Doc Searls recently wrote that ‘cookies’ are essentially ‘worms’.

‘Cookies’. Warm, friendly, sweet - nice enough to eat!

Of course you can put a cookie on my machine, but NOT a worm.

Even though a cookie’s behavior is essentially worm like.

Filed under ‘Nefarious Language’.

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Thomas Keneally’s 2020s vision: We must abandon the language of the market to reclaim our humanity

Identity - it might not be what you think it is … this week’s People First Newsletter considers the full meaning of ‘Identity’.

On a recent podcast, Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley said that Retailers want help in driving people to their stores.

I have an ongoing exploration re how ‘we the people’ have adopted ‘Corporate Speak’ without thinking about the ramifications..

This needed to be called out.

This occurred to me today - when I was posting about Prof G

Missed this at the time

Fiverr acquires ClearVoice to double down on content marketing

… but if that is not the clearest indicator of this People First Tenet - then I do not know what is.

Owning The Relationship : A People First Tenet

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Sharing Economy : A People First Tenet

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Customer Experience? Employee Experience. : A People First Tenet

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Curiosity : A People First Tenet

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All Else Follows : A People First Tenet

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Power Of The Few : A People First Tenet

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Language Not Propaganda : A People First Tenet

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I Want My VRM : A People First Tenet

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Do Not Track : A People First Tenet

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The Present Of Work : A People First Tenet

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Everywhere, Still Not Omnipresent : A People First Tenet

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Why Can’t We Be Coded? : A People First Tenet

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People, Not Consumers, Not Users … : A People First Tenet

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