"Sent from my iPhone"

The following email was forwarded to me by an IT colleague a week or so ago, and I thought I'd share it.

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>> Sent from my iPhone

Dear IT Professional:

It has come to our attention that you are still using the default signature of "Sent from my iPhone" for outgoing mail on your mobile device.

Please be advised that most of the rest of us IT types consider the use of this default signature as ostentatious, self-aggrandizing, and just fucking annoying. Why not rent a billboard over your head and say, "Hey, lookit me! I'm a hep cat!"

A very brief and professional signature -- or 'sig,' as we terribly cool IT people call it -- takes up less space in an environment of limited screen real estate. It also works organically in giving people the impression that you're a Jedi master of the IT Arts.

If you go to 'Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > YourEmailAccount > Signature', you can change your signature. We suggest you do so. Now.

We'd like to suggest just a tasteful little Name and Phone Number on two lines. Short and sweet -- just the thing for a little quick, off-the-cuff, hand-held mail.

Frankly, we find your behavior doubly embarassing: the majority of us geeks work real hard at being low-key cool...the brilliance of Q, combined with the ice-cold determination of a 007. We like to preserve an air of quiet mystery. We'd much prefer people coming to us to say, "Hey, how'd you get that cool stuff like your name and stuff at the end of your email thingies??"

So please, if you'd be so kind, please remedy this situation as soon as you are able, and stop embarrassing us.

Sincerely,
The Society for the Preservation of IT Cool

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(OK, this was a joke. Unless your name is Ed).

Meanwhile, since I (may or may not) still have your attention -- Mac users, Apple has released a software update for Leopard (10.5.x), and a point upgrade to 10.6.8 for Snow Leopard users. Open System Preferences and run Software Update to get the appropriate update/upgrade.


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