Technobabble

Technobabble is a form of writing using jargon, acronyms and high falutin language to give an impression of knowing through mystification, misdirection, and confusion. Someone who doesn’t understand a technical description might describe this style of writing as technobabble, but it also can describe prose intentionally made obscure through gratuitous technical terms and slang.

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Sorry for rubbing it in folks!

I feel like a little kid in a lolly shop! After slow and costly internet in PNG, I can’t help but get carried away with the speed, low cost and pervasiveness of Internet access in Oz.

The Best of News Feeds #26

A collection of favourites which have recently found their way into my newsreader – together with a one line comment.

Web Analytics a la Piwik

Apologies in advance to all the lay readers but tonight I’m going to technobabble a little about Web Analytics, Open Source and Piwik.

10 Reasons why people stop blogging

Getting a blog up and running can be as easy as 1-2-3. Most blogs come and go – others hang around for a little while – few go the distance.

The Best of News Feeds #25

A collection of favourites which have recently found their way into my newsreader – together with a one line comment.

Spam statistics for 2009

Spam is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited messages indiscriminately. In layman’s terms – basically a pain in the arse!

The Best of News Feeds #24

A collection of favourites, including some nerdy type articles together with some not so nerdy ones, which have recently found their way into my newsreader – together with a one line comment.

The Best of News Feeds #23

A collection of favourites, including some nerdy type articles together with some not so nerdy ones, which have recently found their way into my newsreader – together with a one line comment

Handy Wordpress cheatsheets and more

Remember the Periodic Table of Elements? The building blocks of the universe (as we know it) summarised in one table. A classic example of a cheat sheet.

The Best of News Feeds #22

A collection of news favourites, including some nerdy type articles together with some not so nerdy ones, which have recently found their way into my newsreader

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