The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes audience internet live
I don't have hard numbers about this, but the impression I get is that the amount of eyeballs you get from being on the humor shelf at Barnes & Noble - it is almost insignificant. Randall Munroe amountbarneeyeball Change image and share on social
What people don't appreciate, when they picture Terminator-style automatons striding triumphantly across a mountain of human skulls, is how hard it is to keep your footing on something as unstable as a mountain of human skulls. Most humans probably couldn't manage it, and they've had a lifetime of practice at walking without falling over. Randall Munroe automatonfallfoot share on social
Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm thinking that maybe we'll have a future where Google is 'xkcd.' Randall Munroe comicdrawfeature share on social
I use computers and the Internet every day of my life, and yet I have absolutely no idea how they work. I'm like a labrador watching 'The Matrix.' John Niven absolutelycomputerday Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them. Kerry Greenwood audiencedetectiveeducate Change image and share on social