The Best of 2006 in Blogging, Books, Design, Music, Video and more. Resources, pleasure, inspirations and good websites during this year. Enjoy…

• The 100 Top Brands 2006
  BusinessWeek Online: Top 100 Global Brands Interactive Table
• Business 2.0: 100 Fastest-Growing Tech Company 2006
  ‘’The companies whose business is really booming.'’
• AdvertisingAge’s “10 Books You Should Have Read”
  [by 800 Ceo Read.com]

• Economist.com: Books of the year 2006
  ‘’History, politics, science, business, biography, memoir or fiction—there is something for everyone in this round-up of the year’s best books'’
• Best Business Books of 2006
  A list of favorite business books from many of the 2006 lists. Created by Todd Sattersten from 800ceoread



• Our Favorite Books of 2006
  [Digital Web Magazine]
• 100 Notable Books of the Year
  The NY Times Book Review’s 100 notable books of 2006
• Amazon Editors’ Picks: Top 50 Books of 2006
• Judging a Book by Its Cover: The Best of 2006.
  “For those who like to choose books based on whether they look good in conjunction with one’s new, olive-green, chunky Clark Kent glasses, or how well they look next to a single orchid on the windowsill, or how effectively they might compel that foxy person at the coffee shop who angrily slams out their macchiato every morning to one day engage in coitus with them — well, it’s been a rough year. For the most part, book design continued to play out ill-conceived fads that began a decade ago.” [Bookslut]

• Identity: Best of the Best 2006
  The results of the international contest of logos, trademarks and corporate identity: 970 projects received from participants from 24 countries and approved by clients were engaged in the contest



• 50 Beautiful CSS-Based Web-Designs in 2006
  Some of the most beautiful designs we’ve seen in 2006. [Smashing Magazine]
• My Favorites of 2006
  Book Design Review blog picks his favorite book covers of 2006

• TOP FIVE: 2006 Movie Posters
  [by Sam’s Myth blog]
• New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC): 2006 Awards



• Best Trailers of 2006
  [by iFilm.com]
• Top 50 Music Videos Of 2006.
  All the videos are from You Tube and can therefore be watched in the browser. [DoCopenhagen]

• Rough Trade Shop’s Top 100 Albums of the Year.
  Rough Trade Shops favourite albums of 2006 - Based on sales and staff votes
• Best of 2006
  The highest-scoring albums for the year in Metacritic’s database.
• Rollingstone.com: The Top 50 Albums of the Year
  ‘’The year’s essential albums: Dylan brought hunder from the mountain; the Chili Peppers hit the stadiums; Sonic Youth got ripped; TV on the Radio raised the volume'’
• Guest List: Best of 2006
  ‘’We asked many of our favorite artists to tell us what they enjoyed listening to in 2006, and some were kind enough to take the time to reply.'’ [Pitchforkmedia.com]
• Best of 2006 - Top 25 Indie CDs
  Indie-Music’s review staff has poured over this year’s CD reviews and selected our first annual Top 25 CDs for 2006.



• SPIN.com: The 40 Best Albums of 2006
  “The cornerstone of Spin’s Year in Music coverage finally unveiled.”

• Best of What’s New 2006 - by PopSci.com
  ‘’A collection of the year’s most stunning innovations [Popsci.com]
• Geek to Live: The best apps of 2006
  In no particular order - by Gina Trapani [Lifehacker.com]
• Internet: The best of 2006
• Best Blogs of 2006 that You (Maybe) Aren’t Reading
  [Fimoculous.com]



• Developer.com Product of the Year 2006 Winners Are Named
  ‘’The readers of Developer.com have had their say. After a month of nominations and a month of voting we have finally counted the votes and have our winners.'’
• The Top Ten Best Web Sites of 2006
• Top 10 Google Searches 2006
  [BBC NEWS]

• TIME: The Best Photos of the Year 2006
• BBC NEWS: Photographer of the Year 2006
  ‘’The winner chosen by our readers was Max Pickering’s stunning picture of the aurora borealis inside the Arctic Circle in northern Finland'’ [BBC NEWS]
• World Press Photo: Winners Gallery 2006
• The 2006 Photobloggies
  ‘’The Photobloggies is an annual award ceremony celebrating photoblogging around the world.'’
• Top Ten Photos of 2006 From National Geographic News
  ‘’Purported pyramids, giant jellyfish, and a number of pythons that swallowed more than they bargained for were among the stars of this year’s most popular news photos.'’
• The best images from ‘’Time: Pictures of the Week'’ in 2006
  Time: Pictures of the Week
• REUTERS Showcase: 2006 Award Winners
  [REUTERS Pictures]