December 13, 2012  Best of 2012 - Interactivity: Get Over It
From CNNMoney, last week... Yeah. Imagine if monkeys flew out of
my butt.     Only one problem: It's all bullshit.       Get over
it.   Chris Seiger said...  Ah, the good old delusions. The old
ones are always better than the new ones. ITV was a wonderful
delusion. It's been a delusion since England had a queen.  New
delusions (requiring new posts in the new year) are happening
daily. I would love to see a super-long rant on jargon. It's
something that not only wrecks our ability to do real work, but
also infects language like an STD.  Is jargon the symptom or
cause of advertising delusion? Or both? Would love to hear your
take.  Carl Zetie said...  Chris: IMO jargon comes in two
flavors. There's jargon that is designed to clarify, by giving
an explicit shorthand name to a complex concept. It may seem
obscure to outsiders, but to insiders it is helpful. Medicine,
engineering, and programming are full of such jargon. Then
there's jargon that is des