You may be familiar with the Bulwer-Lytton contest [1]. The Lyttle
Lytton contest [2], however, reimagines this for the age of twitter -
entries are limited to 200 characters.
The 2012 winners [3] are worth a read. I found it satisfying, in a way,
that almost the entirety of _Twilight_ was quoted
Hearing three expressions that irritate me in the span of 15 minutes, I
thought it might be a good idea to collect them up like snot stored in a
bottle or those hideously malformed yellow-grey dead things that anatomy
departments pickle in formaldehyde in rectangular jars.
Some words and
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:49 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
2. deconstruct
3. world class
This is seen in most IT presentations. :)
4. patina
I don't know what it means. So it is a moo point. :)
--Venkat
What, is paradigm shift out of fashion already?
already? It's been fifty years. As commemorated in this article by David
Weinberger today, in the Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://chronicle.com/article/Shift-Happens/131580/
jrs
On Apr 23, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Chew Lin Kay wrote:
What, is paradigm shift out of fashion already?
Patina is the film of well .. age that builds up on things like very old
marble or furniture. It is as old as the objects it is usually used to
describe.
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Venkat
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Chew Lin Kay chewlin@gmail.com wrote:
What, is paradigm shift out of fashion already?
Not at all. Invite one of the IT majors to your company and ask them for
their company presentation. You'll see a veritable list of bull. Paradigm
shift is their favorite
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk
s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote:
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Chew Lin Kay chewlin@gmail.comwrote:
What, is paradigm shift out of fashion already?
Not at all. Invite one of the IT majors to your company and ask them for
their
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Deepa Mohan apeedna...@gmail.com wrote:
At the end of the day
I'll be there for you
At this point in time
Ooh I need a long time for this list.
I just have to read the website of one of the many Indian firms which deal
with artefacts or curios, too, to
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:49 PM, John Sundman j...@wetmachine.com wrote:
If we're going to really work on this compilation, I think we need to
think outside the box and push the envelope.
We also need to optimize our portfolio by transforming and innovating as
well as injecting a new level of
Shiv,
Some words and expressions ring alarm bells in my mind and tell me This guy
am bullshitting me... I am sure there are many more, but i will start with
the three I heard today
1. eclectic
2. deconstruct
3. world class
There is yet another word that sounds suspicious. I
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:49 PM, John Sundman j...@wetmachine.com wrote:
If we're going to really work on this compilation, I think we need to
think outside the box and push the envelope.
We must do this going forward.
Pushing the envelope brings up a rather unfortunate image in my mind.
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Jon Cox j...@experiments.com wrote:
This is *arguably* the most chalk-screeching-on-the-board thread.
VenkatI almost physically shut my ears as I read your excellent
compilation
Venkat,
I'll second that vote for innovate.
The use of the word impact in place
of effect is also extremely annoying.
-Jon
* Venkat Mangudi - Silk (s...@venkatmangudi.com) [120423 09:27]:
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:49 PM, John Sundman
Deepa,
Can we task you with an action item to delineate what you mean by this
criterion?
Furthermore, (going forward, arguably) I think we need to reach out to all
silklist stakeholders.
jrs
On Apr 23, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote:
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Jon Cox
By EOD, please.
Thanks.
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On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Jon Cox j...@experiments.com wrote:
Venkat,
I'll second that vote for innovate.
The use of the word impact in place
of effect is also extremely annoying.
Ever notice how IT people don't design anything these days, they
'architect' a
PFA ... um, nothing. :) Oh, and this is for mostly the Indian crowd. Please
revert back at the earliest.
--Venkat
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:05 PM, thew...@gmail.com wrote:
By EOD, please.
Thanks.
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Team,
We are losing focus. We need to do a deep dive and do a root cause analysis.
Thanks.
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On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:04 PM, John Sundman j...@wetmachine.com wrote:
Deepa,
Can we task you with an action item to delineate what you mean by this
criterion?
Furthermore, (going forward, arguably) I think we need to reach out to
all silklist stakeholders.
You mean, you would like
Is this the thread where we commit all the egregious sins of corporate
communication under the pretext of mocking them?
--
Sumant Srivathsan
http://sumants.blogspot.com
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.comwrote:
Is this the thread where we commit all the egregious sins of corporate
communication under the pretext of mocking them?
Yes, let it out, my man. And use all the jargon you want. Don't use simple
words like do, say
How's 'synergy'? The very mention strikes fear into my heart.
Also there was this thing about 'customer delight'. As compared to good old
customer satisfaction. I still cringe.
On Apr 23, 2012 10:09 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com
wrote:
PFA ... um, nothing. :) Oh, and this is
Yes, I concur that we are not utilizing best practices in solutioning this
problem.
We have to get our ducks in a row, because that's the caboose that pushes the
train.
On Apr 23, 2012, at 9:41 AM, thew...@gmail.com wrote:
Team,
We are losing focus. We need to do a deep dive and do a
John,
Deepa,
Can we task you with an action item to delineate what you mean by this
criterion?
Furthermore, (going forward, arguably) I think we need to reach out to all
silklist stakeholders.
Innovative as it may be, I'm afraid we're going to have to see
about
Innovative as it may be, I'm afraid we're going to have to see
about tabling that concept for the time-being.
Until we get some additional drill down on the bottom-line impact
this could potentially have, the silklist stakeholders just won't
be able to move forward
And what about let's take this offline?
Or game-changer.
Or (current pet peeve) amplify?
Shudder
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On Apr 23, 2012, at 9:54 AM, hani...@gmail.com wrote:
And what about let's take this offline?
Or game-changer.
Or (current pet peeve) amplify?
a mini e-piphany: amplify is just the e-quivalent of leverage.
another thing that bugs me these days:
- the increasing tendency try to verb
On Apr 23, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Jon Cox wrote:
Innovative as it may be, I'm afraid we're going to have to see
about tabling that concept for the time-being.
Until we get some additional drill down on the bottom-line impact
this could potentially have, the silklist
On 23 April 2012 22:24, hani...@gmail.com wrote:
**
And what about let's take this offline?
It's worse when said aloud at a meeting. Blaardy, you are offline oredi
lah.
My workplace jargons are limited acronyms, sometimes stretching to six or
more characters. Most folks have forgotten what
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:19 PM, John Sundman j...@wetmachine.com wrote:
If we're going to really work on this compilation, I think we need to
think outside the box and push the envelope.
Don't push too hard - we might jump the shark.
http://jezebel.com/5900928/your-vagina-isnt-just-too-big-too-floppy-and-too-hairyits-also-too-brown
Have we now started targetting the colour of (some of) our insides as well
as the hide outside?
Deepa.
I work for the government, which is a veritable minestrone of acronyms and
buzzwords (bowl of soup with flies?); I really should start paying more
attention during meetings. But I offer this: http://pls-revert.tumblr.com/
On 24-Apr-12 6:47 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote:
http://jezebel.com/5900928/your-vagina-isnt-just-too-big-too-floppy-and-too-hairyits-also-too-brown
Have we now started targetting the colour of (some of) our insides as
well as the hide outside?
It appears to be real, all right. One of the better
Udhay Shankar N [24/04/12 07:17 +0530]:
This one make similar points, but is much funnier (if anyone knows Suchi
and wants to invite her to silk, feel free)
http://www.himalmag.com/component/content/article/5047-why-fuss-fuss-about-mack-up-creams.html
She's consciously channeling nissim
And yes, I was right.
On other hand, see my cousins Sarala and Tarala.
http://wonderingminstrels.blogspot.in/2000/10/professor-nissim-ezekiel.html
[...]
Every family must have black sheep.
Sarala and Tarala are married,
Their husbands are very nice boys.
Suresh Ramasubramanian [23/04/12
And I hate the word ringfence as in the revenues from the new taxes will be
ringfenced for the Nrega scheme or somesuch..
Source:planning commission of India press release..
'Naresh' Narasimhan
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On 23-Apr-2012, at 10:02 PM, Jon Cox j...@experiments.com wrote:
Venkat,
Let us put it this way. There are several terms being dismissed as pretentious
expressions in this thread, that actually have specific meanings attached to
them, and these meanings are used consistently
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