Tag: ross

  • From My New Interview On The Viacom Blog

    I was recently interviewed by the Viacom Blog.  There I talk about the power of Viacom innovation, the origin of Scratch, and my gratitude to the friends and colleagues who’ve worked so hard and so brilliantly, side by side with me for the last ten years.  We’re a team.  Fortune Magazine noticed, and it highlights…

  • Playing With “Face Stealer”

    If you are on a conference call right now, put it on speaker, put it on mute, click here and download the “Face Stealer” app from Yahoo! Japan.  Here’s an example… This is Patty from Scratch: This is me: And this is Patty and me, together:

  • My TED Talk: “The Poetry Of Misunderstanding”

    From the description on TED.com: What you say rarely communicates exactly what you mean — but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Television producer, Ross Martin draws on the principles of poetry to reveal how the ‘magical consequences’ of being misunderstood can drive originality.

  • Amy Chozick’s New York Times Story On General Motors & Scratch

    Fabrizio Costantini for The New York Times Ross Martin, left, of Viacom’s creative strategy unit, is working with General Motors to help revive interest in cars among young consumers. Mr. Martin and John McFarland of Chevrolet are shown in G.M.’s headquarters in Detroit. As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help…

  • Kvell, Mom, Kvell

    Last month, I tried to impress the shit out of my parents by hooking our family up with a sweet bungalo (thank you, Pam Kaufman!) at the Nickelodeon Hotel in Orlando.  I stacked the room with fresh fruit and other treats, and even had my mom’s favorite cocktail, a (virgin) pina colada, waiting for her when she…

  • KidScreen 2012: “The Creative Power Of The Audience”

    The KidScreen Summit is different and fun, and the panel Amy Friedman (President, RedHead Consulting) is hosting at this year’s conference should be a winner.  I’m psyched to join the inimitable Jonathan Mayers (co-founder of Bonnaroo and Superfly Presents), the legendary Fred Seibert, and inspiring sherpa Amy, as we explore the power of the people we program for (and answer to).…

  • I’m On Pinterest Now

    And it seems like we’re all having fun there.  Just started mine HERE.

  • The 2011 Top Ten Most Popular Posts On Somethingburning.com

    A bloggy thing to do, it seems, is to look back at your stats and see what visitors visited most each year, then turn that into a post.  Ok, why not. This year, Somethingburning.com’s traffic (thank you!) and active readership (thank you!), have been just great.  Unexpectedly so.  I don’t aim for large numbers, that’s not…

  • Pancakes With Mac Lethal

    Every year on New Year’s Day, a bunch of my cousins come over for a pancake fest. Jordana makes as many varieties as she can think of, and we stuff our faces while all the kids cuddle lovingly on the couch destroy the house. It’s fun!   I’d been thinking about mixin’ shit up this…

  • Jordana Munk Martin Rocks The Mic

    Major props to Jordana, who had the crowd at Steve Schutzman’s wedding eating out of her hand, Friday night, while I was her powerpoint DJ in the background…