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Entries from July 8th, 2008

On a mission

July 8th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Politics

At the moment Ian Irvine is on a bit of a mission, and its good to see.  Some people react to losing an election by withdrawing from everything, others just can’t let go and keep turning up at every official event1 but Ian has found himself inspired to activism.
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Jargon

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Life, Work

How on Earth did the BBC manage to come up with the 50 best (i.e. worst) examples of office-speak or buzzwords without even ‘ping’, ‘helicopter view’ or ‘delta’?   Delta always gets me: I haven’t found a single instance when using the word ‘difference’ wouldn’t do – unless one is actually taking about when a river [...]

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