About Rob Cottingham
Rob Cottingham of Social Signal. Rob runs a regular cartoon blog called Noise to Signal, in which he puts in graphical form some of the big questions of the social web.
Recent Articles by Rob Cottingham

Today's cartoon may well be an exercise in envy. I'm using an iPhone 3GS, and it'll be another 14 months (or 424 days - not that I'm counting) before I'll be eligible for a free upgrade to a phone that lets me use that Siri-esque magic. And voice-control easily the feature I'm most drawn to...

A while ago, I posted about one of the classic blunders in response to online criticism: deleting negative comments. Let's add another mistake to that list: silence. I'm not sure there's a force on earth that could have saved Susan G. Komen for the Cure from the social media firestorm that engulfed the organization this...

I'm somebody who can, uh, go on. At length. About nearly any subject. Ask anyone who's taken one of my classes... or read one of my blog posts once I get on a roll. So I can understand why I'll get the odd "TL;DR" in response. And I try not to take it personally; instead,...

SOPA and PIPA, the twin bills before the U.S. Congress, may not be dead dead. But after the past few weeks of protest, culminating in Wednesday's remarkable day of action, they're not looking at all well. Votes on both bills are now delayed indefinitely. (Or, to put it in terms the MPAA would understand, they're...

As you get older, you start to see the great cycles of life emerge. Hope and disillusionment and hope again; pride crushed by defeat and then rising again; and of course, the rising wave of speculation in advance of every Apple product launch. No surprise, then, that Morgan Stanley analysts are getting plenty of news...
Rob Cottingham Story Archive
- Cartoon: Not My Type January 8, 2012 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: The Beast Must Be Fed January 1, 2012 11:00 AM
- Cartoon: SOPA Opera December 18, 2011 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: We Just Didn't Click December 11, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: My Brand, My BFF December 8, 2011 11:00 AM
- IAmA Cartoon. AMA December 4, 2011 10:11 AM
- Cartoon: Hasta La Visa, Baby November 27, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: The Beast Must Be Fed November 20, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Taking the Plunge November 13, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Are You Yhere, Siri? It's Me, Margaret. November 6, 2011 11:00 AM
- Cartoon: A Thicker Skin October 30, 2011 7:44 PM
- Cartoon: Buh-KAAAAAW! October 23, 2011 11:15 AM
- Cartoon: The Cloud Has A Silver Lining October 16, 2011 10:00 PM
- Cartoon: Real Commitment October 9, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Do I Have to Draw You a Picture? October 2, 2011 3:58 PM
- Cartoon: The Only Constant September 25, 2011 8:55 AM
- Cartoon: A Clear-Cut Case of Ambiguity September 18, 2011 10:30 AM
- Cartoon: The Speckless Sky September 11, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Well Said September 4, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: They Retired His Number August 28, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Don't Make Me Come in There August 21, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Friends in Need August 14, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Anonymously Ever After August 7, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Not What We Meant by 'Mobile' July 31, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Pyramid Schemes July 24, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Brain Meets Balance Sheet July 17, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: "Let those who worship evil's might, beware my legal team!" July 10, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Google Plus-or-Minus July 3, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: May the Source Be With You June 26, 2011 10:00 AM
- Cartoon: Yeah, You're a Real Riot June 19, 2011 11:00 AM
- Cartoon: Please, Not Another Banner Year June 12, 2011 8:06 PM
- Cartoon: Did I Say That Out Loud? June 5, 2011 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Command, Control and Cake May 29, 2011 11:00 AM
- Cartoon: Workaround May 22, 2011 11:00 AM
- Cartoon: Roadblock May 15, 2011 12:26 PM
- Cartoon: Legacies May 8, 2011 1:23 PM
- Cartoon: Online Offenses May 1, 2011 12:45 PM
- Cartoon: The Silver Lining April 24, 2011 12:30 PM
- Cartoon: Discontent Farm April 17, 2011 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Get Thee Behind Me, Twitalyzer! April 10, 2011 2:31 PM
- Cartoon: Whoa - Backup a Moment April 3, 2011 1:00 PM
- Cartoon: Knock, Knock March 27, 2011 1:00 PM
- Cartoon: My Brand, My BFF March 20, 2011 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Click (And Click, And Click) to Donate March 13, 2011 1:00 PM
- Cartoon: Edge Cases March 6, 2011 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Maybe Start Using Get Satisfaction, Too? February 27, 2011 10:30 AM
- Cartoon: Share Alike February 20, 2011 1:30 PM
- Cartoon: Page-turner February 13, 2011 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Let's (All) Make a Deal February 6, 2011 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: And the Winner is... January 30, 2011 12:45 PM
- Cartoon: Bothered by Occasional Irregularity? January 23, 2011 12:30 PM
- Cartoon: The Competition January 16, 2011 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Word of the Day January 9, 2011 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: 140 Characters, Without Possibility of Parole December 26, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Thanks a Bunch, WikiLeaks December 19, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: A Delicious Excuse December 17, 2010 1:00 PM
- Cartoon: ;-) December 12, 2010 12:04 PM
- Cartoon: Conspicuous Me December 5, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: What They're Really Looking For November 28, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Loading... Loading... November 21, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Win a [Insert Name of Latest Apple Product Here]! November 14, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Apparently, We DO Need Those Stinking Badges November 7, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: MacBook (Not) Air October 31, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Please Retweet Me, Let Me Know October 24, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Analyze This... Repeatedly October 17, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: The Friend-Me Skies October 10, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Twelevision October 3, 2010 12:15 PM
- Cartoon: Can You Keep a Secret...? September 26, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: The Only Constant September 19, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: A/B Testing September 12, 2010 2:10 AM
- Cartoon: Happy Labor Day! September 5, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: So Sue Me August 29, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Optimized! August 22, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Flag for Moderation August 15, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Phones That Go Bump in the Night August 8, 2010 4:01 PM
- Cartoon: Mayor-iage August 1, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Wi No Fi? July 25, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: When Life Gives You Lemons, Acquire Lemonade July 18, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Captain, I'm Picking up Something on the Sensors July 11, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Hold, Please July 4, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: When commenters attack! June 27, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Conflicts of Interest June 20, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: The Name's Follower, Twitter Follower June 13, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Just Venting June 6, 2010 2:00 PM
- Cartoon: The Thin #FF0000 Line May 30, 2010 11:00 AM
- Cartoon: Tweaty May 23, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Facebook's Dogged Critics May 16, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Career Option May 9, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Retweet this cartoon! Win cool prizes! May 2, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Captive Audiences April 25, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: What's a Time-out in 2010? April 18, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: This User Has Been Suspended April 11, 2010 12:00 PM
- iPad: Content Reader Or Creative Platform? (Cartoon) April 4, 2010 8:00 AM
- Cartoon: Dial 'M' for 'My God, You're All Over the Road' March 28, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: The Winter of Our Dis-content March 21, 2010 12:00 PM
- Cartoon: Can't Go to SXSW? We Feel Your Pain March 14, 2010 9:24 AM
- Getting Away From it All... And Taking it With You March 7, 2010 1:00 PM
- Cartoon: Mommy, Where do Hashtags Come From? February 28, 2010 11:00 AM
- Cartoon: Hey, Hollywood! Option this cartoon! February 21, 2010 12:35 PM
- Cartoon: Valentine's Day February 14, 2010 11:51 AM
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