15 Jan 2010, Posted by Matthew Reinbold in Software Humor, 1 Comments

CodeMonkey!

A music video for the Jonathan Coulton song, CODE MONKEY! Because, honestly, were you really getting anything done on a Friday afternoon?

28 May 2009, Posted by Matthew Reinbold in Software Humor, 0 Comments

‘Do it Now and We’ll Add it to the Next Invoice’

Hilarious video embedded below that made the rounds yesterday. Any freelancer or contractor knows all too well that the absurdities shown aren’t that far from the truth. Got your own billing-run-around-from-hell story? Post to the comments and we’ll commiserate.

For Steve, who as of last night’s LaunchUp event still hadn’t seen it.

15 Mar 2009, Posted by Matthew Reinbold in New Work Ways, Software Humor, 0 Comments

Modern Messy Office Magazine

I pine to be a yearly subscriber to Modern Messy Office Magazine if for no other reason to know that my workspace is not alone. Collecting information without bias as to medium enacts a terrible organizational toll. It was sometime after we had to send a search party for survivors of the great magazine avalanche of ’09 that I faced facts: this data hording had become deadly.

18 Feb 2009, Posted by Matthew Reinbold in Software Humor, 1 Comments

Computer Camp Tune for Hump Day

A little retro-technical nostalgia to accompany your workday:

09 Jan 2009, Posted by Matthew Reinbold in Software Humor, Thought & Theory, 3 Comments

One Piece of Advice for Entrepreneurs…

Language Rendered Beautifully in @JustSomeGuy’s moleskin

… is to stop calling yourself an entrepreneur. Framing what you do in such an abstract way distances you from your product, your calling, and your customers. If you program widgets you could be chief widget maker. If your company sizes up men you might be the haberdashery czar. The titles define a responsibility, a direction, and the worldly need you are attempting to fill. At best, introducing yourself by saying “I’m an entrepreneur” is as revelatory as saying “I love pies” – its nice, but not entirely endearing. At worse, people assume you have commitment issues.

Besides, its uses an absurd number of vowels for such a shadow of a word. In these lean times we should conserve whatever assets, literary or otherwise, that we can. Thanks to @JordanBrown5 for jump-starting an articulation.