The Best ‘Best of’ Lists of 2007

Culturite : The Best ‘Best of’ Lists of 2007

Here are 25 different lists with the "Best Of 2007":

1. Best of 2007 Lists (the definitive meta-list by Fimoculous)
2. Master List of Online “Best of 2007″ Music Lists (a meta-music list by LargeheartedBoy)
3. Updates to the Master List of Online “Best of 2007″ Music Lists (updates to #2 by LargeheartedBoy)
4. 40 Best Raps of 2007 (top hip-hop tracks by CocaineBlunts)
5. 15 Best Candies of 2007 (delish sugar treats by CandyAddict)
6. 50 Best Websites of 2007 (multiple categories list by Time & - oh look - who’s a top news site?)
7. 30 Best Albums of 2007 (top rated by the critics and aggregated by Metacritic)
8. 25 Best Careers of 2007 (so choose wisely, my friends, by BizTech)
9. Most Hated Companies of 2007 (the most widely & heavily criticized, by BloggingStocks)
10. 100 Best Products of 2007 (because there can never be enough products, a list by PC World)
11. 22 Best Music Videos (some silly choices by MusicForKidsWhoCan’tReadGood)
12. 25 Best Books of the Year (fiction, non-fiction and more by Publishers Weekly)
13. 100 Best Films of 2007 (a mix of new and re-releases by TimesOnline)
14. 18 Best American Hospitals of 2007 (a incredibly paradoxical list by USNews)
15. Best Global Brands of 2007 (aka the biggest brands in the world, by Interbrand)
16. Best of NYC 2007 (best of the Big Apple, by the VillageVoice)
17. Best Biblical Books of 2007 (a “completely objective” book list by BiblicalFoundations)
18. America’s Best Restroom of 2007 (congrats to Jungle Jim’s, by ABR)
19. Best Parks of 2007 (for the adventure seekers, by National Geographic)
20. Best Industrial Design Products of 2007 (with slick imagery by RedDot)
21. Top 10 Depression Blogs of 2007 (a useful, if sombre, list by PsychCentral)
22. 2007 China Best Call Centre (the best operators ‘who will be with you shortly’ by CallCentres)
23. Top 100 Luxury Blogs of 2007 (an elite assortment by International Listings)
24. Best of What’s New in 2007 (products, inventions, and gadgetry compiled by PopularScience)
25. Top 60 Japanese Buzzwords of 2007 (vernacular awesomeness by PinkTentacle)

How to make an Origami CD case

The Spiral Data Tato -- A Curiously Complex Origami CD Case

Actually, today's link will teach you how to fold paper to create 2 different origami cd cases.

1. There's instructions for the simple paper compact disc envelope or CD sleeve.
2. There's also instructions for the more complicated, spiral origami cd cover. The instructions have printable patterns for both American and European sized paper.

This is the most fun I've had with paper since making those Star Wars paper models. I'll probably use one of these sleeves for packaging my annual cd compilation.

Where are the canonical web designs?

Do Canonical Web Designs Exist?

An interesting question, and the short answer is "Yes." Google and Amazon are the canonical web designs of our time. Why? Go to the Canonical Web Design site to find out.

Discover new music from TV commercials

Music from TV commercials on Squidoo
As radio continues to get stale, ironically, the best new music is showing up in commercials. It's rare that the artists get credit for the funky music that makes the commercials "cool".

Who are these artists? N.E.R.D., Flaming Lips, Matthew Dear, Wilco, Teddybears, Ok Go, MSTRKRFT, Brazilian Girls, The Helio Sequence, Yoshida Brothers, Wolfmother, Ozomatli, Goldfrapp, CocoRosie, Royksopp, Dizzy Gillespie, and The Polyphonic Spree, to name just a few of the artists featured here.

This Squidoo Lens has TONS of current and classic TV ads with great music. The clips come from YouTube and elsewhere, and have the names of the songs and the artists. For you marketing, film and design junkies, the ads that get the best music also often have some of the best visual concepts.

So, go ahead! Enjoy the commercials without the guilt!

Today's Link source: Squidoo Lens of the Day

All the good links are from Japan...

This upcoming weekend, Vancouver is hosting the Powell Street Festival; which is Vancouver's annual Japanese cultural festival . I'm looking forward to some great food, like Okonomiyaki, Takoyaki and Yakitori. Yummy!!

In honour of the Powell Street Festival, here are 4 fascinating links that are all related to Japan.

1. Stunning 360 degree view of Yokohama Harbour (Quicktime VR)
2. Maywa Denki - Japan's far-out version of the Blue Man Group (videos)
3. Tokyo's Shinjuku station signage made with adhesive tape
4. Video profile of hetero male hosts at a Japanese Host Bar

Today's Link source: Linkjockey Tumblr

The Ultimate Guide to folding Paper Airplanes

The world's best paper planes - Guardian.co.uk

Everything you need to fold the world's best paper planes. It includes step-by-step guides for 12 different folded planes (in html and pdf), 24 printable patterns in color for folding planes (or used as origami paper), and top tips from paper airplane experts. It's the perfect way to spend a sunny weekend.

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Today's Link source: del.icio.us

50 Tutorials for Logo Design

Top 50 Logo Design Tutorials E Logo Design

I'm always fascinated by good graphic design, and logos are one of the most compact forms of design. If you're at all interested in branding or becoming a better designer, today's link aggregates 50 different tutorials for logo design.

If you're looking for some logo-design practice, Linkjockey would LOVE a new logo. Design a Linkjockey logo in the next couple weeks, and email me your results. If I get a submission I like, I'll reward you with some kind of prize to make it worth your while.

Today's Link source: Furl

Ultimate Color Resource for designers

COLOURlovers : Color Trends & Palettes

Colour is the currency of designers, and if you design for print or the web, COLOURlovers will help you find the right colors to go together for your project.

In true web 2.0 community fashion, you can search, submit new palettes, discuss and rate others' submissions. There are colour themes for every theme, style, and mood, so you can find your own personal rainbow for your project.

So umm... red, black and white. Pretty stylin' eh?

Today's Link Source: Webby Awards and Threadless

Deepest Secrets Revealed!!!

PostSecret
PostSecret is an online art-confessional. People write confessions on the front of a postcard and mail them in to get posted weekly on the website. Some confessions are scandalous, others banal, but the combination of text and images are often striking and creative examples of graphic design.

Creepy Double Images for April Fools Day

Hybrid Images @ MIT

Look at the picture above. Get really close. Then step back, go the other side of the room, and look at the picture again. Weird, eh?

Aude Olivia and Antonio Torralba from MIT do research in cognitive science and have developed these amazing hybrid images. Their Hybrid Images is a gallery where there are examples of these optical illusions for you to creep yourself out. There are more examples and explanations of how it's done in this pdf. DIY and creep out your friends.

Happy April Fool's, one day early!

Create your own comics

ToonDoo - The Cartoon Strip Creator

ToonDoo is a new really easy way for you to create your own comic strips. You can upload your own photos, use some of their photos or drawings. Click and drag things around, then copy the code and put it on your website or blog.
Dead easy. Let the hilarity ensue.

Free Stock Photos

everystockphoto.com - your source for free photos

When I'm working on projects that need graphics, sometimes I need to use photos that I don't have.

everystockphoto.com is growing, and at the moment, they have over 1 million free, Creative Commons photos. Sure, you could just grab pictures from Google or you could pay for them from a stock photos company, but I think "free" and "legal" are important qualities, and don't have to be mutually exclusive.

everystockphoto.com is based in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada, as was the fantastic photo-posting site Flickr, before it was bought by Yahoo!.

Keeping tabs on Japanese style...

Japanese Lifestyle Magazine Tokyocube

The Linkjockey used to live and teach English in Japan. There's so much going on in Japan in terms of art, design, travel and style that just isn't replicated anywhere else.

I miss Muji, The Loft and going to shopping. I miss keeping up with the latest 5-minute trends. I miss experiential restaurants and the best creepy children's toys for adults. But all is not lost, and I can still track a few of these things through Tokyocube.

Tokyocube brings a lot of these elements together in their very stylish online magazine.