WATCH YER MOUTH

Regular readers of this space know that I have a leetle thang about jargon. LTN's news editor John Bringardner forwarded this "Weasel Words" article from Newsweek, about Don Watson's campaign to rid the business community of jargon.

John swears that Watson must be my long-lost psychic twin. I'll look into that.

Meanwhile, and with true circular spendor, here's my latest Dirty Little Secrets column from Law Firm Inc. Sound familiar? The first version of was a rant that appeared right here in The Common Scold.

I've been getting some very kind feedback about this one, including a note from Stephen Albainy-Jenei, of Frost Brown Todd, who said my diatribe reminded me of this fun post on Feld Thoughts (Brad Feld's blog). Albainy-Jenei is one of the brains behind the fabulous patent law blog, Patent Baristas.

And here's another variation on the same theme, that I wrote for the print and online versions of Womensbiz.us, a feisty publication from president and publisher Elaine Taylor-Gordon, who was kind enough to invite me to contribute to the August issue.

The August edition also contains a profile of Linda Dillman, who is executive vice president and CIO of Walmart. She heads an IT team of 2,400 and presides over a data storage system second only to the Pentagon's in size. One of her recent challenges was to decree that the top 100 suppliers must convert to RFID tags -- which she expects will lead to lower labor costs and increased product sales -- and give Walmart the ability to more accurately track their products.

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