2006 Wrap up and Blog Tag

My dear friend, Chris Brogan started a new game of blog tag with  these 2006 wrap up questions.  In your view, what is the:

Most Useful application
Best Web site
Worst Web site
Hottest Trend
Favorite Gadget

So here are mine:
1.  I have to say I love everything Google and Mozilla.   Gmail, my Google front page with [...]

Back to Basics for the New Year

I have spent some time in book stores lately, trying to find something new and magical- something that either intrigues me, fiction or nonfiction.  I am coming up woefully short on the whole.  Why?  Many things are seeming so very much the same out there, and very few new or original ideas are being presented.
This [...]

The Holidays- How’d They Go?

We have returned from our Christmas away from home.  It went remarkably well, considering that there were over 15 people at Christmas Dinner,  all with many divergent opinions, and not one Jerry Springer moment!  Fortunately, despite the fact that my husband’s parents are divorced, his mom, Dad and his wife, and my brother in law’s [...]

Contributing to the Blogosphere

There are a couple of interesting projects being tossed around the blogosphere- One, the 5 things you didn’t know about me, and Ben from the Instigator Blog’s What did you learn this year? I decided to answer both here.
1. What I learned. I turned 40 this year, and while some women find it [...]

Decisions – How NOT to make them

I  am pretty confident most of the time, but like everyone, I can lapse into self doubt.  I made a Google home page that I love- all of my favorite widgets all in one place- giving me the condensed versions of information I use every day- NYT front page, favorite blog entries, etc.  For some [...]

So Over the BS

I have a big event to attend in a few days. I’ve been spending the weekend working on my pitch, making sure I sound professional and have the concepts digested down into their most basic form. The basic quesion is Where is the value add- why does this idea merit attention over all [...]

The Fear of Success

A new opportunity has come my way. It may go very well, or go nowhere at all. Either way, I will have learned alot about myself in the process.
I was talking to a close friend last night, and we spoke about what I call the New Mommy Conundrum. When women have children, especially [...]