Here’s some techie Inane for you. The phrase “Net new” has become very popular, and is now being flogged to death in high tech marketing materials and presentations. The beef I have with this silly phrase is that “Net” contributes absolutely nothing and is simply a trendy fluff-word. I propose substituting an equally worthless word [...]
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Net New vs Frog New
October 4, 2011
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Two inane things today
July 2, 2010
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#1 – While waiting on hold for an HP audio conference, the recorded message says “you will hear some silence while you wait”. Really? As silence is the absence of sound, how can you hear it? #2 – Audible has this recorded at the end of each part of a multi-part audiobook: “the file has [...]
Political Correctness
March 22, 2010
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It’s time for a witch hunt. That witch is Political Correctness!! Witch you say? Isn’t that a bit harsh?
Phone messages – rushed numbers
March 16, 2010
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While you could easily skip the bulk of the message, the single most important part of it is rushed and unintelligible even after repeated playbacks.
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