Wednesday, August 29, 2007

a new word to learn: Bacn

now i know what all those 350 unread emails in my inbox are....
 
"bacn" is the sizzling new term for "email you want, but not right now." Considered a step above spam, but below personal communications, bacn refers to notification emails from sites like Facebook and MySpace and LinkedIn that let you know someone wants to be your friend (or prove it with winky comments).
 
A byproduct of Web 2.0, bacn also encompasses all those email newsletters you signed up for and really, truly mean to read sometime, as well as bill payment notifications, Google alerts, etc. Basically, bacn is clutter, but not trash.
 

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