Never in a million years would I believe that someone would quote a few words I said off the top of my head during the CBS News Polaroid interview, at 00:34 to be exact.
I don't know who to thank for this, but if you link to it and scroll down to quotes between Stephen Hawking and Ralph Waldo Emerson, there it is.
Paul Giambarba
You know long it takes to do simple? About ten times longer than fast and dirty.
Thanks, jf.backpackit.com wherever you are.
I was recently interviewed for the German publication brand eins by Steffan Heuer, author of this article, and he was kind enough to send me this .pdf file along with a copy of the publication, shown above. For those among you who read German, this is an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file of the article. Download brand_eins_Polaroid.pdf (1118.0K)
My comments were accurately recorded, I believe. The only correction at this point is the reference on page 31 to the early Polaroid packages before my redesign as being chosen from the Harvard University school colors. That should have read MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) school colors.
This lovely lady from Mt. Vernon, NY, sent this note to Polaroid and it found its way back to Sales and Advertising, and eventually as a Xerox copy to me. A phone call determined that she didn't even own a Polaroid camera. Apparently she liked the package design so much she bought the film anyway and thereupon sent back the contents of the boxes.
She ends her note with, "Thank you for adding a little color to my life." Bless you, S.V.M. of Mt. Vernon, NY.
