Nov 6, 2009 Posted by alan jones

Friday funny: Code Monkey

I was talking to a CIO yesterday about how hard it is to relate to “IT people”. I think by “IT people” the CIO meant developers. Personally, I enjoy relating to developers and prefer their company to other species of IT people such as  project management, sales and marketing. I think I’m half-geek — unable to gracefully code but deeply in awe of those who do. Today... read more

Jun 3, 2009 Posted by alan jones

Swap Marceau for Cousteau and the fun begins

I’ve rescued this post from my old personal blog, which I’ll be retiring soon. The post was written in 2002, when Marcel Marceau was still alive, but Jaccques Cousteau had just died. The importance of that information will soon become clear if you read on… It’s a shame Jacques Cousteau is dead, as it effectively ruins my chances of ever persuading him to swap places with Marcel... read more

May 31, 2009 Posted by alan

And this, son, is why your father should never be allowed to be a graphic designer

Originally uploaded by thatjonesboy Believe it or not I was trying to draw a little guy sitting at a laptop. Can you see it? Done on my iPhone. More at... read more

Apr 23, 2009 Posted by alan jones

Internet Explorer 8: the unfaithful ex-girlfriend

Sorry, but I'm with someone new, and it's better (photo by Michael Sarver) Microsoft’s Internet Explorer IE 8 showing up now is like an unfaithful ex-partner showing up a long time after you’ve found someone better looking and less likely to break your heart. Wrote this post after Amnesia Razorfish asked me to write about IE8, for Microsoft’s http://microsoft.com.au/ie8debate. You... read more

Apr 6, 2009 Posted by alan jones

About the bottom of your emails

If you’re going to be wasting bytes by putting all that fine print at the bottom of your emails, at least be honest and do try to be funny. Here’s how: ... read more