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Randall Munroe visits MIT

29 points by rglovejoy 17y ago

ElliotH 17y ago
Anybody got a video of this? (YouTube has videos from 2007 but not 2009)
brk 17y ago
He had to leave in time to go manually put a comic online? Seriously? ;)
- psawaya 17y ago
  I've wondered how he does it, since I've noticed XKCD updates without fail at midnight eastern time. He must be finishing them well before the deadline, and have some kind of CMS publish it right on time.
  - brown9-2 17y ago
    This is the scheme he has admitted to in the past - although knowing him it is a script and not a full-fledged CMS.
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- tjic 17y ago
  http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting.
novum 17y ago
I met Randall at his book signing a few months ago at 111 Minna in SF. What the article says about him wanting to speak to each fan is absolutely true: as he signed my book, I commented on his phone (some kind of Android), saying something like "I totally had you pegged for a jailbroken iPhone guy." We spent a few minutes (not too many; I noticed people behind me getting antsy) discussing the relative merits of Android vs. iPhone OS. Great guy, very friendly, and he personalized his autograph for me! Edit: I almost forgot! The person in front of me in line turned out to be Randall's very first girlfriend (from middle school or summer camp or whatever). She brought him a picture of him that she had taken at the time, and they exchanged phone numbers and made plans for dinner. Small world...
kn0thing 17y ago
This is 24hrs too late, but I must comment that I've been consistently impressed with Randall's commitment to his readers. We were at one event on the book tour, the Silicon Valley stop at Anybots, until at least 2am so that he could have healthy conversations with everyone who stuck it out in line. As if there weren't already a ton of reasons to heart xkcd, his appreciation of his readers is just one more attribute to add to the list. (full disclosure: I started breadpig, which publishes the xkcd book, but everything I've written is 100% true regardless of that fact)

29 points by rglovejoy 17y ago

ElliotH 17y ago

Anybody got a video of this? (YouTube has videos from 2007 but not 2009)

brk 17y ago

He had to leave in time to go manually put a comic online? Seriously? ;)

psawaya 17y ago
I've wondered how he does it, since I've noticed XKCD updates without fail at midnight eastern time. He must be finishing them well before the deadline, and have some kind of CMS publish it right on time.
- brown9-2 17y ago
  This is the scheme he has admitted to in the past - although knowing him it is a script and not a full-fledged CMS.

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tjic 17y ago
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting.

novum 17y ago

I met Randall at his book signing a few months ago at 111 Minna in SF. What the article says about him wanting to speak to each fan is absolutely true: as he signed my book, I commented on his phone (some kind of Android), saying something like "I totally had you pegged for a jailbroken iPhone guy." We spent a few minutes (not too many; I noticed people behind me getting antsy) discussing the relative merits of Android vs. iPhone OS. Great guy, very friendly, and he personalized his autograph for me! Edit: I almost forgot! The person in front of me in line turned out to be Randall's very first girlfriend (from middle school or summer camp or whatever). She brought him a picture of him that she had taken at the time, and they exchanged phone numbers and made plans for dinner. Small world...

kn0thing 17y ago

This is 24hrs too late, but I must comment that I've been consistently impressed with Randall's commitment to his readers. We were at one event on the book tour, the Silicon Valley stop at Anybots, until at least 2am so that he could have healthy conversations with everyone who stuck it out in line. As if there weren't already a ton of reasons to heart xkcd, his appreciation of his readers is just one more attribute to add to the list. (full disclosure: I started breadpig, which publishes the xkcd book, but everything I've written is 100% true regardless of that fact)