Might be a good name for a butler..but I have to give that some thought - whether I will need butling. More importanty I observed a not so knotty phenomenon that perhaps the readership did too. While people in ties abound the universe these days - what from the newscasters and weathermen to all consultants and politicos and the local bank teller wearing one, there is also a renewed resurgence of Jeans.
Every major tech company CEO now favors Jeans over the suit and tie. Major product launches and testimonials are shared with and by the chief-in-jeans. Jobs to Cook to Ballmer to Bookface to Bezos to Brin - everyone has one besides their grin.
What I am waiting to hear is Marissa Mayer (who herself not in jeans) announcing a free 'Jeans of your choice' employee benefit to all Yahoos after recently bestowing them with an Apple smartphone earlier this year. Perhaps this Christmas?
I say this is good news for slobs like me - while I have not launched anything remotely (or in person) monumental other than this blog I am proud to say I do it in jeans. I have scores of them - not sure what a score is but you get the idea. I am not keeping it - score that is. I have some light blue, some dark and a tan. I know I have a charming skin tone but stay focused on the jeans for me.
So while this bodes very well for the Jean manufacturing community, execs et al, I sincerely hope that people who wanted to have people believe of their sincerety or standing should quit their ties and get into jeans. No need to feel tied down or around.
Even my butler - if and when I have one - will wear (you guessed it) Jeans! No hoodies though - just personal preference!
This time for a tech conference in the realm of what else? AI. But applied to an oft neglected space called Knowledge Management. The latter is a community of practice that focuses on analyzing, organizing and making available reams of data that have been gathered over time by various functions within an organization for anyone in the company to utilize. This function or process is ripe for applying AI agents (or agentic AI framework) and optimize for better outcomes. It was informative. More rewarding was getting acquainted with folks who practice this craft as well as learning of what they see in the corporate or public sectors. Since the venue was Washington DC it also afforded me the chance to take evening strolls albeit the weather was trying. With wind chill in the single digit it still is a glamorous place to perambulate through history absorbing what this country has been through since its founding days. I was able to visit the place Lincoln was killed along with his monument t...
The BIG advantage of Jeans is that unwashed ones are as good as the washed variety- you can't differentiate between the two easily either.
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