Comments on: Reflections on class, 7-21-08 http://terryshort.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/reflections-on-class-7-21-08/ Terry Short's notions of what you need to know next. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:25:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Terry Short http://terryshort.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/reflections-on-class-7-21-08/#comment-69 Terry Short Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:21:01 +0000 http://terryshort.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-69 Agree - the threat of digital outsourcing is daunting and scratching at my gate — there are plenty of cookie-cut-and-paste 'make you own ads' site cropping up, but, of course, the end product is dreadful, and can't possibly work as well as an ad dreamed up a team of ad agency prima donnas.....can it? Agree – the threat of digital outsourcing is daunting and scratching at my gate — there are plenty of cookie-cut-and-paste ‘make you own ads’ site cropping up, but, of course, the end product is dreadful, and can’t possibly work as well as an ad dreamed up a team of ad agency prima donnas…..can it?

]]> By: kegill http://terryshort.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/reflections-on-class-7-21-08/#comment-67 kegill Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:16:47 +0000 http://terryshort.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-67 LOL! Love the closing. I'd not thought of Gladwell's pitch in that context. But you're right -- there is rarely a "perfect" one thing, given the diversity of human wants/needs/desires. MTurk and the flattening of the world due to digital technologies really Really makes we think that the average US standard of living will continue to fall ... and that cultural wars (creatives v labor) are going to be real and ugly. :-/ LOL! Love the closing.

I’d not thought of Gladwell’s pitch in that context. But you’re right — there is rarely a “perfect” one thing, given the diversity of human wants/needs/desires.

MTurk and the flattening of the world due to digital technologies really Really makes we think that the average US standard of living will continue to fall … and that cultural wars (creatives v labor) are going to be real and ugly. :-/

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