2007 Year in Review

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2007 Year in Review


What we did.

What we learned.

Where we’re going.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztj2qfui114

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Iphone tops 2007 Google Zeitgiest 1. iphone

2. Webkinz

3. Tmz

4. transformers

5. Youtube

6. club penguin

7. myspace

8. heroes

9. facebook

10. anna nicole smith


“We are calling it iPho ne ,” he said.

January 9


Be ckham he ads fo r L.A. in $1 millio n a w e e k de al

January 11


January 31


Lisa Novak attempts to kidnap and murder one of her colleagues

February 6


Viaco m sue s Go o gle , Yo uTube fo r $1 billio n

March 13


Sales of US homes fell 3.9 percent to the lowest rate in seven years

March 26


Virginia Tech gunman kills 32 people and himself in the worst shooting rampage in US history

April 16


After 35 years, Bob Barker stars in his last The Price is Right episode

June 17


Barry Bonds hits record-breaking 756th homerun

August 07


Michael Vick pleads guilty to dog fighting charges

August 27


Mattel recalls 19 million toys sent from China

September 5


Radiohead releases In Rainbows on their own terms


Al Gore wins Nobel peace prize

October 12


Bush releases plan to stem home foreclosure, many believed investor optimism would be short-lived (correct!)

December 6


2007 celebrity hot spot: Rehab• Lindsay Lohan

• David Hasselhoff

• Brigitte Nielsen

• Richie Sambora

• Keith Urban

• Amy Winehouse

• Britney Spears

• Robbie Williams

• Miss USA Tara Conner

• Mike Tyson

• Isaiah Washington

• Pete Doherty

• Eddie van Halen

• Marie Osmund’s kid


Let’s watch some videos!


On the tube• LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc&eurl=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/multimedia/2007/12/YE_onlinevideo2007?slide=1&slideView=3

• Battle at Kruger

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM&eurl=http://youtube.com/blog • The Landlord

- http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/74 • Prison Thriller

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o&eurl=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/multimedia/2007/12/YE_onlinevideo2007?slide=11&slideView=2

• Chocolate rain

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA&eurl=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/multimedia/2007/12/YE_onlinevideo2007?slide=6&slideView=7

• DUN DUN DUUUUUUN!

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs&eurl=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/multimedia/2007/12/YE_onlinevideo2007?slide=3&slideView=4

• Miss S. Carolina - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww&eurl=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686303_1690891,00.htmlOtters

• Daft hands

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq--Nw&eurl=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686303_1690911,00.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc&eurl=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/multimedia/2007/12/YE_onlinevideo2007?slide=1&slideView=3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM&eurl=http://youtube.com/blog

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/74

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o&eurl=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/multimedia/2007/12/YE_onlinevideo2007?slide=11&slideView=2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA&eurl=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/multimedia/2007/12/YE_onlinevideo2007?slide=6&slideView=7






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs&eurl=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/multimedia/2007/12/YE_onlinevideo2007?slide=3&slideView=4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww&eurl=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686303_1690891,00.htmlOtters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq--Nw&eurl=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686303_1690911,00.html


What we learned


Subprime mortgage meltdown• A surge in mortgage defaults among U.S. home buyers

disrupted money markets around the globe


Faceboook is sooooo 2007

• Microsoft out bid rival Google for a 1.6% share priced at $240m

• Open to new developers


Social networks

• Redefining online comraderie and commerce

• Facebook open to independent developers

• Still lingering concerns about communities


What is our role in the planet’s health?

• Back-to-basics mentality

• Warmer winters and odd weather

• Sustainabilty key business platform


It rained in the North Pole

• Global climate burned bright in 2007

• Al Gore receives Nobel Peace Prize

• Going green goes mainstream

• Sustainability becomes key business model


2007: An experimental year

• What works and doesn’t work on facebook?

• What applications add value to our daily lives?


Micro celebrity• People are developing

interesting social skills to adapt to microfame- We're learning how to live

in front of a crowd• Twitter and facebook allow

people to send out press releases

• Looking good is even more important- There will be photos and

those photos will end up online


Websites to watch in 2008


Etsy.com


Twitter.com

"Twitter is about the intimacy of details," said author David Weinberger. "Through it I see small events in the lives of friends about whom I otherwise might only learn the big events when we catch up after long intervals."


Dopplr.com

• Dopplr lets you share your travel plans privately with a group of friends and colleagues whom you have chosen


Moshimonsters.com• Moshi Monsters takes the idea of virtual pet games

and adds the concepts of social networking and puzzles


Seesmic.com

2007 Year in Review

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