(The Australian Newspaper, Online Edition, 30th June 2010)
Tag Archives: Humour
“The Diary of a Microsoft Marketing Man”
Must remember not to have a mouthful of coffee while reading one of Phil Factor’s blog posts:
The Diary of a Microsoft Marketing Man
I woke up, in a ‘one stop’ process requiring a subtle paradigm shift. I was in my bed at home, a complete integrated platform. The Sun™ was streaming through the Windows™. The world outside seemed people-ready. To drive decisions on getting out of bed, I enumerated multiple insightful, timely reasons for aligning with domestic goals in a familiar and powerful way.
On reaching the kitchen, I achieved unparalleled connectivity in the kettle by plugging it in, and leveraged the capabilities of the toaster by switching it on in real time. Today, I felt I had a flexible and connected infrastructure around me. I empowered the agile and adaptive cat at every level by opening the cat-flap
(continues here)
So you think you’re funny.
Those bunch of funsters over at Microsoft Education have found a way to measure humour as a job competency. It makes me want to barf.
| Level 1: Basic | Level 2: Intermediate | Level 3: Advanced | Level 4: Expert |
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Generally uses humor in a positive way |
Uses humor to bring people together |
Knows exactly when and where a joke or story will be effective |
Can see humor in almost everything |
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Is conscientious about timing and setting for humor |
Uses humor to boost morale or decrease tension |
Has a great sense of timing |
Sought out by others for guidance in this area |
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Tries to defuse tense situations with appropriate humor |
Uses humor to make for a more relaxed and productive atmosphere |
Realizes when and where humor will backfire, and withholds |
Uses humor as a uniting dynamic across a range of situations |
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Can laugh at self and others |
Allows others to be funny |
Understands that laughter makes a more comfortable meeting, classroom, etc |
Recognizing and appreciates a great sense of humor in others |
Beer? Anything that it CAN’T do???
Anti-aging? Make mine a Pint.
“MySpace Angles”
Saw a blog article over at www.officialdatingresource.com, probably via a LIfeHacker article, about “MySpace Angles”. Hadn’t heard the term before.
Here is a couple of photos which illustrate MySpace Angles perfectly.
“Like the sun, you’re not supposed to stare at it”
Cleavage, that is.
YouTube: What Have The Unions Ever Done For Us?
Oh, it’s a rip-off of the Monty Python Life of Brian scene “What have the Romans ever done for us?”, but I still like it.
“No, you can’t upgrade Internet Explorer 6”
In a week when one of our customer’s senior management team said
“No, we’re not upgrading Internet Explorer 6, we’re waiting for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7”
A user rings up and tells me “Google Maps doesn’t work with Internet Explorer 6. I want Internet Explorer 8”
It was with some sense of Schadenfreude that I pointed the user at their senior management.
(graphic from the most excellent: The Life, Times (and Death?) of Internet Explorer 6 (Comic Strip))
Footnote:
Yes, we want our customers on a later browser. But the customers have internal business websites, which we don’t manage; which only work with IE6.
It’s enough to make an IT support guy cry.
If you’re silly enough to using IE6 on your home PC? It’s time to stop using it
And only 20 minutes of real content
(I’ve been busy working on SOE upgrades. Normal posting will resume shortly.)
credit: Kevin Remde. It’s a screen shot from his Windows Media Centre