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By: What would cookies do? « Free Range Cookies Blog

What would cookies do? « Free Range Cookies Blog — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:48:04 +0000

[…] on cube grenade for store […]

By: A little bit | TheoRadical

A little bit | TheoRadical — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:50:03 +0000

[…] is a reason that Macleod’s Cube Grenades resonate with me. I don’t agree with every one of them. But I look at the world in much the […]

By: The future of advertising is | New Media Blues

The future of advertising is | New Media Blues — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:57:55 +0000

[…] has does really good cartoons over at Gaping Void. He also does these things he calls “cube grenades.” Some of the cube grenades come from the cartoons, some are made just to be cube grenades. […]

By: Might social networks be bad for your fees? | AccMan

Might social networks be bad for your fees? | AccMan — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:36:41 +0000

[…] at a price I am prepared to pay. Do I care what sort of pen or whatever Hugh uses when drawing Cube Grenades? Nope. Only that the finished article makes me smile for which I’ll happily pay a premium. […]

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 24 May 2009 10:04:45 +0000

I have my "cube grenades" on the wall in my hallway at home, see picture: http://www.belowbelief.com/archives/2009/05/crazy-deranged-fools.php where they regularly get conversations started when guests come round. And I regularly "throw grenades" into an emailed newsletter at work to cause trouble or just to make people take things less seriously. They do cause a raised eyebrow here and there sometimes. Thanks for letting us use them in this way Hugh and yes - I might very well upgrade to the "higher quality" version soon.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:11:11 +0000

it's like the small gurilla stuff, really interesting post, spinvox have been getting cube grenades out there for ages with their little spinvox men - http://blog.spinvox.com/ definitely an interesting talking point, nice bunch of people too

By: Matt Lacey

Matt Lacey — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:37:52 +0000

I don’t have any walls by my desk, but have created a screen saver featuring some of my fave cartoons.

By: Armando Alves

Armando Alves — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:43:45 +0000

I planted a Cube Grenade of “If you talked to people the way advertising …” behind my desk (on an ad agency).
It stood there for 3 years.
Nobody bother to asked me what it meant or who did it.
So last Friday, my last day (i resigned), i posted on the monitor and left, and on my goodbye email i launched my last grenade and emailed everyone at the Office the Cluetrain Manifesto. Maybe that would help.
I look forward to keep throwing more cube Grenades on my new job. May I borrow some of the cartoons of your new book? (still have to order it though, as i missed the chance to get a free one).
Keep those Cube Grenades coming, Hugh.

By: Ferdi Zebua

Ferdi Zebua — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:59:47 +0000

@John Rutter: in Windows XP and above, use the My Pictures Slideshow screensaver, which should be included in a standard installation. Create a folder of Hugh’s cartoons, somewhere within My Pictures perhaps, and set the Slideshow Screensaver to use that folder as its picture source (right-click on the desktop and select screensaver, then find “My Pictures Slideshow”).
And this is of course very possible in most other GUI-based modern operating system. Those more familiar with OS-X and/or Ubuntu/Gnome/KDE/X-ScreenSaver can perhaps enlighten us.

By: Ms Constantine

Ms Constantine — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:00:46 +0000

After finding your cartoons the first thing that really made me want to share them, and the thing that made it more possible, is the creative commons license you have on your work.
It’s awesome!
Seeing your cartoons everyday is the mini kick up the ass I need to get working sometimes.

By: John Rutter

John Rutter — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:02:07 +0000

Hugh,
Find it interesting to read this blog post about ‘cube grenades’, as I found it quite interesting/amusing to put up one of your cartoons (the lifestyle remained) on my twin monitor displays that are *extremely* visible in my corner spot of a low-panelled cubicle.
Plenty of footfall past that corner gave rise to various comments, raised eyebrows or just inquisitive expressions. Interesting material.
Reckon that a simple screensaver with alternating cartoon images might be a useful approach too. Obviously that only works when not at my desk, or not using my PC, but still a wortwhile idea, I think.

By: Leila Anasazi

Leila Anasazi — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:06:55 +0000

I’m so happy to have a name for these now: Cube Grenade. Yes.
Ever since finding them, I have been emailing your cartoons off to cause trouble.
Now I almost wish I had a cube.

By: Ferdi Zebua

Ferdi Zebua — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:50:51 +0000

Generals don't kill the enemy. People under their command kill the enemy. Not that Generals don't provide an invaluable service, of course...

Hugh, have you got a cartoon illustrating the above, or similar? It especially resonates with my current situation where middle and upper management are pushing to meet targets and deadlines, meeting quality control standards, intra office politicking, while no one is focusing on actually making the funny stories happen... (and that I could do something about it, if I really wanted to.)

By: paperheadman

paperheadman — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:32:22 +0000

Cube Grenades are Social Objects. Cube Grenades are Social Objects. Cube Grenades are Social Objects…
Good idea, i’ve just started a “change all desktop” operation

By: Rick Liebling

Rick Liebling — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:47:10 +0000

Hugh,
Can you give us a link to the original “Quality not job one” cartoon?