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I think it's jargon to distinguish the Glif's niche from the usual 'startup' fair (software development, etc.)
by benjaminfox 16y ago
I think it's jargon to distinguish the Glif's niche from the usual 'startup' fair (software development, etc.)
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- mattmillr 16y agoYep. Consider January's Wired magazine feature titled In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms are the new Bits." http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/ff_newrevolution http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/ff_newrevolution
- listic 16y agoNow I'm getting tired of those cliches e.g "X is the new Y" and the like. Where can I get some journalism that doesn't fall for this?
- chc 16y agoFall for what? The temptation to express ideas using common memes? Good luck finding any publication where no writer ever gets lazy and uses cliched forms of expression. (Also, if you're looking for really engineer-friendly technical writing, Wired is probably not the place to turn.)
- hugh3 16y agoThat's unfortunate, because I assumed it was something nano-related, which sounded much more exciting than... uhh, rubber iPhone covers or whatever this is.