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3x03 My Old Kentucky Home
Such an inelegant machine for tedious copying.
‘The Document Company’ is an intellectual idea, but the brand is an emotional promise that you can get people to rally around,” said Barry Hoffman, executive creative director at Young & Rubicam, Xerox’s longtime ad agency. “Now, it’s time to just let the brand speak for itself.”
From a 2004 article about Xerox’s decision to drop the tagline ”The Document Company” from it’s advertising. Instead the ads would feature a bold, red, huge digital-looking X, to signify that it would “lead customers into that digital world.”
The photo above is of a 1961 Xerox machine. Happy Valentine’s day.
the new girl
- Bendel’s, Bloomingdale’s, and Gimbels owe me a percentage of the mid-day sweaters bought by junior secretaries at Sterling Cooper.
- That being said, it appears I’ve underestimated the appeal of a plain white blouse.
- The ring is perfect. Definitely the best of all the rings I’ve been offered in the past.
- What kind of ring RS would have gotten… stop thinking!
- Note to self: contact HR, see about the possibility of forcing Fred Rumsen to wear button-fly trousers.
I mean, didn’t you all read what I had to say about 31 being a prime number? And yes, it’s perpetually 1962 in my mind. And will be until season 3.
Glad to see someone else has decided to get into the advice business. This leaves me more time to focus on getting Paul to move back to the city.




