Links
Here are some links to spots on the web that I like - some creative, some silly, and all of them good. Hope you enjoy!
Articles and comics that I still frequently think about
- Zach Weinersmith - SMBC - The Art Cycle
- Zach Weinersmith - SMBC - How Internet Fighting Works
- Zach Weinersmith - SMBC - Scarcity
- PhD Comics - Academia
- PhD Comics - The Golden Sap Ratio
- Randall Munroe - XKCD - Digital Resource Lifespan
- N. R. Kleinfeld - NYTimes - The Lonely Death of George Bell
- Marina Keegan - YDN - The Opposite of Loneliness
- Jon Bois - SB Nation - 17776
- Jon Bois - SB Nation - 20020
- Adrienne LaFrance - The Atlantic - What Makes a Volcano Sacred?
- Tim Urban - Wait but Why - Why Procrastinators Procrastinate: Part One Part Two
- Tim Urban - Wait but Why - Life is a Picture, but You Live in a Pixel
- Corey Mohler - Existential Comics - The Elflord and the Mayfly
- Abstruse Goose - In Cabin'd Ships at Sea - unfortunately offline, need to upload picture
- Many Worlds Theory - The 9 Kinds of Physics Seminar
- Ken Liu - The Paper Menagerie
- Aaron Bleyaert - How To Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps!
- Jenny Odell - how to do nothing
- Matt Might - The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D.
- Dennis Perkins - SNL Reviews
- Isaac Asimov - Profession
- Ciechanow Ski Mechanical Watch
Useful links:
Comedic influences:
Yes, it might be a bit pretentious to call these influences? But I sure have listened to them a whole lot, and they have definitely shaped how I see things! When I have the time, I'll try to also include links for some of my favorite work from each of these wonderful people as well.
- Seth Meyers - especially Corrections
- John Mulaney
- The Lonely Island
- Key & Peele
- Dropout/Collegehumor
- James Acaster
- Taskmaster
- Taylor Tomlinson
- Michael Schur - especially Parks & Recreation, The Good Place, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Gianmarco Soresi
Some of my favorite webcomics:
Most of these are already listed above, but just to make it more explicit. I think I grew up just constantly reading webcomics - it eventually became almost muscle memory in how I started each time I sat down at the computer.
- Zach Weinersmith - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
- Jeph Jacques - Questionable Content
- Randall Muroe - XKCD
- PhD Comics
- Homestuck
- Perry Bible Fellowship
- Existential Comics
- Abstruse Goose
Websites that I ripped off found inspiration in
- Coleman Collins
- Felix Tripier
- The Woks of Life
- Rohan Chandra
- Adora Svitak
- Sida Tang
- Pramod Kotipalli
- Wendy Liu
- UK Gov
- Dan Nosowitz
