There’s two completely unrelated memes I’ve been following for the last month that someone else may find interesting: Tufte’s mini-info-graphics and the debate that the “rumors of branding’s death have been greatly exaggerated.”

Inline display of information:

• Edward Tufte’s Sparklines
• PHP class to generate Sparklines

Branding:

• Decline of Brands
• The End of Branding as we know it
• Branding is Dead
• Why Branding is Dead
• Brand Stewardship R.I.P. (for Dave)
• Beyond Brands: Lovemarks, and the Love/Respect Axis

Let’s not forget…

A brand is the intangible sum of a product’s attributes: it’s name, packaging and price, history, reputation and the way it’s advertised. —David Ogilvy