In the Week in Review section of the New York Times there was an article by Grant Barrett and Mark Leibovich in which they identified new buzz words that have emerged in 2008. Some of them were technology related.
D.W.T. or Driving While Texting
edupunk- a style of hands-on self-education that benefits the student without concern for curriculum or the interests of schools, corporations or governments. In other words, an autodidactic approach that spurns commercialism, mas-market approaches and top-down goal setting. Coined by Jim Groom and "instructional technologist" at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va.
Long Photo- A video of 90 seconds or less. Used by the photosharing web site Flicker, which began permitting videos this year.
tw, tweet, twitt- Combing forms all inspired by Twitter, a free nano-blogging service. It helps small groups share what they're thinking or doing in just 140 characters per message, or tweet as such a message is called. The service has generated new words an related Web sites. Tweet-up, for example is either a meeting of people organized through Twitter, or the WEb site that helps bring about the meetings.
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Thank you for an interesting article Tammy. I'd love to hear more buzzwords from the industry since the Tech-world seems to come up with more than any other industry.
A company I worked for years ago, used a term TBS, which stood for "Technical Butt Sniffing". Although it never became a buzzword, it was known throughout the company to mean, the process in which two techies begin to feel each other out for their technical abilities when first introduced in a network environment. -Much like two dogs that meet on the street!
Thanks again for your article!
LOL
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