Day 2 Cartoon [The Twelve Days of Christmas in June Giveaway]
June 5, 2009 » 50 Replies
Congrats to the winner of yesterday’s contest. (I added the winner’s name at the end of the comment thread of the last post.) Let the contest continue with Day 2′s cartoon, again drawn by the talented Ben Minson of Gryphon Mountain. The winner of this caption contest will receive a free copy of Camtasia Studio, courtesy of TechSmith. For full contest, details, see this post.
Remember, add your caption in the comments below. The winning comment will be announced in the comment thread for the post.
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See? What’s the monkey have that I don’t?
Until I get a functional spec we’re using the monkey’s interpretive dance to communicate the essence of the UI.
“…and as you can see, this tutorial is so easy a monkey can use it. Are there any questions?”
“Can he write manuals? Because I am about 10 seconds away from having a Tech Writer opening.”
But according to the form you filled out – he’s your perfect match!
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Are you serious? Is this ever appropriate?
And you don’t even have the gumption to user your name. Pathetic and inexcusable!
Her: I don’t think the monkey metaphor is appropriate for our executive education.
Him: Have you seen the CEO’s back?
“…and usability tests have shown that the management tool users highly identified with this new help assistant.”
“Oh, it’s just a small movie about the technical documentation department. This is me trying to convince my boss that he really needs us.”
‘What do you mean “It does not look very professional!”? The monkey is wearing a suit!
“Tell me this gets better…”
“oh it does! We even got our programmers to interact with the tech writers, and
all because of that loveable little monkey!”
Given the economic conditions, it’s understandable if you’re having trouble putting a positive spin on the quarterly earnings presentation. But this is just pathetic.
“Look at this song and dance routine that tech writers used to go through to get users to read their documentation. Not anymore!”
Response to “I must remain anonymous”:
I’m not surprised you withheld your name. I’m assuming you are embarrassed by your comment as I am disgusted by it.
This is me when we started this project…
See how far I’ve come along?
“Isn’t my cousin a great entertainer?”
“This is the guy that is going to write the next stimulus bill”
“You dont think they’ll shoot this one too, do you???”
The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. (Wikipedia)
“We put the Infitite monkey theorem to a test. This one won the contest and produced the user’s manual. It’s pretty good.”
“It’s not like anyone reads those things anyway…”
“So when we asked you to develop a guerilla marketing video….”
Davo, your caption is my favorite.
No, we can not use this for the presentation, however, it would be perfect for my son’s birthday party.
“You call yourself a UX expert? So what, your user is a monkey! Just deal with it!”
“…”
Ah, er, oops, this isn’t the one I was supposed to show you.
“George, that’s not what I meant when I told you to use Camtasia Studio to make a stunning presentation.”
“And if that doesn’t work, we finish off the FAQ with this little number!”
“And people say you don’t have style.”
“This is not what I had in mind when I asked for a software demonstration…”
…But our boss said he wanted a look-alike in the video.
“It’s perfect. When can we have it?”
So you’re saying Gutsy Gibbon performs well on this platform?
It ain’t over till this monkey sings!
You’ve got to see this Betsy, its not just another monkey on stage, its another monkey on stage…in hi definition.
“This is the new Terminator T-1 prototype.’
Man: Thoughts?
Woman: So this is the future eh?
“Perhaps you mistook me for someone else … Jane Goodall, maybe?”
Woman: Our offshore tech writer obviously misheard ‘monkey’ when I said ‘Make your Camtasia video more spunky.’
Man: Cheer up! Thankfully he didn’t mishear ‘you nude’ when you said ‘We want to use YouTube.’
There should have been some static on the line when you said “Donkey”…
So I advertised for code monkeys just like you wanted! What do you think of this one?
or the other way….
This was NOT what I had in mind when I asked you to advertise for code monkeys!
“I don’t care how easy it was to make the video with your new software. This is NOT what I asked for.”
And our next candidate has an MBA and was responsible for many of the executive decisions at Lehman brothers.
So, this is what you meant by ‘monkeying around’?
These web video resumes from Tech Writers are getting ridiculous!
Camtasia Studio makes you look like a pro.
What’s for lunch?
But wait! If you purchase today, we’ll throw in this adorable monkey for free!
For people who miss Jay Leno:
“And our focus groups show that he matches up really well against Conan.”
For University of Utah Fans:
“Look! live from Iggy’s… it’s the Jake Heaps show.”
And to razz Tom (just a little):
“Ooh goody. Tom posted another video-cast on idratherbewriting.com…”
Nice one, Joe. Made me laugh.
“Remind me again why we hired you?”
or
“We hired you for your creativity, not the same old song and dance.”
Just a note:
I got a kick out of this one:
S says:
June 5, 2009 at 7:04 am
‘What do you mean “It does not look very professional!”? The monkey is wearing a suit!
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys!
Today’s winner goes to Davo.
“So when we asked you to develop a guerilla marketing video….”
Really interesting post. I’ll visit more often.