14.12.04

the end is bittersweet


Well, here we are. The end of the project that was all at once bitter, outrageous, difficult and at last, a great achievement in that it is the first time 80 years of printed magazines have been electronically archived with HP-invented software, and will be followed by a great marketing campaign including full page ads in USA Today, CNN coverage, and whatever else $200 million will cover.

Here stand/sit the remains of what was at one point, a staff of 200 people. Oh, the disarray, the hiring and firing, the motley collection of people that came together for this project - it would span a hundred stories.

Our consolation: we were part of this history, and we lived through it!