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More Enterprise Service Desk Humor: Funny Sign
Jun 26th
You all know that I have a special place in my heart for Enterprise Service Desk (i.e. IT Help Desk) workers. Thankless job, long hours, boring work, and required smiles! I find that they tend to survive, very much like combat troops, by developing a very dry sense of humor!
I usually feature comedy on Saturdays. In the past, I have featured jokes, comics, cartoons, and news on the weekends. Sometimes I include comics, stories, games, and photos. Today, it will be all about a great sign!
Take a gander at this funny sign:
I found this photo on the Flicker site of matildaben. He has a link to its original author, Virtual Wolf, here.
The most humorous part of all of this is that it is all so true. Some of the jokes hit a bit close to home!
I hope that I gave you a chuckle to make your weekend a little brighter. I will be back Monday with more serious topics!
What did you think of the sign? Funny? Do you know of any other similar signs? Please share.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for June 26, 2010.
Image Credits: I found this photo on the Flicker site of matildaben. He has a link to its original author, Virtual Wolf, here.
IT Quote of the Week: Milton Friedman
Apr 20th
Too often, I think, information technology solutions are expected to cost nothing, do everything, and solve problems without drag. This sounds to me like a classic case of misunderstanding the strategic economic implications of Information Technology. In that spirit, this week’s Information Technology Quote of the Week source is Milton Friedman. He won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, is known for his research on consumption and monetary policies, was an economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan, and thus, is a worthy addition to our IT Thought of the Day Quote of the Week Series.
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.
Here is my quote of the day:
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
You can learn more about our quote source at Wikipedia.
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 April 20, 2010 by Scott Coughlin.
Image credit: Provide for the Common Defense
Quote Source: Brainy Quote
Tools That I Use: Instapaper
Mar 29th
So let me ask you if this is a common scenario for you:
- Someone sends you a link to a long web article, or
- Your RSS Reader only gives you a synopsis or an article with a link to the full version, or
- You start reading a long web story, but you won’t hold your online connection long enough to finish it, or
- You wish there was some way to save a great web article that did not depend on the source to stay static, or
- You just wish that you could save some great, long web content for later reading on your laptop, smart phone, or Kindle
Well now you can! And, best of all, the service is free!
The service, that I use dozens of times a day, is called Instapaper. It is designed by By Marco Arment. They self describe themselves as, “A simple tool to save web pages for reading later.” But, I have to say that I believe they are being overly modest. You can read their own description via their Frequently Asked Questions page, here.
In a nutshell, you:
- Open a free account with them.
- Install a bookmark in your browser and/or a bookmarklet app on your tool bar. This works with all the major browsers including mobile safari on the iPhone.
- You surf to a page that you like or copy a link. You then go to their bookmark or hit their bookmarklet and Bam! It gets saved. You can also go to your Instapaper Account page and manually paste the link.
- To access the saved pages you can use their website, download an iPhone/Android/Blackberry application, or tie it to your Amazon Kindle Account.
That is it! What is really cool is that:
- It is smart enough to grab the story and not the page on a blog or news site.
- It is smart enough to grab the “for print view” rather than the web view, meaning that you get the whole article and not the first page!
- On the very very very few pages that don’t work, it is smart enough to self-detect the error and give you a clean link to go back to it.
I tell you, this is the way to read web pages, blog articles, and news stories later when you have time. Plus, the saved links last forever, giving you a clean way to reference them in the future.
I have to say, Bravo, to the developer. This is master level work that I whole heartedly recommend to my readers. If you are an Information Technology Professional, then you have to be using this service. It is a game changer!
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for March 29, 2010 by Scott Coughlin.
Image Credit: instapaper.com
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