cartoons - ReadWriteWeb http://www.readwriteweb.com/feeds/tag/cartoons en Copyright 2009 Richard MacManus readwriteweb@gmail.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.23-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Cartoon: Conference Appreciations Rob Cottingham is cartoon-blogging the Real-Time Web Summit - keep checking back for updates!

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]]> wine.png]]>Discuss]]> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cartoon_conference_appreciations.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cartoon_conference_appreciations.php Cartoons Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:50:24 -0800 Rob Cottingham Cartoon: Save/Don't Save/Cancel I've decided I really, really, really don't want to die. Anyone know where I can make a secure off-site backup?

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]]>Discuss]]> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cartoon_save_dont_save_cancel.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cartoon_save_dont_save_cancel.php Cartoons Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:10:34 -0800 Rob Cottingham Cartoon: Stalkrs The Internet (or at least Twitter and MySpace) bade farewell to Trent Reznor and Stephanie Meyer respectively, if not respectfully, last week. Each of them blamed incessant harassment by trolls for their departures.

Some may roll their eyes and dismiss these complaints as thin-skinned... but it's hard to underestimate just how debilitating the deluge of abuse can be. While XKCD offered one ingenious solution to the problem, and others are suggesting an end to anonymity online, I'm inclined to agree with Sarah Perez, who suggests the only real answer, for now, is that celebrities who can't cope with the torrent of crap should staff up with a communications team to handle it for them.

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]]>Discuss]]> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cartoon_stalkers.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cartoon_stalkers.php Cartoons Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:30:30 -0800 Rob Cottingham Electronic Voting 2.0 Living in Canada, I've been spared the joy of voting using Diebold's (now Premier Election Solutions') notorious machines. Given their track record, maybe it's time to consider another vendor - maybe someone with a huge installed base and a reputation for engaging, fun interfaces.

I'm thinking Nintendo. Wii-lections, anyone?

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]]>Discuss]]> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/electronic_voting_20.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/electronic_voting_20.php Cartoons Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:17:18 -0800 Rob Cottingham Suggestion For John McCain Hey, none of McCain's other messages seem to be closing the gap. They might as well try this one.

Besides, the new iGoogle interface seems to be an issue that really motivates potential voters.

And it's not like there aren't worse reasons to vote against someone.

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]]>Discuss]]> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/suggestion_for_john_mccain.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/suggestion_for_john_mccain.php Cartoons Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:32:14 -0800 Rob Cottingham Cartoon: Death Watch Okay, let's not panic everyone. Yes, there's the odd eerie echo of the last bust, and yes, times are suddenly a lot tougher, and yes, investors are suddenly asking awkward questions like "Do you have a revenue model for this?"

On the other hand, at least this time we get to blame the bricks-and-mortar people, and not the other way around.

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]]>Discuss]]> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cartoon_death_watch.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cartoon_death_watch.php Cartoons Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:23:42 -0800 Rob Cottingham Bitstrips Launching at SXSW: "YouTube For Comics" Online comics service Bitstrips will be one of the startups hoping to become SXSW Breakout App of 2008. In fact they responded to our Breakout Apps post by creating a special comic strip for ReadWriteWeb (see below). So what is Bitstrips? It's an online comic strip that you can create and run as a series, kind of like a visual blog. I think this has a great chance of gaining traction, because a lot of people think visually and everyone enjoys comics.

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]]> Some of my buddies already run comic strips to great effect; e.g. check out Josh Porter's tech-focused comics. Also an early blog friend of mine, Andrew Chen, used to run an excellent comic strip on cyber-ethical themes. So Bitstrips will make 'comic blogging' easy and encourage communities to form around them. Frankly I think it's an awesome idea - there's a good chance there will be latent demand for this, and it could go viral among the SXSW crowd and beyond.

Here's the comic the Bitstrip editors did for us:

Bitstrip is rolling out a major upgrade tonight, in preparation for tomorrow's "pre-launch" at SXSW - where they will send beta invites to hundreds of SXSWers. They also plan to "comic blog" the SXSW event.

What do you think? Will Bitstrip be the Breakout App we're all looking for?

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