Comments on: For those of you hard of humour

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:38:42 +0000

Nice. I think you got your ideas from my former employer. They didn't take crap from those snotty designers and everything was discussable by committee. Committees really know best.

By: Daniel@TSD

Daniel@TSD — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:49:08 +0000

I know I’m a bit late on this but i have to say that the article made my day! I have to admit that I wasn’t sure if it was a joke or not until #6 but then I started laughing. Brilliant work!
I’m surprised that so many people failed to see that it was a joke, especially people that actually are designers. If a person that has no knowledge in web design whatsoever were to believe it was real I wouldn’t be surprised but I’m astonished to see so many designers writing angry comments. Seriously how could one not see the satire?
I’m not a web-designer myself, I do some graphical design intended for print as a hobby (no I do not call myself a designer and I do not feel like getting into arguments about stuff like “people without education shouldn’t design for clients” etc) but even I got the joke (and I’ve experienced my fair share of twats who think like some of the points).
I’m sorry that my grammar might be way out of order, my English isn’t the greatest.
Cheers from Sweden.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:16:55 +0000

What a beautiful presentation Paul – It was so funny.
I wish I could come and experience you at one of your talks one day – maybe we will meet up just by luck! (Or planned? – Boag-Gang meetup ! That would be fun to do sometime so I can say hello to you and Marcus!) he he he
Take Care!
S

By: gregg dourgarian

gregg dourgarian — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:13:27 +0000

Yum. Gonna steal this idea for my next blog post: “10 Things Your Software Provider Will Never Tell You”.
Gregg Dourgarian
CEO, Tempworks Software
Outsourced CRM, Lead-Generation and Back-Office Services
Make more, work less

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:38:00 +0000

Really amusing. In particular the passage about Santa Maria and his article on 24 Ways made me laugh out loud. Brilliant.

By: Matt Oakes

Matt Oakes — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:14:04 +0000

How can people think you were being serious even with your little disclaimer at the end? I though you'd gone a bit mad untill I got to number 4 and realised it was all sarcastic. Good article though. Brighten up a boring few hours at college waiting for my friends to finish so I could go home.

By: Daniel Gagan

Daniel Gagan — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:34:30 +0000

A wonderfully twisted stress reliever for those of us dealing with wacky people that really think like that. :)

By: Helder Mendes

Helder Mendes — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:10:21 +0000

Just want to say that I share Matt Hamm’s concern when he says he’s scared of so many people thinking you were being serious on your article.
It’s really unbelievable that someone on is perfect sense would not notice that you were being sarcastic.
I am certain that you’ll be having hundreds of comments for this topic.

By: Andrew Pryde

Andrew Pryde — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:18:49 +0000

I believed it all... well no actually it was blatantly obvious what you were saying. Nice linkbait thought.. Andrew

By: Matt Hamm

Matt Hamm — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:33:33 +0000

Being controversial always brings in the traffic! I'm still a bit scared how many people thought you were serious.