Is the 30-second video ad obsolete? Quango Creative Director Tobias Sugar gives us his take. — So, full disclosure: The agency I work for gets paid to make videos. I, myself, make some of them. So you might think that the shorter the video, the better, right? But the truth is, making a video — long or short — is not as transactional as many marketers…

Will AI take over the world? The jury is still out… 🤖 YES, OUR ROBOT OVERLORDS ARE COMING AI will take over the world - and that's a good thing The impending rise of intelligent machines and "Super AI" systems has been heralded in many headlines this year. Many…www.cio.com So, workers, experts say artificial intelligence will take all of our jobs by 2060 If any of us are still alive in the year 2100, we'll likely look back on artificial intelligence as the definitive…www.newsweek.com

The battle for net neutrality rages on. While the FCC takes aim at California’s net neutrality bill—a bill that many believe will carve a path for other states to follow—we revisit our argument that an open internet is the best internet for business. — Last year, in an article for Ad Age, Shelly Palmer posited that the end of net neutrality might actually be a positive shift for marketers. With “hundreds of different rate plans targeted at specific cohorts,” the end of net neutrality could be “a perfect opportunity to pair programmatic creative with…

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Every year, the Quangonauts gather in a remote location for 2 days of camping fun. This year’s outing to Rainier Lakes, an Oregon Fishing Club location, was one of our best yet.

The Facebook–Cambridge Analytica story may be the most high-profile privacy scandal in recent memory, but it certainly wasn’t the only one. With data breaches on the rise and a growing number of personal devices connected to the internet, consumers are increasingly concerned about online privacy. So what sort of innovations…

An interview with illustrator and muralist Nigel Sussman. When Quango needed a muralist for a series of IoT illustrations, we decided to cast a wide net. Among the project descriptions we posted was a short, vague ad on the Bay Area Craigslist (because we knew the right person could be…