Ad Aged

George Tannenbaum on the future of advertising, the decline of the English Language and other frivolities. 100% jargon free. A Business Insider "Most Influential" blog.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

My boy George can write 50 ads in a hour.

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"Nobody can write 50 ads in a hour." "If my boy George say he can write 50 ads in a hour, he can write 50 ads in a hour....
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

A meditation on suck.

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I had a conversation with a friend the other day, I suppose we were talking about the tyranny of Trump and virulent fact- denial-- 92 percen...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Some have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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  If I had to characterize the ad industry essentially since it died of self-inflicted wounds, I'd say something very simple. For the la...
Monday, November 9, 2020

Stacey and us.

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For the last few years, the ad industry has been making itself look foolish, chasing its stupid self-serving tail attempting to align their ...
Friday, November 6, 2020

Quiet, please.

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I wonder what would happen if we said no. No to the aspects of the modern world that really make no sense. Like the constant noise. The neve...
Thursday, November 5, 2020

Amerikan Lycanthropy. (When humans turn into wolves.)

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  Are we not wolves? If you’ve read as much about the rise of Nazism in Germany and much of the rest of Europe as I have, and if you’ve been...

Stan' up an' fight.

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I came downstairs Wednesday morning expecting a lot of tears. My wife is a breathtakingly level-headed woman, but she went to bed Tuesday ni...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Faith.

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Etiam si omnes, ego non. Look up the Latin. Maybe get a tattoo. At least try to think about it. As a slogan, it ain't "Just do it....
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Of ice cream and agencies and crowds.

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If you think about things like politics, art and the wisdom of crowds it makes sense to think about ice cream. I don't remember where I ...
Monday, November 2, 2020

Top 5 Advertising Job Skills Needed for 2025.

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I'm not sure it's safe to assume we'll be alive after Tuesday's sham of a US election. I call it a sham because we're no...
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