February 2012
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clientsfromhell:
Me: Okay, let’s see if I can troubleshoot the problem. What internet browser are you using?
Client: Dell.
Me: No, what do you use to get on the internet?
Client: Oh! Google.
Me: Do you have the internet up right now?
Client: Yes!
Me: On your internet page in the upper left hand corner, is there an “e” with a swoosh around it?
Client: Yup! That’s Google.
January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
15 posts
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Clients From Hell: Client: “Can you make it so... →
clientsfromhell:
Client: “Can you make it so when people land on our website, it’s, like, all black with stars coming out of the screen all whoosh whoosh (does the action) like in that screensaver?” Me: “…” Client: “With the music from Star Wars.” Me: “…” Client: “And it does that for, like, a minute,…
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September 2011
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Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
viafrank:
Each time one hears, “Stand clear of the closing doors,” a tiny social experiment begins. The regular subway passengers plug in, look at screens, stare at the ground; the tourists scan the maps, crouch down to read the stop names that are blazoned across the pillars as each platform rolls by. Occasionally, their face will slacken into a distressed, wide-eyed “Oh Jesus, what-the-eff”...