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Goodbye Cruel World

Submitted by Leo Klein on Thu, 12/16/10 (11:51pm)

I think I’m going to jump off a cliff -- the lords of platitude have won: http://tinyurl.com/3yndb62

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End of the World

ListServ is a ListServ is a ListServ

Submitted by Leo Klein on Sun, 8/8/10 (3:03pm)

ChicagoReader Logo I'm not sure why Michael Miner, who writes for the ChicagoReader on the local press scene, decided to dredge up the brouhaha over the recently closed-down listServ JournoList. I mean, it's been all over teh Internets™ for weeks now and doesn't really seem to have much to do with Chicago.

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The Ugly Truth about Cloud Computing

Submitted by Leo Klein on Thu, 10/22/09 (12:54am)

We used to just call it 'online'.

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Cloud Computing : The Un-Definition

Submitted by Leo Klein on Wed, 9/23/09 (11:52am)

I was out on the prowl for articles for this month's CurrentCites, when I came across an interesting article called "Libraries in the Cloud: Making a Case for Google and Amazon" in this month's 'Computers in Libraries'.

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Annals in the Mis-use of the Word 'Conversation'

Submitted by Leo Klein on Wed, 3/11/09 (2:32pm)

What he said:

"I did have a conversation with an airline employee, but it was certainly not like this silly gossip column made it out to be."

What really happened,

"[Sen. David Vitter] ... joined what we've dubbed the 'Mile-Low Club' by going ballistic on an airline worker after missing a flight from Washington’s Dulles airport to New Orleans."

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MLA Issues New Handbook, Still Insists 'Website' is Two Words

Submitted by Leo Klein on Tue, 3/10/09 (5:00pm)

The seventh edition of the MLA Handbook has just come out. The Chronicle of Higher Education points to the considerable effort the publishers have made to give this "bible of the undergraduate paper-writing process" a substantial web component.

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Style Guides

'Conversation' Fails Hillary

Submitted by Leo Klein on Sat, 6/7/08 (10:07am)

Conversation Snooze Not to be too political here (I really try not to be) but I was reminded by a segment on NPR's Weekend Edition, that the original opening line of Hillary Clinton's campaign was the almost unbearable cliche:

"Let the Conversation Begin"

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Kill-the-Conversation Unity League: We're Fired Up & Growing!

Submitted by Leo Klein on Tue, 10/9/07 (2:51pm)

Max Kalehoff has joined the League. Jake McKee is still on the fence.

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Let the Conversation about the Word 'Conversation' Begin

Submitted by Leo Klein on Mon, 7/30/07 (8:32am)

First, Hillary Clinton begins her campaign for the presidency with the incredibly vapid statement:

Let the Conversation Begin

Then, the Washington Post counters in defense of a completely silly column on her anatomy:

Let the Cleavage Conversation Begin

Now Sam Boyd from Tapped has had enough. He writes:

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'Disruptive Innovation' About to Edge Out 'Conversation' in Platitude Sweepstakes

Submitted by Leo Klein on Sun, 4/22/07 (12:09am)

It had to happen. The long-reigning champ of "Uber Platitude" may be about to cede its title to a brawney new upstart.

Long a favorite on the Sincerity Circuit, the "Conversation Schtick" received a blow to its mid-drifts after trend-setting The Onion declared: "Let the conversation end."

This set the stage for a possible upset in the "Platitude Sweepstakes" with new-comer "Disruptive innovation" (child of plain old Innovation) about to gain the upper-hand.

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