Google year-end Zeitgeist and my own list

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