So this is my first blogging attempt. Creating one, that is. Can you believe that? I grew up in the 70s and I feel too old for this. But my 20-something co-workers who are almost young enough to be my kids - or is that I'm really almost old enough to be their parent? - are making me feel inferior and out of touch. And I haven't even reached 40 (I have 8 more months, thank you very much)! So this is my feeble attempt to try something new. And to try and stay somewhat in the ever-changing digital age of today.
When I started out in the publishing and ad game, of course I was the newbie that made everyone else in the biz feel old. I did my share of time in the old wax paste-up days. Now those new kids joining us don't have a clue what hot wax is used for - other than cleaning up a bikini line. Please tell me that someone remembers the not-so-pleasant hot wax aroma wafting through the production room and how you had to wait the proper amount of time so you wouldn't burn your fingertips? Several years ago, I had a few interns that were amazed by my tales of typing term papers on an electric typewriter and counting lines up from the bottom of a portrait sheet to determine how many footnotes we could squeeze in. I found one of those old papers and brought it in for their amusement. What a hoot. It was like they'd discovered something to take to the Antique Roadshow for evaluation!
Okay, so I hope I'll get better at this. And that I learn something about blogging that I can share with my clients. And hopefully they are enough older than me that this "new" (lol) medium will make me look like the young kid with new technology and tricks to share.
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