Why IT is fun again

This is the title of an article in ITWorldCanada that arrived last week, in which they expound on why IT professionals are excited about going to work every morning. Their first points is:

The Users aren't clueless

At that point I chucked the magazine into the trash. But a few times since then I've caught myself thinking about it. Really? You'd think they'd interview someone like me who was called off-hours to troubleshoot why a manager couldn't log onto our network or the internet:

"So where are you in your house right now? You have wireless, right?" I asked.
"I'm at my son's soccer practice right now."
"Wait, wait. You're outside? You're standing in a field right now?"
"Yes."
"And your first born is playing soccer?"
"Yup."
"Good. Pay attention to the game. And cheer hard!"
"What?"
"I don't know how to tell you this: You're in a field. You don't have a mobile internet stick. Your home laptop will not get a signal. Have fun, you can connect work when you go home."

Today the same article arrived in my inbox. Yay ITWorldCanada for recycling!

Perhaps the reason why IT is fun for me is because, in fact, the users are totally clueless. It's not usually funny in the moment when they're righteously indignant about how many mouse clicks it takes for them to do their job, or when they can't figure out where the high-pitched whining is coming from for themselves, or making other ridiculous statements, but looking back on it they are hilarious.

Swine Warning

Let's just say I warn you right now not to click to zoom in on this image. Don't do it! You will quite possibly throw up... and I wouldn't want to do that to you like I did to Connie when I brought it to her and stuck it right up into her face and said, "can you believe so-and-so is this filthy??"

Waving like crazy!!

Anyone else get on Google Wave yet?? I'm waving like crazy, but the only people on it so far are a bunch of knitters. What dorks we are! Tee hee! And we're having so much fun.

If you get on it you'd better add me to your contacts.