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?
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Screenshot conundrum
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.
The allure of distraction…
So you wanna take a step away from the media…a total ban on TV-watching and internet-surfing right? Not! How can anyone give up the very connection to the world, news, information, or worse miss out on the next American Idol? If I can’t talk to co-workers the next day about who was canned, then what [...]
