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bloomberg businessweek: kfc

spot for bloomberg business week about the internal war being waged at kfc between the home office (yum!) and its franchisees over grilled vs. fried chicken. to sum up, do not mess with a chicken holding a fry basket, they will eff you up! okay, that doesn’t exactly sum up the article, but the advice still holds.

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slate: how black people use twitter

yesterday i did a quick slate illustration for an article titled how black people use twitter, which could have been called hashtags started by black teens, or some less flameworthy title. i woke up to this wonderful email:

subject: A brown bird?
Dude, you are RACIST. I’m calling Jesse Jackson now.

i was pretty entertained, and not sure whether the person who sent the email (anonymously for the most part) was actually offended, sarcastic, or just being an ass. starting out, i figured this article and illustration would probably drum up some conversation, both positive and negative, and while this illustration isn’t going to win any awards for concept, is it offensive? do you, dear reader, find it racist?

slate: how black people use twitter, by farhad manjoo.

while mulling this over and chatting with slate, they sent over this hilarious illustration remix by www.innyvinny.com (check out the rims on that twitterbird!):

sincerely,
your racist illustrator.


p.s. jesse, let’s do lunch!


p.p.s. since you didn’t ask, this is how i look as a twitterbird (full disclosure, i need a haircut):

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colonel windpipe’s musical brigade

i finally got of off my drawing butt to contribute to uberkraaft and Lesley Barnes‘ collaborative project, colonel windpipe’s musical brigade. now, without further ado, i present: mr. whaleratio hornblower.

> see the entire brigade: flickr / blog

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slate: blogging the periodic table

slate just launched a new project where the author sam kean will be blogging the periodic table for the next five weeks. rather than discuss the specific chemistry and science of these elements, sam dives into the history, stories and oddities of the table. all in all quite entertaining, now go learn you some science!

slate: blogging the periodic table by sam kean

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npr: hand, arm, android

a couple of weeks ago, i was involved in a video shoot directed by john pavlus for NPR’s new android app. the idea behind the video is a stop-motion-whiteboard-style thingie, illustrating the community development of the app. it was a fun day, the shoot took place at ten ton studio in the brooklyn navy yard, and i got to hangout with a bunch of good looking hands. in case you’re curious, i’m the hand at the top right (the lefty, but you knew that) mostly drawing in the orange highlight field during the mass of hands segment (:41-:58).

more info: npr blog / behind the scenes

here are a couple of behind the scenes shots i secretly took with my ‘android’ phone before the NPR gestapo showed up to keep me from photographing the proceedings.


(jannese rojas at work, duane bruton NOT at work)

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