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A pair of peregrine falcons found a serendipitous place to call home, the rooftop of creative agency, Campbell Ewald. After the CE team discovered the birds, they set up campaign #CEFalcons–a Livestream, Tumblr and other social efforts that propelled the birds (and their eggs) into the spotlight.
The folks at NPR have issued a call-to-action to women, share a piece of advice that has helped them at work. Called She Works: Note To Self, in true digital fashion, advice is submitted through Tumblr and is created into postable and printable motivational posters.
I can barely finish this post because I’m laughing so hard. Gifalos Cage is my new fave time waster.
What’s your fave @tumblr? Share in the comments or send to me here.
(h/t MTV Clutch)
Recently created by Mike Hayes, social media editor at BuzzFeed, I was hooked after viewing GIF HOUND for less than a minute. Brilliant. Viewing animated GIFs highlighting headline-making news stories in short form actually relaxes my brain. The photos make me take pause before moving to the next and entice me to read the caption-length recaps.
The animated GIF above was one Hayes created to tell the story about Portland filmmaker James Winters who “enlisted his two sons and nephew to remake the classic music video as a tribute to Adam “MCA” Yauch who passed away on May 4.”
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then I say an animated GIF is worth a million. You are onto something here, Mike.
Do you think animated GIFs are underutilized in the news industry? Share your thoughts in the comments.
p.s. Think I might to start making some for FAVES. 
What are you FAVES? Share them with me for future posts, right here.
(Photo courtesy of GIF HOUND)