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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, May 22, 2025

Dis and Dat.

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If I had to append one word to today's advertising industry, especially as we enter yet another overblown awards cycle, that word would ...

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Laughter. The Sixth Borough.

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My first apartment, 522 W 112th Street, cost $340/month for two bedrooms. New York City was the first place I really ever felt at home. When...

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

In My Own Little Corner.

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Odysseus was married to Penelope for years and years when he sailed away with Agamemnon to fight for Menelaus against Priam, Paris and their...

Monday, May 19, 2025

No.

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I am more than a little tired--just five years into the so-called AI revolution--about people banging on about everything AI can purportedly...

Friday, May 16, 2025

Ask Me No Questions.

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About 20 years ago I was between full-time jobs and I got a freelance job working for some pretty hoity-toity creative people at an agency i...

Thursday, May 15, 2025

The Past is a Present.

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If you read, as I do, an endless succession of large, long books on history, you realize the timing we append onto historical events is abou...

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

A Prophet of Anti-Pessimism.

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I read an article the other day in The Economist. When I think about that sentence alone, it might serve to differentiate me as a creative p...

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