A Trustworthy Invitation

"2 chairlifts, one of them safe for children"...

Hello? Are you serious? Come on, I mean, a great place indeed, but not a prospectus that convinced me to leave my kids there for skiing, at least not alone.

What if we write something like this to our customers, each time we deploy / ship a new release to production, for example:

"500 new features implemented, 100 of them are tested" 

OK, why not? At least, it would be the truth....=;O)

Husky Adventure in Oberwald Switzerland

For one time, something different to let it all hang out. I made these (and many, many more) pictures today at Oberwald, Wallis (Switzerland).

Greed Without Limits

Inspiration for this cartoon came from an article by Daniel Binswanger, found in "DAS MAGAZIN", issued by the Basler Zeitung as of February 7, 2009):

"...Obwohl die UBS 2007 einen Verlust von 4,4 Mia schrieb, zahlte sie knapp das Dreifache des gigantischen Verlustes (12 Mia) als Erfolgsprämie an ihre Mitarbeiter aus. Wenn man diesen Irrwitz zum Massstab nimmt, erscheint das Salärregime 2008 tatsächlich von vernünftiger Bescheidenheit. Allerdings konnte sich der Schweizer Steuerzahler vor einem Jahr noch in der Illusion wiegen, der Grössenwahnsinn der Grossbanker werde das Privatproblem ihrer Aktionäre bleiben. Heute wissen wir, dass wir die Zeche zu begleichen haben..."

It is already the second cartoon on the topic of the financial crisis, but if you carry the thought a bit further, you might find some similarities in the business I am working in.