Day 6 Cartoon [The 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway]
Here’s the cartoon for Day 6. The winner of this caption contest wins a free copy of Camtasia Studio, courtesy of Techsmith.
Cartoon drawn by Ben Minson at Grypon Mountain. For full details about the contest, see the initial Giveaway post.
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“Now what?”
Early cavemen had not yet discovered the decision diamond, making process descriptions ambiguous at best.
LOL! I love this one!!! Ha ha!
Visio did not understand his mysterious markings, yet somehow felt they spoke to the eventual destiny of his clan.
The first Tech Writer
A picture is worth a thousand words
Ughh was sure that, in time, his Mammoth Hunter’s User Guide would help many hunters feed their tribes and thus propel him to fame and fortune.
Cavedrawings 2.0
- or -
Me provide for family as brave, death-defying hunter-gatherer or stay indoors standing for hours staring at big square wall creating tantalizingly innovative flowcharts…decisions, decisions…
Having completed his document outline it suddenly occurred to Zog that he now needed some content.
Bruce was astonished at how much clarity a Decision-Glyph (which he learned about at last night’s “Evolve” workshop) brought to his family’s menu planning. It was clearly time to cut down on Mastadon meat and start eating more cats.
Tom Johnson creating a flowchart the old-fashioned way
Don’t be a Neanderthal. Think outside the box.
She loves me, she loves me not.
DS, you win the caption contest for this day. Sorry for the slow announcement on this one. It slipped by me.
Honey, can you hand me the chisel, I think I need to cut and paste these images…
or
Close encounters of the Branching Simulation kind.
I like this cut & paste one too.
In the early days it was predicted that one device would serve multiple functions.
Primitive drawings or drawing primitives, the question is now…
Ug completes his family’s genealogy records.
Two monitors better than one. Uggh!
Scientists have discovered that early man also used Tech Specs and Functional Requirements. They were remarkably similar to today’s counterparts, as both were more about getting them out there and less about real content and information. Many believe this led to the extinction of early Technical Communicators.
And with a simple innovation, a new industry was born.
As the concept of Project Management and documentation came to Tog, little did he know that he would single handily delay the invention of the wheel by a thousand years.
Hmm. If we go with optin two we can proactively pick some low-hanging fruit by adding value to the customer’s out-of-the-box experience while improving our ROI … I mean-Ugh.
And in technology news, Microsoft has taken a leaf out of Google’s book by dumbing down its latest version of Visio.
I think we need a rhombus somewhere.
To Visio or not to Visio…
Nah. This will simplify matters, and decrease our revenues from Field Maintenance and Support.
And he saw it was good. And he patented it as V*s**. And he has rested ever since.
Bored with drawing stick figures, Trog invents UML sychronization diagrams.
Thor prepared to deface his own glyphs when a series of tribe visits revealed that nobody was reading them anyway.
Using simple Object Management, Lar solves overcrowding dilemma by moving in-laws to another cave.
Big rectangle…little rectangle…Somebody discover some new shapes! I need to show my wife that I am not mucking around while she is out gathering!
Gog unsuccessfully uses block diagrams in his attempt to prove that 1 + 1 = 2
Tired of sleeping with the dog after having twins, Ag invents the baby room monitor.
After looking at all teh facts, Lothar had Duke going to the finals.
Earliest recorded Risk Management:
“Let Lothar see…Hungry. I go hunt on this side, go pick berries and eat grubs on this side.”
How does this go again?
Darn, I messed up the boxes!
Darn! I messed up the boxes!
So – which caption won in each cartoon??
DS wins the caption contest for this day.
“She loves me, she loves me not.”