Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for July 15, 2021

Al Buterol, huh? As an asthmatic, I find that funny.

This explains a lot about MMM.

Well, that last sentence about him being the 20th century’s least tech-savvy executive is a bit far fetched. His actions describet here were pretty standard.

PHB on Dilbert gets MY vote!

I thought he wound up selling watches out of his overcoat…

Right up there with the IBM VP who predicted the world would need no more tan ten computers.

Or up there with Bill Gates who believed no one’s computer would need more than 640 kilobytes of memory.

I don’t use my inhaler often, but now I’ll see that face in my mind every time I do…

Until Rita came long, threatening to give Buterol a run for his money.

Al-buterol, Mr. Bronchial inhaler at your service.

Mr. Buterol looks very much like a creature from one of the old 1950s B science fiction films.

I think everyone’s first or second interactive program outputs insults and inappropriate jokes. Mine certainly did. That was the moment I knew coding was for me.

Did he have asthma? Good job on the caricature! Reminds me of Mad Men.

In the 60’s, there was a fellow who was a computer programmer (with punch cards). One day my sister and I took some crayons and drew on some punch cards he kept in his room. He said that would not affect them and did not get upset.