Responsive ads are coming

Yes I believe, this is the future of banner advertising.

safari 6.1 plugins turned off by default

It took me a while to figure out why our Flash banners weren't animating in the current version of Safari. 

It turns out this is a user preference: under Advanced, uncheck "Stop plug-ins to save power" in order to see your beautiful ad banners come back to life.

 

Clicking on the Flash element also starts it up, but you shouldn't have to do that. 

dragonbones JS animation library

http://dragonbones.github.io/features.html

some examples here: http://www.effecthub.com/item/tool/dragonbonesjs

responsive banners with adcade

Banners have a lot of catching up to do. It could happen quickly but it seems unlikely to... anyway, they have a nice scrolling site with lots of html animations:  http://adcade.com/

adobe in motion

okay they're planning to crush their competition. Again, not advertising! http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/adobes-bold-plans-online-ad-business-dont-include-advertising-152015

Agencies and Ad Tech

I know one of these guys!

Bonsai js for html5 banners

I came upon http://pixelplant.com/  for converting Flash to HTML5. I wouldn't mention it, because it didn't work very well in my tests, except that their js library looks promising for banners: http://bonsaijs.org/

IAB's finalized HTML5 guide

The IAB has released its final HTML5 guide for Ad Designers & Creative Technologists:
http://www.iab.net/html5

Skip it

The service offered by SkipIt is: for ten cents, you don't have to watch their video banner. They seem to be targeting seniors, maybe because those are the people least likely to know how to block ads any other way.

a banner ad is served

Nice infographic on how an ad placement happens - 

http://cmsummit.com/behindthebanner/

CreateJS banner

A little heavy but look at those vector animations!
http://sandbox.createjs.com/ToolkitBannerAd/garyad.html

Actually under 100k, with class files, if zipped.

Responsive ads... waht a concept!

This fellow has a "responsive ad checker"
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/responsive-ad-checker

I think it will take a while for the slow-moving display advertising industry to stop thinking in terms of 160x600, 300x250 and 728x90, but it will happen.

instant banner $14.95

I found it amusing. Nice flash effects! small k size too.

http://www.flashbannernow.com/instant-flash-banner.php

a rebuttal on Digiday

debunking those '15 alarming stats' from a month ago -
http://www.digiday.com/publishers/5-unalarming-stats-about-banner-ads/

patent pending

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/30/sony-patent-is-hilarious-terrifying/

IAB announces html5 ad spec recommendations

Even though

it is too early to declare a guideline or specification for HTML5 ads

They are just coming short of doing this.
Display ads should have a border, live in an i-frame, be 75-100k including fonts and libraries, etc.

http://www.iab.net/about_the_iab/recent_press_releases/press_release_archive/press_release/pr-050613

Nonsense repeated

http://www.digiday.com/publishers/15-alarming-stats-about-banner-ads/

The Say Media stuff about surviving plane crashes vs clicking is funny, but not real, people!

Dealing with adblockers

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-tactics-dealing-adblock-users-site/

http://antiblock.org/

finally some change! Mobile == desktop

http://www.businessinsider.com/google-blends-desktop-and-mobile-ads-2013-2

I need to start commenting instead of just posting these things, but I'm a little busy today.

issues in digital

http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Blog/The_Top_Ten_Burning_Issues_in_Digital