Jargon Watch: A Pocket Dictionary for the Jitterati by Gareth Branwyn

Description: Jargon Watch: A Pocket Dictionary for the Jitterati Branwyn, GarethPublished by Hardwired (1997)ISBN 10: 1888869062 ISBN 13: 9781888869064Used Hardcover Quantity: 1 Synopsis:Every era in America has its own language, every new culture its own lingo. JargonWatch documents the tortured and often hilarious new terminology that comes out of the high-pressure work environments of Silicon Valley, midtown Manhattan, and Hollywood, and captures the language of the new American culture while mocking its newness. Review:The "Jargon Watch" section of Wired magazine is where you'll find a small but dead-on window where cyberculture collides into language. This "pocket dictionary" is a collection of terms posted in that section since 1993, plus 100 new entries. Ever do any domain dipping (typing in random words between www. and .com just to find out what's out there)? Receive a zen mail (e-mail messages that arrive with no text in the message body)? Or maybe you've had an ohnosecond (that minuscule fraction of time in which you realize you've just made a BIG mistake). Gareth Branwyn's introduction is a short but cogent explanation of how jargon becomes popular in cyberculture. Gareth Branwyn is a well-known technology journalist and self-proclaimed "reluctant geek." He is writer and editor for Wired, ID and Esquire magazines, and has written many books on technology topics, including, Mosaic Quick Tour (the first World Wide Web book ever published), Jargon Watch: A Pocket Dictionary for the Jitterati, Jamming the Media: A Citizen's Guide, and The Happy Mutant Handbook. He also has contributed material to many technology books, including Que's Catalog of Tomorrow and The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog. He is Editor-in-chief, co-owner, and site designer of Street Tech (www.streettech.com). Gareth also contributed lyrics to Billy Idol's 1993 album Cyberpunk. Jitterati -- 1. What the digital generation becomes after tanking up on too much coffee; 2. fear and anxiety associated with not speaking the latest jargon, acronyms, and buzz-words of the Digital Revolution.Every era in America has its own language, every new culture its own lingo. Jargon Watch documents the tortured and often hilarious new terminology that comes out of the high-pressure work environments of Silicon Valley, midtown Manhattan, Hollywood, and South Park, San Francisco. It is in these knowledge factories that 21st-century culture is being built. Every day, Gareth Branwyn culls through the terms sent in by dozens of contributors who work in these fast-paced worlds. Jargon Watch captures the language of the new American culture while mocking its newness. Ultimately, many of these words will enter mainstream English. Without Jargon Watch who in the year 2010 would remember how these terms came into existence? Seen on the interweb:NEW sells for US $ 47.23 + $4.00 shippingUSED $6 + shipping What is pictured is the exact item you will receive. All measurements though carefully taken should be considered approximate Please see and examine all pictures for details, they are considered part of the description Items are sold “AS IS” and NO RETURNS unless otherwise listed with conditions We used recycled boxes to help keep shipping rates as low as possible, we will always try to use suitable boxes for your item, but may have company logos, writings, or markings. CHECK OUT OUR STORE, Burman's Basement, FOR MANY UNIQUE TREASURES, WE ARE HAPPY TO COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE

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