Noise to Signal

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Rob's graphic take on some of the big questions of the social web – and all that goes with it.

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Short and sweet

July 2, 2008 - 10:24pm
(one person at a laptop, explaining to another person '...And you send your friends a status update exactly one character long.') Caption: Microblogging jumps the shark

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It's still a better reason than whether he wears a flag lapel pin

June 23, 2008 - 10:39pm
(voter to campaign worker) Look, I'm sorry - there's just no way I can vote for a candidate who'd use Comic Sans as body type.

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Funny ha-ha, or funny peculiar, or funny oh-god-we're-all-going-to-die?

June 23, 2008 - 12:48pm
(businessperson to two colleages) Is it just me, or is the tragedy of the commons the funniest goddamn thing ever?

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Competing platforms

June 22, 2008 - 8:42am
(reporter at a political rally) Both campaigns now describe themselves as being in public beta, and say they therefore can't be held responsible for any gaffes, errors or missteps.

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Giving at the office

June 22, 2008 - 8:37am
(one person to another, who is asking for spare change) Sorry - I don't have any food or change. But I do have a couple of private beta invitations.

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Worth a thousand misspelled words

June 21, 2008 - 3:46pm
(curator to donr) Obviously we’re grateful, and you’re free to earmark your generous donation however you like. It’s just that it never occurred to our gallery that we might open a LOLcats wing.

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And she brought doughnuts!

June 20, 2008 - 12:56pm
(an office team is wearily compiling material; one looks out the window at a magical being) Look, everyone! The RFP Fairy is here to finish our proposal!

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No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to crash. Repeatedly.

June 17, 2008 - 11:35pm
(Villain to a tied-up secret agent) Kill you, Mr. Bond? Oh, I'll do worse than that. As I speak, my supercomputer is installing Windows Vista on your laptop.

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Vigil

June 17, 2008 - 1:02pm
(participant in a candlelit vigil in front of a computer, to an onlooker) Twitter's down.

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The bare necessities

June 15, 2008 - 10:18pm
(woman with laptop computer at posh restaurant, to waiter) I'll have the '98 Pinot Noir, the steak tartare, and a dedicated T1 line.

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