Posted on October 31, 2006 by jetrotz

Yesterday, Turner Broadcasting (you know, those guys who sign my paycheck) took the wraps off a project that’s been in the works for a while – a new broadband site called Super Deluxe (splash site up and running – find … Continue reading →

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Eating my Way Through NYC

Posted on October 22, 2006 by jetrotz

So this post is more about food than anything else, but let me highlight the beautiful little dumpling morsels seen above, caught through a window of a joint in Koreatown. As far as work goes, I spent most of last … Continue reading →

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In NYC – x2

Posted on September 6, 2006 by jetrotz

I was in New York last week for a long series of meetings over three days, and I’m back for a quick set of meetings today. First for the IAB’s Ad Operations committee, then for the MRC Internet Council (pictures … Continue reading →

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What a Hike

Posted on August 22, 2006 by jetrotz

In traditional Admonsters fashion, Tuesday afternoon was an outdoor excursion for the attendees. We had a choice of mountain biking (called ‘more strenuous’) and hiking (allegedly ‘less strenuous’). I picked the less strenuous option. Well, unlike what I’d expected, we … Continue reading →

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AdMONSTERS!

Posted on August 22, 2006 by jetrotz

So like half of the country’s media, I’m in Boulder, CO this week. No, not to camp out and wait for John Mark Karr to arrive, but to attend the fifteenth Admonsters conference. This is a gathering of ad operations … Continue reading →

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Springing to Colorado

Posted on August 13, 2006 by jetrotz

A few weeks back I was lucky enough to take a quick trip to Colorado Springs Broadmoor resort. I was attending a conference of DoubleClick clients, and had a great, although short visit to learn about upcoming product releases and … Continue reading →

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Ads for the Kiddies

Posted on August 1, 2006 by jetrotz

I’m happy to say that we’ve succesfully moved our ad serving for Cartoonnetwork.com, sister sites CartoonnetworkYa.com (en espanol), TickleU.com (goo-goo) and AdultSwim.com (en slackerese). So please enjoy ads featuring pooting, meat beards, and boogers via our DoubleClick system. We’ve had … Continue reading →

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