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141 Results for Writing Materials
View 11 - 20 results for writing materials comic strips. Discover the best "Writing Materials" comics from Dilbert.com.
Friday December 15,
2017
Doctor And Dopamine
Tags addiction, impulse control, social media, twitter, facebook, pharmaceuticals, drugs, gambling, technology
Transcript
Doctor: The MRI shows that your brain has been hijacked by dopamine pirates. You are now under the full control of social media corporations, gambling casinos, and big pharma. Boss: Are you writing me a prescription? Doctor: No, I'm buying stock in those companies.
Saturday August 26,
2017
Product Warning Is Too Long
Tags technical writer, instructions, caution, warning, safety, criticism
Transcript
Tina: My boss, who knows nothing about technical writing, told me to cut my 700-page product warning down to 500 pages. He doesn't appreciate my art. Dilbert: Sounds like both of you are idiots. Tina: This will go smoother if you stop talking.
Friday August 25,
2017
500 Pages Would Be Rubbish
Tags writing, criticism, technical writer, warning, caution, safety
Transcript
Boss: You need to edit the product warning from seven hundred pages down to one. Tina: Oh, that's rich. I'ma professional technical writer, and you're telling me how to write? Boss: Can you cut it down to 500 pages? Tina: Sure, if you want it to be total rubbish.
Tuesday August 22,
2017
Product Warning Is Coming Along
Tags user guide, safety, directions, overthinking, managers
Transcript
Boss: Tina, have you finished writing the product safety warning? Tina: I'm on page 357 with no end in sight. Boss: Okay, keep up the good work. I probably should have done a little micromanaging there.
Tuesday July 18,
2017
Ted Promoted To Software Architect
Tags manager, Promotion, intelligence, logic, obliviousness
Transcript
Boss: I promoted Ted to software architect because he doesn't know how to code. At first I thought it was a bad idea. Then I remembered that sometimes monkeys are astronauts. Dilbert: You know the monkeys don't fly the rocket, right? Boss: And Ted won't be writing code.
Sunday April 02,
2017
Tags tldr, email, communication, patience, criticism
Transcript
Man: Did you read my email? Dilbert: No, it was too long. Man: Maybe you could read it when you have more time. Dilbert: I never have time to read email messages that are too long. Maybe you could rewrite it to be shorter. Man: I don't have time to rewrite it. Dilbert: And I don't have time to read it. Man: If no one reads that email, it will mean I wasted two hours writing it. Dilbert: Plus, you're wasting my time right now. Don't forget to include that in your failure assessment. Man: I had high hopes for that email. Dilbert: It's a sunk cost. Let it go.
Saturday January 28,
2017
Tricky To Be An Optimist
Tags coffee, conversation, glass
Transcript
Boss: Are you done writing the soft-ware? Wally: Yes, but it has some bugs. Boss: How is that different from not being done? Wally: I see the glass as half full. Boss: Half full of bugs? Wally: Optimism is tricky.
Friday January 06,
2017
It Sounded Like Feng Shui
Tags managers, obliviousness, distraction, attention
Transcript
Boss: Why haven't you finished writing the software? Dilbert: Because each of your interruptions took me out of the zone and turned a simple task into a nightmare. Catbert: What did he mean by that? Boss: It sounded like some sort of feng shui.
Monday January 02,
2017
Programming Environment
Tags productivity, programmer, engineer, developer, engineering
Transcript
Boss: Did you finish writing the software? Dilbert: No. I spent the last three days setting up my programming environment. Boss: So... you've done... nothing? Dilbert: Nothing you'd understand.
Wednesday August 31,
2016
The Long Email
Tags communication, laziness, email, tldr
Transcript
Boss: You never got back to me with your answer. Dilbert: Yes, I did. I spent three hours writing an email that tells you all you need to know. Boss: What did it say?

