For the art: Niall's blog propaganda poster recreated
Mostly lost in the
brouhaha over Niall Kennedy's withdrawal of a blog posting,
after concern about how it would reflect on his
employer, is the subject of
his original visual composition. It was a merging of blog-industry logos with a
WW2-era education/propaganda poster.
Though Niall is
no longer offering his composition, he does
describe it in sufficient detail to understand. I think his
combination of graphics from two different eras and spheres was clever
and thought-provoking.
So that others may enjoy the important questions it raises, I've recreated Niall's poster, working from Niall's description, to the right. (Click for full-size image.)
I've also taken the artistic liberty of adding the Technorati logo to the roster of included corporate logos. After all,
if your enemies -- be they wartime armies, corporate competitors, or just the
easily-offended -- wind up using your blog posts against you, there's a good chance
they'll use a tool like Technorati to get the goods.
Also submitted for your approval, another layer of commentary, below. (Click for full-size image.)
Further recursion is left as an exercise for the reader.
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