I love lots of stuff from the old school, including but not limited to:
Old school break dancing
Old school pinball machines & arcade games (think Galaga)
Old school computers (think Commodore 64)
Old school rap music (think Grand Master Mel)
Old school Airline service & the general airport experience
Old school hamburgers from the local greasy Joe’s
Old school cartoons
Old school slow food & home cooking
Old school architecture and buildings
The truth is the new versions of these are often better, more advanced, cheaper and more useful. (some not)
The reason we love old school stuff more than the new versions is this:
The original version was ground breaking. And ground breaking is exciting. So it builds an emotional connection.
Startups out there – become the old school 20 years from now, by being ground breaking today.
I’m with you on the old school cartoons (think classic Disney cartoons!), old school home cooked food (too much ast food just makes me icky), and old school architecture….
To me, old school stuff has personality…character…..
Sure the modern day ones have the high tech cool looking gadgets, but like you said Steve, the emotional connection…..THAT is what it’s all about 🙂