Shared posts

19 Mar 20:54

Broken Clock

by Doug
14 Mar 20:29

as the unusually loquacious saying goes, "the proceeds of crime are minimal and will not, ultimately, benefit the individual who initially instigated them"

archive - contact - sexy exciting merchandise - search - about
← previous March 13th, 2017 next

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

20 Feb 22:48

Morning Person

by Doug

Morning Person

Dedicated to Gail – happy belated birthday to you!!

And here are more mornings.

23 Nov 02:23

Microsoft reboots war on sleep

by DHH

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/href

Oh 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.

15 Nov 21:44

Calvin and Hobbes for November 09, 2016

10 Nov 09:59

Wookiee Surprise

by Doug

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!

05 Nov 17:57

Calvin and Hobbes for November 02, 2016

05 Nov 17:56

Calvin and Hobbes for October 31, 2016

05 Nov 17:55

Emptiness

by Doug

Emptiness

Get back to work!

05 Nov 17:54

Troublemaker

by Doug
05 Nov 17:53

The Smell of Horror

by Doug

The Smell of Horror

More zombies!

And there’s still lots of time to enter this year’s Halloween contest!

17 Oct 23:02

Doing Stuff

by Doug

Doing Stuff

Dedicated to Barbara! Happy 30th!!

And here’s more productivity.

04 Oct 02:48

How to Complain About Work

by Scott Meyer

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.

 

You can comment on this comic on Facebook.

As always, thanks for using my Amazon Affiliate links (USUKCanada).

28 Sep 14:56

Calvin and Hobbes for September 27, 2016

24 Sep 03:38

Nine Out of Ten

by Doug
21 Sep 14:13

why does our town named "blüdhaven" have so much violent crime compared to "peacetopia", a nearby town of comparable population, it is a mystery

Wilerson

I totally identify with the title-text. But Ryan forgot, or maybe is unaware, that Nightwing is not in Blüdhaven anymore.

archive - contact - sexy exciting merchandise - search - about
← previous September 21st, 2016 next

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

14 Sep 14:04

hello, yes, the talking dinosaurs have a bat man story for you today

archive - contact - sexy exciting merchandise - search - about
← previous September 14th, 2016 next

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

11 Sep 19:17

Elevator Etiquette 3

by Doug

Elevator Etiquette 3

Dedicated to Denise. Also, it’s the triumphant return of my go-to fart sound effect, “Pfarp”.

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! :)

05 Sep 10:24

Time Flies

by Doug
03 Sep 19:19

Cães e gatos – Ironia

by Carlos Ruas

112

31 Aug 14:33

1664 – Personalidades que não valorizamos…

by Carlos Ruas

2854

Vocês não sabem a importância que o Luci tem para a nossa vida e para a cultura nerd! 

24 Aug 10:51

Creative People

by Doug

Creative People

Here’s more creativity.

23 Aug 18:21

Whiteboard

by Doug

Whiteboard

Savage Chickens: Live From Silicon Valley continues! I’ll be posting California pics over here on my Instagram.

22 Aug 19:02

The Cool Companies

by Doug

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!

22 Aug 18:58

Meteorite Identification

Click for an actual flowchart for identifying a meteorite. My favorite part is how 'Did someone see it fall? -> Yes' points to 'NOT A METEORITE.' This is not a mistake.
18 Aug 20:46

1660 – Pokemon Go

by Carlos Ruas

2850

17 Aug 14:59

sub-subtitled "send in your answers to scientists and see what they say, i guess??"

archive - contact - sexy exciting merchandise - search - about
← previous August 17th, 2016 next

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

11 Aug 13:41

The Joy of Work

by Doug
10 Aug 20:19

downsides to being a mammal (some of my best friends are mammals so it's okay that i wrote this comic)

archive - contact - sexy exciting merchandise - search - about
← previous August 10th, 2016 next

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

01 Aug 11:17

Argument

by Doug