Here are the most clicked on "Things We Like" links from 2009.
- Patience pants. Not only is it nifty piece, it attracted some of our best spam comments of the year: "Thanks for pants. Have you thought of making a whole patience outfit?" [Linked to Eastern European web site.]
- Actually, some of the funniest protest signs of 2009 would make good spam comment fodder, if you happen to work for a fly-by-night SEO firm.
- Blackbaud's Nonprofit Social Media Primer (PDF) was our most popular link of the year, followed closely by the James Irving Foundation's "Convergence: How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector" (PDF).
- The report we did with Idealware on Donor Management Systems proved very popular, as well.
- You don't need to be a Bonnie Tyler fan to appreciate the best flowchart of all time. (Second place goes to the U.S. Air Force, in part for differentiating between "Trolls" and "Ragers" in their flow chart on how to respond to blog posts.)
- Proof that Roombas work. Also, proof that kittens riding on a Roomba are impossibly cute.
- While
we're on the subject, you really like videos of cute animals. Is that
really what you want from us? Okay, fine, you deserve the break:
- Crazy cat drinking water off its own head.
- Maru.
- The most patient cat in the world.
- Simon's cat: animated truth.
- Tired of cats? Here's an adorable puppy!
- And, of course, whatever the heck this thing is.
- We admit that "10 Practical Tips for Facebook Fan Pages" are probably better than 10 impractical tips, but think of the possibilities: "4. Harvest Fans' e-mail addresses by visiting each profile. Add them to your CRM. Message them about updates to your Fan page."
- If the New York Times' terrific interactive map of the recession or this spectacularly frightening time-based map of the expansion of Walmart bring you down, cheer up with the most amazing chart we saw this year. (Hand drawn!) Oh, and this one's great, too.
- Let's wrap things up with a couple of memes:
- There's a growing community of humorists working the underbelly of Amazon.com. Sure, this shirt is awesome in and of itself, but check out the reviews. Then, follow the "Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed" section to more hilarity (particularly the gallon of milk).
- URL Shortener Roulette. When you're faced with something like http://tinyurl.com/34kldn, you don't know where it might take you; you have to trust the source of the link. For added fun, try changing one of the characters. You never know where you'll end up. Often, nowhere -- but every now and again, some place magical: http://tinyurl.com/b4kldn.
