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Now cartooning at One Degree

Exciting news: the wonderful Kate Trgovac has invited me to cartoon at One Degree, the premier gathering place for Canadian online marketing types. Their contributors are some of the smartest people I've met in this field, and I'm delighted to join their ranks.

So head on over, subscribe to their feed, and you can get a sneak peek at a selected Noise to Signal cartoon every week! (The first one's right here.)

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Fashionista-in-training

(two babies playing) Not everyone can pull off that whole just-a-onesie look. But on you, it works.
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Chomp!

(man with chunk missing from his rear end) I knew that was going to come back and bite me on the ass.

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Nobody sells "World's Best CEO" coffee mugs

Business woman on phone: I am NOT the world's worst mother! I'm the world's best CEO!

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Wired.

Person floating in tank, wired to a device: 'True, I'm the mindless slave of a vast machine, doomed to a life of servitude and total subjugation. On the other hand, I can't remember the last time I was so on top of my Twitter feed.'
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Is it a brainstorm, or just a mild low pressure area?

Facilitator addressing participant: We're just brainstorming here, so there are no dumb ideas. But if we weren't brainstorming, that would have been a really, really dumb idea.
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"Mission" statement

One person talking to another: "I think our mission statement has too many 'air quotes' in it."
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Wikipedinsomnia

(Man in bed, saying to sleeping companion) Sleep?! How can I sleep knowing someone could be editing my Wikipedia entry RIGHT NOW?!
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Where do the cool kids hang out?

Cartoon of three young people: cleancut (Facebook), menacing (MySpace) and an operator (LinkedIn)

If you follow this stuff, then chances are you've at least heard about danah boyd's blog essay looking at youth participation in online social networks through the prism of class. It's an excellent read with some valuable insights, but I don't think it's the best piece on her site.

Dig a little deeper, and you'll find a remarkable perspective on online participation by young people, one that cuts past the paranoia and panic that too often color public discussion on that topic. She starts from the radical premise that kids are people worthy of respect and dignity; her posts regularly take on political and commercial hucksterism with a rare combination of passion and rigour.

Her interests and insights range beyond youth as well. If you'd like to check out her blog, have a look at some of her greatest hits – and then let me know what you think.

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Cartoon: Instant pariah

(Man on bench whispering to a schocked friend) "I don't really like Rocketboom."
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