Noise to Signal

9 February, 2009

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

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Also, they say you should be flossing more

February 9, 2009 - 9:38pm

(one woman holding a telephone speaks to another woman, who is looking under a chair) It's Google. They say you left your keys in the left-hand pocket of your other pants.

Posted in Google | mapping | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | privacy

It's bonus time! Have a retweet.

February 5, 2009 - 11:46am

(boss to employees) Owing to the economic climate, we've rejigged our compensation structure. Henceforth, you'll be paid entirely in link love and Google juice.

Posted in compensation | Google | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | salaries | seo

"*" seems to be the hardest word

February 5, 2009 - 11:01am

(one lover to another) But we can't break up! Think of all the passwords we'd have to change!

Posted in Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | passwords | relationships | security

Look under "known issues"

February 3, 2009 - 12:25am

(woman backing away from a laptop that has sprouted scaly legs and a tail) Say, would you mind opening the readme file for that last Firefox extension?

Posted in extensions | firefox | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | security

Til death (or 140 characters) do you part

February 2, 2009 - 12:19am

(minister at a wedding ceremony, while the bride and groom type on their mobile devices) We will now pause while the bride and groom share their vows with their tweeps.

Posted in love | marriage | mobile | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | twitter

No accounting for it

January 26, 2009 - 12:27pm

(young hip guy talking to older man in suit, who is punching numbers into an adding machine) Sure. But if you assign an ROI figure to 'fun', then our web team actually turned a small profit in the last quarter.

Posted in accounting | business | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | ROI

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Time well spent

January 22, 2009 - 10:53pm

A pie chart depicting the information on the Internet. While most of it is serious, meaningful stuff, a tiny slice shows 'YouTube videos of people hurting themselves in amusing ways'. According to the chart, that's also what most people actually watch.

Posted in Internet | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | participation | time

iToaster

January 18, 2009 - 5:49pm

(Steve Jobs at a microphone) And, not that it's any of your business, but I'm also the fifth Cylon.

Posted in apple | battlestar galactica | Cylon | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | steve jobs

Why can't I qwit you?

January 12, 2009 - 8:25am

(Late at night, a man on the doorstep of a woman's house. The woman has just been awakened.) Hi! We've never met, but I noticed a few hours ago that you stopped following me on Twitter. Mind if I ask you why?

Posted in friend | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | social network | twitter

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And take a shot whenever their domains redirect to a link farm

January 5, 2009 - 11:30pm

(police officer on radio, surrounded by bodies and empty beer bottles and cans) Yep, acute alcohol poisoning. Looks like another one of those take-a-shot-every-time-a-Web-2.0-business-goes-under drinking games.

Posted in business | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | recession | web 2.0

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