December 13, 2007
naked conversations
[Cartoon dedicated to my friend, the dauntless Robert Scoble.]
[Seesmic Post:] "Are 'Mosquitoes' a good Metaphor for Web 2.0?"
Bloggers need repellent 2.0
Posted by: Caleb Chang at December 13, 2007 4:07 AMBoy, you nailed it Hugh
Posted by: PXLated at December 13, 2007 4:38 AMNice.
Posted by: Michael at December 13, 2007 5:40 AMTotally brilliant Hugh :-)
Posted by: Geoff at December 13, 2007 9:40 AM"bloggers need repellant 2.0". not sure about that really. bloggers need a readership, a following, a fanbase. if they end up seeing their followers as mosquitoes that's really unfortunate. but i don't think that's Hugh's point. any kind of celebrity brings with it a fair share of people wanting to suck a little blood. seems to me that Hugh's mosquitoes are one of the prices of Celeb 2.0 :)
Posted by: dan light at December 13, 2007 11:04 AMLets see... bloodsuckers, stinging/burning/itching, malaria, buzzing in the ear, travel in packs... Yeah, I would say that is spot on!
Posted by: Jose Castillo at December 13, 2007 11:49 AMAt the risk of pimping my own stuff in the reflected glow of Hugh's graphic brilliance I coined Continuous Partial Transparency :)
http://www.broadstuff.com/archives/601-Continual-Partial-Transparency-and-other-Blogomenons.html
Posted by: alan p at December 13, 2007 12:23 PMROFL So true! So very true.
Posted by: Mari at December 13, 2007 3:40 PMYou can't walk around naked, with the windows open, and the lights on and not expect mosquitos.
Bloggers are exhibitionists and readers voyerists. Methinks thou doth protest too much.
Posted by: L.J. at December 13, 2007 5:50 PMHugh
Let us not forget the important role mosquitoes have in our ecosystem. 1) Pollination 2) serving as food for others.
Posted by: Dick at December 13, 2007 5:59 PM
i love your cartoons! they're brilliant!
Posted by: pushpanjali at December 14, 2007 7:20 AMOkay you are now my official comic professor- I will look to you for guidance when I'm standing there naked.
Posted by: mysterymika101 at December 15, 2007 3:26 PM
Don't talk to me about mosquitoes ... I've canoed in the swamps of the Florida Everglades under a dark swarm of them. You need repellent, gloves, a foreign legion hat and a long-sleeved shirt. But in praise of the metaphor, I'd still do it all over again.
Posted by: vicequeenmaria at December 15, 2007 8:15 PMto my mind your cartoons are awesome!
Posted by: Tetiana at December 17, 2007 7:44 PM