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January 17, 2005

Oh why cahn't the marketers ... learn ... to ... speak

Over at Worthwhile I've posted a rumination - including a short play! - about why tech marketing-speak goes so wrong.

Posted by D. Weinberger at January 17, 2005 02:27 PM

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Excellent!

Posted by: Troy Worman | January 18, 2005 11:00 PM

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