[Ads-l] Corporate Jargon? Or lack of creativity? Or...

[Joel Berson]

See Dave Wilton's explanation.  (And I heard his "systems architect" too.)

JSB

      From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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> On Apr 10, 2015, at 3:27 PM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
> 
> I used to be a "software architect" -- and over 30 years ago.

Ah, but did you architect software, or (merely) design it?

LH

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> I've been hearing and seeing "architecting" for about 10 years. (Yes, I
> dwell among the jargoneers.)
> 
> OUP Blog, July 2008: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__blog.oup.com_2008_07_architect_&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=Af46RoDhqIvODVUbmc41VattCm34wqyZPShsN-Fkdug&s=Nts4ryR5V6WJ96IP-qoOFsPP6qeM-ixas_wntijL8xo&e= 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tajewell89 [mailto:tajewell89 at GMAIL.COM] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 8:14 PM
> Subject: Corporate Jargon? Or lack of creativity? Or...
> 
> From the Kleiner-Perkins Twitter:
> 
> "@kpcb: . at Jormont1978 did a fireside today w/ @JeremyBloom11 on architecting
> world class management teams."
> 
> Has this monstrosity "architecting" been used before? I've never seen
> anything like it.
> 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_kpcb_status_586001621752160256&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=Af46RoDhqIvODVUbmc41VattCm34wqyZPShsN-Fkdug&s=lwgYyoTHJ1UEy4Q-bnWxgjEncBzh0iBMO4H4jvGTv7o&e= 


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> -Tim Jewell



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