Linky and the Brain

What you are about to read is an assortment of links that the VaynerMedia team found this week – some are tech, some are sports, some are funny, some are random, but all of the links are interesting… or so we think!

AJ Vaynerchuk: Enough. Neat write up on content overload.

Matt Sitomer: The Next Web – “Screw TweetDeck – Tweet by Fax”. Twitter brings families together in unexpected ways.

Adam Kopec: Browser Size. For designers: helps figured out the size of the browser viewable area!

David Zhang: 33 of the World’s Strangest Buildings. Some of the most interesting buildings I have ever seen, in high resolution photos. Worthy of a look-through!

Sam Taggart: Announcing bit.ly Pro. The URL shortener bit.ly announced a new feature, bit.ly Pro, just another reason why they will continue to win.

Keith Holjencin: Change Blindness Experiment Video. A video featuring a fascinating experiment covering change blindness. Professor Daniel J. Simons, who is involved with the study, states that this is the idea that we often miss large changes to our visual world from one view to the next.

Marcus Krzastek: Bit.ly TV. Bit.ly starting to put the information they’re collecting from their links to work by showcasing the top videos shared through the service.

Stephanie Bagley: From Blog to Book Deal, How 6 Authors Did It. Case study on six bloggers who successfully parlayed their popular blogs into book deals.

Zak Jacoby: LED Traffic Lights Don’t Melt Snow, Do Cause Accidents. An article about how the new LED energy efficient traffic lights are causing accidents.

Mike Boyd: Walking Table. This invention makes moving furniture not only easy but cutting edge!

Saeed Jabbar: A Peek At 360-Degree Video StreetView Maps. The Swiss give us a sneak peak at the next version of Google street view!

Joe Whitmarsh: Pepsi pulls out of Super Bowl advertising, ending 23-year run. Let it marinate: Pepsi, according to this article, spent $142.8 million on 10 Super Bowl ads from 1999 to 2008 is not advertising any of their products in this year’s big game but will instead turn their ad focus online…and BOOM goes the dynamite. This could be the tipping point in digital advertising.

John Oates: The Social Media Quiz. Take the social media quiz and find out how saavy/addicted you are when it comes to social platforms.

Tim Werly: Costly Kick in the Teeth to Bowl Teams. Interesting that even though college Presidents and ADs staunchly defend the football bowl system, outside the 5 BCS bowls schools are losing money by participating in bowl games.

Leora Israel: It’s OK. I Love My Old Gear, Too. This tech writer might be on to something. Something to think about this holiday season while lusting for a new Macbook. Let’s save the planet and make our old stuff work.

Neil Sarkar: Why your boss is incompetent. Does not apply to Vaynermedia (obv), but this article presents an interesting argument that people are promoted to the point that they “reach the level of their own incompetence”

Caleb Brown: Could the Google train hurt Firefox?. Look into the Google Chrome vs. Firefox battle. Very interesting as I just started using Chrome as my main browser.

Sameer Tanakia: Top 10 Superbowl Ads from 2008 Well its almost that time of the year… well next year (2010) but it is coming up soon… sooo here is a great recap from 2008

Keith Holjencin: Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Limited Edition. BONUS – A video featuring Bruce Lee playing ping-pong with nun-chucks!