Articles

The Cat Owner’s Manual: Operating Instructions, Troubleshooting, and Advice on Lifetime Maintenance

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

It’s not often that we spot excellent technical communication products, especially not while taking our feline pal to the kitty dentist. But that’s exactly what happened on a recent excursion to our local veterinary office. While our domestic short-haired friend was ...

Filed under: Humor : Technical Illustration : Technical Writing

A Humorous Look At The History of Computers

Sunday, November 04, 2007

The Institute for Official Cheer, whose tag line is “misrepresenting the past since 1997”, has produced a humorous pictorial review of computer marketing photos from days gone by. The photo review, Compu-Promo, depicts computers of all sizes and shapes, from “small ...

Filed under: Humor

Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest: Software Vendors, Don’t Make This Mistake

Thursday, September 13, 2007

It’s the dumbest thing we’ve ever seen from a software vendor in the technical communication space. And, that’s a big statement when one considers all the really dumb things we’ve seen. But, this latest bungle from MadCap Software takes the cake.

We were researching ...

Filed under: Humor : Marketing Communication

Malice in Softwareland: A Review of “Why Software Sucks and What You Can Do About It”

Friday, September 07, 2007

By Kevin Shoesmith, special to TheContentWrangler.com

Reading Why Software Sucks… and What You Can Do About It is like going on a great date. It’s witty, charming, smart, and cryingly funny.

Shame about the cover.

“Why Software Sucks” definitely knows how to ...

Filed under: Experience Design : Humor : Usability

Need a Mission Statement, Dilbert Can Help

Monday, August 13, 2007

We all know how important it is to have a mission statement, but writing them is not a lot of fun. In fact, the time spent crafting them in the traditional way could be better spent working on high value projects. That’s where Dilbert’s Mission Statement Generator ...

Filed under: Humor

Social Truthiness: That’s Wikiality!

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Political humorist Stephen Colbert of The Daily Show fame, coined the term Wikiality on his popular television program, The Colbert Report. According to Colbert, wikiality represents “A reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it becomes the truth.” ...

Filed under: Humor

Mediocrity: Why Do We Settle For “Good Enough”?

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Mediocre. That’s the best word we can think of to describe how most organizations manage the content they create. The folks at Sun Microsystems have picked up on this concept and spun it into a parody-type commerical that attempts to differentiate their line of servers ...

Filed under: Humor

1 2 >