Re-reading my post about SDCC ’09, I couldn’t help but marvel at the Google logo celebrating the famed event. I have always had a fascination with Google specialty logos – you can’t help but admit that some of them are outright clever.

From a designer’s perspective, Dennis Hwang has to have one of the most coveted jobs in the world. With over a hundred million visitors a day, the lone image on Google.com is one of the most-viewed on the planet – what type of graphic artist wouldn’t want that kind of exposure?

(Random tangent: there is a one-third chance that I am related to Mr. Hwang, as the Korean surname Hwang, which makes up roughly 1.5% of the South Korean population, can be traced back to only 3 separate lineages. Compare that to Lee, with 241 lineages, or Kim, with a staggering 348 lineages!)

Being an obsessively annoying list-maker, I have decided to compile a list of my favorite 30 Google logos, in reverse chronological order…

1. July 23, 2009: San Diego Comic-Con ’09

 

2. April 27, 2009: Samuel F. B. Morse’s birthday

3. March 20, 2009: first day of spring (in the style of The Very Hungry Caterpillar)

 

4. March 14, 2009: Giovanni Schiaparelli’s birthday

 

5. March 2, 2009: Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss)’s birthday

 

6. January 28, 2009: Jackson Pollock’s birthday

 

7. January 1, 2009: New Years Day ’09

 

8. December 21, 2008: in celebration of the holidays

 

9. November 21, 2008: René Magritte’s birthday

 

10. November 4, 2008: Election Day ’08

 

11. October 31, 2008: Halloween ’08

12. September 10, 2008: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is switched on
(also see In Case the World Comes to an End Tomorrow…)

 

13. August 8, 2008: the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
(Google created a series of logos in celebration of the 2008 Olympics. Go here to see them all.)

 

14. July 29, 2008: the 50th anniversary of NASA

 

15. July 7, 2008: Marc Chagall’s birthday

16. July 4, 2008: Independence Day ’08

 

17. June 6, 2008: Diego Velázquez’s birthday

 

18. May 22, 2008: Doodle 4 Google ’08 winner (by Grace Moon)

 

19. May 16, 2008: the first laser demonstrated 48 years ago

 

20. January 28, 2008: the 50th anniversary of LEGO

 

21. December 12, 2006: Edvard Munch’s birthday

 

22. April 20, 2006: Joan Miro’s birthday

 

23. January 27, 2006: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthday

 

24. January 4, 2006: Louis Braille’s birthday

 

25. April 15, 2005: Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday

 

26. March 30, 2005: Vincent van Gogh’s birthday

 

27. April 25, 2003: 50th annivesary of understanding DNA

 

28. March 14, 2003: Albert Einstein’s birthday

 

29. May 20, 2002: Dilbert Google Doodle
(Dilbert creator Scott Adams created a series of logos for this workweek. Go here for the full series.)

 

30. August 15, 2001: Korean Liberation Day ’01

 

Do you have any favorite Google logos that you think belongs on this list?

 

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ETA: Reader graphicnatured pointed me to illustrator Tyler Jordan’s masterpiece, which rose to fame on Digg and won a contest to re-design the Google logo:

Thanks for the heads-up, graphicnatured!

One thing I do not miss about having a full-time job are the meetings. The endless meetings.

And the meetings to prepare for meetings…

And the meetings to discuss what just happened at the last meeting…

Suggestion: go to the Meeting Ticker at the start of the meeting, fill in the fields, and prominently display the real-time web app for everyone (especially the managers) to see.

I guarantee your next meeting will be more efficient and less time-consuming.

Via Brand Infection.

If you have a Google Profile and you’re signed into your account, try doing a Google search for the word “me.”

Your profile shows up as the first result! How freakin cool (and stalkerish) is that?

Via The Steve Rubel Lifestream.

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Some people would never share their full name on their blog. I no longer have any qualms about it. I have been blogging since 2001. I blog for a website that gets more than 6 million hits a month. I get recognized on the streets…heck I’ve even gotten recognized the last time I was on the west coast. And just earlier this week, I was telling a friend how the funniest comments I’ve ever gotten from a stranger has to be, “Hey I know you, I’ve seen you on my friend’s Facebook!”

So as demonstrated in this post, my online life is out there for the world to see. If you really wanted to find out my full name, where I live, who I really am, etc, I doubt you will have much trouble.

Why not just embrace it and make some new friends along the way?

These links are on my sidebar, but just in case you didn’t know…

My Facebook

My Twitter

Thanks for reading once again!

Not only has our attention span gotten shorter over the years, everyone must digg/email/share in order for the story to hold any significance. Oh, and we can’t forget the unnecessary comments such as “First!”

How sad but true…

Via YesButNoButYes.

Okay, so I lied. There is just too much stuff for me to share with individual posts. As a result, I’ve decided to pay an homage to my Thursday Geek-isms days and dump these links on you with one big swoop. Enjoy!

1. Far Side reenactments, Boing Boing. The Far Side used to be one of my favorite comics, and it was a sad day for millions nationwide when Gary Larson announced his retirement. Predictably, these photo reenactments do not have the same effect…however, they add a comical twist that is funny in themselves.
2. Brand New: Best & Worst 2008, Brand New. This is a new blog I stumbled upon while researching corporate branding for a side project…and me rikey! Here is their round-up of the best and worst re-brandings of 2008.
3. 5 Homeless Guys Who Accomplished Amazing Things, Cracked. Cracked is a satire site, and so obviously there is some offbeat humor thrown into this article. However, reading about guys “who, while sleeping on park benches and using newspapers as both blankets and undergarments, managed to make more of themselves than many of us ever will” is nothing short of inspiring, no?
4. The Quattro 6000D: this ain’t your grandmomma’s sewing machine, Gizmodo. This baby deserves a picture nod:
   
   I’ve wanted to pick up a sewing machine since forever, and this isn’t helping at all!
5. The World’s Most High-Tech Nation, ABC News Blog. This sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it’s not. It’s my own motherland, sucka! Now if only I can stop the envy…
6. 50 Resources for Getting the Most Out of Google Analytics, KISSmetrics. Holy shat. Who knew you could use Analytics for SEO? A must-read for anyone publishing anything on the web.
7. 2008: The Year the Geeks Took Over, Cracked. That’s right! We’re taking over! Puhahahaha…
8. Little Girl Knows Her Video Game Characters, Geekologie. When I grow up I want to have a kid just like her.
9. Regression Alert: I Need These Star Wars Stuffed Animals, Geek Sugar. Okay, this one deserves a picture too:
   
   The Darth looks a bit evil (as he should be) but the Chewy is too adorable. I wouldn’t mind snuggling up with him as I doze off to sleep!
10. New Weapon Against Hippies: Wi-Fi, Gizmodo. I admit that I’m not sharing this as much for the article, but more for the accompanying picture. “Stupid beatnik hippies….die, hippies!”
11. 20 websites that changed the world, TechRadar. Working on so many web projects, I cannot help but derive inspiration from articles such as these. Who knew that a coffee machine could be so revolutionary? Or that Amazon was a Web 2.0 company even before the term was coined? However, I must admit is that I was surprised to see Google omitted from the list.
12. Now That’s a Tasty Website: The Bacon-izer, Geekologie. Just type http://bacolicio.us/ before any URL, and you can view any website with some sizzling, pig fat goodness.
13. Screw heads demystified, MAKE. This should be printed and taped next to every toolbox in America.
14. 30 Years of Star Wars Technology, Slashdot. Need I say more?

And, because this is too funny (and sad) to pass up…

Via haha.nu.