Chris, great insight and congratulations on going to “The Nerd Prom”, just to bad you did not get to go at the height of the affair during the Reagan Administration, with Frank and Rat Pack in attendance as well as Elizabeth Taylor and John Wayne. The affair was loaded with style and grace in those days.
Also about your gatekeepers holding up a gate after the fence fell down. Highways of America are littered with the remains of careers that don’t exist any more. I and thousands of others as Manufacturers Representatives use to call on clients and keep them apprised of what was selling and what is not. We were all replaced by point of sale cash registers that provide the client instantly information on what is selling as opposed to a visit from me. There are many more examples, but the moral of the story is don’t be the last one holding on to a career or idea after it’s time has passed.
Great memories, of a frustrating time. Most men in the picture (including me, second row, second-from-left) were also wearing ties. I still own a few for funerals and weddings but have not bought one in decades. Lots of talk about manufacturing jobs now. In those days, newspapers were considered a manufacturing industry -- employing about 300,000 of which 80,000 were journalists. The jobs are not coming back. Honest.
I'm amazed at the opportunities lost. When the iPad came out, you were VP in charge of technology. Belo (oldest corporation in Texas) was a Fortune 1000 company. You convened a meeting in Utah that brought together forward-thinkers, Dallas Morning News journalists, and top management. We divided into teams and came up with a half-dozen new journalistic products that could ride the new technology. Most of the reporters and top editors there seemed enthusiastic. The company president seemed enthusiastic. The up-front costs would have been low. The videos exist.
Chris, great insight and congratulations on going to “The Nerd Prom”, just to bad you did not get to go at the height of the affair during the Reagan Administration, with Frank and Rat Pack in attendance as well as Elizabeth Taylor and John Wayne. The affair was loaded with style and grace in those days.
Also about your gatekeepers holding up a gate after the fence fell down. Highways of America are littered with the remains of careers that don’t exist any more. I and thousands of others as Manufacturers Representatives use to call on clients and keep them apprised of what was selling and what is not. We were all replaced by point of sale cash registers that provide the client instantly information on what is selling as opposed to a visit from me. There are many more examples, but the moral of the story is don’t be the last one holding on to a career or idea after it’s time has passed.
Great memories, of a frustrating time. Most men in the picture (including me, second row, second-from-left) were also wearing ties. I still own a few for funerals and weddings but have not bought one in decades. Lots of talk about manufacturing jobs now. In those days, newspapers were considered a manufacturing industry -- employing about 300,000 of which 80,000 were journalists. The jobs are not coming back. Honest.
I'm amazed at the opportunities lost. When the iPad came out, you were VP in charge of technology. Belo (oldest corporation in Texas) was a Fortune 1000 company. You convened a meeting in Utah that brought together forward-thinkers, Dallas Morning News journalists, and top management. We divided into teams and came up with a half-dozen new journalistic products that could ride the new technology. Most of the reporters and top editors there seemed enthusiastic. The company president seemed enthusiastic. The up-front costs would have been low. The videos exist.
The initiative died. No new products introduced.