'Sociology' Category
Another Ride at the Lazy-J Ranch
In the old West, the word “Lazy” in a brand referred to the italic case. Since most common folk didn’t have access to Adobe Printshop and weren’t conversant in fonts, this was the common parlance to refer to those letters with a slant.
I wish I had a “Lazy-J” branding iron like this one. [...]Language and Mashups
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Freakonomics.
If you’re an American and you look at best-seller lists, you know what it is.
If you’re an American and you don’t read, you still have a chance to glean the meaning, because we do rely quite a bit on a linguistic creature [...]Victim of Success
I’ve never been a big fan of that phrase, because in nearly every case where it is used the pluses outweigh the minuses. But often success means growth, growth means popularity, and popularity means uqibquity; and that something special isn’t so special when everyone is doing it.
This rant is about Twitter. I don’t [...]Backup and Think
There’s a guy out there who is so sure he can prevent identity theft, he gives out his Social Security number in his ads. He dares you to try and steal his identity. He’s got a $1-million guarantee on it. (The company is Lifelock, his name is Todd Davis, and I’m not [...]
Friendz
What does it mean to be a “friend?”
If you’re young, and growing up online, the word can mean many different things. And there are other words that can cloud the issue: followers, acquaintances, allies, supporters…
So think for yourself how you can categorize and differentiate the terms. I broke things down this way, [...]
