Humor
IT Quote of the Day: Dave Barry
Mar 9th
I like Information Age quotations. I find some of them very inspirational and like to carry a new one around about every week. I thought that i could share mine with you from time to time. This week’s is even a funny one!
Here is my quote of the day:
“User, n. The word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot."”
- Dave Barry
You can learn more about our quote source at Wikipedia of their own site.
So how do you think that this relates to Information Technology? How do you think that it could be important to Information Technology Professionals?
Do you like quotations? Do you collect them, too? What did you think of when you read this one? Do you agree or disagree with it? Please comment below.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for March 9, 2010 by Scott Coughlin.
Image credit: Wired Writers Blog
Quote Source: Quote Garden.com
IT Joke Of The Week: Programmer Humor
Mar 6th
I like a good joke as much as the next person. I especially like humorous jokes tied to technology and the Information Age. It is hard to find good IT jokes, but I try. Saturdays, I try very hard to honor the weekend by making my posts have a humorous bent.
This week’s joke is a gift from www.digitalconsciousness.net. I hope that you both enjoy it and go to their site to see all the other funny IT jokes that they have.
I am sure that every Information Technology Professional has funny stories from working with coders and software developers. They can be a very gifted and creative bunch!
Top 20 replies by programmers when their programs don’t work:
# 20. "That’s weird…"
# 19. "It’s never done that before."
# 18. "It worked yesterday."
# 17. "How is that possible?"
# 16. "It must be a hardware problem."
# 15. "What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?"
# 14. "There is something funky in your data."
# 13. "I haven’t touched that module in weeks!"
# 12. "You must have the wrong version."
# 11. "It’s just some unlucky coincidence."
# 10. "I can’t test everything!"
# 9. "THIS can’t be the source of THAT."
# 8. "It works, but it hasn’t been tested."
# 7. "Somebody must have changed my code."
# 6. "Did you check for a virus on your system?"
# 5. "Even though it doesn’t work, how does it feel?
# 4. "You can’t use that version on your system."
# 3. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
# 2. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
# 1. And the Number One Reply by Programmers when their programs don’t work: "I thought I fixed that."
What do you think? Do you know of any other good IT joke sites or artists? Do you have any IT humor to share? Have a great weekend.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for March 6, 2010. ©Scott Coughlin.
Joke Credit: www.digitalconsciousness.net
Image Credit: mccarthy glass
Silly and Historic Computer Business Videos
Feb 27th
I like Saturdays. My editorial decision to feature a humorous blog item every week fits well with this. In the past, I have featured jokes, comics, cartoons, and news. Sometimes I include comics, stories, games, and photos. By far, though, the most popular humor posts are the videos.
For a chuckle, I have picked this video to share with you. It is called Computer History/Humor with John Cleese and it is very very funny. It is by 1Cheryl and it is a reminder of a computer age now long gone. Once upon a time, there was a war among various manufacturers to produce IBM PC Clones and increase sales through differentiation. Compaq Computing was one company that came out with a line of “portable” computers that got the funny nickname of “luggables” because they were about 45 pounds and bigger than a suitcase. Their first model was not so successful, so they needed something extra to try to sell the next generation. They decided to hire the famous Monty Python actor, John Cleese, to do a series of humorous commercials to sell the product. As far as I know, it was the first time that humor was employed to sell “serious business IT stuff”. Enjoy.
Funny right? Now watch it again and notice the details about the machine and how the hardware itself is not even discussed. In addition to the first time that humor gets used for this, I think that it might be the first time that a computer system is sold by branding rather than performance. Think about today’s computer ads… notice the trend that is still alive today. Are computers commodity items or does the company behind them really matter today?
What did you think of the video? Does it apply to your organization? Do you remember these running on live TV? What other old computer commercials are worth featuring? I hope that you laughed.
Do you know of any other funny IT themed videos or video sites? If so, please do share with us all.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for February 27, 2010.
media credits: 1Cheryl
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