The term “newbie” is now in the dictionary, but we all know what it means. Not surprisingly, it is used blatantly throughout the internet, but yet surprisingly it is the subject of constant and heated debate in community forums. Since the term has become so mainstream, I have been pondering what doth make a newbie?
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Screenshot conundrum
August 7, 2008 – 5:07 pm
It started off as a lark, a bit of a jolt to the mainstream just to see a reaction, if any. As it turns out the non-reaction said more than any comment could.
Idiot’s Guide to Dummies
August 4, 2008 – 11:12 pm
I recently made a pit stop into our rather large Canadian bookstore and was discouraged to find that books for “Dummies” and “Idiot Guides” and have spread over the bookshelves like our resident pine beetle attacking our pine forests. The infestation was more than I could have imagined however as almost every aisle, from cookbooks [...]