XKCD has a web cartoon making the rounds that nicely summarizes 22,000 years of climate and human history. One important point: As the last ice age ended and temperatures heated up, humans did better ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. What’s the most stupidly ambitious aspect of ‘XKCD: Volume 0,’ the book ...

I believe in charts. A good chart can stick an important fact into your mind and keep it there. And some of the best come from Randall Munroe’s webcomic xkcd. Now you can turn any chart into an xkcd ...

I was speaking yesterday to a teacher whose British accent is pronounced when he mentioned Monty Python in passing. “Who doesn’t like Monty Python,” I said. And his sour expression reminded me that ...

The Internet is history's greatest repository of minutiae, and its greatest generator. And that information is proliferating, mostly in the form of facts, both grand and trivial. The Twittersphere is ...

This past November, xkcd creator Randall Munroe posted a comic explaining that a family member had become ill. Although a handful of his comics since then have alluded to illness – the frustration of ...

Who knew that a silly comic strip could be so influential? XKCD’s strip focusing on the inanity of YouTube comments inspired someone to actually add the Audio Preview feature to YouTube. It’s provided ...

“I’m waiting for the day when, if you tell someone ‘I’m from the internet’ instead of laughing they just ask, ‘Oh what part?’“ Zoom in for hidden gems like “Social Media Consultant Channel” and ...