Job's tablet overdose

It's funny being in IT, sometimes I hate the job, other days I love it.

The following made me chuckle, a genuinely frustrated iPad user mailing in for help..
(Names have been changed to protect peoples sanity)

"Hello everyone,

I've tried my best, but unfortunately Steve Jobs doesn't seem to know how to make a piece of kit that isn't impossible to use, or indeed even recognises who actually owns the fucking thing (ie us, not him). But that's a whole other conversation. Don't get me started. The man's a fascist, his company is profoundly evil, and I don't care who you tell.

I'm not in the office tomorrow, so you guys are going to have to work this all out on your own, because I'm stumped, I don't have a company credit card, ipads don't come equipped with any of the software they need... and there you have it. Not my job.

Here's what needs to happen:
" Both ipads need a pdf viewer installed (goodreader apparently is very good).
" 1 of the ipads (on my old desk in the studio) has a couple of location videos, and 4 Company videos already loaded onto it. The other ipad (somewhere in the IT room) needs them loading - the films can be found in the 'films' section of the itunes library on my old mac in the studio, and can be synced easily from there.
" ALL of the content currently in the dropbox needs saving onto the hardrive of both ipads. This can either be done file by file from dropbox. Alternatively the files are on the desktop (file called ipad content) of my old mac in the studio if someone can figure out a means of syncing with an ipad that isn't retarded.
" someone needs to show Billy how to work an iPad... This might well be the toughest task on the list. Biilly, I love you, but let's face it: you're a bit slow. ;-)
" oh, and it all needs doing by 2pm.

And that's it. I might well be in the building in the morning at some point, and I'll be on the end of my phone. As I've said, I've done everything I can bar lobbing the bastards out of the window, but if you feel a pressing need to discuss any of the above with me, please do feel free to call.

Frank, I've cc'd you because I know you have an ipad, and I suspect you might know what you're doing. You usually do. I can only apologise from the very bottom of my heart.

Good luck y'all. Laters,"



I need to point out here that Billy is one of the company directors and the sender of this frustrated rant is one of the managers under his guidance.

The reply from Frank made me giggle more, with the tagline
" "Harddrive"? Oh you're SO nineties :-)
F "


So there you have it, Steve Jobs is the most evil man in the history of computing and Apple don't have a clue. Shame.
Shame actually that we seem to be using a pretend tablet to try to showcase the company, but hey, what are new gadgets to be used for really?

Now, normally I rant on about something topical like the Pope's visit to the UK, but I really can't be bothered. There are so many Pope jokes flying around at the minute I really don't have the time or the inclination to regurgitate them all.