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June 6th, 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized 28 Comments »
Here’s the cartoon for Day 3 of the Christmas in June Giveaway. The person who comes up with the best caption for this cartoon wins a free copy of Screensteps from Blue Mango Learning Systems. Add your captions in the comments below. For full details about the giveaway, see this post.
This cartoon was drawn by Ben Minson.
Tags: cartoon, contest, giveaway, screensteps, What I'm Reading
As an intern, you’ll start on this machine. Once you’ve mastered it, you can move on to the CompuWriter.
The IT department was afraid of being outsourced so they started using this…
You should see the look on your face…it’s not often I can pull one over on you young’uns.
Unfortunately, there are no spell-checking and copy-n-paste functions …
In order to reduce our carbon footprint, we’re moving to these environment-friendly, powerless models called typewriters. We can save the environment and save money at the same time!
It’ll grow on you.
That’s your corner office with a view.
That’s our concurrent versioning system. If you beat our becnhmark before the week runs out, we’ll raise the height of your chair.
Connect it to the Internet and you get the job.
“This is our Content… You did say you could migrate our content to DITA using our *existing* Content Management System, right?”
Jim, your caption wins the contest today. I let Jane pick, and I concur with her selection. I will email you separately.
Wooo!! Thanks, Tom!
This is a really neat contest idea, btw.
“I can get accustomed to a strange keyboard, but they forgot to give me a monitor.”
The boss has put us on a tight budget. I hope you won’t mind using this until the recession ends.
If you can figure out how to work this you are hired!
Of course it has sound! There’s the clickety-clack of the keys, the ‘ding’ at the end of a line, and the howls you make when your fingers get caught between the keys.
“Thanks for coming so quick. You told me to make sure Windows would open. As you can see, they do. So how can I get YouTubes on my interweb deal here?”
It worked for my grandpappy so it will work for you!
This is your first assignment: write a manual for this thing.
We’ve gone green. I typed up your assignment since we don’t have e-mail either.
If you make a mistake, ask me for some whiteout — and I’m not talking about a snowstorm.
A power cut is no excuse for idleness around here!
This is our most recent acquisition for the ” Life Before Computers” exhibit in the Dinosaur Exhibit Hall. It came from a recent excavation of the Former Compuserve Office Building site. It’s a real beauty, huh?
[...] I won the "I’d Rather Be Writing" caption contest for Day 3! Scroll down to see my entry. http://tinyurl.com/pdtebw [...]
what is that thing?
Just think of it as the original Text Message machine
This is as advanced as we’ve gotten with the technology here.
Ben you did a great carton. But not sure about caption and gift for winner.