6,000-mile screwdriver n.— «Military command-and-control systems are said to provide commanders with six-thousand-mile screwdrivers.» —by Lee Sproull, Sara Kiesler Connections: New Ways of Working in the Networked...
digiroid n.— «These are some of the bits and pices I have to hand when doing a shoot. This was taken a couple of years ago, now it would usually be done digitally so to keep a polaroid book I have a little HP printer with me to take...
on ramp n.— «According to the Harvard Business Review, 43 percent of professional women with children stop working for at least 2.2 years. Ninety-three percent of them would like to return, but they face road blocks. Only 40 percent find...
fast fashion n.— «Working on the principle that the customer is always right, Topshop and H&M are among a clique of “fast fashion” companies that includes Zara, Camaieu and other European retailers that not only solicit...
bogger n.— «The tour also included a look at a bogger—an underground front end loader—at work.» —“Working in a gold mine, going down, down” ABC Central Victoria (Australia) May 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued...
jump plane v. phr.— «Well, thanks, but are you an english citizen? actually, some people have called me stupid to actually jump plane to england to expereince the country while doing work without a working permit. i dont want to encourage...