LISTS: 2008
This page aggregates all of the 2008 lists. Please email me list suggestion.
13 lists
Ypulse
12/30/08
Wall Street Journal
12/29/08
Adman's Best Ads
12/25/08
Ad Age
12/25/08
Urlesque
12/23/08
Portfolio
12/23/08
Ad Freak
12/17/08
Politico
12/15/08
Time
12/12/08


7 lists
Curbed
1/02/09
New Yorker
12/23/08
New York Times
12/20/08
New York Magazine
12/08/08
Planetizen
12/04/08
American Institute of Architects
12/04/08
Business Week
12/04/08


12 lists
Streetsy
12/26/08
Freize
12/25/08
Frieze
12/25/08
Booklist
12/21/08
Daily Telegraph
12/21/08
Chicago Tribune
12/21/08
New Yorker
12/21/08
Time Out
12/20/08
New York Times
12/20/08
Time
12/12/08
New York Magazine
12/08/08
Art Forum
12/04/08


2 lists
Forbes
12/17/08
Grassroots Motorsports
12/05/08


102 lists
Pop Matters
1/07/09
Bookgasm
12/31/08
Quackometer
12/31/08
Guardian
12/31/08
Encyclopedia Britannica
12/30/08
California Literary Review
12/30/08
Large-Hearted Boys
12/30/08
Encyclopedia Britannica
12/30/08
The Independent
12/28/08
Largehearted Boy
12/28/08
Daily Beast
12/27/08
Bostonist
12/27/08
Wall Street Journal
12/26/08
Seattle PI
12/26/08
The Independent
12/25/08
Oregon Live
12/25/08
Reason
12/25/08
The Week
12/25/08
The Week
12/25/08
The Oregonian
12/25/08
Seattle Times
12/25/08
New Yorker
12/25/08
About.com
12/25/08
New Yorker
12/25/08
The Oregonian
12/25/08
Time Out Chicago
12/25/08
Time Out Chicago
12/25/08
Slate
12/21/08
Entertainment Weekly (Stephen King)
12/20/08
Time Out
12/20/08
NPR
12/19/08
AudioFile
12/17/08
Bookfinder
12/17/08
Booklist Online
12/15/08
Washington Post
12/14/08
About.com
12/13/08
About.com
12/13/08
About Everything
12/13/08
Abilene Reporter News
12/13/08
17 Dots
12/13/08
Project Foodie
12/13/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Salon
12/11/08
Tales from the Reading Room
12/11/08
About.com
12/11/08
Library Journal
12/11/08
Shakespeare and Co.
12/11/08
Business Week
12/11/08
Readers Advisor Online
12/11/08
Village Voice
12/11/08
New York Magazine
12/08/08
Three Percent
12/08/08
Salon
12/08/08
The Atlantic
12/08/08
The Ecnonomist
12/08/08
Washington Post
12/08/08
Washington Post
12/08/08
Booklist
12/08/08
Financial Times
12/08/08
Financial Times
12/08/08
New York Times
12/08/08
The Atlantic
12/07/08
The Telegram
12/07/08
Economist
12/06/08
Good Reads
12/05/08
Christian Science Monitor
12/05/08
The Millions
12/04/08
Booklist
12/04/08
Book Design Review
12/03/08
New York Times
12/03/08
NPR
12/01/08
NPR
12/01/08
School Library Journal
12/01/08
Christian Science Monitor
12/01/08
Financial Times
12/01/08
National Post
11/30/08
Young Adult Library Services Association
11/30/08
Young Adult Library Services Association
11/30/08
Times Literary Supplement
11/29/08
Globe and Mail
11/29/08
Fast Company
11/29/08
New York Times
11/28/08
Literary Review
11/27/08
New York Times
11/27/08
New York Times
11/26/08
School Library Journal
11/25/08
School Library Journal
11/25/08
Planetizen
11/24/08
NPR
11/24/08
NPR
11/23/08
Literary Review
11/22/08
Amazon.com
11/19/08
New York Times
11/19/08
Paste
11/19/08
Booklist
11/19/08
New Statesman
11/19/08
Publishers Weekly
11/19/08


13 lists
Smart Money
12/29/08
Business Pundit
12/28/08
Interbrand
12/17/08
Marketwatch
12/17/08
Career Builder
12/17/08
Business Pundit
12/17/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Collateral Damage
12/11/08
Multinational Monitor
11/24/08


6 lists
Punchline Magazine
12/30/08
New York Times' Laugh Lines
12/28/08
Las Vegas Weekly
12/26/08
Punchline Magazine
12/23/08
Time Out
12/20/08
Time
12/12/08


14 lists
Robot 6
1/04/09
About.com
1/02/09
Pop Candy
12/31/08
Weekly Comic Book Review
12/30/08
Nerdage
12/27/08
IGN
12/25/08
Village Voice
12/24/08
The Daily Cross Hatch
12/22/08
Comic Book Galaxy
12/11/08
Cartoon Brew
12/10/08
New York Magazine
12/08/08
NPR
12/08/08


7 lists
Time Out
12/20/08
New York Times (Alastair Macauley)
12/20/08
New York Times (Roslyn Sulcas)
12/20/08
New York Times (Claudia La Rocco)
12/20/08
New York Times (Gia Kourlas)
12/20/08
New Yorker
12/11/08
New York Magazine
12/08/08


18 lists
Time Out Chicago
12/30/08
Get The Big Picture
12/26/08
I Love Typography
12/25/08
Frieze
12/25/08
Best WordPress Themes
12/24/08
Photoshop Lady
12/23/08
Brand New
12/22/08
Just Creative Design
12/21/08
Wallpaper
12/21/08
Shock Till You Drop
12/21/08
Tiny Mix Tapes
12/20/08
Creativity
12/17/08
Pitchfork
12/10/08
Pantone
12/10/08
Time
12/10/08
Brain Pickings
12/04/08
Book Design Review
12/01/08


5 lists
DVD Savant
12/25/08
IGN
12/25/08
London Evening Standard
12/21/08
Boston Phoenix
12/21/08
Amazon
11/29/08


9 lists
Village Voice
12/24/08
The Daily Beast
12/22/08
Entertainment Weekly
12/20/08
Entertainment Weekly
12/20/08
Entertainment Weekly
12/20/08
Verve
12/17/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Global Language Monitor
12/07/08


1 lists
Global Language Monitor
12/07/08


70 lists
Alamo Programmers
1/10/09
Gelf Magazine
1/08/09
Fox News
1/08/09
MTV News
1/08/09
Incontention
1/08/09
Baltimore Sun
1/08/09
New York Observer
1/08/09
Defamer
1/07/09
Movie City News
1/07/09
The Playlist
1/06/09
Vulture
1/05/09
IndieWire
1/04/09
Village Voice
1/04/09
YouTube
1/03/09
Minn Post
1/02/09
First Showing
12/31/08
Movie Mistakes
12/31/08
Movie Mistakes
12/31/08
Ypulse
12/30/08
Piero Scaruffi
12/30/08
Pop Candy
12/30/08
Salon
12/26/08
National Board of Review
12/26/08
Video Librarian
12/26/08
Fangdango
12/26/08
IGN
12/25/08
Suicide Girls
12/25/08
Newsweek
12/25/08
NPR's Fresh Air
12/23/08
Austin Film Critics
12/21/08
The Guardian
12/21/08
VideoHound
12/21/08
European Film Awards
12/21/08
Boston Film Critics
12/21/08
New York Observer (Rex Reed)
12/21/08
Slant
12/21/08
MSN
12/21/08
Hollywood & Fine
12/21/08
IFC.com
12/21/08
Sight and Sound
12/21/08
Toronto Film Critics
12/21/08
New York Observer (Rex Reed)
12/21/08
New York Observer (Sara Vilkomerson)
12/21/08
Roger Ebert
12/21/08
msnbc.com
12/21/08
Spout Blog
12/21/08
Tiny Mix Tapes
12/20/08
New York Times (Stephen Holden)
12/20/08
New York Times (A. O. Scott)
12/20/08
New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
12/20/08
Time Out
12/20/08
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
12/20/08
Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
12/20/08
The Onion
12/17/08
Times of London
12/17/08
Nielsen
12/15/08
Rock The List
12/13/08
Slashfilm
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
New Yorker
12/11/08
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
12/11/08
New York Film Critics
12/10/08
New York Magazine
12/08/08
Roger Ebert
12/08/08
Global Language Monitor
12/07/08
Mr. Skin
12/04/08
Yahoo Movies
12/04/08
Times UK
12/01/08
Amazon
11/29/08
Paste
11/20/08


14 lists
Food
1/02/09
Inventor Spot
1/02/09
Examiner
12/30/08
Esquire
12/30/08
Yum Sugar
12/21/08
QSR Magazine
12/18/08
Time
12/12/08
I Ate A Pie
12/11/08
Candy Addict
12/05/08
Epicurious
12/04/08
Epicurious
12/01/08
Project Foodie
11/30/08
Health Magazine
11/25/08
FoodProcessing.com
11/24/08


11 lists
Techcrunch
12/31/08
Popular Mechanics
12/25/08
Intel
12/25/08
IGN
12/25/08
Home Entertainment Magazine
12/21/08
Computer Shopper
12/14/08
iTunes
12/13/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Mac Life
12/11/08


11 lists
Bonte Games
12/27/08
Ypulse
12/25/08
Brainy Gamer
12/25/08
IGN
12/25/08
Gamasutra
12/24/08
GigaOm
12/23/08
GameSetWatch
12/22/08
New York Times
12/20/08
Time
12/12/08
G4's X-Play
12/08/08
Paste
11/20/08


1 lists
New York Times
12/13/08


20 lists
CNN
12/29/08
You Have Rights
12/29/08
MediaShift
12/25/08
L.A. Times
12/24/08
Gawker
12/23/08
Editor & Publisher
12/22/08
Associated Press
12/22/08
Politico
12/22/08
Regret The Error
12/16/08
AdAge
12/16/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Foreign Policy
12/10/08


29 lists
StarWars.com
1/02/09
Now Smell This
1/02/09
fourfour
12/30/08
The Big Picture
12/29/08
National Geographic
12/29/08
National Geographic
12/29/08
The Copycat Effect
12/28/08
Kung Fu Grippe
12/27/08
Wired.com
12/26/08
eBay
12/26/08
Videogum
12/25/08
JibJab
12/25/08
Village Voice
12/24/08
Babble.com
12/23/08
Money
12/17/08
Eventful
12/17/08
Web Design Ledger
12/12/08
Lifehacker
12/11/08
Time
12/11/08
Noupe
12/11/08
RoomBuddies
12/11/08
Foreign Policy
12/11/08
New York Magazine
12/08/08
Petfinder
12/05/08
Lifehacker
11/30/08


194 lists
Village Voice
1/21/09
HypeMachine
1/11/09
HypeMachine
1/11/09
HypeMachine
1/11/09
Rhapsody (Chuck Eddy)
1/06/09
IGN
1/03/09
DC Metromix
1/02/09
Pretty Much Amazing
1/02/09
All About Jazz
1/02/09
Passion of the Weiss
1/02/09
Now Public
1/02/09
Best Week Ever
1/02/09
Pretty Much Amazing
12/31/08
Stereogum
12/30/08
Pop Candy
12/30/08
Howard Wolfson
12/30/08
Information Leafblower
12/30/08
The New Yorker (Alex Ross)
12/30/08
City Pages
12/30/08
Pretty Much Amazing
12/30/08
Ypulse
12/30/08
Dallas Observers
12/29/08
Jam!
12/29/08
Largehearted Boy
12/28/08
Suicide Girls
12/28/08
Michaelangelo Matos
12/28/08
Ario's Digital Detritus
12/27/08
Off The Radar
12/27/08
DJ Earworm
12/26/08
Fimoculous.com
12/26/08
Seattle PI
12/26/08
Kate Nash (Filter)
12/25/08
Loudersoft
12/25/08
IGN
12/25/08
IGN
12/25/08
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
12/25/08
Boston Herald
12/25/08
NPR
12/25/08
Vulture
12/25/08
Telegraph UK
12/25/08
About.com
12/25/08
Eye Weekly
12/25/08
The Morning News
12/25/08
Metro Pulse
12/25/08
The Hypeful
12/25/08
About.com
12/25/08
All Music
12/25/08
The Age
12/25/08
Billboard
12/25/08
Village Voice
12/25/08
Spin
12/25/08
Pop Matters
12/25/08
Hipster Collective
12/25/08
L.A. Weekly
12/25/08
Magnet
12/25/08
San Jose Mercury News
12/25/08
Pop Matters
12/25/08
USA Today
12/25/08
Pop Matters
12/25/08
All Music
12/25/08
The Guardian
12/25/08
City Paper
12/25/08
Pitchfork
12/25/08
Notes from a Different Kitchen
12/25/08
The Wire
12/25/08
Mother Jones
12/25/08
More Cowbell
12/25/08
Pitchfork
12/25/08
Pop Matters
12/25/08
SFBG
12/25/08
Slate
12/25/08
Hypeful
12/25/08
The Onion
12/24/08
Culture Bully
12/22/08
Palm Beach Post
12/22/08
Free Williamsburg
12/22/08
Fader
12/22/08
Momus
12/21/08
New York Times (Jon Caramanica)
12/20/08
Tiny Mix Tapes
12/20/08
New York Times (Jon Pareles)
12/20/08
New York Times (Nate Chinen)
12/20/08
New York Times (Ben Ratfliff)
12/20/08
Time Out
12/20/08
Time Out
12/20/08
Entertainment Weekly (Leah Greenblatt)
12/20/08
Entertainment Weekly (Chris Willman)
12/20/08
Entertainment Weekly
12/20/08
Tiny Mix Tapes
12/20/08
New York Times
12/20/08
Obscure Sound
12/19/08
Pitchfork
12/19/08
BBC America
12/19/08
Travelers Diagram
12/17/08
94.7 The Globe
12/17/08
About.com
12/17/08
Done Waiting
12/17/08
NPR
12/16/08
KEXP
12/16/08
Noripcord
12/16/08
Cutting and Witty
12/11/08
Pop Matters
12/11/08
Pop Matters
12/11/08
Rolling Stone
12/11/08
Rolling Stone
12/11/08
Spin
12/11/08
Dusted
12/11/08
MTV
12/11/08
Chicago Tribune
12/11/08
Adult Alternative
12/11/08
CrazyMonk
12/11/08
Guardian
12/11/08
MTV UK
12/11/08
Fact Magazine
12/11/08
Pop Matters
12/11/08
Stereo Sanctitity
12/11/08
Time
12/11/08
Pop Matters
12/11/08
AllMusic
12/11/08
Stereogum
12/11/08
NY Post
12/11/08
Pop Matters
12/11/08
CMT
12/11/08
New Yorker
12/11/08
NPR
12/11/08
Pop Matters
12/11/08
Chicago Sun-Times - Jim DeRogatis
12/11/08
The Onion
12/10/08
All Music
12/09/08
Piccadilly Records
12/08/08
Guardian Observer
12/08/08
Idolator
12/08/08
Entertainment Weekly (Stephen King)
12/08/08
New York Magazine
12/08/08
Sasha Frere-Jones
12/08/08
Times of London
12/08/08
MP3 Hugger
12/08/08
Guardian Observer
12/08/08
Guardian Observer
12/08/08
Drowned in Sound
12/08/08
About.com
12/08/08
About.com
12/08/08
BBC
12/08/08
Chicago Metromix
12/08/08
Time
12/08/08
Gorilla vs. Bear
12/08/08
Women Folk
12/08/08
Fact
12/05/08
Daily Trojan
12/05/08
Exclaim!
12/05/08
Ryan Adams (Filter)
12/05/08
Grammy Awards
12/05/08
Kingblind
12/04/08
This Recording
12/04/08
Drowned In Sound
12/03/08
Last.fm
12/03/08
Last.fm
12/03/08
Last.fm
12/03/08
Ladytron (Filter)
12/01/08
Largehearted Boy
12/01/08
ASCAP
12/01/08
SneakMove
12/01/08
Gorilla vs. Bear
12/01/08
About.com
12/01/08
XLR8R
12/01/08
Metal Edge
11/30/08
Guardian Observer
11/30/08
Blender
11/29/08
Uncut
11/29/08
Mojo
11/29/08
Q
11/29/08
Rough Trade
11/23/08
Paste
11/21/08
Amazon.com
11/19/08
InSound
11/19/08
Fact Magazine
11/19/08
Cargo Records
11/19/08
Uncut
11/19/08
About.com
11/19/08
Metacritic
11/19/08
Pitchfork
11/19/08


44 lists
TickleBooth
1/07/09
Kottke.org
1/05/09
Jakob Nielsen
1/05/09
Paul Gillin
1/03/09
NewTeeVee
1/02/09
PC Mag
12/30/08
Fimoculous
12/30/08
AltSearchEngines
12/29/08
Dennis Kennedy
12/29/08
About.com
12/28/08
Google Operating System
12/26/08
bontegames
12/26/08
Mashable
12/25/08
Mashable
12/25/08
Gawker
12/25/08
Gawker
12/24/08
ReadWriteWeb
12/23/08
Alley Insider
12/23/08
The Frisky
12/22/08
All Facebook
12/22/08
Mashable
12/20/08
ReadWriteWeb
12/19/08
Delicious
12/18/08
Crazy Leaf Design
12/17/08
Newsknife
12/16/08
ReadWriteWeb
12/15/08
Mashable
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Mashable
12/11/08
Urlesque
12/11/08
ReadWriteWeb
12/11/08
Alley Insider
12/11/08
ReadWriteWeb
12/11/08
Videogum
12/11/08
WebDesigner Wall
12/07/08
ReadWriteWeb
12/07/08
Mashable
12/07/08
iTunes
12/02/08
ReadWriteWeb
12/02/08
The Frisky
11/26/08
Kiplinger
11/23/08


4 lists
Cryptomundo
12/31/08
Cryptomundo
12/21/08
Cryptomundo
12/19/08


35 lists
MSN Lifestyle
1/02/09
Daily Beast
12/31/08
Wired.com
12/31/08
Esquire
12/30/08
Daily Beast
12/29/08
About.com
12/28/08
City Pages
12/27/08
This Recording
12/27/08
IGN
12/25/08
Newsweek
12/25/08
Videogum
12/25/08
Videogum
12/25/08
Keith Olbermann
12/24/08
Associated Press
12/23/08
Gawker
12/23/08
Confessions of a Casting Director
12/22/08
Julie Klausner
12/22/08
Mike Paul Blog
12/22/08
Violet Blue
12/21/08
Pop Candy
12/19/08
Buzznet
12/19/08
Governing.com
12/18/08
Us
12/17/08
Time
12/17/08
Time
12/17/08
Time
12/12/08
Rolling Stone
11/29/08
People
11/19/08
Entertainment Weekly
11/15/08


18 lists
New York Times
12/30/08
Cracked
12/29/08
NBC Sports
12/27/08
L.A. Times
12/24/08
Village Voice
12/24/08
College Humor
12/24/08
Sydney Morning Herald
12/24/08
Reuters
12/24/08
Vanity Fair
12/21/08
National Geographic
12/17/08
Smoking Gun
12/17/08
Boston.com's The Big Picture
12/17/08
MSNBC.com
12/16/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Pitchfork
12/08/08
National Geographic
12/04/08


17 lists
Politico
12/29/08
Politico
12/28/08
About.com
12/28/08
About.com
12/28/08
Allison Fine
12/27/08
Talking Points Memo
12/25/08
Politico
12/17/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Global Language Monitor
12/07/08
Extreme Mortman
11/29/08


5 lists
Society of Mutual Autopsy
1/02/09
Religion Newswriters Association
12/11/08
Christianity Today
12/10/08
Time
12/10/08


13 lists
Campus Squeeze
12/31/08
Salon.com
12/30/08
Newsweek
12/25/08
Sports Illustrated
12/18/08
Fast Company
12/17/08
Sports Illustrated
12/15/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Sports Illustrated
12/04/08
Booklist
12/03/08
Sports Illustrated
12/03/08
Sports Illustrated
11/27/08


20 lists
WXNation
1/06/09
Neuroanthropology
1/03/09
Ars Technica
12/29/08
Wired
12/29/08
Fox News
12/29/08
ITV News
12/29/08
Examiner
12/27/08
Physics World
12/25/08
Science Progress
12/25/08
Discover Magazine
12/25/08
Tampa Tribune
12/25/08
Amazon.com
12/25/08
Archaeology Magazine
12/21/08
Popular Science
12/17/08
Discover Magazine
12/17/08
New Scientist
12/12/08
Discover Magazine
12/12/08
Booklist
12/01/08


1 lists


13 lists
Techmeme
12/30/08
Springwise
12/30/08
Wired.com
12/29/08
Network World
12/27/08
TechCult
12/27/08
PC World
12/14/08
Kroll Ontrack
12/11/08
Time
12/08/08
Global Language Monitor
12/07/08
Tech Liberation
12/07/08
Lifehacker
12/07/08


7 lists
Entertainment Weekly
12/20/08
Time Out
12/20/08
New York Times (Ben Brantley)
12/20/08
New York Times (Charles Isherwood)
12/20/08
New Yorker
12/11/08
New York Magazine
12/08/08


5 lists
The Onion
12/24/08
World Against Toys Causing Harm
12/17/08
Parents.com
12/15/08
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
12/15/08
WATCH
11/24/08


4 lists
msnbc.com
1/02/09
SpringWise
12/25/08
Travel and Leisure
12/15/08
Guardian
12/05/08


31 lists
TV Squad
1/04/09
The Onion
12/31/08
Reality Blurred
12/30/08
Pop Candy
12/30/08
Torrent Freak
12/28/08
The Fien Print
12/26/08
TV.com
12/26/08
IGN
12/25/08
Buzz Sugar
12/25/08
TorrentFreak
12/25/08
Reality Blurred
12/25/08
Broadcasting & Cable
12/25/08
NPR's Fresh Air
12/24/08
Newsday TV Zone
12/22/08
New York Times (Bill Carter)
12/20/08
New York Times (Alessandra Stanley)
12/20/08
New York Times (Ginia Bellafante)
12/20/08
Entertainment Weekly
12/20/08
Time Out
12/20/08
Zap2it
12/19/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Entertainment Weekly
12/08/08
New York Magazine
12/08/08
Global Language Monitor
12/07/08
Yuppie Punk
11/30/08
New York Times Magazine
11/27/08
Paste
11/20/08


13 lists
UGO
1/13/09
Rolling Stone
12/30/08
Antville
12/30/08
Video Static
12/25/08
All Music
12/25/08
Spout Blog
12/21/08
Spout
12/18/08
Stereogum
12/11/08
Culture Bully
12/05/08
MTV's Subterranean
12/05/08
Biomusicosophy
12/05/08
Pitchfork
12/04/08
Fuse.TV
11/19/08


16 lists
Lake Superior State University
1/02/09
NPR's Fresh Air
12/24/08
The Onion
12/23/08
New York Times
12/21/08
The Yale Book of Quotations
12/17/08
Webster's
12/16/08
Time
12/12/08
Time
12/12/08
Google
12/10/08
Global Language Monitor
12/07/08
AOL
12/03/08
Ask.com
12/01/08
Yahoo
12/01/08
Oxford American Dictionary
11/24/08



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