HopeLab’s Top 10 Top 10!

‘Tis the season for year-end lists! Like most offices today, we here at HopeLab are often passing around links and clips that inspire us, inform us, or just make us laugh. And right now there’s tons of interesting stuff, neatly packaged in annual Top 10 lists. So, we scoured the web looking for lists we think are worth a look – fun, inspiring, and thought-provoking lists that capture some of the essence of the year. Without further ado, our Top 10 Top 10 lists of 2009!

1. Inspiring Videos (Mashable.com) OK, so there are technically only 7 on this list – but they’re so much goodness, it feels like 10!
2. Video Games (TIME.com) Fascinating to see the breadth of genres that captured the attention of consumers …
3. Wave Goodbye to 2009 (Whirled Interactive) Not a Top 10 list, per se – and we thought the title of this post was so clever! – but lots of memorable moments from the year rolled into one cool video that pays homage to one of the most buzzed about tech products of 2009.
4. Photo-Taking Tips (via TopTenREVIEWS) Photos are powerful storytelling tools, and we’re lucky enough to have a talented storyteller on staff – this one’s from Liz! (Warning: another technicality, it’s not necessarily about 2009, but we did stumble across it 2009 – that counts, right?)
5. Most Watched on YouTube  in 2009 (The Official YouTube Blog) 5 top videos + 5 top music videos = Top 10 clips the world watched over and over and over …
6. Videos for Social Good (Mashable.com) More powerful stuff served up by Mashable, proving how effective online video can be as a medium for social awareness.
7. Sources of Inspiration for Designers (Inspired Magazine) What stokes your creative fires?
8. Top 100 Stories of 2009 (Discover Magazine) This one’s an annual favorite at HopeLab, ever since work by Dr. Steve Cole and colleagues were named to the 2007 list – but it’s a countdown that started at 100, with the Top 10 to be revealed in the coming weeks!
9. Top Words (The Global Language Monitor) Vampire, deficit, Twitter – can you guess what’s No. 1?
10. Forecasts for 2010 and Beyond (The Futurist Magazine) Kids reading while seniors are gaming? A cell phone that tells you’re in love? Brain-to-brain telepathy? Here’s looking ahead!