{"id":223,"date":"2015-04-22T17:53:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T23:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2015-04-27T20:39:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T02:39:39","slug":"dont-speak-from-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/dont-speak-from-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Speak From “The Cloud”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warning!: This is not a very helpful post. I’m just sharing because I have to. Feel free to round-file this post if you’re in a hurry. This isn’t important.<\/span><\/p>\n

I followed this series of links and found something at the end funny enough to make me chuckle, then giggle, then laugh until I cried. \u00a0Your mileage may vary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Path<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

While reading a\u00a0Webdesigner Depot newsletter<\/span><\/a>, I followed a link to\u00a0Downworthy<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0a plugin that replaces hyped headlines with boring ones (actually a little NSFW \u2013\u00a0bad language). Well apparently it was based in part on another plugin called\u00a0cloud-to-butt<\/span><\/a>\u00a0designed to highlight the hype that “the cloud” is getting by replacing\u00a0occurrences of “the cloud” with “my butt.” OK, if you’re already offended you can tune out now.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Funny Part<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

Here’s\u00a0a Flickr Gallery of de-clouded news articles<\/span><\/a>\u00a0after filtering them through cloud-to-butt. If you only have time for one, here’s the one I recommend:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Xbox<\/a><\/p>\n

Something Learned<\/h2>\n

I should be more mindful of when I am throwing around trendy terms instead of really understanding what I’m saying. \u00a0Otherwise, it sounds like I’m talking out of the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speak to be understood. Sometimes jargon helps with that. \u00a0Sometimes we’re just being lazy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warning!: This is not a very helpful post. I’m just sharing because I have to. Feel free to round-file this post if you’re in a hurry. This isn’t important. I followed this series of links and found something at the end funny enough to make me chuckle, then giggle, then laugh until I cried. \u00a0Your… Continue reading Don’t Speak From “The Cloud”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,66],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-executive","tag-communication","tag-funny","wow fadeInUp","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}