I know it’s not digital, or branding per se… but what it is, is Patrick Swayze as a centaur.

As part of the daily ‘what’s going on out there’ scan, I checked the top two stories on Digg. I’m not going to describe each of them but just provide the links.

1. http://tinyurl.com/65fgzs

2. http://tinyurl.com/462qc6

The unbridled dissemination of information. Both are highly provocative. Both provide visceral and intellectual responses. But in totally different ways.

link: failblog.org

The webby awards were announced recently, and with almost 70 categories there are plenty of interesting sites that both won awards and were shortlisted. To save you scrolling through a list of about 500 websites, I’d thought I’d post a selection of my favourites on here.

The first is the ‘People’s Voice’ winner in the Associations category – America’s Favourite Architecture. Beautifully designed, and with some stunning high-resolution photography, the site lists America’s favourite 150 pieces of arhitecture. You can sort by name, architect, or ranking – essentially a league table of people’s favourites. By choosing your favourite buildings, you can influence the overall standings. (In case you were wondering, the Empire State building is currently #1).

Awesomely informative rap about good web design practice…

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There seems to be a whole series of these including lyrical advice on issues such as successful online marketing and pay per click campaigns. The ‘Poetic Prophet’ has also invented a dance called The Page Rank.

www.youtube.com/user/m0serious