Fernando Alfonso III
Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.
Christopher “moot” Poole on the future of 4chan and birth of Canvas
In an exclusive interview, the 4chan founder discusses how Canvas builds upon his storied past and captures the “story” of a meme.
On May 21, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Facebook hit with $15 billion lawsuit over user tracking
The timely class action lawsuit combines 21 cases from across the country that accuse Facebook of invading users’ privacy.
On May 18, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Twitter implements Do Not Track feature
Twitter partnered with Mozilla to implement the feature, which will prevent sites from collecting cookies from users.
On May 17, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
About face: Canvas re-imagines a rage comic
Like an illustrated version of Rorschach test, Canvas users have been putting their own unique spin on this simple image.
On May 16, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
365: Behind artist Jag Nagra’s geometric portraiture
The 27-year-old Canadian illustrator talks about her ambitious Web project and the art of simplifying features.
Graffiti on Marc Jacobs SoHo store becomes fashion statement
Marc Jacobs used a photo of the graffiti taken by the perpetrator himself, put it on a T-shirt, and tweeted it right back.
On May 15, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Look who’s gaming now
The latest meme from the Canvas community provides some hilarious captions to an intense child gamer.
How Smart made a car commercial through Twitter art
Argentinian adman Maximiliano Ballarini explains how Twitter’s amateur artists inspired his Smart car commercial.
Is Kim Kardashian’s IMDB page an unfair hatchet job?
Should IMDB pages have “some semblance of neutrality”?
On May 14, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Anonymous spokesperson speaks out: “The world needs to be concerned”
Christopher Doyon, a.k.a. Commander X, claimed that system administrators are “coming to us with keys to the kingdom.”
Instagram! Mallory Blair filters “Game of Thrones” to perfection
Meet the Brooklyn public relations specialist behind the Tumblr blog, Gram of Thrones.
Man turns snow into art with his feet
Simon Beck can create intricate geometric patterns in the snow just by walking.
On May 11, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodie comes clean
Heavy is the head that wears the hoodie.
On May 10, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
New Tumblr project turns anonymous voicemails into art
“I find myself imagining every single person I see in public as a poet and I wonder what poems they might write,” the project’s creator says.
President Obama’s “Hope” poster comes full circle
Canvas users brought out Obama’s true colors in light of his historic support of same-sex marriage.
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