Comments on: History of "Tree Swing" drawings about business communication http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1680402 Lupus_Yonderboy Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1680402 Haha, awesome.  I'll pass this around. Haha, awesome.  I’ll pass this around.

]]> By: blearghhh http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679647 blearghhh Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679647 Found it. Well, one of my Facebook friends found it. I wonder how many industry specific versions there are floating around out there. Found it. Well, one of my Facebook friends found it.

I wonder how many industry specific versions there are floating around out there.

]]> By: Gillian B http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679613 Gillian B Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679613 I have a copy that I just put up on my wall - genuine 1985 Australian Public Service vintage! (I know - it was inside an application I'd written then) I have a copy that I just put up on my wall – genuine 1985 Australian Public Service vintage! (I know – it was inside an application I’d written then)

]]> By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679583 Lupus_Yonderboy Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679583 I work in Pro AV and I'd like to see it too - I believe that I've seen a version of this with different statements (relating to Pro Audio but maybe Video) but it was the same basic diagram. I work in Pro AV and I’d like to see it too – I believe that I’ve seen a version of this with different statements (relating to Pro Audio but maybe Video) but it was the same basic diagram.

]]> By: dnebdal http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679580 dnebdal Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679580 Huh, I saw a version of this in the 90s - translated to Swedish. I was ~12 at the time, reading "System design in BASIC for the ABC80" or somesuch (I got a hand-down Z80/BASIC computer from my grandfather).  It's the only thing I concretely remember from that book. :) Huh, I saw a version of this in the 90s – translated to Swedish. I was ~12 at the time, reading “System design in BASIC for the ABC80″ or somesuch (I got a hand-down Z80/BASIC computer from my grandfather).  It’s the only thing I concretely remember from that book. :)

]]> By: treacle http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679569 treacle Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679569 It made you similar to him?  Or it made you appreciate him?  Did you turn into an embittered old engineer?  :) It made you similar to him?  Or it made you appreciate him? 
Did you turn into an embittered old engineer?  :)

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679464 Matthew Petty Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679464 Yep, I've used this when trying to get projects to apply Systems Engineering and Requirements Management. Next up, the history of the "Vee Diagram" Yep, I’ve used this when trying to get projects to apply Systems Engineering and Requirements Management. Next up, the history of the “Vee Diagram”

]]> By: Chauncey Scott http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679449 Chauncey Scott Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679449 It's ridiculously depressing how well I can relate to this. Ughhhh It’s ridiculously depressing how well I can relate to this. Ughhhh

]]> By: Charlie Lesoine http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679390 Charlie Lesoine Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679390 Maybe that's how you THINK engineering designed it. That is because you are an idiot. I assure you, that is NOT how engineering designed it. Maybe that’s how you THINK engineering designed it. That is because you are an idiot. I assure you, that is NOT how engineering designed it.

]]> By: Jorpho http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679359 Jorpho Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679359 The first version I saw was related to patent applications, with the tire swing bearing the caption "as circumvented". The first version I saw was related to patent applications, with the tire swing bearing the caption “as circumvented”.

]]> By: Amphigorey http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679323 Amphigorey Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679323 The field service one looks remarkably like the swing that Death installed for his granddaughter.  The field service one looks remarkably like the swing that Death installed for his granddaughter. 

]]> By: blearghhh http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679290 blearghhh Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679290 There was a variation of this passed around via fax machines and photocopiers for the pro sound industry back when I worked in it. Wildly different pictures of sound systems with "what the rider specified" "What the local rental company supplied" "what the band thought was cool". That kind of thing.  Funny at the time. I wish I could find it now. There was a variation of this passed around via fax machines and photocopiers for the pro sound industry back when I worked in it.

Wildly different pictures of sound systems with “what the rider specified” “What the local rental company supplied” “what the band thought was cool”. That kind of thing.  Funny at the time. I wish I could find it now.

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679278 Nadreck Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679278 I recall a version where there was a "As presented by Sales" which had a half-naked babe on the swing surrounded by an army of cute dancing cartoon animals and flowers. I recall a version where there was a “As presented by Sales” which had a half-naked babe on the swing surrounded by an army of cute dancing cartoon animals and flowers.

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679271 Mark_Frauenfelder Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679271 Thanks for letting me know about this. I just bought a used copy on Amazon! Thanks for letting me know about this. I just bought a used copy on Amazon!

]]> By: haineux http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679268 haineux Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679268 <b>Sometimes the Dragon Wins</b> is one of several of such compendia/histories. I enjoy this book a lot.  http://www.amazon.com/Sometimes-Dragon-Wins-Folklore-Paperwork/dp/0815603711 Sometimes the Dragon Wins is one of several of such compendia/histories. I enjoy this book a lot. 

http://www.amazon.com/Sometimes-Dragon-Wins-Folklore-Paperwork/dp/0815603711

]]> By: Michael A http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/history-of-tree-swing-draw.html#comment-1679249 Michael A Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218810#comment-1679249 oh my god.. as a white goods appliance engineer this hits a little too close to home.. but made me literally LOL at my desk. thank you for posting this, this is totally going on my cube wall. oh my god.. as a white goods appliance engineer this hits a little too close to home.. but made me literally LOL at my desk. thank you for posting this, this is totally going on my cube wall.

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