Five Sketches™

I find this funny for two reasons.

It spoofs the “choice” that many error messages present to us. It amounts to: “The program failed. OK?” It’s not OK, but your only choice is to “agree” with the message.
It spoofs the developer jargon that we read in error messages: a reboot versus a system restart.

Is it a usability experiment? Are they testing the theory that a baby in a bucket won’t fall over as easily as a baby in a bath?

Photo from Yahoo.co.jp news.
Actually, it’s a photo that accompanies a news story about babies in IJmuiden, The Netherlands, whose parents were learning baby massage. The warm bath in advance is supposed […]

Developing Five Sketches™ came with its share of challenges. Fortunately, all obstacles were overcome. Some of those obstacles were even on the official Ways To Fail list in Seth Godin’s book, The Big Moo.
I’m glad I didn’t have to face them all:

Keep secrets.
Set aggressive deadlines for others to get buy in—then change them when they aren’t met.
Be […]

This Eric Burke comic is funny because it reflects the way people in the software business feel, at times: