Comments on: Lesson learned? http://www.albertsuch.com/blog/2007/03/27/lesson-learned/ Ideas, thoughts and rumblings about innovation and new technologies, and their interaction with people and places. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:39:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: albert http://www.albertsuch.com/blog/2007/03/27/lesson-learned/#comment-3 albert Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:46:00 +0000 http://www.albertsuch.com/blog/2007/03/27/lesson-learned/#comment-3 Thanks for the semantic point. <br/><br/>My Spanish background sometimes shows up when I'm writing in English. Just when I've finally learned to say <i>opposite</i> instead of <i>in front</i>, I have something else to remember: the difference between <i>deceiving</i> and <i>disappointing</i>...<br/><br/>However, when I read the post again, I see that, although the correct word in that particular point would have been <i>disappointing</i>, there was also a lot of deception in the .com bubble, and there is probably, at least, some deception going on in the all the web2.0 noise.... Thanks for the semantic point.

My Spanish background sometimes shows up when I’m writing in English. Just when I’ve finally learned to say opposite instead of in front, I have something else to remember: the difference between deceiving and disappointing…

However, when I read the post again, I see that, although the correct word in that particular point would have been disappointing, there was also a lot of deception in the .com bubble, and there is probably, at least, some deception going on in the all the web2.0 noise….

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.albertsuch.com/blog/2007/03/27/lesson-learned/#comment-2 Anonymous Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:40:00 +0000 http://www.albertsuch.com/blog/2007/03/27/lesson-learned/#comment-2 you wrote "On one side, it is a little bit deceiving...".<br/><br/>I think you meant "a bit disappointing", didn't you?<br/><br/>watch out the false friends! ;)<br/>[deceiving/deceive/deception means or is related to lying, or not telling the truth with obscure purposes.]<br/><br/>hope it helps,<br/>cheers! you wrote “On one side, it is a little bit deceiving…”.

I think you meant “a bit disappointing”, didn’t you?

watch out the false friends! ;)
[deceiving/deceive/deception means or is related to lying, or not telling the truth with obscure purposes.]

hope it helps,
cheers!

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