Buzzwords and Slogans!

Bunny

Marketing Team

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06:59pm Sun, Mar 15, 2009

So, buzzwords are popping up everywhere!
2008 had many of them, from change, to fist bump! These are words that are commonly used/known in pop culture I guess lol.

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Also, the phrases that are just like buzzwords!
2008 had a few of these too, that should be on tshirts!

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Adrian Malacoda

Growing Baby Bunny

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As a software developer I can attest to the prevalence of buzzwords in the IT industry. One of my least favorites is The Cloud. What the hell does that mean? Sometimes it refers to virtualization, I guess, and sometimes it refers to shoving desktop apps in the browser (like google docs) and sometimes it refers to online storage (like dropbox). I think at this point cloud is self-referential, i.e. it means precisely that you're not supposed to know or care.

"Where are our files?" "In the cloud." "Okay then."

Kimberley

Furry Young Bunny

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It must mean the same thing as web 2.0.

Adrian Malacoda

Growing Baby Bunny

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Kimberley (02:09am Thu, Aug 16, 2012)
It must mean the same thing as web 2.0.

Those were the days. Now we've got web 8.0. That's the shit.

A.P.W.

Newborn Baby Bunny

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Hi Kimberley

I'm not a buddy of yours or anything, please enlighten me about this Web 8.0 thing you were going on about, I'm not quite a silver surfer, but I dont know what the heck that is??? loool , you can have a giggle at me then!

S.O. Price

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Adrian Malacoda (12:42am Thu, Aug 16, 2012)
As a software developer I can attest to the prevalence of buzzwords in the IT industry. One of my least favorites is The Cloud. What the hell does that mean? Sometimes it refers to virtualization, I guess, and sometimes it refers to shoving desktop apps in the browser (like google docs) and sometimes it refers to online storage (like dropbox). I think at this point cloud is self-referential, i.e. it means precisely that you're not supposed to know or care.

"Where are our files?" "In the cloud." "Okay then."

I am a former software developer also and the buzzword I am hearing a lot is "consume"! If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that in the past couple of years, I could retire. I also remember back in the day when "robust features" was said of virtually every new software package that came on the market. You know, "The new version of Microsoft Office has some amazing, new and robust features".... Thank goodness the field has moved on to some new buzz words.

Bunny

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I remember the robust feature craze!

Also the web 8.0 thing is a parody I believe, to make fun of the "web 2.0" crap. I still think SEO is made up for the most part and that buzzword is dying down thank god.

Adrian Malacoda

Growing Baby Bunny

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S.O. Price (09:26pm Fri, Aug 17, 2012)
Adrian Malacoda (12:42am Thu, Aug 16, 2012)
As a software developer I can attest to the prevalence of buzzwords in the IT industry. One of my least favorites is The Cloud. What the hell does that mean? Sometimes it refers to virtualization, I guess, and sometimes it refers to shoving desktop apps in the browser (like google docs) and sometimes it refers to online storage (like dropbox). I think at this point cloud is self-referential, i.e. it means precisely that you're not supposed to know or care.

"Where are our files?" "In the cloud." "Okay then."
I am a former software developer also and the buzzword I am hearing a lot is "consume"! If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that in the past couple of years, I could retire. I also remember back in the day when "robust features" was said of virtually every new software package that came on the market. You know, "The new version of Microsoft Office has some amazing, new and robust features".... Thank goodness the field has moved on to some new buzz words.

"Consume" is pretty silly, I think. When I read about how users "consume" content I just imagine myself eating some video or writing or whatever.

Bunny

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LMAO LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Now I'm seeing everyone with vacuum mouths sucking webpages off their computers LOLOLOL

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