Category: Humour
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Humour: Feedback on God’s creation
I find graphic design to be a thankless task and always try to be a good client. Here are Timothy McSweeney’s ideas about what client feedback God would get about his creation.
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Is there a standard representation for cricket score data?
Yesterday I volunteered to be the scorer at a cricket match. The opposing team’s score kindly showed me how to do it. As I sat in the rain, confused by the scoresheet and trying to distinguish between zero runs “.” and a no ball “0”, I thought “there has to be a better way”. However before…
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10 year’s old comment during UX testing
I was doing some UX testing with my 10 year son. When testing a form I asked him how he would move from field to field. He thought about it carefully and then replied “on a horse”.
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I am writing today and found that someone has stolen my book on ethics
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For twisted minds – Two Girls, One on each knee
The best book about cryptic crosswords ever written. (Full disclosure: Alan is my cousin) If you’ve ever had even a passing interest in cryptic crosswords but been unable to do them you will find this book invaluable. If you have been doing crosswords were several years then I suspect you will find Alan’s history of…
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The night before Christmas — for software engineers
The software engineering process explained; ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Not a program was working not even a browse. The programmers hung by their cubes in despair, with hopes that a miracle would soon be there. The users were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of inquiries danced…
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Test engineer joke
Following on from my project management jokes (1, 2), Q. How many test engineers does it take to change a light bulb? A. None. They just report there is no light.
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BBC News – Vodka ‘saved’ elephants in Siberian freeze
My company is ElephantPM and here is some elephant orientated physics. Vodka ‘saved’ elephants in Siberian freeze via BBC News – Vodka ‘saved’ elephants in Siberian freeze. In this article the BBC journalist alleges that the elephants’ owners did wrong giving the elephants vodka, “Like with humans, alcohol can make animals feel warmer but it…
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How to survive Windows 8. The official guide
The Reg. has published “How to survive Windows 8. The official guide” It is funny and informative. I loved this comment. Re: Windows 8 promises to be a disaster in offices. But what if your workers need to operate in a modern multi-media cloud enabled social web interactive multi-paradigm environment?
Dr James Bayley 