Noise to Signal

12 January, 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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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

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

Those were the days

December 23, 2008 - 2:31pm

Family at a dinner table, arguing about whether it was a good idea to get rid of the Internet

Posted in censorship | Internet | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal

Yes, West Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

December 22, 2008 - 3:19pm

(parent to child holding a lump of coal on Christmas morning) Yes, but it's CLEAN coal.

Posted in coal | Green | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | sustainability

Yes, Virginia, Santa just blocked your profile

December 22, 2008 - 2:12pm

Posted in facebook | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | Santa | spam

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Come to think of it, that fox isn't looking too healthy, either

December 18, 2008 - 12:00am

(one businessperson to another, as they look at a dead hedgehog on a boardroom table) Get Jim Collins on the phone. Our hedgehog's dead.

The last to know

December 15, 2008 - 1:59pm

(woman at computer while man sneaks out the door with a suitcase) Heh... check out this Facebook bug. It changed my relationship status to 'Single.'

Posted in facebook | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal

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With friends like these

December 8, 2008 - 11:33pm

(war correspondent in front of tank convoy) The rivalry between Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect took a surprising turn today...

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The sniff test

December 7, 2008 - 10:16pm

(one dog at a laptop computer, speaking to another dog) On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. But they can smell a marketer from a mile away.

Posted in Internet | marketing | Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal | transparency

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Gee, your Internet smells terrific

December 1, 2008 - 2:28pm

(person in net cafe, surrounded by people sniffing their computers and mobile devices) Who knew scent-based navigation would be the future of the web?

Posted in Noise to Signal | Noise to Signal

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