Comments on: 101 Web/Business Clichés That Must Die in 2009

By: Chris Anthony

Chris Anthony — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:13:15 +0000

I know I’m a little late, but “grow” actually is legitimately a transitive verb – consider “I’m growing lettuce, tomatoes, and cabbage”. It does bother me in the context of “growing a business”, but it’s not strictly incorrect.

By: Dan E

Dan E — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:35:37 +0000

All I know is that if I interview one more metal band who tells me that their new record is “heavier, yet more melodic” than anything they’ve ever done, I’m gonna leave my carbon footprint in they ass.

By: Agitationist

Agitationist — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:38:55 +0000

Ali, my problem with “grow your business” is the use of “grow” as an active verb with an object – it’s a bit like saying “I’m growing two children”…

By: Agitationist

Agitationist — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:31:51 +0000

Janis, how about simply “presentation”, “meeting” or “seminar”? We don’t specify the medium for those; it seems very old-school to affix “web” to indicate that we’re not together in person.
Then again, I haven’t shown up in person for anything in a long time, so I’d have to add “web-” to everything I do…

By: Janis

Janis — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:41:31 +0000

Be really original and give us some better words with the same meaning. Can you?

For example, what else would you call a seminar on the web besides a webinar?

I hear teleseminar far more than I do webinar.

Is there a better word for either of these?

By: Ali Reid

Ali Reid — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:55:11 +0000

looks to me like you’ve got em all!

webinar truly must die. and agile just cracks me up.

Although id have to disagree with ‘grow your business’ which seems like a pretty plain and uncolourful way to say something meaningful!

By: ninanord

ninanord — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:24:07 +0000

I agree on killing “webinar”, with a tray!

Remember, some people actually need stupid phrases like “personal branding” (which by the way looks even mores stupid spelled with a capital P. Just look: “Personal branding”.

I also want to hack “web tv” to pieces.

By: Agitationist

Agitationist — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:18:34 +0000

You’re right, most of these have been around since circa ‘06, or even longer.
I was *this* close to including “platform”.

By: DE

DE — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:31:46 +0000

Some of the above have been offending for many years now.

But the ones whose time and meaning have run out:

1. Solution
2. Widget
3. Mashup
4. Web 2.0
5. Unified Communication

The ones that will soon be out staying their welcome:

1. Software as a service
2. Grid Computing
3. Extensible
4. Developer friendly
5. Customer first