tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post6752700278981605351..comments2023-11-05T04:01:12.146-05:00Comments on Ad Aged: Thank you for the wisdom of your inexperience.george tannenbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10974259094860905139noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-84978084651787298422009-11-21T09:04:53.692-05:002009-11-21T09:04:53.692-05:00George,
To this day, Billy boy has relevance mode...George,<br /><br />To this day, Billy boy has relevance modern writers wish they had. How sad.<br /><br />Here's the thing about "thoughtful, intelligent and deep-shallow, irrelevant and cool." You can't get any of that if you haven't built that depth within yourself.<br /><br />I'm beginning to think I should take my kid to dig for worms at 3am. She's got an English teacher who can't spell, a music teacher (at school, not her real one) who told her the type of guitar *she owns* doesn't exist, and a science teacher who thinks inventions and discoveries are the same thing.<br /><br />Knowing the essentials, as John says thinking critically and appreciating subtext: without those things your deep-shallow is only shallow, and your cool is only faddish.<br /><br />Cool's not a strategy but it is a mood; one that can be important to an ad or a marketing plan in general. Too many people who think they're creating cool these days are just putting on a skin they mocked up by grabbing elements from other cool.<br /><br />Ack. Wondering where the wisdom of the future will come from can get me steamed in a hurry.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />KellyKellyhttp://maximumcustomerexperience.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-87598520080402654752009-11-20T10:55:18.890-05:002009-11-20T10:55:18.890-05:00My grandfather, dead fifty years, taught Latin and...My grandfather, dead fifty years, taught Latin and Greek to high school seniors for his entire teaching career. I found a trove of his papers recently, and among them were several from former students. Their common theme was how little regard they had at the time for knowledge he imparted that they would later come to realize was priceless.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956720383996902186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-82610971554827742152009-11-20T10:41:09.598-05:002009-11-20T10:41:09.598-05:00My English teacher used to call Shakespeare "...My English teacher used to call Shakespeare "Billy Wobbledagger." If that's all I remembered from his class it would be sad, but he also taught me to think critically and appreciate subtext, so it worked out.<br /><br />Sorry about the random comment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964338115971338630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-25032585909407248132009-11-20T10:01:37.922-05:002009-11-20T10:01:37.922-05:00coolcoolTore Claessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978163002830730401noreply@blogger.com