Randall Munroe: XKCD - Triangulation 412

Randall Munroe is the creator of the greatest comic strip on the internet: XKCD, and the author of the new book 'How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems.' He talks with Leo Laporte about how he got started making comic strips, the importance of not making fun of people for not knowing stuff, and the best way to generate letter pairs for kerning. Buy "How To": amzn.to/2ZzxGLM Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Randall Munroe Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/shows/triangulation. Subscribe: twit.tv/subscribe Products we recommend: twit.to/amazon About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce over 30 hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, All About Android, and more. Follow us: twit.tv/ twitter.com/TWiT www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork www.instagram.com/twit.tv

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