What I found amusing from google's year-end zeitgeist...
Who is... #4. Who is hot
> If g.search can answer this one, I think Google officially passes the Turing Test
How to... #8. How to blog
> Ohh!
Define... #1. define promiscuous
> Who said pop songs can't educate?
Define... #2. define web 2.0
> I'm still trying
Where is... #2. where is matt?
> Yes, where is matt?
2006 Tickets - US... 3. the fray tickets
> Someone get me a pair of those!
.. and my personal list..
Startups to track
1. Yelp
2. Loopt
3. VSee
4. Admob
5. CafePress
Companies ready for (or already on) a comeback:
1. Cisco (Is that a Virtuous Cycle I see?)
2. Microsoft
3. Yahoo! (check out the Peanut Butter Manifesto)
4. Kodak
Wall Street darling: salesforce.com and the SaaS model
Most interesting in my Google Reader (a bit redundant here)
1. Bob Sutton's blog
2. Diego Rodriguez's blog
3. Flickr Blog
4. Barefoot Coffee Roasters' daily (or sporadic) grind
Most influential -- academic
1. d.school
Biggest surprise
1. Timbuk2
2. Wal-Mart's sustainability initiative
Most interested in reading: Made To Stick
Most expensive: opportunity cost
Best quotation: "Fail often, fail early" (props to d.school's Clicks and Bricks)
Cutest baby: Colin (my high school English teacher's son)
Best mass-market tool that I was a sucker for: Canon Rebel XT
Most influential: Perry Klebahn
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You've had particularly high opportunity costs this year, but what you've gained will be worth far more than what you gave up, I think.
Also, on Google's list, I was surprised that four of the top ten "define" queries were in Spanish? Is there a strong Spanish-language usage, or was this kids wanting help with Spanish homework? (E.g. "Define ensayo.")
Also, on the Peanut Butter Manifesto: I can't believe he could be so intolerant of peanut butter!
True, the natural tendency of PB is to lie flat on the bread, as he complains, but he did hint at the fact that it could be sculpted into something better. It takes hard work and creativity to transform the ordinary, but Yahoo's done it before and can do it again. (Sorry, I was channeling Jack Johnson for a moment there.)
I was surprised that four of the top ten "define" queries were in Spanish
great and interesting observation, and i notice that yahoo's capturing the spanish community with telemundo.yahoo.com...
mm.. peanut butter (and jelly)! so wonderful. i guess he does peanut butter just plain vanilla.
You're going to have to explain Timbuk2 to me someday. I've owned their bag as long as I've been racing a bike (8 years or so). Did they become popular all of a sudden? I do see a lot more Timbuk2 bags these days.
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