illustration for pcworld about smart phones arriving with a boatload of preinstalled crap (or craplications, as i just named them). additional benefit was getting to animate this piece for the ipad edition of the magazine.
art direction: beth kamoroff
![okay, this is just a reuse of my slate piece about draw something, however, it got picked up by newsweek japan. how freaking cool does this article look in japanese? i am not much of japanophile, but i do find something wonderful about magazine and book layout in non latin formatting. to my myriad of japanese followers and readers[1. i’m huge in japan.], be sure to pick up a copy of newsweek japan, on newsstands now!
Original Article](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v2x4xfEZ1qz8fd8o1_500.jpg)
okay, this is just a reuse of my slate piece about draw something, however, it got picked up by newsweek japan. how freaking cool does this article look in japanese? i am not much of japanophile, but i do find something wonderful about magazine and book layout in non latin formatting. to my myriad of japanese followers and readers[1. i’m huge in japan.], be sure to pick up a copy of newsweek japan, on newsstands now!
oh farhad, what have you gotten yourself into now? farhad manjoo attempts to quit google for a week. while bing holds up admirably for searching, he finds himself dependent on the other and varied offerings of the ubiquitous tech company.
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slate: i ditched google for a week, farhad manjoo
quickie illustration for the brand spanking new techhive. google’s new cloud storage service, google drive, promises that the user retains full ownership of their stuff, well, at least until you grant google a copyright license by using their service.
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techhive: how google drive’s terms of service measure up, by glenn fleishman
the new hot app for iphone/ipad/facebook/android/whathaveyou is draw something, a social pictionary* style game in the vein of words with friends, the latest and greatest way to use your device to scratch your butt. according to the farhad manjoo, the joy comes from the ease of play and lack of rules. according to me, i signed up, started a random game with somebody who drew what were presumably shoes, then drew an arrow pointing at said shoes, and then wrote: ‘goes on feet’.
slate: better than words with friends, by farhad manjoo.
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*i am a bit of a grump about this as i have always hated pictionary.
businessweek investigates what happens when your smartphone get stolen and the private information that gets looked at. entertaining package of illustrations, including controversy over the ‘photos’ one. the blurred version is the original one i sent, but the legals were uncomfortable with my blurring (okay, it’s true, you can see junk), thus the final version has black bars covering sensitive areas. i will say though, the back and forth over this change cause quite the amusement in the studio.
…and to answer your unasked question, yes indeed there is a full-on nudie NSFW version!
Data Security: Most Finders of Lost Smartphones Are Snoops
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a new study run by facebook shows that people on social networks are not just hearing and sharing the same information or what they want to hear. now of course this survey was run by facebook, but interesting all the same.
slate: the end of the echo chamber, by farhad manjoo
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one of the keys to apple’s success has been spending money on operations. so when apple wanted a special lighting solution that required a laser capable of creating nearly invisible holes, they didn’t just get a few of these special lasers…they bought all of them. for the record, i am pretty sure this is exactly what industrial lasers look like. pew! pew!
ad: maayan pearl
bloomberg businessweek: apple’s supply-chain secret? hoard lasers, by adam satariano and peter burrows
slate: will robots steal your job?
farhad manjoo starts his investigation into the future of automation, and not just assembly lines, but robots as doctors, writers, teachers and lawyers. notably, he doesn’t mention anything about automated illustrators. i’d like to see johnny 5 come up with the idea of robots chatting at a watercooler, it’s impossible!
slate: will robots steal your job? by farhad manjoo
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bloomberg businessweek: alpha android (alternate)
as mentioned in a previous post, this illustration for bloomberg businessweek had an alternate version. the specifics of the story changed, so the specifics of the illustration ended up changing as well, however, i liked the direction the first one one was going, so what the hell, i finished it up. i am undecided which version i prefer.
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bloomberg businessweek: alpha android
more technology mayhem from businessweek, this time it’s about google tightening their control over the android operating system. the article is first running online, but i am looking forward to seeing how it comes out in the magazine. should be fun (a future post will include an alternate version!).
bloomberg businessweek: do not anger the alpha android, by ashlee vance and peter burrows
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bloomberg businessweek: mobile wars!
my move to corner the market on transmogrified inanimate objects continues. also, you know you have a special relationship with a client when during a back and forth about some minor changes to the sketch, emails include this conversation:
me: important illustration question … can i draw one of the phone/tablet/whatevers getting kicked in the, dare i say, nuts?
shawn: ha! i don’t see why not. maayan chuckled as well!
i love working with these people.
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slate: the cell phone wars
a year ago, i did an illustration for slate of iphone vs. curve in a fight to the death. with the launch of the new google cellphone platform android (or google phone, or g1, or whatever you feel like calling it), slate ran a new article about this cell on cell, no holds barred, cage-match mobile phone battle. happily, this illustration felt like a continuation of the previous skirmish, but whereas the first was a street fight, this one turned into more of mma brawl. in the interest of full nerd-fanboy-disclosure, i am partisan towards the iphone.
slate: the cell phone wars, by farhad manjoo
slate: the iphone menace, by paul boutin
