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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.

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?
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.
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.
Offbeat, cartoon, Google
Cartoon Caption Contest

Posted Jan 12, 2010 - 02:40 pm

Help! This cartoon is in need of a caption. Your mission: submit your funniest quip. Your reward: a $25 Amazon gift card.
Offbeat, caption contest, cartoon
Ten years after Y2K

Posted Dec 31, 2009 - 09:54 pm

We're finally compliant.
Offbeat, cartoon, y2k
Christmas Eve in the North Pole IT department

Posted Dec 24, 2009 - 11:29 am

What happens when the Naughty or Nice server goes down?
Offbeat, cartoon
The help desk finds religion in Android

Posted Dec 21, 2009 - 02:45 pm

No, it's not some sort of nerd menorah.
Offbeat, Android, cartoon
The Windows Christmas screen of death

Posted Dec 11, 2009 - 12:40 pm

Oooh! A red and green screen.
Offbeat, cartoon
Uncomfortable moments in business history

Posted Dec 03, 2009 - 06:58 pm

Whoops! I forgot my dongle!
Offbeat, cartoon
If Microsoft ran the Butterball Turkey Talk-line

Posted Nov 24, 2009 - 11:33 am

Sorry ma'am, Turkey Home Edition doesn't support a pop-up timer.
Offbeat, cartoon, Thanksgiving

June is...
IPv6 Month

BY THE NUMBERS: IPv6: The big switch

ANALYSIS: Recent signals point to escalating jitters for IPv4 market

OPINION: A phased approach to IPv6 that's so easy, you'll almost think you're still ignoring it

PRIMER: Getting started with IPv6

HOW-TO: Planning a secure migration to IPv6

The $200,000 software developer: We can build him, we have the technology

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Actually, NASA, we were counting on you to find the asteroids that could kill us

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An end to awkward Netflix questions: Streaming Profiles coming soon

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Unix: Rewriting history

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Has the Xbox One already lost the next gen console war?

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