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Wow That Was One Nerdy Week [Three Best Things 2/8/10 - 2/14/10]

Posted by Jason on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 12:28am

Maybe now that football’s over, the internet’s jock/nerd balance has swung the unsportsy way. For whatever reason, this week’s 3BT is by far the nerdiest yet. If I knew any Star Trek quotes, I’d drop one here; you couldn’t even stop me.

Your socially awkward links:

Also, marvel at Reddit’s ridiculous list of the most useful websites. [Lost quote]. No, I promise you’ll be amazed.

Nerd Creates Herd of Himself

This nerd conducting a live screencast clicks to watch himself conducting his live screencast, and hell follows after. At the :31-second mark, the Nerd Hall of Mirrors soars into the Nerd Hall of Fame, [Monty Python quote].

The Shoddy Aughties: Best of the Decade's Worst Lists

Posted by Jason on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 4:52pm

Heads up, friends: This post is part of ENGINE’s decade-closing blogsplosion. Click here to witness the rest of the damage. The aughties!

It’s time for the exhaustive list of the Worst _____ of the Decade lists.

Y2KWe try to be positive. But come on. When Pew concludes it was the worst decade in 50 years, and Time drops the 10 Worst Things about the Worst Decade Ever, it’s hard to forget this decade kicked off with Y2K — not just a fail fail, but the biggest fail fail ever — and has only gotten more and more bailouty and wardrobe malfunctionous since.

Would love to list nice things; just filling a void here. Kottke’s already got the best lists list covered. It has some worsts too, but isn’t nearly as horrific as what you’re about to endure Also, Fimoculous has the 2009 list of lists up and running — perfect for those getting the shakes at staring down the barrel of all ten years at once.

Our next entry in our series will be as pleasant as can be. But it’s darkest before the dawn. Wade into the shock and awful.

Worst 2000s Lists

Worst Ads, Branding & Marketing


Via 10 Worst Green Brand Names by Fast Company

Worst Books, Magazines, & Newspapers


Via 30 Worst Women’s Magazine Covers by BuzzFeed

Worst in Business


Via 15 Biggest PR Disasters by Business Insider

Worst Cars


Via 10 Worst Cars by Jalopnik

Worst Celebrities


Via 10 Worst WWE Heavyweight Champions by Bleacher Report

Worst Computers & Web Stuff


Allegedly a website, via 10 Ugliest Websites by WXYZ.com

Worst Design


Via 12 Worst Web Design Trends by Web Hosting Help Guy

Worst Fashion


Via 10 Worst Hair Trends by the Frisky

Worst Food & Drink


Featured in 10 Worst Fast Food Meals by Time. Image via flickr

Worst … General


Featured in 11 Worst Ideas by the Washington Post

Worst in Money


Featured in 10 Worst Athletes to Ask for Financial Advice by Real Clear Sports

Worst Movies & Theater


Via 10 Worst Hindi Movies by Greatbong

Worst Music


Via 25 Worst Album Covers (NSFW) by Gunaxin Media [Somehow, the nuclear reactors make less sense than the pigs that are immune to pig flu.]

Worst in Politics


Via 12 Most Shocking Sex Scandals by the Huffington Post

Worst Products


Via 10 Worst Tech Products by CNET

Worst Science & Tech


Featured in 10 Worst Moments in Science by Smithsonian Magazine

Worst in Sports


Via The Decade’s Worst NASCAR Paint Schemes by Fanhouse

Worst TV


Featured in 10 Worst TV Shows by Complex

Worst Videogames


Via 10 Worst Games by GameWad

That’s it! You survived the worst decade since the 1360s.

That wasn’t so bad after all!

Got more? Send them my way.

Three Best Things, 11/17/09 - 11/22/09: Michael Scott's Just a Gangster, I Suppose

Posted by Jason on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 12:13am
  • In The Office According to The Office, son nerds out on some business theory, evaluating the American version of (and some of the British) The Office as a workplace thesis instead of as a work of TV comedy.
  • 5% of fans expect customer service, but 100% deserve it: When polled, very few people admit the reason they interact with businesses via social media is to get service. But when asked how they would like companies to interact with them, a majority wished for service. Revealing! Your customers want great service, but they don’t want to have to go out of their way to seem like they want it.
  • MONTAGE TIME: Titled “The Wire - 100 Greatest Quotes,” it’s not quite that, but it comes close. The source is too rich — I mean, you could make a fantastic video of just the 100 greatest Bunk quotes. This actually works as a decent trailer for the show and hits enough plot points to feel like a brief recap.

    Not child-friendly, due to cussiness:

    No “Got to. This is America, man”? No “How my hair look, Mike?” No Dookie or Namond? “They screw up, they get beaten. We screw up, we get a pension”? Kima’s version of “Goodnight, Moon?” This could go on forever. But I’d be lying if I said it was easy to only watch this video twice in a row!

Three Best Things 9/28/09 - 10/4/09: Social Media Gurus Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Posted by Jason on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 9:25pm
  • When tempers flare, it’s important to take a break and count to ten. Here’s a pretty soothing ten: Top Ten Things You Think You Know about Iran that are not True.
  • Diddy Puff Daddy signed to Interscope Records this week, essentially spelling the end of Bad Boy Entertainment, the record label that ran the mid-to-late 1990s. A retrospective from an insider: Bad Boy Is Dead, Long Live Bad Boy.
  • True, we offer social media consulting. We prefer to incorporate this service as a small piece of a larger project, and we believe in results, not fads. But, of course, there’s no shortage of Web 4.0 Social Twitcyclopedia-Blogitannica Hucksters out there who don’t give a crap about developing good reputations with their clients. The following is all-too familiar for anyone who runs a web business (yes, we get this kind of spam in our inboxes just like you do) … also, Not Safe For Work due to its many cusses:

Three Best Things 8/10/09 - 8/17/09

Posted by Jason on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 2:57pm

Bonus editorial commentary

Some deserve second chances: Philadelphia Eagles head coach talks about signing Mike Vick. Other items have had more than sufficient opportunities to get with the program: IE6 Cannot Die.

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