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Remembering... Through The Internet

The Internet has a short memory. Every day a new website, new video, a new meme consumes our online conversations, and is gone almost as fast as it came. But each day this happens, the Internet grows in size, because most of it is archived. This same tool that contributes to our short-term memory also allows us to remember, to immortalize.

Sites such as The Holocaust Museum's Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive help us remember. Wikipedia helps us document and remember. News sites, video sites, family tree sites... the list goes on and on.

Case in point... Cam Beck, one of my colleagues, has a great series of posts on Chaos Scenario in honor of memorial day that got me thinking about how easy it is to forget, but how powerful this amazing tool can be to help us remember.

Quick Links: May 28, 2008

New Google Reader for iPhone
And all you have to do is visit http://www.google.com/reader/i/. Another step closer to a desktop replacement...

Beck's Beer Blogger
Beck's is about to turn their international homepage into a blog, and they're looking for a blogger! [via Adverblog]

FWA Theater
New video site from the folks at the Favorite Website Awards.

QR Code: Banksy

Famous street artist Banksy has a new mural in London with a QR code! The QR code is pointed to his entry in Wikipedia... [via 2D Code]

Webby Award Winners: Now With Mobile!

Yes, the 12th annual Webby Awards winners have been announced. You can see the complete list here.

One of the great new categories that's been added is mobile. Here are a couple notable items:

• Cosmo Mobile: m.cosmopolitan.com
  Includes fake calls to ditch a date, places to hang out and more.
• Dr. Pepper: http://www.drpepper.com/matchcaps
  An iPhone game, Matchcaps
• New York Times Real Estate Listings: http://m.nytimes.com/re
  Functional, but interesting
• Chase SMS Banking: http://www.chase.com/mobile
  The future of banking, for sure

It's cool to see mobile starting to come into it's own as a medium.

Tostitos: NOLAF

Great site from Tostitos, the NOLAF website (National Organization For Legislation Against Fun) is a funny site that uses full screen video to its fullest. Worth checking out. Designed by Mekanism and Element 79.

Why Sh%t Matters to Design

Great outtake from the PSFK conference in New York, featuring Allan Chochinov from Core77. While he's coming at things from an industrial design perspective, these are clearly words of wisdom that anyone working in a creative field can take heed of.

Link via Fresh Creation.

Quick Links: May 1, 2008

Arnold's R&D Lab
Great article from Creativity on Arnold's new in-house innovation department.

Top 100 Public Intellectuals
I guess it's a cross between thinkers and talking heads... you've probably seen more than a few of these guys and gals on cable news networks.

Starbucks' Customer Ideas
They solicited customers for ideas about how to improve the business, and you can read all of them here!