In case you haven’t seen this already, here’s the commercial we made for the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest.

We didn’t win.

1. Favorite Rube Goldberg - The Page Turner

2. Favorite Discreet Ad – LG

3. Favorite Twitter Account – @humblebrag

4. Favorite Performance – Walk Off the Earth

5. Favorite Person – This guy (and this guy)

6. Favorite Project - Jeff Harris

Context: Since 1999, photographer Jeff Harris has been snapping one photo of himself each and every day. However, unlike the standard self-portrait-a-day projects we’ve grown accustomed to seeing, Harris started his with the explicit intention of not doing another me-on-the-couch compilation, but rather making the most out of every photo. (via thedailywh.at)

+ So, um, yesterday was…nice.*

+ My sister-in-law Jenny showed me this website of the coffeehouse in Scotland where JK Rowling wrote most of the Harry Potter series. There’s an 8-minute video on the homepage of a young Rowling being interviewed while she was writing the 3rd book. Crazy to hear about her “mixed feelings” about having the books turned into movies.

+ Today is the last day that registering for the Killer Tribes conference could win you a free ticket. I know I’ve plugged it before, but I really think that this could be a crucial conference for a lot of you. To learn more about the deal and, more importantly, to register for the event, click here.

+ Been listening to The Wood Brothers lately. Fantastic.

+ I’m currently 5th place in a pool that I’m in. Sadly, it’s a Bachelor pool.

+ Presidential Style. A few thoughts: Fillmore’s photograph looks like it could have been taken yesterday, I can’t believe we had a president that looked like William McKinley, and is Harry Truman related to Steve Jobs? (Thanks Tyler)

+ My kids’ current favorite song is Paradise by Coldplay. While trying to show them on YouTube, we came across these two incredible covers.

+ Viva la revolución.

+ Yet another timely lesson from CPG Grey. This time? Primary elections explained.

Got any arbitrary thoughts of your own?

*Quasi-humble brag, I know.

First, there was this video. Then, a million parodies. We had to weigh in.

What are some other things nobody says? You know, in case we make a follow up.

A lot has been written on the subject of Twitter etiquette, but I just couldn’t resist the urge to weigh in. Here are a few rules to ensure your followers’ experience is the best it can be. Also, it should be noted that I’ve broken nearly all of these in the last week. I’m not proud of it.

+ Retweeting a compliment about you is bragging. Adding a “Means a lot!” to the front end of it doesn’t negate this fact. I promise that they’ll feel just as thanked if you use an @reply.

+ Chill out on the hashtags. Yes, I’m aware this is another way to make a witty joke, but the two minutes it takes to decipher where the spaces are supposed to go in your clever two-liner is time we simply don’t have.

+ Be conservative in your use of “my friend”. I’ve noticed a trend lately where people like to add “my friend” when referring to someone more popular or famous than them. I’m not doubting the friendship, I just find it odd that you don’t say the same about people on the tier below you.

+ Pimp your thing twice a day max (three times if you space them way out). This is completely arbitrary, I know, but I think we can all agree that once you’ve passed five, you’re doing much more harm than good. Oh, and while we’re at it – a good rule of thumb is 4 non-pimping tweets to every 1 pimping tweet.

+ No one is happy about TwitLonger. Please, on behalf of all of us, just stick to the allotted 140 characters. Simple math: The annoyance that clicking the link causes > The quality of your run-on remainder that is revealed on the next page. This will always be true. You’re probably the only one who understands why Facebook just increased its character limit to an asinine 63,206.

+ Quit not using Instagram. There is no reasonable excuse for using another platform for your photos (I’m looking at you, Lockerz with a “z”).

+ If you think you might be tweeting too much, you probably are. My friend Bryan once said that no one has ever complained about blog posts being too short. Likewise, you rarely hear anyone complaining that so-and-so doesn’t tweet enough. PS – If they are saying that, it’s a compliment.

+ Tweet ONCE about that awesome thing you’re doing. The more times you tweet about it (ie type on your phone instead of experience said awesome thing), the less awesome it seems.

+ Ignore jerks like me. Ultimately, it’s YOUR Twitter account. So, really, you should just do whatever YOU want to do.

What did I miss? Any other Twitter rules you can think of?