Archived on strar 3 17:41:03 2005
Sports figures are the most notorious for uttering annoying clichés to reporters, probably because there is nothing original that now can be said by an athlete or coach. After some 150 years of the media covering athletics, most every situation has happened and everything's already been said SUCH AS "WE Play AT A Time," "" Our Players Gave 110 Percent out there of reporting -.. including IT news Any journalist on the job for more than 24 hours knows that wherever company officials walk, well-worn clichés are sure to follow I suppose it was only a matter of time, but somebody has put together a Formidable List of It Reporting Clichés. When i read it, i laugh, ia, ie is the list: 1. At the end of the day 2. Solution 3. Thinking Outside The Box 4. Synergy 5. Paradigm 6. Metrics 7 Take it offline 8. Redeployed People 9. Core Competence 10. Win-Win 11. Value-Adde D 12. Get on The Same Page 13. Customer-Centric 14. Generation X 15. Alignment Now, Tell The Truth: Can You Read The Above List without a smirky smile, nodding your head knowledge - or all of the above Also, truthfully:? How many of these do you use in your daily routine I personally want to thank Megan Santosus of CIO.com and temporary staffing company Accountemps, which surveyed 150 executives to come up with the list CIO.com?. IS A Site I Read Regular Because It Does Well to Avoid Clichés in Its Reporting. We at It Manager's Journal Also Strive To Avoid Clichés At All Costs
