Tech Conference Attendee Gifts

Is that one of those wafer thin computers?

Reporter at cybercrime conference asks: 'Should we be focussing on this area when we surely face a greater threat from the Daleks?'

A Puppet Named Juan

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

'I'm Jeremy's father. I'm a computer consultant and I'm unemployed.'

Outer Space Outsourcing

"And finally, I'd like to take any questions from the floor."

"'Meetingpalooza' sounded better in the brochure."

"In my old job we were encouraged to run fast and break things."

'Could we finish these negotiations via e-mail? That will allow me to think before I respond to your proposals.'

"We're all in the same boat, except it's more like a life raft than an actual boat."

I've been looking forward to this the whole year: It can get lonely out there...

"Indeed - you're Mr. Gurkenman! After all the 200m meetings I remembered you much smaller!"

'You're hired, but remember, you can be replaced by a machine...believe me.'

World Food Summit - No food and drink allowed in the auditorium.

There will be no economics report...our economics reporter got caught in the tech carnage...

'Is that a suspicious package in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?'

STRIP Hambone: Humanoid computers

'You think he overheard my last lecture on tax code revision?'

Chaos Theory Conference.

John couldn't help but think that his team had a different perspective on the event than he did...

'Pick a business card.'

Thank you for not making faces during teleconferences with the boss.

"What's Tim doing on the window ledge?"

Fancy Interfacing with you here.

"Psychiatric convention"

Giant screen displays conference delegates and not the speaker.

Weinberg's egregious error would damage his reputation forever, His colleagues would thereafter refer to him as 'the big double dipper,

AI Summit

'I need to appear bold and decisive. Won't someone PLEASE ask me a yes or no question?'

"Remember this? One sweetheart of a deal!"

"Dr Andrea Patterson; animal behaviour."

"I'm feeling a lot of love in the room - with the exception of that guy over there."

"He used to be a senior fact checker at Meta — now he's just a pedant."

'I'm afraid turn out isn't as high as we'd expected...three of them misheard the date, five got the time wrong and everyone from marketing went to a hotel in Norwich by mistake.'