Welcome to our first installment of TV on Tuesday, where we bring you our favorite clips from around the web.  They could be funny, they could informative, they could be irreverent or simply irrelevant…but every Tuesday, they’ll be here, waiting for you to click and view.  Today, we bring you Alexis Ohanian, the founder of Reddit, as he gives a Ted Talk on the naming of Mister Splashy Pants.  While this talk is certainly humorous (and how could a talk about Mister Splashy Pants not be?), at its heart is a message about how social media changes how we process information.  When using the web to convey the message, we are essentially setting it free; we are relinquishing the control that newspapers, television and other, older forms of information conveyance have both used and relied on for years.  So, without further adieu, we set this clip free and bring you:  How to Make a Splash in Social Media, with Alexis Ohanian and, of course, Mister Splashy Pants.

On December 10, ABCey Events helped Razorfish celebrate the holidays with a casino themed party at Mighty.  Razorfish is one of the world’s largest interactive agencies, providing services to its clients in the realms of digital advertising and content creation, media buying, strategic counsel, analytics, technology and user experience.  Their clients include Mercedes, AT&T, Capital One, Adidas, Kraft and many, many more. At Mighty, Razorfish’s employees gambled the night away on five casino tables, playing craps, roulette, blackjack and poker as they sipped on champagne and snacked on mini burgers from the tri-variety sliders bar.  DJ David Carvalho pleased the crowd with an accumulation of electronic, mash-up, reggae, funk, soul, hip-hop, and had guests dancing all night long!

The big winner of the night took home a Wii Fit, while the runners up walked away with an iPod and a Kindle.  We could tell you more, but why do that when we could just show you?  Thus, we bring you ABCey’s first foray into the world of film:

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With Hanukkah here and Christmas around the corner, we’re all scrambling for those last minute gifts. This year, let technology make it easy…

We love these great digital gift ideas for social media lovers from Mashable’s Barb Dybwad!

1. iTunes Gift Certificates

The iTunes Store makes it easy to give songs, albums, playlists, audiobooks, music videos, movies, and TV shows to anyone. Or give iTunes Gift Cards and gift certificates and let them choose for themselves.

2. Dropbox Subscription

Dropbox is a cloud storage, sharing and backup option. You can buy a Pro account (100 GB of storage space) for under $20/month. Great for students or anyone trying to keep multiple computers in sync!

3. Flickr Pro

Give the gift of unlimited photo and video uploads, storage and bandwidth with a Flickr Pro account.

4. Amazon Gift Certificate

A personal favorite, Amazon lets you give gift cards by e-mail, snail mail or printable versions.

5. Last.fm Subscription

The music social network, discovery engine and personalized ratio station allows subscriptions for uninterrupted music streaming…ad free and only $3/month!

6. Steam Gifts

Got a gamer friend? Give the gift of steam. You can purchase games from the popular digital game distribution platform for current or new users. Download Squad can help you pick which game.

7. Netflix Subscription

Got a non-netflix member friend? Now is the time to convert them! Netflix is the best way to rent movies unlimited by mail. Subscriptions are available from 1 month up to 1 year.

8. Evernote Premium

An Evernote subscription allows 500 MB/ month of uploads, broader file type support, syncing, PDF search, premium support and other benefits. Good for an already Evernote user…or not!

9. Audible.com

This would be a great gift for a commuter or anyone else who listens to audio books. You can choose a certain amount or a monthly subscription to various books on tape!

10. Newegg Gift Cards

Newegg gift cards may be used toward the purchase of any in Newegg’s vast selection of computers and computer parts, televisions, monitors and other gadgets.

Any other great digital gift ideas? We would love to hear about them!

This post is adapted from a blog co written by McKenzie Lawton and Melanie Wong. You can read their blog in its entirety here.

1. Synchronize, synchronize, synchronize

By using Google apps such as Google Calendar, Google Docs, and Google reader we are able to share and access our calendars, important info and blogs from anywhere, anytime.

2. Fast and Free

To “Google”, the latest synonym for search, allowing you to get all the information that you need in milliseconds. The best part? Its free. And did you know Google is attempting to make the internet even faster?

3. Personalization

Everything from Google Chrome to your iGoogle page allows you customize it to your aesthetic preferences and usage patterns

4. Innovation

Google lets us contribute to their latest innovations such as the Google Wave and other web protocol. Listening to their users makes us happy and helps them succeed.

5. There’s an app for that

Check out some of Google’s applications to help enhance YOUR Google experience.

What do you use Google to help you with in your daily life?

According to the Global Language Monitor, it is. Their recently conducted poll for the most used words of 2009 put Twitter as the number one word of the year, followed by Barack Obama and H1N1. What I find striking is the contrast between the big and the little. When people say the president’s name, they generally say it in reference to large scale issues: healthcare, national security, taxes – things that affect us not only now, but for years to come. Swine flu is an international epidemic. Yet Twitter is used for the super short term: the latest breaking news, a sale or special that will only last 2 hours, a joke that is momentarily amusing. Have we experienced a paradigm shift, where the little has captured our attention more than the big, or are we simply tweeting away to distract ourselves from the larger woes of the world? What do you think accounts for the mega success of Twitter? Is it a passing trend or here to stay?