Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts

Out of office messages

I need to decide which 'out of office' email message to use before I leave for the summer...
Here are some of the best, according to Noah Kagan:
1- I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. Be prepared for my mood.
2- You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn’t have received anything at all.
3- Sorry to have missed you but I am at the doctors having my brain removed so that I may be promoted to management.
4- I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you send me until I return from vacation on 5/18. Please be patient and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received.
5- Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for the first ten words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message.
6- The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending again. (The beauty of this one is that when you return, you can see how many in-duh-viduals did this over and over).
7- Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system. You are currently in 352nd place and can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.
8- Please reply to this e-mail so I will know that you got this message.
9- I am on holiday. Your e-mail has been deleted.
10- Hi. I’m thinking about what you’ve just sent me. Please wait by your PC for my response.
11- Hi! I’m busy negotiating the salary for my new job. Don’t bother to leave me any messages.
12- I’ve run away to join a different circus.
13- AND, FINALLY, ABSOLUTELY THE BEST: I will be out of the office for the next 2 weeks for medical reasons. When I return, please refer to me as ‘Loretta’ instead of ‘Anthony’.
Which one should I pick? Any other suggestions?

Quote of the day

We should pin a green card to any foreign student who comes here and gets a Ph.D.

Thomas Friedman, answering the question "Do you think America will lose its scientific and technological edge in the next 10 years?" in this week's TIME magazine.

Johnny Lee on TED

Another great TED Talks video... Johnny Lee shares some of his ideas using the Nintendo Wii remote in unusual -- and very creative -- ways.



It reminded me of the talk by Jeff Han in his TED Talk back in 2006 (much before the announcement of the iPhone...)



Many talks to Liam Mayron for having brought them to my attention (shortly after they became available).