http://socialsignal.com/noise-to-signal/feed Rob's cartoons http://socialsignal.com/image/short-and-sweet <img src="http://socialsignal.com/system/files/images/2008-06-23-microblogging.gif" alt="(one person at a laptop, explaining to another person &#039;...And you send your friends a status update exactly one character long.&#039;) Caption: Microblogging jumps the shark" title="Short and sweet" class="image preview" width="450" height="558" /> http://socialsignal.com/image/short-and-sweet#comment microblogging Noise to Signal Noise to Signal twitter Thu, 3 Jul 2008 01:24:16 -0400 Rob Cottingham 30096 at http://socialsignal.com http://socialsignal.com/image/its-still-a-better-reason-than-whether-he-wears-a-flag-lapel-pin <img src="http://socialsignal.com/system/files/images/2008-06-11-fonts.gif" alt="(voter to campaign worker) Look, I&#039;m sorry - there&#039;s just no way I can vote for a candidate who&#039;d use Comic Sans as body type." title="It&#039;s still a better reason than whether he wears a flag lapel pin" class="image preview" width="450" height="558" /> http://socialsignal.com/image/its-still-a-better-reason-than-whether-he-wears-a-flag-lapel-pin#comment election Noise to Signal Noise to Signal politics typography Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:39:58 -0400 Rob Cottingham 30095 at http://socialsignal.com http://socialsignal.com/image/funny-ha-ha-or-funny-peculiar-or-funny-oh-god-were-all-going-to-die <img src="http://socialsignal.com/system/files/images/2008-06-23-tragedy.gif" alt="(businessperson to two colleages) Is it just me, or is the tragedy of the commons the funniest goddamn thing ever?" title="Funny ha-ha, or funny peculiar, or funny oh-god-we&#039;re-all-going-to-die?" class="image preview" width="450" height="421" /> http://socialsignal.com/image/funny-ha-ha-or-funny-peculiar-or-funny-oh-god-were-all-going-to-die#comment Noise to Signal Noise to Signal Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:48:05 -0400 Rob Cottingham 30094 at http://socialsignal.com http://socialsignal.com/image/competing-platforms <img src="http://socialsignal.com/system/files/images/2008-06-22-beta.gif" alt="(reporter at a political rally) Both campaigns now describe themselves as being in public beta, and say they therefore can&#039;t be held responsible for any gaffes, errors or missteps." title="Competing platforms" class="image preview" width="450" height="452" /> http://socialsignal.com/image/competing-platforms#comment Noise to Signal Noise to Signal Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:42:35 -0400 Rob Cottingham 30093 at http://socialsignal.com http://socialsignal.com/image/giving-at-the-office <img src="http://socialsignal.com/system/files/images/2008-06-22-giving.gif" alt="(one person to another, who is asking for spare change) Sorry - I don&#039;t have any food or change. But I do have a couple of private beta invitations." title="Giving at the office" class="image preview" width="450" height="558" /> http://socialsignal.com/image/giving-at-the-office#comment Noise to Signal Noise to Signal Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:37:31 -0400 Rob Cottingham 30092 at http://socialsignal.com http://socialsignal.com/image/worth-a-thousand-misspelled-words <img src="http://socialsignal.com/system/files/images/2008-06-21-gallery.gif" alt="(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." title="Worth a thousand misspelled words" class="image preview" width="450" height="443" /> http://socialsignal.com/image/worth-a-thousand-misspelled-words#comment Noise to Signal Noise to Signal Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:46:18 -0400 Rob Cottingham 30091 at http://socialsignal.com http://socialsignal.com/image/and-she-brought-doughnuts <img src="http://socialsignal.com/system/files/images/2008-06-20-fairy.gif" alt="(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!" title="And she brought doughnuts!" class="image preview" width="450" height="410" /> http://socialsignal.com/image/and-she-brought-doughnuts#comment business Noise to Signal Noise to Signal rfp Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:56:40 -0400 Rob Cottingham 30090 at http://socialsignal.com http://socialsignal.com/image/no-mr-bond-i-expect-you-to-crash-repeatedly <img src="http://socialsignal.com/system/files/images/2008-06-17-007.preview.gif" alt="(Villain to a tied-up secret agent) Kill you, Mr. Bond? Oh, I&#039;ll do worse than that. As I speak, my supercomputer is installing Windows Vista on your laptop." title="No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to crash. Repeatedly." class="image preview" width="392" height="640" /> http://socialsignal.com/image/no-mr-bond-i-expect-you-to-crash-repeatedly#comment microsoft Noise to Signal Noise to Signal snark windows Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:35:21 -0400 Rob Cottingham 30087 at http://socialsignal.com http://socialsignal.com/image/vigil <img src="http://socialsignal.com/system/files/images/2008-06-17-outage.gif" alt="(participant in a candlelit vigil in front of a computer, to an onlooker) Twitter&#039;s down." title="Vigil" class="image preview" width="450" height="438" /> http://socialsignal.com/image/vigil#comment Noise to Signal Noise to Signal twitter Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:02:49 -0400 Rob Cottingham 30086 at http://socialsignal.com http://socialsignal.com/image/the-bare-necessities <img src="http://socialsignal.com/system/files/images/2008-06-01-finer.gif" alt="(woman with laptop computer at posh restaurant, to waiter) I&#039;ll have the &#039;98 Pinot Noir, the steak tartare, and a dedicated T1 line." title="The bare necessities" class="image preview" width="450" height="445" /> http://socialsignal.com/image/the-bare-necessities#comment Noise to Signal Noise to Signal Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:18:56 -0400 Rob Cottingham 30085 at http://socialsignal.com