Over (heard) and Out (of context)

I have an odd ear sometimes.

I was sitting in a web development meeting a few days ago, discussing taxonomy, particularly as it structures archiving and identification for the inner workings of a website.

So being a meeting effectively about terms, language, and nomenclature, for whatever reason, small snippets of what my colleagues said seemed to hang in the air a little longer, or at least hang in my ear.

While trying to keep up with the web speak and not look too fidgety at the end of the table, I clung to such gems as:

“...shoes is shoes....”

“...it might be hypercategorizing...wait..that doesn't sound right...”

“...that would completely ruin us...” (laughter) “...that's not an exaggeration....”(dire tone)

“...have you seen the spreadsheet?” (incredulous tone)

“...if you have a lot of W's or M's, it's relative...”

So what's the point of this all, other than giving you the impression I kind of tune out in meetings?

All of those quotes don't make a hell of a lot of sense, and yet for the discussion they pertained to, they held resounding poignancy.

Fear the Five-Percenters

So the Christmas lights are down, the tree is but tinder, and now we finally enter that special time of year....Primary Season. Because if the American Democratic experiment doesn't seem eccentric enough, why not officially begin a campaigning season that has already gone on for a far too long 10 months before the ACTUAL ELECTION.

But I digress....obviously party primaries provide a litany of issues to discuss/dissect/poke fun at, so in order to avoid a sprawling, meandering tirade on how sick of the Republican field I am already (and it's not because I am right- or left-leaning; it is simply because I can't believe there is more than a year of coverage for multiple campaigns that say nothing, and of numerous candidates that are all “front-runners” at one time or another), I want to take a look at some numbers, and what they say about how distorted this whole process is.

Welcome to the Blogosphere

As is usual for me, here I am, joining part of the technological revolution, long after its considered revolutionary. I'm still not on the Facebook. I have a Youtube channel with a few goof videos I've made, mostly as pet projects or throwaways while I do video production for my day job. I entertained and then quickly ditched the idea of being on Google+. My LinkedIn profile collects more dust than contacts.

But I am on Twitter - I can prove it, just look for @ZachBabo...yup, that's me.

So after much prodding from my lovely girlfriend (who hears the majority of my diatribes), a few friends who haven't yet to tune me out, and a few others who have bothered to listen to me when I'm carrying on, I figured I would start a blog.