August 19, 2007 135 Comments

Bacn- A New Internet Term

bacn When you receive email that Geek is now following you on Twitter and Jennifer Gold just wrote on your Facebook wall, that’s bacn (pronounced “bacon”). It’s any email you receive that isn’t spam, but isn’t exactly a personal message either. Your electronic phone bill is bacn. Your Google alerts are bacn.

Bacn. It’s better than spam.

Disclaimer: I had nothing to do with coming up with this term. This was something some of the folks at PodCamp Pittsburgh came up with. I’m not sure who started it. Andy Quayle, Tommy Vallier, Jesse Hambley, and I don’t know who else were at Ground Zero of the discussion.

**UPDATE: Andy Quayle wrote about it last night and he told me that, and then I forgot.

Bacn. Pass it on.

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  • http://www.jeffreysass.com Jeffrey Sass

    As I twittered, I am a VEGETARIAN, so Bacn won’t work for me :) I will settle for TOFU — Mail that needs action, but not anytime soon. TOFU = To Follow Up.

  • http://www.jeffreysass.com Jeffrey Sass

    As I twittered, I am a VEGETARIAN, so Bacn won’t work for me :) I will settle for TOFU — Mail that needs action, but not anytime soon. TOFU = To Follow Up.

  • http://www.jonglassett.com Jon Glassett

    What does Web 2.0 have against vowels, anyway?

    Oh, sorry:

    Wht ds Wb 2.0 hv gnst vwls, nywy?

    How about calling it ‘Vowls’ instead?

    “Vowls: we know we need ‘em, we just don’t like ‘em.”

  • http://www.jonglassett.com Jon Glassett

    What does Web 2.0 have against vowels, anyway?

    Oh, sorry:

    Wht ds Wb 2.0 hv gnst vwls, nywy?

    How about calling it ‘Vowls’ instead?

    “Vowls: we know we need ‘em, we just don’t like ‘em.”

  • Norm Huelsman

    Spam and Sprouts?

    “What does DLS think about this term? We’re still deciding, but it’s a little confusing since bacon is commonly referred to as money. Our proposal would be more along the lines of: ‘brusselsprout – good under some conditions.’ ”

    http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/08/19/bacn-the-new-web-2-0-term/

  • Norm Huelsman

    Spam and Sprouts?

    “What does DLS think about this term? We’re still deciding, but it’s a little confusing since bacon is commonly referred to as money. Our proposal would be more along the lines of: ‘brusselsprout – good under some conditions.’ ”

    http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/08/19/bacn-the-new-web-2-0-term/

  • http://www.chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    @Norm – “good under some conditions” really made me smirk.

    @Jn- yr rght. vwls nd lv 2.

  • http://www.chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    @Norm – “good under some conditions” really made me smirk.

    @Jn- yr rght. vwls nd lv 2.

  • http://www.formerfatguy.com formerfatguy

    Chris, where is the “share on facebook” app for your blog posts. I want to share this on facebook, but there’s no button to do that.

    help?

  • http://www.formerfatguyblog.com rob

    Chris, where is the “share on facebook” app for your blog posts. I want to share this on facebook, but there’s no button to do that.

    help?

  • http://www.ldpodcast.com Whitney

    Is scrapple next? Guess not- that’s a PA only weirdness!

  • http://www.ldpodcast.com Whitney

    Is scrapple next? Guess not- that’s a PA only weirdness!

  • http://www.jonglassett.com Jon Glassett

    “Scrapl”

  • http://www.jonglassett.com Jon Glassett

    “Scrapl”

  • http://marketinggarden.wordpress.com Liga

    bacn & bacnize sounds so good! (jump)

  • http://marketinggarden.wordpress.com Liga

    bacn & bacnize sounds so good! (jump)

  • http://zsugiart.blogspot.com zen sugiarto

    what about email forwards… are they bacn or spam?

  • http://zsugiart.blogspot.com zen sugiarto

    what about email forwards… are they bacn or spam?

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  • http://www.mrbaconpants.com Mosley

    Scapple would be a better name!

    I wrote a post telling the world that mrbaconpants want to make a stand against bacn.

    http://www.mrbaconpants.com/bacn-needs-to-be-stopped/

  • http://www.mrbaconpants.com Mosley

    Scapple would be a better name!

    I wrote a post telling the world that mrbaconpants want to make a stand against bacn.

    http://www.mrbaconpants.com/bacn-needs-to-be-stopped/

  • http://www.baconunwrapped.com Heather

    And I’m right there with Mr. Bacon Pants…degrading bacon this way is wrong!

  • http://www.baconunwrapped.com Heather

    And I’m right there with Mr. Bacon Pants…degrading bacon this way is wrong!

  • http://jeffmcneill.com/ Jeff McNeill

    Woy, that’s Sausg… heh

  • http://jeffmcneill.com/ Jeff McNeill

    Woy, that’s Sausg… heh

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  • zeek

    Bacon is delicious. This type of email is crap. Fces would be a better term (pronounced feces).

  • zeek

    Bacon is delicious. This type of email is crap. Fces would be a better term (pronounced feces).

  • http://enterthelaughter.com Marti

    Baloney! /web 2.0 = baln / (snicker) This type of e-mail is not crap. I love hearing that someone wants to add me as a friend or follower at a social network!

  • http://enterthelaughter.com Marti

    Baloney! /web 2.0 = baln / (snicker) This type of e-mail is not crap. I love hearing that someone wants to add me as a friend or follower at a social network!

  • JT

    Dumb. Completely nerdy – as opposed to geeky.

  • JT

    Dumb. Completely nerdy – as opposed to geeky.

  • http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com Cameron Reilly

    Vincent: Want some bacon?
    Jules: No man, I don’t eat pork.
    Vincent: Are you Jewish?
    Jules: Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.
    Vincent: Why not?
    Jules: Pigs are filthy animals. I don’t eat filthy animals.
    Vincent: Bacon tastes gooood. Pork chops taste gooood.
    Jules: Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I’d never know ’cause I wouldn’t eat the filthy motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That’s a filthy animal. I ain’t eat nothin’ that ain’t got enough sense enough to disregard its own faeces.

  • http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com Cameron Reilly

    Vincent: Want some bacon?
    Jules: No man, I don’t eat pork.
    Vincent: Are you Jewish?
    Jules: Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.
    Vincent: Why not?
    Jules: Pigs are filthy animals. I don’t eat filthy animals.
    Vincent: Bacon tastes gooood. Pork chops taste gooood.
    Jules: Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I’d never know ’cause I wouldn’t eat the filthy motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That’s a filthy animal. I ain’t eat nothin’ that ain’t got enough sense enough to disregard its own faeces.

  • peter

    Just noticed that there popped up a german bacn site:
    http://www.bacn.de

  • http://ericrice.com Eric Rice

    Cameron, you won the internet today. Thank you.

  • peter

    Just noticed that there popped up a german bacn site:
    http://www.bacn.de

  • http://ericrice.com Eric Rice

    Cameron, you won the internet today. Thank you.

  • http://billcammack.com/ Bill Cammack

    Chris has become the definitive authority on bacn! :D

  • http://billcammack.com Bill Cammack

    Chris has become the definitive authority on bacn! :D

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