Ha! Point taken. Cheers!
]]>Thanks. I should add that your comment reads like it was written by an AI. Convince me otherwise.
]]>From a programmatic advertising perspective, your framing of moving beyond narrative-driven “vendor sports” and toward more fact- and intent-centered systems feels especially relevant right now. Most AI-driven ad platforms are still optimizing within legacy constraints, real-time bidding, behavioral inference, and third-party data dependence, rather than actually redesigning the underlying relationship between users and markets.
]]>Thanks Dr. Ersay,
I appreciate your kind and thoughtful words. You (and others here, such as Andy and Steve) give me hope that some of these ideas, and the work we do together, will bear fruit one of these days, weeks, years, or decades.
Thanks again!
]]>David! GREAT to hear from you. I’ve often wondered about you and your brother John. The last information I had on you was your mom’s obituary from 2003. It mentions you and John, plus your wive’s names and that there are (or were at the time) five grandchildren. I’m glad she got to be a grandma.
Our families spent so much time together when we were kids. I remember well your house in Ridgewood, not far from the Duck Pond, and the T & W (Terwilliger & Wakefield) ice cream factory nearby. (Was that ice cream as good as I recall?) Your dad, Jimmy, was Pop’s best friend, and we were all hit hard by his passing. Pop, John, and I had gone out hunting just hours before he died, and it was a terrible shock. I can still see your parents clearly in my mind, and hear their voices as well.
Fun seeing you here still looking like John’s little brother. And to see how well you are doing in life.
Now that we’ve made contact, let’s take this to email and do more catching up. I’m doc at searls dot com.
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