The above sentence is from an e-mail I recently received. It illustrates another pet peeve I have in regard to people in the technology industry abusing the word "setup." Setup is not appropriate to use in every situation. It really depends on if you're using it as a noun or verb. If it's a noun, then it's "setup." (As in the above sentence, "new proposed setup.") If it's a verb, then it's "set up." (As abused in the above sentence, "we will set up.") That's right, two distinct words! Learn it, embrace it, follow it.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Setup...Set up...
"I have provided a new proposed setup which includes the new codes that we will setup on the testing platforms."
The above sentence is from an e-mail I recently received. It illustrates another pet peeve I have in regard to people in the technology industry abusing the word "setup." Setup is not appropriate to use in every situation. It really depends on if you're using it as a noun or verb. If it's a noun, then it's "setup." (As in the above sentence, "new proposed setup.") If it's a verb, then it's "set up." (As abused in the above sentence, "we will set up.") That's right, two distinct words! Learn it, embrace it, follow it.
The above sentence is from an e-mail I recently received. It illustrates another pet peeve I have in regard to people in the technology industry abusing the word "setup." Setup is not appropriate to use in every situation. It really depends on if you're using it as a noun or verb. If it's a noun, then it's "setup." (As in the above sentence, "new proposed setup.") If it's a verb, then it's "set up." (As abused in the above sentence, "we will set up.") That's right, two distinct words! Learn it, embrace it, follow it.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Shut Up!
Some days, like today, there are a lot of impromptu aisle meetings around my cube. Some days, like today, there is a lot of talking about the start of the baseball season and who got who in the fantasy draft. Some days, like today, there are some strange noises coming over the cube wall from the guy who can't wait until lunch to eat his lunch, so he starts unwrapping and horking it down for breakfast instead.
On those days, like today, I'm usually struggling to concentrate to get some time-urgent tasks done. So, I pop my headphones in to drown out the world. Today, when I turned on my iPod, "Shut Up!" by the Black-Eyed Peas started playing. I thought it was both ironic and appropriate.
On those days, like today, I'm usually struggling to concentrate to get some time-urgent tasks done. So, I pop my headphones in to drown out the world. Today, when I turned on my iPod, "Shut Up!" by the Black-Eyed Peas started playing. I thought it was both ironic and appropriate.
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