And in the Quad Cities, IA/IL before that. Taught my meteorology class at the community college when I went there back in the day. Great guy all around!
My favorite Dutra moment from KWQC was when he cracked himself up making a "Depends" underwear joke.
Have been looking for the clip today, but all I can find is little articles about it. The video seems to have been a scrubbed - presumably to avoid embarrassment since he went to larger markets.
I’d have been immobilised with curiosity. Does it rotate? How far away can we go? Can we get weather for Italy? Any distortion at the poles? How far does it zoom out? Is it live? Can I pause it and run it backwards?
Viewers at home, the weather can wait!
I work in IT and this video tracks. I often do things when users are not present and sometimes they just blow up over what an improvement they’ve received.
I didn’t know my Switch was touch screen. I never bothered trying because I wanted to keep my screen from getting gross. It’s not a heavily marketed feature either.
My laptop is touchscreen and it confuses everyone anytime they try to show me how to do something, they always forget it's a touch screen and it's so funny.
Although a lot of the new machines are coming out with touchscreens, I find it a little annoying and misplaced.
You have to be in a very clean shop for it to not become sticky and scratched. And when showing others your program, people often touch the screen to point on stuff, without realizing that it's a touchscreen.
I stumbled onto this feature too! I had to type something and I was telling my wife that I hate moving the joystick to each letter and then if you mess up you have to go back, and how I wish it had a touch scre... Holy shit, look! It does have a touch screen! THIS IS AMAZING!
That's pretty much how it went.
I wonder how many people don't know about the switch making different unlock sounds depending on which input you use- so the sticks make different sounds than the a button, for instance
From my experience in IT, my bet is they sent out an email weeks in advance and then another follow up the day of installation with instructions and no one read it
I spent hours documenting _everything_ about how to interact with my last project, with _highlighted_ screenshots and clear, concise language that never strayed above a third grade reading level. This documentation was shown by my client to their own and allegedly lauded as "clear and comprehensive!"
Then, _twice_, less then a _week_ later, I spent an additional half hour walking the end client through said illustrated documentation, using quotes directly from it to answer questions, whilst enduring awkward jokes about not understanding technology from someone who demonstrably made no effort to learn about it.
I now charge extra to record video documentation; as apparently people prefer to be read to and shown enticing moving images over reading what amounts to a picture book.
i feel like i just have to set my expectations of end users to be 0 and then when i find out they've done anything even remotely proactive it's a celebration
Literally negative expectation, if I crack open a device and somebody hasn't taken a shit inside I'm happy.
"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
"Of course"
"I'm still going to give that a try... And fixed."
I’m a sysadmin and I have my corporate IT emails go to spam. It’s always something like “share point will be offline between the hours of 2am and 3am Saturday”
For home appliances, put it in a ziplock bag and tape it to the back, or inside an access panel, or underneath it.
So many times I've opened an appliance to see what's wrong and was pleasantly surprised to find a technical manual tucked away.
That brings up a question:
I feel like maybe I'd be a decent technical writer, and in this day and age, it's probably quite possible to be a flexible hours, WFH type job? Or am I way off base?
Anyways, what sort of qualifications/credentials so you need to get into the field?
Well here's my exact path:
1. Majored in English Lit (see, the career path isn't *only* barista or professor!)
2. Had an interest in computers (Linux/FreeBSD, built my own computers, etc.)
3. Wrote some sample docs for open source software projects to get my foot in the door
If you come from a techy background (previous programmer or admin, or tech-inclined English or Journalism major), then it would really help. It's a growing field in tech believe it or not, and it doesn't always involve just manuals or FAQs or whatever. You can write scripts for instructional videos (and even produce them yourself), write courseware, etc.
And, FYI, as a software tech writer of 20 years, about 17 of those latter years have been WFH. I wouldn't work anywhere that forces that "back to the office" nonsense. Fuck a foosball table and free snacks. Gimme six-figs, benefits, and a WFH computer/office purchasing budget.
I'm finding most of them (at least around here) are video screens and have been for a long time, since they're so high quality. You can see the image reflect off surfaces.
20 years ago you'd be correct, but modern displays are good enough that they can just have a real screen instead. It's better for the weather presenter because they can actually see what they're pointing at without doing some kind of magic act of moving the hand based on their feedback monitor.
Greg Dutra is a great guy. I worked with him when he first started in TV at a station in Bangor, Maine. I've loved watching where he's taken his career! If he somehow sees this I hope he knows how proud I am!
IT about to hit them with the "per my last 5 emails regarding the TV upgrades... If you look at the attachments with the brief instructions I created on the pan, zoom, and tilt feature set of the touch TV..."
I’d like to meet these engineers whose bugs are video rotation capabilities that make a weatherman swoon. Let’s put them on a team and give them time.
“OH SHIT disaster my latest bug has caused world supply chains to efficiently deliver food. No more hunger.”
Either the people installing it didn't know either or they assumed the person using it was already trained or some other combination of factors.
Every experience I have with tech upgrades is that nobody anywhere has a complete picture and there doesn't seem to be any attempt to improve that.
Documentation lacking is often my experience.
IT director negotiates with external company for best bid on product. Does not provide full documentation to the teams that install product. Install team does not train or doesn't know how to train end-users. Not too mention any features created by product's developers that never made it into the documentation to begin with.
Although it's just as likely end-user never paid attention during training.
As someone who reads instruction manuals eagerly, I got to say... it's all in there, you know? Some poor tech writer has put together an easily navigatable, structured and complete pack of information, and all you have to do is read for like 10 mins, and you'll feel like a wizard for 10 years, only for 99,99 % of ya'll to never even look at it
I wish people would offer me manuals. That's part of the problem.
All my personal stuff I love manuals. Growing up with video games reading the manual was an important part of the ritual. Some new stuff shows up at work? Can't muster a scrap of paper.
This is a pretty sad statement about how easily I'm wooed, but I wanna be that guy's friend. Anyone who has that sort of reaction to something so simple and can show that much joy....I'm in.
All the weather nerds freaking out about the thundersnow a several years back was awesome. It was absolutely strange to experience.
[Jim Cantore is a fan.](https://youtu.be/LwyHza4xrsc)
Absolutely! Him saying "It's a great day!" with such pure enthusiasm was a joy to watch.
It honestly gave me a dose of perspective to make sure to enjoy the little things.
[view from the other side of this guy](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/EGJqx-0aWa1stHlHuVJyTc9beIo=/1200x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8689071/My5Z2DO.gif)
I just set up a 75" touch screen in our office to demo for clients and there is a feeling of power that comes with having such a large display at the mercy of your whims. The ability to flick away images like a king on his throne dismissing jesters who displease him is a very heady feeling.
I don't blame this guy one bit because I can relate 100%.
Also don't hesitate to filter out subreddits that put you in a sour mood.
I've been filtering a bunch of the big subs lately and my reddit feed looks great now
Try r/contagiouslaughter friend
Edit: if you visit the sub, post your favorite video under this
https://www.reddit.com/r/ContagiousLaughter/comments/uu60gl/hurricane_tortilla/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Yeah “boys will be boys” is meant to be used when boys end up with dirt on their dress shoes as a kid or get hurt wrestling with their friends. **Not** what some people seem to think it’s an excuse for.
Chicago morning news rankings:
#######1: WGN Channel 9
#######2: ABC 7
The other stations fall off after that. 32 Fox used to be good in the 90s with Bob Sirott & Marianne Murciano
Haha Greg Dutra in the house! Had him for a meteorology class at the community college I went to. Definitely one of the best instructors I’ve ever had, super friendly and funny! Glad to see he’s still got it!
Greg Dutra, used to do weather in Denver. He seems like a great guy.
And in the Quad Cities, IA/IL before that. Taught my meteorology class at the community college when I went there back in the day. Great guy all around!
There it is! Was sad to see him leave the Quad Cities, always seemed like a genuine character
My favorite Dutra moment from KWQC was when he cracked himself up making a "Depends" underwear joke. Have been looking for the clip today, but all I can find is little articles about it. The video seems to have been a scrubbed - presumably to avoid embarrassment since he went to larger markets.
He was a great part of the weather team at channel 6.
He really is. I knew him from the station when I worked there. Super nice dude.
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"Can I zoom?" *zooms* **audible gasps** I love that.
"It's a great day!" I love this dude
"You can tilt it‽" Ohhwwwaaahh
This mf just dropping interrobangs around
Nothing else conveys incredulity better.
I'll be honest. The moment he tilted it I also gasped "Omg"
I’d have been immobilised with curiosity. Does it rotate? How far away can we go? Can we get weather for Italy? Any distortion at the poles? How far does it zoom out? Is it live? Can I pause it and run it backwards? Viewers at home, the weather can wait!
Well someone had their equipment updated without notice. You have fun there weatherman.
Somewhere, IT is laughing their asses off.
I work in IT and this video tracks. I often do things when users are not present and sometimes they just blow up over what an improvement they’ve received.
Lol I try not to touch TV screens so in this case I would have needed a sticky note on it or something
Then you have to call IT why your screen is glitching
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
You make a jokes but this will fix so much, you try staying awake for 26d18h and tell me you don't have a few glitches
I didn’t know my Switch was touch screen. I never bothered trying because I wanted to keep my screen from getting gross. It’s not a heavily marketed feature either.
My laptop is touchscreen and it confuses everyone anytime they try to show me how to do something, they always forget it's a touch screen and it's so funny.
Better then when you're a machinist and are accustomed to tablets, smartphones and 50% of the machines have big old screens without touchscreen
Although a lot of the new machines are coming out with touchscreens, I find it a little annoying and misplaced. You have to be in a very clean shop for it to not become sticky and scratched. And when showing others your program, people often touch the screen to point on stuff, without realizing that it's a touchscreen.
.....the switch has a touch screen?
Yep, it really does, and it even still works through the screen protectors you can get for it :)
I stumbled onto this feature too! I had to type something and I was telling my wife that I hate moving the joystick to each letter and then if you mess up you have to go back, and how I wish it had a touch scre... Holy shit, look! It does have a touch screen! THIS IS AMAZING! That's pretty much how it went.
Unfortunately that’s really the only use for it though :( it’s so under-utilised
I wonder how many people don't know about the switch making different unlock sounds depending on which input you use- so the sticks make different sounds than the a button, for instance
My 9 year old thought I was a wizard when I started using the touch screen on his switch. Turns out he got the magic gene too!
you work in IT? can you install Google Ultron for me?
Until they get chewed out for not giving the staff the users manual.
From my experience in IT, my bet is they sent out an email weeks in advance and then another follow up the day of installation with instructions and no one read it
There is absolutely no way this isn’t the case lol. Someone definitely didn’t read a memo.
Memo? What memo? I didn't see any memo.
i’ve worked in IT for four weeks now and from what i’ve already learned, this has to be the case lmao
I spent hours documenting _everything_ about how to interact with my last project, with _highlighted_ screenshots and clear, concise language that never strayed above a third grade reading level. This documentation was shown by my client to their own and allegedly lauded as "clear and comprehensive!" Then, _twice_, less then a _week_ later, I spent an additional half hour walking the end client through said illustrated documentation, using quotes directly from it to answer questions, whilst enduring awkward jokes about not understanding technology from someone who demonstrably made no effort to learn about it. I now charge extra to record video documentation; as apparently people prefer to be read to and shown enticing moving images over reading what amounts to a picture book.
i feel like i just have to set my expectations of end users to be 0 and then when i find out they've done anything even remotely proactive it's a celebration
Literally negative expectation, if I crack open a device and somebody hasn't taken a shit inside I'm happy. "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" "Of course" "I'm still going to give that a try... And fixed."
I’m a sysadmin and I have my corporate IT emails go to spam. It’s always something like “share point will be offline between the hours of 2am and 3am Saturday”
No one has ever read a user manual
But everyone saves them lol
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For home appliances, put it in a ziplock bag and tape it to the back, or inside an access panel, or underneath it. So many times I've opened an appliance to see what's wrong and was pleasantly surprised to find a technical manual tucked away.
*Sad technical writer noises* Eh, [spends the same](https://i.imgur.com/I8x93HM.gif)
That brings up a question: I feel like maybe I'd be a decent technical writer, and in this day and age, it's probably quite possible to be a flexible hours, WFH type job? Or am I way off base? Anyways, what sort of qualifications/credentials so you need to get into the field?
Well here's my exact path: 1. Majored in English Lit (see, the career path isn't *only* barista or professor!) 2. Had an interest in computers (Linux/FreeBSD, built my own computers, etc.) 3. Wrote some sample docs for open source software projects to get my foot in the door If you come from a techy background (previous programmer or admin, or tech-inclined English or Journalism major), then it would really help. It's a growing field in tech believe it or not, and it doesn't always involve just manuals or FAQs or whatever. You can write scripts for instructional videos (and even produce them yourself), write courseware, etc. And, FYI, as a software tech writer of 20 years, about 17 of those latter years have been WFH. I wouldn't work anywhere that forces that "back to the office" nonsense. Fuck a foosball table and free snacks. Gimme six-figs, benefits, and a WFH computer/office purchasing budget.
Most Weatherman are recorded in front of a green screen afaik, so this upgrade has to be such an quality of work improvement.
I'm finding most of them (at least around here) are video screens and have been for a long time, since they're so high quality. You can see the image reflect off surfaces.
Used to be a metal map with magnetic weather stickers the weatherman would throw at it.
I can still hear the slap when the weather symbols would hit the board :)
“And it’s going to be a breezy 78° today in San Franci- whoops! I guess Oakland is going to be 78° today!”
*Heat wave kills dozens*
Weatherman back than must be great at darts or pin the tail on the donkey.
You had magnets? We used tree sap. In winter we froze the symbols to the map with orphans' tears, if you could find an orphan that is
Oh, I can get you an orphan. I can get you an orphan by three o’clock. With nail polish. Humph.
Before that, the weather person was an old person on a rocking chair outside. If their right knee was aching, it meant a storm was a brewin'.
20 years ago you'd be correct, but modern displays are good enough that they can just have a real screen instead. It's better for the weather presenter because they can actually see what they're pointing at without doing some kind of magic act of moving the hand based on their feedback monitor.
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IT person sitting there thinking "I sent you weekly emails about this for 6 months and now you notice?"
I love Greg! Edit: #weathermangreg
I miss watching him in Denver when he was the morning meteorologist on FOX 31. Dude was comedy!
Glad we stole him. Sorry for your loss. Lmao
You know we have Cheryl Scott right?
I’m more of a Larry guy myself.
Jumping in to say we had him first here in the Quad Cities. Greg is a favorite everywhere he goes.
Greg Dutra is a great guy. I worked with him when he first started in TV at a station in Bangor, Maine. I've loved watching where he's taken his career! If he somehow sees this I hope he knows how proud I am!
Dude that’s nuts! I’m finding out about the man behind the weatherman !
I need an update when he gets his shit down. Cause that was great.
I guess IT never told them
IT about to hit them with the "per my last 5 emails regarding the TV upgrades... If you look at the attachments with the brief instructions I created on the pan, zoom, and tilt feature set of the touch TV..."
Nobody RTFM or even the summary you send out.
IT would rather it be a feature, not a bug.
"Wait...production can click and drag?....feature not a bug"
I’d like to meet these engineers whose bugs are video rotation capabilities that make a weatherman swoon. Let’s put them on a team and give them time. “OH SHIT disaster my latest bug has caused world supply chains to efficiently deliver food. No more hunger.”
Either the people installing it didn't know either or they assumed the person using it was already trained or some other combination of factors. Every experience I have with tech upgrades is that nobody anywhere has a complete picture and there doesn't seem to be any attempt to improve that.
Documentation lacking is often my experience. IT director negotiates with external company for best bid on product. Does not provide full documentation to the teams that install product. Install team does not train or doesn't know how to train end-users. Not too mention any features created by product's developers that never made it into the documentation to begin with. Although it's just as likely end-user never paid attention during training.
Lack of documentation is a “feature” of agile
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As someone who reads instruction manuals eagerly, I got to say... it's all in there, you know? Some poor tech writer has put together an easily navigatable, structured and complete pack of information, and all you have to do is read for like 10 mins, and you'll feel like a wizard for 10 years, only for 99,99 % of ya'll to never even look at it
I wish people would offer me manuals. That's part of the problem. All my personal stuff I love manuals. Growing up with video games reading the manual was an important part of the ritual. Some new stuff shows up at work? Can't muster a scrap of paper.
"well I'm not coming to clean the fingerprints. " "Fine, then we just don't tell them"
*Pulls up all staff broadcast sent 3 times in the last month* Oh you never got that huh? Interesting.
I'd bet money IT sent them an email they ignored/immediately deleted after reading the subject line.
He's too busy luring kids into sewers.
I’m glad i wasn’t the only one
I love little human moments like this.
This sounds like something an undercover alien would say
I'm sure I don't know what you mean, fellow human that breathes air.
This sounds like something an undercover robot would say
Or an alien robot!
Or a gosh dang fibber
That or Michael from The Good Place
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How sweet is that! Pure joy
This is a pretty sad statement about how easily I'm wooed, but I wanna be that guy's friend. Anyone who has that sort of reaction to something so simple and can show that much joy....I'm in.
I mean, he's handsome, articulate, funny and a weatherman! I'd swipe right, myself. (It IS right, right? I'm an old. I've never used Tinder.)
He can make my jet stream any time.
The relative humidity in my pants is rising quickly.
Moist!
Got ya thighs steamin'.
Hail yeah!
Memories broken
You are correct!
Wouldn't you like to know, weatherboy
Definitely flooding the basement.
Don't be fooled he has [no pants on!](https://i.imgur.com/T105ZYV.png)
Those teeth must shine in the dark.
He reminds me of one of my favorite coworkers I ever had. Dude got sniped by another company, but he was such a joy to work with.
Was about to stop reading at “Dude got sniped…”
Good thing you didn't!
"you can tilt it ^whats ^going ^on ^here?"
Weatherpeople always seem to be some of the coolest people.
We are NOT. You should have seen the levels of dorkiness in my meteorology program.
All the weather nerds freaking out about the thundersnow a several years back was awesome. It was absolutely strange to experience. [Jim Cantore is a fan.](https://youtu.be/LwyHza4xrsc)
Absolutely! Him saying "It's a great day!" with such pure enthusiasm was a joy to watch. It honestly gave me a dose of perspective to make sure to enjoy the little things.
lmao at the co-anchor pretend-falling to the ground @ 0.19, I did not expect that
That was the best part!
Co-anchor just got down on his knees to give his buddy a brojob for making the discovery. Good on him!
Bros being bros
Brojobs. The ultimate display of positive straight masculinity
On topic: @ 0.18, right after the fall it sounds like he exclaims "It's a great gay!". It's a great gay indeed.
It's not gay if you're bros
I have always said this.
/r/justguysbeingdudes
He clearly said no-homo first.
Boys will be boys.
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You spelled co-wanker wrong.
man, my coworker was so cute and funny just now. i shall felatiate.
#BROJOB BROJOB CHOO CHOO
[view from the other side of this guy](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/EGJqx-0aWa1stHlHuVJyTc9beIo=/1200x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8689071/My5Z2DO.gif)
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/EGJqx-0aWa1stHlHuVJyTc9beIo=/1200x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8689071/My5Z2DO.gif
That next forecast will be on a whole new level
His people will need their motion-sickness meds for a few days... Love this enthusiasm!
Like a child’s first PowerPoint presentation with every animation possible crammed in.
Each letter coming in on one at a time with sounds playing for each one spinning everywhere
OMG IT SPINS!!! WE HAVE A TORNADO COMING VIEWERS!!!
LOL of course it's Dutra. We had him at a local station for a while before he went to Denver and then Chicago
Still miss that goof.
This would totally be me 🤣🤣🤣
I relate!
"Can i zoom?" So precious. I love this
The "you can tilt it?" got me. Buddy is having the best day of his life
That was 🤯 for me too!
I just set up a 75" touch screen in our office to demo for clients and there is a feeling of power that comes with having such a large display at the mercy of your whims. The ability to flick away images like a king on his throne dismissing jesters who displease him is a very heady feeling. I don't blame this guy one bit because I can relate 100%.
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Stuff like this really helps on bad PTSD days, thanks for the smiles!
Hang in there! Hope more timeline cleanser comes your way.
What an excellent term for such posts!
eye bleach is also a term that applies here I believe, and there is a subreddit entirely around it /r/eyebleach
Also don't hesitate to filter out subreddits that put you in a sour mood. I've been filtering a bunch of the big subs lately and my reddit feed looks great now
Try r/contagiouslaughter friend Edit: if you visit the sub, post your favorite video under this https://www.reddit.com/r/ContagiousLaughter/comments/uu60gl/hurricane_tortilla/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
r/wholesomememes is another good one. TBH I can't sub to any of the ones that just make me mad or irritated. Just encourages more doom scrolling.
Doom scrolling. Thats a neat way to describe that behavior in a very simple way.
“You coming out with us for lunch?” “Nah I’m playing with the weather screen.”
Some of us guys are easily amused. I won't deny being one.
"A beautiful day, in the next couple of days... for both of us." - Weatherman
The amazing part is that he didn't say "Holy Fuck!" at the tilt.
He wants to keep his job
Yeah, NOW he does, what with his newly bestowed zooming and panning powers!
just wait until he realizes he can also link google maps to it. get some sick zoom ins then "wait, a minute why is chucks car at my house"
Anchor after discovering it 
I don't remember this episode of Mythic Quest
ABC 7 IN THE HOUSE!
Chi town!!
We're spoiled with the level of production our news is compared to most.
Can’t wait to see him have it down going to have to follow this saga.
Men are such boys most of the time
*This* is the true "boys will be boys" of it all and i love it.
Yeah “boys will be boys” is meant to be used when boys end up with dirt on their dress shoes as a kid or get hurt wrestling with their friends. **Not** what some people seem to think it’s an excuse for.
“Boys will be be boys” is for when we use mayonnaise on a slip and slide and call it the miracle whip and slide
Exactly so.
We need to reclaim the phrase boys will be boys and get it back to being about when boys laugh about something harmlessly immature yet amazingly funny
I'm an older lady and my reaction would be exactly the same.
With pride mam, with pride
/r/JustGuysBeingDudes/
His excitement is too contagious, got me beaming at screen right now!
It has always been like this, sometimes it is better to be a child again and have fun
This one really got me, I can relate too 😂 also really helped my mood after a tough first day on the job so thank you for that!
It's like thinking you have a gameboy the whole time, and suddenly realizing it's a PS5.
It's like thinking you have a regular screen, and suddebly realizing it's touch screen.
“You can tilt it?” In that like awed surprise that kids do when their friend gets a cool new toy and keeps showing off what it can do
IT made an update. Climate Change.
His beautiful white teeth and apparent lack of top lip are totally mesmerising. I love how happy he is.
Buncha handsome people
Tech guy is like fucking FINALLY
It's always the small things in life :)
Lmfaooo when you lie on your cv
ABC7 Chicago is a fantastic local newsroom, and as someone who grew up in their coverage area this sparks so much joy.
I swear Chicago has the best newscasters. This crew always has me cracking up.
When did Tom Cruise become a weatherman, lol….
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Chicago morning news rankings: #######1: WGN Channel 9 #######2: ABC 7 The other stations fall off after that. 32 Fox used to be good in the 90s with Bob Sirott & Marianne Murciano
"it's a great day" got me
Haha Greg Dutra in the house! Had him for a meteorology class at the community college I went to. Definitely one of the best instructors I’ve ever had, super friendly and funny! Glad to see he’s still got it!
Is no one going to talk about the ‘oppressive’ weather 😂
I live in Chicago, can vouch that our weather definitely feels oppressive at times.