better communication makes the complex simple
I like the Cranky Geeks, but the irony here is too delicious not to share. The title of this roundtable discussion is “Do bloggers need training in journalism?”:
At the very least, let’s get them spell-check.
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Ike Pigott is a veteran communicator who got out of television news and back into life. Now working for Alabama Power, he specializes in corporate communications, but has interests that are all over the place. This site is as much for him as anyone -- to explain things that ought to be explained, explore ideas that keep him up at night, and connect concepts that are just begging to be joined.
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Barbara Nixon wrote,
Link | June 25th, 2008 at 5:49 am
Shadowhelm wrote,
Link | June 25th, 2008 at 7:23 am
Mihaela V wrote,
Link | June 25th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Adam Daniel Mezei wrote,
Maybe I’m dense (likely), but where was the syntax error? I think they’ve changed it since Ike’s post…
In any event, I listened to it 1.333333333 (ad infinitum) times, and I was shocked by the mainstream-ness of several of the terms being discussed by the panelists (and I was jotting these down):
** blogosphere (yes, I use it as well, but look at how common it’s become! Yompin’ Yiminy!).
** Web2.0.
** Opine.
** Hammered.
I mean, these were words (as I recall them), back in the late ’90s when I was still in college, which hadn’t even been created, or in very limited usage/parlance…
Man, we’ve come a long way…and, um, btw — what was the girl’s name and why was she pumping Arrington’s site with reckless abandon? I counted three times — did anyone count more?
Mind you, the gal held her own against the Stalingrad-like blitz. Way to hold yer own, girlfriend!
–ADM
Link | June 25th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Ike wrote,
And yes, your observations about the evolving language are spot-on.
Link | June 25th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Adam Daniel Mezei wrote,
My overworked peepers…yep — it’s still there…I’m going to second Raanan’s bit from the other day — can’t help it, especially being from this part of the world — you think they wanted people to catch the error? Intentional-like?
Link | June 26th, 2008 at 9:28 am
cooper wrote,
Link | June 29th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
John C. Dvorak wrote,
Link | July 28th, 2008 at 10:11 pm