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<\/p>\nHere’s my annual internet stocking stuffed with what’s trendy, newsworthy and just plain fun in web content. Get ready for hours of viewing, listening and reading\/linking pleasure! Bookmark this page for future reference. Happy Holidaze!<\/p>\n
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1. Top Web Video Spot<\/strong> 2. Top Example of How Big Media Works (or Doesn’t)<\/span> 3. Top Viral Marketing Campaign – US<\/strong> 4. Top Viral Marketing Campaign – UK<\/strong> 5. Top How-Not-To-Brand Lesson 6. Top Web Quiz Tool<\/strong> 7. Top Web Mashups 8. Top Web Radio Streams 9. Top Full-Album Streams 10. Top Hollywood Blogger Toppling the Tabloids Count Your Blessings Bonus: <\/strong>The Global Rich List<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bunny Bonus:<\/strong> Not to worry, here is the latest Bunny parody, Christmas Vacation in 30 Seconds Re-enacted by Bunnies<\/a>! For past bunny classics, explore the archives below.<\/p>\n Don’t stop now, there’s still plenty of goodies in previous TTWDs:
\nThe web story of the year is YouTube<\/a>, hands down. Its limitless potential and example of viral, user-contributed content garned $1.65 billion (gulp) when it was gobbled up by Google<\/a>. For the uninitiated, here’s a brief sampler of its deep wells of self-broadcasts and bootlegs.<\/p>\n\n
\nHere’s how the major networks covered the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner<\/a>, and here’s the scathing (and one would think newsworthy) 20-minute Stephen Colbert roast<\/a> that was not reported or mentioned anywhere by big media. Just another reason why you should support “Net Neutrality”<\/a><\/strong>, Free Press<\/a>, Media Matters<\/a> or your local NPR<\/a> station.<\/p>\n
\nDove’s Campaign for Real Beauty featured this Evolution<\/a> film, which exposes the fashion industry secret that beauty really is skin deep. (More on the campaign here<\/a>). If immitation is the highest form of flattery, then this campaign was well received… see parody here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThis Sony Bravia<\/a> commercial, which ran only in the UK, spread across the pond due to its visual vivacity and viral components, spawning spin-offs and parodies as well<\/a>. (More viewing options here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> Speaking of parody, here’s a funny homemade video that answers the burning question: What if Microsoft designed the iPod?<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAt GoToQuiz.com<\/a> you can design your own web quiz, or browse through existing quizzes such as these two that measure: How Massachusetts Are You?<\/a> and Are You A True Red Sox Fan?<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> “Hey, you got peanut butter in my chocolate!” Reeces<\/a> may have invented the mashup in the real world, but here’s what happens when you move that concept to the web and combine publicly available data with open-architecture web apps (Web 2.0):<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong> Streaming radio is all around. Here are two at the top of my iTunes list. For the holidays: listen in on Xmas in Frisko<\/a>, a slightly alternative Christmas playlist. For the rest of the year: dial up David Byrne Radio<\/a>, it’s like having a really hip friend spinning records on your command. Or if you’re just looking for a quick work break, bookmark NPR’s Song of the Day<\/a> to stay tuned in.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> iTunes (and others) reshaped the music industry, and now you can shop, sample and stream all over the web. Some favorite newcomers in 2006: Lupe Fiasco<\/a> (plus video<\/a>) and Cat Power<\/a>. And some old favorites with streaming projects: Neil Young’s annotated Living With War<\/a> is a full-album stream with ongoing news and related links, Paul Simon’s Surprise<\/a> offers full streams of about half the album.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The 4-million-hits-a-day, sleazy celebrity blog, PerezHilton.com<\/a>, is beating the tabloids at their own game and creating a controversy and lawsuit<\/a> in the process by posting tabloid photos and adding crude comments and rough pencil sketches in the name of satire, similar to other wildly popular blogs in the genre Pink is the New Blog<\/a> and the tamer by comparison Go Fug Yourself<\/a>. (Hey, I don’t write ’em I just report on ’em.)<\/p>\n
\nAmy’s 2005 Top Ten Web Diversions<\/a>
\nAmy’s 2004 Top Ten Web Diversions<\/a>
\nAmy’s 2003 Top Ten Web Diversions<\/a><\/p>\n