Posts tagged Video
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
Another Enterprise IT Help Desk Humor Video
Feb 6th
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. By far, though, humor and especially videos about Enterprise Information Technology (IT) Help Desks have been the most popular. So I have gone back to this endless well of laughs! I simply cannot get enough of comedy work about this situation!
I have picked this video to share with you as follow-up. It is called “Internet Helpdesk”… It is by miciver and it just plain funny and frighteningly accurate. The comedian’s name is Wes Borg and you can find links to all of his other stuff at his MySpace page or by Googling him. It is basically a spoof all of those – “What happens at the Enterprise IT Service Desk” videos. I hope that you like it, but BE WARNED – IT CONTAINS SOME PG-13 STYLE FOUL REFERENCE. I would consider it work passable,but be careful.
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 tomorrow with more serious topics!
What did you think of the video? Does it apply to your organization? Do you know of any other similar movies or clips? Please share.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for February 6, 2010.
Where did all the Records go? (Video)
Jan 16th
Good Information Age videos are just fun every now and then. I have picked this video to share with you today. It is called “How Vinyl Records Are Made” and it is the second part of one that I featured three days ago. I hope that you enjoy the conclusion.
This video comes from RCA Records and is provided on Youtube by forwardbound and it just plain fun. It comes in two parts with the first part here. I am always amazed at how fast technology becomes irrelevant, but this is an awesome example of the complete trade that had developed to maximize one communication medium that is nearly totally gone due to advances in information processing and storage technology. Enjoy.
forwardbound have more like this and you can follow this link and subscribe to his video site.
I hope that it gives you a touch of nostalgia and pause to consider the media formats and hardware that you or your organization are investing in.
What did you think of the video? Do you know of any other similar movies or clips? Please share.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for January 16, 2010.
media credit: forwardbound
image credit: eHow
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