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If you’re someone that embraces tech as a hobby, a job, or a “lifestyle”… you know it’s a space that’s literally got a term for everything…
Believe it or not, once upon a time smartphones were just “phones”… apps were just “software”… and meta just meant you were being a bit too self-referential…
But alas, as quickly as the technology evolves, so too does the phrasing, buzzwords, and outright meaning of otherwise common terminology…
So this week, were taking a deep dive into a word that once meant it was well after midnight in a grad school coffee house and is has now been co-opted by one of the largest companies in the world…
This is going to be a fun one, because it’s time to enter the Metaverse.
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If you’re someone that embraces tech as a hobby, a job, or a “lifestyle”… you know it’s a space that’s literally got a term for everything…
Believe it or not, once upon a time smartphones were just “phones”… apps were just “software”… and meta just meant you were being a bit too self-referential…
But alas, as quickly as the technology evolves, so too does the phrasing, buzzwords, and outright meaning of otherwise common terminology…
So this week, were taking a deep dive into a word that once meant it was well after midnight in a grad school coffee house and is has now been co-opted by one of the largest companies in the world…
This is going to be a fun one, because it’s time to enter the Metaverse.
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