Five perfect animated GIFs

Forget to get a gift for someone on your list? Why not show them you care with an animated GIF? Cheap (i.e. free), plentiful, and environmentally friendly (no need to print these beautiful things out), nothing says "happy holidays" louder than a forwarded email full of the best animated GIFs of the season.

While animated GIFs used to be a sure sign of web design left over from the 90s, animated GIFs have experienced a huge comeback during 2011. Thanks in part to Tumblr and other link heavy blogs, more folks are turning to animated GIFs to help capture unique moments, funny occurrences or just odd pairings. Here at NPower, we take our job of finding the best technology has to offer for the nonprofit world seriously and have created this special curated GIF collection especially for you.

• Looking for a subtle hint for your co-workers that you welcome their leftover Christmas cookies? This should help you send a clear message.
• Perhaps you prefer to express emotions through imagery from the teenage soap opera Dawson’s Creek. Well then this collection of James Van Der Beek’s emoti-GIFs should keep you well supplied for many months.
• Do you prefer those classic animated GIFs that have stood the test of time and still can be found in the far reaches of the Internet? This should suit your needs.
• And finally these last two GIFs are from my co-worker Stephen’s personal collection: Graceful Camel and, finally, the best gift from Carl Sagan.

Do you have a favorite GIF from 2011, or perhaps an old classic that makes you smile every time you see it? Share the link in the comments below.

- Abby Nafziger

Sources:
The GIF That Keeps On GIFing: Why Animated Images Are Still A Defining Part Of Our Internets
10 Funniest GIF Trends of 2011
The Golden Age of the Animated GIF
Animated GIFS Triumphant
http://dashes.com/anil/2011/07/animated-gifs-triumphant.html