Posts Tagged ‘Tech Speak’
Staying ‘Out of’ Home
Even though my journey as a techie has reached its last mile, and I'm serving my notice period, some things will never change. A glorious four and a half years at the place I've been working at has taught me many a lesson, and provided me with enough fodder and material to even write a complete book out of. Sadly, time are not there, failing [...]
“Geographies” and “Based Out Of”
Ever since I joined work four years ago, I've heard the following two expressions being used in a manner that I find weird / counter-intuitive compared to how I'd heard them being used conventionally on previous occasions. The first one is the usage of the term 'Geography' as a noun to refer to a particular region of the world. I'd remained [...]
Wanted : LOL Code Developers
It was a fateful day sometime in the early part of this year when Tharunya sent me a link to this popular internet meme called the LOLcats. I found it quite absurdly funny, and thereafter, forwarded the link from this meme to a few of my friends, who, I was certain hadn't seen it before. In turn, on receiving that link and having seen it, I was [...]
LOL Speak v/s Tech Speak
With the popularization of the infectiously absurd but funny internet meme, the LOL Cats, LOL speak is now among the in-things in the present day pop culture lingo, in line with 'RESTECP' as said by Sacha Baron Cohen in 'Ali G InDaHouse' and 'All your base are belong to us', from the Jap game 'Zero-Wing'. I confess to cheaply conforming to LOL [...]
