I’ve spent some of my Christmas break sorting through some very old video footage. I acquired a Video 8 camera pretty soon after my first child was born in 1980 and have been building a tape mountain ever since then.

 

Having now made the foolish commitment to get it all in some order, I’ve started the process by getting the necessary kit to digitise the analogue tape. I’m using an iMac, a separate 500GB drive and a box that converts the video signal into bits and bytes.

 

Amongst all the family stuff there was the odd bits of filming I did at RS2, the company I formed back in 1981. Apart from the actual technologies used, not much has changed conceptually from then, in that we employed designers and techies and gave service to marketing and marcoms departments in various blue chip (mostly IT) organisations.

 

But here’s the point of this story . . . all the guys in the studio were wearing ties. Remarkable! Although we get suited and booted now when appropriate, on a day-to-day basis ties are never seen. I’ve noticed this at client’s offices as well; the tie is becoming a ‘rarietie’

I wonder if it will make a comeback?