The first awesome top ten list of 2012

Top ten things that have probably happened so far in 2012

1. Seth Godin wrote a bestselling book and it’s already been translated into 12 languages
2. Jay Cutler looked at the scoreboard in Minnesota and thought “How much longer?!?!?”
3. Mitt Romney ate a piece of pie and and thought “How much longer?!?!?”
4. Someone went to see Sherlock Holmes (but not many)
5. Someone showed up at the Health Club who hasn’t been there for 5 months
6. People mourned a Chimpanzee
7. I broke a resolution
8. Someone Googled “Hangover Cure.”
9. Lady Gaga watched Evita, Dick Tracy, and Desperately Seeking Susan to try to get some new ideas
10. 248 people are not sure sure if getting engaged last night was such a good idea now that its light out and the band isn't playing "Wonderful Tonight."

Happy New Year and hope you get put on a lot of (good) lists in 2012

How to create a community of spies

There are more end-of-year lists than mattress sales this time of year. Ridicule them if you will, but they’re great ways to find good reading, stupid videos, cool design…pretty much the best of anything you’d ever want to experience.

You could probably just live in a cage from January through Thanksgiving, wake up and spend a few solid days online, and find the bestest stuff of the year.

Here’s one list on design that’s mindless and fun. I especially like the Rollercoaster designed to kill you and the USB drives hidden around NYC to connect people into a little spy network, the former because it’s wickedly smart and the latter because it’s another ingenius way to build a community.