David Chartier: An unordered list of words that have lost all meaning
Thanks to software trends, pop culture, entitled customers, the tech press, and the next meme on your favorite site, these words (and one acronym) have been stripped of their intrinsic value and almost all hope of meaning. In no particular order:
- premium
- sexy
- awesome
- revolutionary
- HD
- beta
- literally
- pro
- killer
- instant
- amazing
- seriously
Did I miss any?
Addendum
- epic
- open
- curated
- finally
- expensive (as in: “$2.99 for an app is SO expensive”)
The list is pretty extensive, but I’d add ‘immersive’, ‘disruptive’ and ‘game-changing’.
The Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense
I had a hard time deciding whether to put this up on my fun blog, or here.
In the end I decided to post this here, because even though it’s funny, it also shows how much codswallop there is, that people actually believe in.
Analysts — Stating the obvious since the inception of the stock market
What Mr. Whitmore is trying to sell as topical information, is something that was obvious to anybody who observed the development of the iPhone in the market and the iPod to a lesser extent.
The keywords for Apple are: Late Market Entry, R&D, Innovation, Mindshare, Profit Margin.
