The Year 2009 in Photographs, Reviews en Top 10’s
Geschreven op 31-12-2008 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Oud & Nieuw
17 december 2009: Het is weer een geweldige serie foto’s waar The Big Picture op geheel eigen wijze het jaar 2009 nog even in beeld brengt. Uiteraard zullen er de komende weken nog wat mooie overzichten , reviews en Top 10’s komen.
The year 2009 in photographs (part 1 of 3) - 2009, the year in photographs (part 2 of 3) en 2009, the year in photographs (part 3 of 3) - New York Times The Year 2009 in Pictures - The decade in news photographs
31 december 2008: The Big Picture heeft het jaar 2008 weer op een weergaloze manier in beeld gebracht met drie geweldige fotoseries. Kleine waarschuwing: niet alle foto’s zijn even plezierig om te bekijken. Voor de meest schokkende foto’s is een extra Click here to view stap ingebouwd.
The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3) - 2008 in photographs (part 2 of 3) en 2008, the year in photographs (part 3 of 3) Ook de New York Times komt ieder jaar met een fraai overzicht: 2008 – The Year in Pictures. Nu we toch even met de overzichten bezig zijn, is het wel aardig om een aantal Top 10 overzichten onder de aandacht te brengen.
Wired: Top 10 Games of 2008 - Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008 - The Top Gadgets of 2008 - The Top 10 Green-Tech Breakthroughs of 2008
Inhabitat: TOP TEN GREEN ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS OF 2008! - INHABITAT READERS’ TOP STORIES OF 2008 - TOP TEN MOST POPULAR GREEN DESIGN STORIES OF 2008 - TOP TEN SUSTAINABLE STYLE STORIES OF 2008
WorldChanging: Year in Review 2008: Best in Climate Change - Year in Review 2008: Best in Cities - Year in Review 2008: Best in Business TreeHugger: Top 10 TreeHugger Stories of 2008 - 2008: The Year in Pictures and Images PeTA: Top Ten Lists
Erik van Erne zegt:
17 december 2009 om 06:51 | Permalink
Most watched and searched for on YouTube in 2009
This year has been the biggest yet for online video, and for the first time we’re sharing our official Most Watched lists and some of the fastest-rising search terms on YouTube. Some moments were big (President Obama’s inauguration), some small (a Minnesota wedding party erupts into dance), some expected (”New Moon”), some surprising (Susan Boyle) — but all of them inspired, entertained and connected millions of people around the world via YouTube.
For these lists, we looked at view counts of YouTube’s most popular videos (in some instances we aggregated views across multiple versions of the same video):
Most Watched YouTube videos (Global):
1. Susan Boyle – Britain’s Got Talent (120+ million views)
2. David After Dentist (37+ million views)
3. JK Wedding Entrance Dance (33+ million views)
4. New Moon Movie Trailer (31+ million views)
5. Evian Roller Babies (27+ million views)
Most Watched music videos on YouTube (Global)*:
1. Pitbull – I Know You Want Me (82+ million views)
2. Miley Cyrus – The Climb (64+ million views)
3. Miley Cyrus – Party In The U.S.A. (54+ million views)
4. The Lonely Island – I’m On A Boat (48+ million views)
5. Keri Hilson – Knock You Down (35+ million views)
Then, to determine the fastest rising search terms for each month, we examined the billions of queries that people searched for on YouTube (through December 15):
Fastest Rising YouTube search terms by month (Global):
January: inauguration
February: christian bale
March: the climb
April: susan boyle
May: pacquiao vs hatton
June: michael jackson thriller
July: michael jackson
August: usain bolt
September: kanye west
October: paranormal activity
November: bad romance
December: tiger woods
Source: Google
Erik van Erne zegt:
18 december 2009 om 14:02 | Permalink
“Global warming” and “climate change” are the top phrases of the decade
The Austin-Texas-based Global Language Monitor (GLM) has been tracking and analyzing words in one form or another since 1994. This year, the GLM surveyed the media and the Internet to find the top terms of the decade from 2000 to 2009. “Global warming” and “climate change” came out at #1 on two lists.
Top words of the decade from 2000 – 2009
1.Global warming
2.9/11
3.Obama
4.Bailout
5.Evacuee/refugee
6.Derivative
7.Google
8.Surge
9.Chinglish
10.Tsunami
Top phrases of the decade from 2000 – 2009
1.Climate change
2.Financial tsunami
3.Ground Zero
4.War on terror
5.Weapons of mass destruction
6.Swine flu
7.”Let’s roll!”
8.Red state/blue state
9.Carbon footprint
10.Shock and awe
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Katinka zegt:
29 december 2009 om 12:52 | Permalink
Russia’s Top News Stories of 2009
Infogram by Gorbunov Design Bureau. Data courtesy of the Public Opinion Foundation of Russia.
In 2009, two thousand people responded to the weekly question: “What news stories interested you the most this week?”.
Erik van Erne zegt:
4 januari 2010 om 15:51 | Permalink
Video Clean Skies News Reviews 2009
Chui Chong zegt:
4 januari 2010 om 18:25 | Permalink
Top Ten Chinese Energy News of 2009
The National Energy Bureau, which falls under the might NDRC, released its list of top ten developments in China’s energy industry for 2009. Here’s the list: http://greenleapforward.com/2009/12/31/top-ten-chinese-energy-news-of-2009/