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March 13th, 2017: I've brought back a CLASSIC SHIRT for a limited time: the sinister octopus "We Were Not Meant To Be" shirt! NOICE – Ryan |
Morning Person
Dedicated to Gail – happy belated birthday to you!!
And here are more mornings.
Microsoft reboots war on sleep
A few years ago, Microsoft launched a Office 365 campaign with the slogan of #GetItDone. The basic premise was fitting more work into more places of your life. Well, not so much just fitting as shoving, cramming, and crunching it into every damn nook and cranny of your existence.
Like, why shouldn’t you check up on that Excel spreadsheet with the latest TPS numbers from the bathroom? Or take that conference call from your kid’s soccer game? Or fake presence with your spouse reviewing Word revisions while watch a show “together”?
Seriously. I’m not making these scenarios up. Microsoft’s campaign included all of them, complete with stats to alleviate the guilt of living such a shackled life. See, everyone is doing it! And Microsoft 365 makes it easier!!
Fuck. That. Shit.
We tried to push back against Microsoft’s #GetItDone back in 2013 with #WorkCanWait. That lead to a whole series of features in Basecamp 3 to encourage the exact opposite of what Microsoft wanted the future of work to look like. Basecamp 3 has a literal feature called Work Can Wait, which ensures that work stays out of your kid’s soccer game or your family’s movie night.
Anyway, that was then. I kinda thought Microsoft would have wised up since. In 2013, you could at least excuse the company somewhat since the dancing buffoon was still in charge. But in 2016? No. No, you cannot excuse that any more.
So watch this:
https://medium.com/media/f0133d84e92c4f5ea2d9727a657adbe4/hrefOh yeah, that’s just Microsoft putting a chipper fucking jingle to an ideal of work that’s literally presented as “14 hour days, 7 days a week, for decades”. Say what now? In what alternate universe is that an ideal you want to endorse?
Maybe that’s what the new Surface is all about. Perfect for sweatshops like Marvel to churn out yet another superhero rehash. Just so everyone else who’s working death shift after death shift for decades can escape the hell that is their life in make-believe fantasy. Swell.
But hey, THIS IS THE FUTURE OF WORK, right? The Surface Pro 4 is just here to enable the inevitable transition to this glorious paradise of productivity. Your life: 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, running Microsoft gear. Wouldn’t you want this too? Isn’t this aspirational? No. It’s death.
Sleep is good. Sleep works. Fuck companies and products that endorse skimping or skipping it as some kind of superpower. Fuck the Surface Pro 4’s marketing team. I seriously hope that this is just Microsoft temporarily slipping up, not a trend worthy of retracting forgiveness for.
Microsoft reboots war on sleep was originally published in Signal v. Noise on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
Wookiee Surprise
Dedicated to Star Wars fan Sherry – happy birthday Sherry!
And, some exciting news for me too, because my new book has gone into its second printing. Yay!
The Smell of Horror
And there’s still lots of time to enter this year’s Halloween contest!
Doing Stuff
Dedicated to Barbara! Happy 30th!!
And here’s more productivity.
How to Complain About Work
I once had a friend declare, loudly, “What do I want with dignity! What good does dignity do me? Dignity doesn’t pay my rent.” I wasn’t sure at the time whether he was trying to convince me that dignity wasn’t worth the effort to maintain, or himself.
Later I decided that it was a bad thing either way.
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why does our town named "blüdhaven" have so much violent crime compared to "peacetopia", a nearby town of comparable population, it is a mystery
WilersonI totally identify with the title-text. But Ryan forgot, or maybe is unaware, that Nightwing is not in Blüdhaven anymore.
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September 21st, 2016: I hope you enjoyed this comic about fictional character "Batman" who I must legally tell you is NOT owned by DC (Dinosaur Comics). – Ryan |
hello, yes, the talking dinosaurs have a bat man story for you today
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September 14th, 2016: Jughead #9 is out this now! I wrote it, I get to write Jughead comics now! You can read a preview RIGHT HERE Also: HELLO! Romeo and/or Juliet is being published in the UK, and the book has a new cover there! THIS IS EXCITING – Ryan |
Elevator Etiquette 3
Dedicated to Denise. Also, it’s the triumphant return of my go-to fart sound effect, “Pfarp”.
Also, a big thank-you to everybody for all of the nice congrats messages re: my new book. I really appreciate it. And it’s been a lot of fun to see what you all think of it! Thanks!
Cães e gatos – Ironia
1664 – Personalidades que não valorizamos…
Vocês não sabem a importância que o Luci tem para a nossa vida e para a cultura nerd!
Whiteboard
Savage Chickens: Live From Silicon Valley continues! I’ll be posting California pics over here on my Instagram.
The Cool Companies
This week, Savage Chickens is coming to you Live from Silicon Valley! I’m visiting Palo Alto for a day-job business trip, which seems like a good enough reason to do a bunch of Silicon Valley related comics this week! Wheee!
sub-subtitled "send in your answers to scientists and see what they say, i guess??"
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August 17th, 2016: DCAF was super fun, and the highlight had to be when a real-life magician came over with his bunny and then I got to pet the bunny. Did you see this amazing visualization of Romeo and/or Juliet? I HOPE YOU DID BECAUSE IT'S SUPER RAD. – Ryan |
downsides to being a mammal (some of my best friends are mammals so it's okay that i wrote this comic)
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August 10th, 2016: I'll be at the DARTMOUTH COMICS ART FESTIVAL this Sunday! This is my first East Coast show in A DECADE so I hope everyone can come. ESPECIALLY those of you not in the East Coast. It's beautiful! The food is amazing! The music makes me do a chefs kiss!! COME SAY HI AND READ SOME AMAZING COMICS! Did you see this amazing visualization of Romeo and/or Juliet? I HOPE YOU DID BECAUSE IT'S SUPER RAD. – Ryan |