According to Wikipedia, a haiku is a short poem which uses imagistic language to convey the essence of an experience of nature or the season intuitively linked to the human condition.
I have read haikus and as per the definition, they most often relate to nature. However, I think that our constant interaction with information technology sometimes brings out moments of searing clarity and other times a pensive mood, which can best be captured in the haiku format. Therefore I have tried my hand at creating some:
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Application crash
seven hours of Blendering
frozen on the screen
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Where is the printout?
sent it to network printer
on different campus
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After early rush
progress bar moves oh so slow
installation fail
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Cable in your hand
where is the socket you need?
No HDMI.
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Setting up the desk
display, keyboard, printer too
two outlets in wall.
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As you do your work
Windows Update jumps the queue
restarts on its own
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Twitter is installed
now I finally am in
and see what irks you
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TCP/IP
CAPTCHA
no humans needed
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Calling the Helpdesk
what do you mean, quota out?
Sorry, no can do.
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Smartphone in your hand
connected to universe?
Battery is dead.
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Joining a website
finally the form is filled
session has timed out
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Software update done
all the icons are replaced
Where is Cut and Paste?
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New remote control
What are all these buttons for?
TV remains dead
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Finally got home
time for social media –
kittens flood the screen
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Type an SMS
Index finger hits wrong key
Autocorrect fails
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U-sa-bi-li-ty
Of paramount importance
Often forgotten
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You can try your hand at this game and mail me the results. I may publish another page of your entries, if there’s enough of them. Being better than me is not very hard.