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On annoying net words

This Economist obit of Alfred Chandler (reg. required) led with this enjoyable paragraph:

Today's business leaders are voracious consumers of management advice. They are forever calling in the consultants and surfing the business press for the next big thing. So here is a free tip. Get off the whirligig of management fads. Forget about “long tails” and “wikinomics” for a while and do something old-fashioned. Sit down with a handful of books—admittedly rather fat books—and contemplate the life's work of Alfred Chandler.

And then today a British poll discovers the most irritating Net-related words:

"Blog", "netiquette", "cookie" and "wiki" have been voted among the most irritating words spawned by the Internet, according to the results of a poll published on Thursday.

"Folksonomy" was listed in the number one (most irritating) spot.

(thanks, kottke)





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