11 awesome things that happened (on my blog & in my life) in 2011.
Posted: December 14th, 2011 | Author: Erica | Filed under: Tips, Tricks, How-To's & Top 10's | Tags: best-of, blogging | 2 Comments »Turns out it was an awesome year!
People searching for me finally supplanted “Mark Zuckerberg’s girlfriend” and “Facebook is the Antichrist” as the main traffic drivers to my site! Other shining moments:
1. Most commented article ever (on this blog, at least!):
Ethical question: Is newsjacking black hat?
2. Biggest burn:
Lululemon’s ‘Who is John Galt?’ Ayn Rand bags: a not-so-hidden capitalist manifesto?
3. On the way Klout reduces the human soul:
Open letter to Google+ team: please don’t integrate Klout.
4. Fame pinnacle:
Me in the Winnipeg Free Press, talking QR codes.
How does it feel to run a livechat, anyway?
5. My illustrations on CNN:
Illustration for CNN.com: ’4 Trends Shaping the Emerging “Superfluid” Economy’
Future of Facebook project, of which I am a teeny part, featured on CNN.
6. The salient difference between humans and robots (hint: we’ve got the moves like Jagger):
Digital lifeforms vs. analogue humans: who’s a better dancer?
7. We make a Japan-saving QR code & outfit the mayor:
Scan for Japan: @AceBurpeeShow’s Red Cross QR Code t-shirt on sale now!
The Mayor of Tipping Points! Sam Katz in our Japan/Red Cross QR code t-shirt.
HOT103 Pray for Japan QR code billboard: YES! It scans from the street!
8. Eyeball-melting art:
GenX Canadiana courtesy of the NFB.
#animatedgif art: Picture elements.
“There’s nothing wrong with this town”: Ralph Bakshi on Winnipeg.
New York ❤s @FriendsWithYou.
9. Forays into new media journalism as a CBC social media producer, and after:
Livetweeting: mobile journalism, mortifying mistakes & a bright orange vest.
Do you expect to interact with news organizations on Twitter?
Hypothesis: the mainstream #media feeds social media. What do you think? [Infographic]
10. QR codes ad nasuem. The slideshare’s had 18,616 views & the “how-to design with” is the most-searched article on my site.
Voir QR: The History, Use & Abuse of QR Codes [slideshow]
How to design with QR codes.
Anatomy of QR Code
How can you use QR codes if you can’t afford a mobile site?
NFC (near field communication) vs. mobile tagging (or, are QR codes totally dead?)
QR codes in New York.
11. The freebie that gets downloaded the most:
Free design download: vector Facebook like/recommend/share icons
I didn’t realize a blog could be kind of like..a log on the web that reminds you of all the amazing stuff that happened. Hugs to everyone who was a part of it. Now I’m getting all sentimental ❤
