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A random assortment of ramblings on all things tech from a former developer, technology manager and comedy writer.

by Phil Johnson

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Phil Johnson is a writer and editor for ITworld.com, after having survived 17 years in the corporate wild as a software/web developer, technical lead and project manager. Along the way he also used to write monologue jokes for David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno.

In his spare time these days, when he's not chauffeuring his daughters to and from school, lessons and Justin Bieber movies (ugh), he enjoys drawing cartoons, tweeting about his life and taking pictures of cranes.

iPad love is in the air

Posted Mar 19, 2010 - 10:57 am

Birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and iPads have been pre-ordered.
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- Personal Tech, cartoon, ipad
Agile developers belly up to the barre

Posted Mar 12, 2010 - 02:12 pm

Tutus and toe shoes do not an agile developer make.
If the health care industry ran IT...

Posted Mar 05, 2010 - 11:12 am

The tech won't see you without a referral from your primary care nerd.
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- Offbeat, cartoon, health care
The dangers of Foursquare

Posted Feb 26, 2010 - 02:28 pm

Sometimes you don't want to be the mayor.
Windows Phone 7: A better smartphone?

Posted Feb 19, 2010 - 03:19 pm

Different, anyway.
The help desk guy's Presidents' Day tribute

Posted Feb 12, 2010 - 04:27 pm

I cannot tell a lie - your laptop is toast.
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- Offbeat, cartoon, help desk
Cartoon caption contest winner: Feeling the help desk hurt

Posted Feb 04, 2010 - 05:16 pm

With his dark view of help desk "response," slysounds is the winner of this week's contest. See the winning caption, along with some very funny honorable mentions and Phil Johnson's original cartoon.
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- Offbeat, cartoon, funny
A big speech?

Posted Jan 29, 2010 - 12:41 pm

Jobs' iPad announcement broke the Internet. What did Obama's state of the union do?
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- Tech & society, cartoon, ipad
Conan considers a job in IT?

Posted Jan 22, 2010 - 03:32 pm

He may be more qualified than you think.
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- Career, cartoon
Dreaming of a company-supplied Nexus One phone?

Posted Jan 15, 2010 - 01:33 pm

Tip: If your company still uses typewriters, you're probably not going to get the shiny new Google phone.
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- Offbeat, cartoon, Google

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