Mousepads 

Freelance Graphics mousepad with the tagline "the smartest way to successful presentations." Notice that the graphic output is a 35mm slide - that was a very common format in the 1980's and 1990's since color printers were still very expensive. The cartoon guy was named "Presentation Pete" and we spent many hours discussing how smart Pete was and what sort of imaginary life he was leading. Pete was used on marketing materials for Freelance for DOS, Windows and OS/2.

On permanent loan from the Paul Christman Collection

On loan from the Terry Mednieks Collection

Lotus Notes Mousepad with Quick Reference Guide

On loan from the Judi Lazerus Collection

Domino Mousepad

On loan from the Judi Lazerus Collection

Dennis Leary Mousepad

Graciously donated to the museum by Ruth Armstrong

ViP Developers Conference "Dilbert" Mousepad, 1995

The first (and I'm pretty sure last) ViP Developer's Conference was held in the Spring of 1995 in Boston. It was actually quite well attended, as I recall. Scott Adams was the guest speaker, and this mouse pad was a giveaway to all attendees. It has been in my collection ever since. It shows some signs of wear and tear in the lower left corner.

LIE TO YOUR COMPUTER

 

COMPUTERS HATE PEOPLE. THEY WILL DESTROY YOUR DATA JUST TO BE MEAN. YOUR BEST STRATEGY IS TO LIE TO YOUR COMPUTER AND CONVINCE IT THAT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR DATA.

DILBERT:  NO IMPORTANT DATA HERE ... NO, JUST A BUNCH OF TRIVIAL WORDS AND NUMBERS THAT I COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT....

 

PC:  HE'S BLUFFING ... I'M GOING DOWN, SUCKER.

On loan from the Richard Schwartz Collection

Lotus UK "Super Human Software" mousepad

On loan from the Arjen Essink Collection

Notes Release 4.0 Mousepad

On permanent loan from the Manfred Rohr Collection

SmartSuite Mousepad

On permanent loan from the Manfred Rohr Collection

SmartSuite '96 Mousepad

On permanent loan from the Manfred Rohr Collection