Welcome to CF.Top10!  We were inspired to create this collection from a CreativeFeed animation project we’re working on. Through the brainstorming process, we started to share links of videos we loved and decided, “Hey, let’s share these with everyone else”. So please enjoy!

Rotofugi, this cool designer toy store in Chicago, created this animation which tells a story of toys collecting humans. Very funny and cool, definitely worth a look!

This is an incredible journey showing great visual ideas and sense of space. What makes this even better is that it’s created by a fan, not an animator paid by the band, Grizzly Bear!

‘Out of A Forest’ from Tobias Gundorff Boesen is an incredibly beautiful film not only for the stop animation, the music (The National’s ‘Slow Show’), and the backdrop of Denmark’s Viborg forest but for Boesen ability to tell a story by prominently featuring each one of those elements without one overshadowing the other.

This entire video was animated using Google Maps images – enough said.

Very cool (and informative) video regarding the current state of the internet. Excellent color scheme and nice graphic representations!

This is the Olympus PEN Story in stop motion. They shot 60.000 pictures, developed 9.600 prints and shot over 1.800 pictures again. No post production!

A ton of digital photos, a ton of real life magazines, an hour of recording music.

A Bicycle Trip – both a physical and symbolic trip of a drugged scientist biking through the streets of Italy. Check out the character design drafts!

We loved the artistic style of CL!CK and who doesn’t love Legos?

This single was exclusively released digitally.  Lookout for cameo appearance of everyone’s favorite action hero.

To the relief of the makers of the struggling Pre and Pixi, Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest computer maker, has recently purchased Palm for $1.2 billion. Great news for the cell phone company still recovering from their dismal third-quarter $400 million loss.

Though no detailed information has been publicly stated for the acquisition, one can only speculate that it might involve Palm’s webOS platform, HP’s deep pockets and the exploding smartphone market.

“The smartphone market is large, profitable and rapidly growing, and companies that can provide an integrated device and experience command a higher share. Advances in mobility are offering significant opportunities, and HP intends to be a leader in this market,” Bradley, executive vice president, of HP’s Personal Systems Group, said in a statement.

Back in 1996, Palm pioneered a new industry with the first handheld smart device, the personal data assistant, also known as the PDA, also known as the Palm Pilot. Remember when we had to use a stylus?

Because of the gadget dorks that we are at CreativeFeed, we’re naturally excited to see what Palm and Hewlett-Packard can bring to the smartphone market – we still can’t forget the Palm Treo, one of our favorite smart phones of all time! As such, here is a visual timeline of Palm’s product line. I know this will hit a soft spot for past PDA and Treo owners.

An early model - the PalmPilot Personal

The Palm IIIc, the first Palm with a color screen

The Palm m130 was a later model which included a color screen

The m100 series, Palm's first "entry-level" PDA

Tungsten line was introduced as Palm's "prosumer" line. It brought the Palm line up to date to compete with increasingly popular and powerful Sony Clie and Windows Mobile

The Palm TX offers the ability to browse the Internet wirelessly

The Palm Treo is one of many Smartphones produced that combines Palm PDA functions with a cellphone

The next version of Facebook will publicly exchange user’s personal information to other sites and applications to create a more unique experience based on one’s interests, “likes” and more.  As soon as you log into Facebook, then go to a different site, your profile will automatically connect and exchange your personal preferences. The more you use the web through Facebook, the more it learns about you.

For instance, based on your musical interests listed in your profile and past bands that you’ve “liked”, Pandora will already have a playlist ready for you…even if you have never been to their site. If you give a favorable rating of a band on Pandora, Facebook will store that information and may share it with Amazon, who will prompt you on that band’s newest album next time you visit their site. Other sites like The Wall Street Journal, HULU and IMDB will also be using the platform in similar ways.

These new string of features will completely reorganize the relationship between people and websites, goods and services – with huge advertising and search potential.

As the web becomes more dynamic with social media information, Facebook may become the source for finding information beyond social networks, as their individual social database expands and they continue to conquer more online territories.

Instant online publishing from blogs and social networks has created massive amounts of data existing within social networks, which is often difficult for Google to index and deliver in real time.

As the web is becoming more social and the demand for real time information increases, can Google keep up?

CreativeFeed wants to know your opinion! Cast your vote on the poll below.

The Oprah Winfrey Network, a 50-50 venture with Discovery Communications, has secured a $100 million deal with Procter & Gamble, although the network doesn’t even launch till next January.

With a budget of $2.7 billion in 2009, $100 million may seem small for the consumer giant, P&G, but for OWN, the recognition by P&G as a lucrative opportunity sparks the attention of other marketers.

The deal will span for 3 years, and is said to include ad time as well as P&G product placement in some of the network’s shows. It’s also rumored that there are provisions in the deal tied with the network’s performance. However, with Oprah’s cult like popularity and “domesticated” audience, P&G products like Pampers Diapers and Crest Toothpaste will sure to perform favorably to the audience’s priorities.

Though huge, upfront media buys aren’t unheard of in the industry, it’s interesting that this one is built largely on the fame of one person, Oprah Winfrey.

Without any ratings, coverage, reach and demographic established, this deal is a guessing game for P&G, but who cares, it’s Oprah!

At CreativeFeed, we hope the best for Oprah and Procter & Gamble!

Indecisive on selecting wine?  Don’t worry, most of us are.

Since 2009, CreativeFeed has partnered with Bordeaux wines to help curious sippers find their perfect match.

Bordeaux has then launched a series of MatchMaking events. These are not the formal sit-down wine tasting, rather a celebration of life, good company and great wine.

Need further proof? We have footage from the last NY event to prove it!

CreativeFeed is proud to release our Bordeaux MatchMaking video!

The prototype was found in the back of a limo after transporting several members of a Silicon Valley meeting to a conference. Our San Francisco office got wind of the iPhone prototype from a contact, and the CF team quickly jumped at the chance to explore the capabilities of this find.

The first thing you notice about the new iPhone is that it appears Apple has gone retro. This holy grail of a communications device is completely voice activated. We’re still playing around with different commands, but from what we can tell so far its voice recognition capabilities and performance are totally in synch.

The physical “phone” itself is actually a small piece of irony.

We heard rumors, but like just about everyone else out there, we, too, had our doubts. This find confirms it. The 4G leak was a red herring to cover up the impending 5G launch.

I have seen the future. It is beautiful. It is old school. And it’s just another bold move for Apple.

In response to the recent wave of big talent execs leaving big agencies to set up their own shop, CreativeFeed has put together some tips for those thinking of starting their own ad agency.

• Learn to deal with less support – quickly. Less people and money mean more of your time on everything. You’ll get used to it.
• You’re gonna make hiring mistakes. The smaller you are, the “who” matters more. (Trust us on this one.)
• The budgets will be lower. But the energy will be higher.
• You’ll have doubts. You won’t pay them much attention, as you’ll also be having the time of your life.

How can we be so sure?

CreativeFeed was started three years ago with the same focus you have now. To be more nimble, faster to react to market conditions and to get great work done more efficiently than one of the “big shops.”

Has the experiment worked? So far, so good. From a shop of four, and now to 20, we’ve been able to grow by maintaining our principles and giving our clients intelligent solutions designed for their success, not necessarily just creative accolades.

Now with offices in both SF and NYC, and one soon to open in Paris, we staff up with smart individuals who have unique skill sets perfect for their assigned projects. Being free from the labels of departments, we’ve become a collective of talented thinkers.

As these big-name departures continue to increase, we believe our own business model continues to prove itself valuable. We at CreativeFeed are just happy to be ahead of the curve.

Welcome to the roller coaster.