Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Four and a random third person. One to complain about the bulb, one to complain about the light-holder, one to complain about the way the bulb has to be changed and one to write a note stating how the next person entering the room should change the light-holder, which bulb to use and how it should be done.
Stolen from WebWord.
If you’ve ever worked with creative people or software developers, you’ll find some humor in this famous EDS commercial I stole from Hyperbolation. Classic.
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes, and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
David Dixon
Everything is gone;
Your life’s work has been destroyed.
Squeeze trigger (yes/no)?
David Carlson
I’m sorry, there’s — um –
insufficient — what’s-it-called?
The term eludes me …
Owen Mathews
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
Peter Rothman
Seeing my great fault
Through darkening blue windows
I begin again
Chris Walsh
The code was willing,
It considered your request,
But the chips were weak.
Barry L. Brumitt
Printer not ready.
Could be a fatal error.
Have a pen handy?
Pat Davis
A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
David J. Liszewski
Errors have occurred.
We won’t tell you where or why.
Lazy programmers.
Charlie Gibbs
Server’s poor response
Not quick enough for browser.
Timed out, plum blossom.
Rik Jespersen
Patrick Neeman is Director of User Experience at Jobvite, a social recruiting platform and runs both the UX Drinking Game and Startup Drinking Game | More | Contact
