First of all, I have to say that I’m overjoyed that Barbara is on Twitter. Hi, Barbara!

@Joe Schmitt (I mean @joeschmitt) – I’m using MacSpeech Dictate. I believe it’s Dragon-related, but not sure to what extent. Loving the hell out of it, except for the fact that I have to keep looking up the different commands.

Thinking it will be easier when I’ve gotten a hang of that. Love Jott too. But I talk sloooooooooow (which is why I miss typing). Sigh.

@Claudia – find me and introduce yourself! I’ll be the one with the duck and we’ll probably be hiding in the bathroom because we hate crowds. It will be charming!

Wormys last blog post..Taking Centre Stage

I’ll be the gray-haired, plump old lady dragging a blue backpack on wheels looking slightly harried. My team will be live-blogging for our division, and I’m planning to include some quickie interviews with attendees and presenters. Look for me if you’re interested in plugging your blog to UT-Austin educators and new media types.

Specially looking for folks who have successfully used new/rich media in teaching and learning.

Rest up!
Claudia

Hard: tired, tired, tired. Which means I should be in bed but I’m also wired from being at this conference, so I’m not being very smart about getting sleep. Also, I have a little mountain of things I truly need to do, and it’s kind of overwhelming.

Good: So fun hanging out with these wacky internet marketing people! None of them has two heads or shoots flames from his ears or anything. Actually they’re extremely nice and thoughtful. They think I am rather peculiar but they’re still very sweet to me.

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Melindas last blog post..Free Teleseminar – Marketing Biz Brainstorm

Dealing with our 11yo DD who is a real Daddy’s girl.

Trying to fit waaaay too much into my days and feeling a failure because I didn’t get it all done.

Realising how much I don’t get done that I want to, and how much I don’t finish and follow through with.

Some work stuff that I’m not going to put here in public, but that is kind of freaking me out and tossing me waaay out of my comfort zone.

Dealing with friends who lost their houses in the Victorian Bushfires (Australia)

The Good: Stepping successfully out of my comfort zone (yeah, it’s hard, and it’s good too)

Having some positive feedback from people I respect.

Having my DH back home for 12 days and realising that our relationship isn’t damaged by the distance. Huge relief.

Other: I’ve got voice to text software too and I can train it for certain words, such as names. Are you able to do that Havi?

I’ve never tried writing blog posts with it, but that sounds like a good idea! :-)

Melindas last blog post..Free Teleseminar – Marketing Biz Brainstorm

The hard:
-a divorce in the family. Son-in-law (who I love) is being an asshat around it; I’m sad.
-rapidly approaching trip out of the country, which always makes me freaky.
-work is very slack
-rain on the Tour of Calif. Sun-Mon-Tues

The good:
-we had 2 of the grandchildren Fri-Mon–amazing energy, exhausting and fulfilling.
-going to Jamaica next week, it will be warm, exotic, and exciting
-I’ve had time to develop a Twitter feed about sustainable urban planning issues and learn more about networking and RSS.
-Tuesday the Amgen Tour of Calif. was in town, got to view from the finish line and met Tyler Hamilton in the evening–and the rain let up as the riders entered Modesto.
-after days of rain, the sun is out and the trees are starting to bloom. The daffodils are in full bloom, also the flowering plum, almonds are on the way.
-my lifepartner is doing amazing work in her homeopathy practice.

carmas last blog post..Feeling Parched

The hard:
- This endless cold and crappy weather is really getting me down. I *need* it to be May.
- I still have an epic to-do list after a solid week off and pecking away at it.
- I’m incredibly frustrated looking for a particular web application that should be out there but isn’t (at least not at a reasonable price). It makes me want to learn to program, but I don’t have time for that, and I don’t have the budget to hire someone to write what needs to be written.

The good:
- On Wednesday I took some new necklaces to one of the shops I sell at and got some *really great* feedback on some of the new stuff I’m working on that happened to be in the same carrying case (but wasn’t ready to put out yet). What a boost.
- I finally had time to make some long-awaited changes to http://clevelandhandmade.com — and I think it looks great.
- My husband and I had a lovely Valentine’s Day at home.

Lori Paximadiss last blog post..Cleveland Handmade Featured Artist: Susan Hale

Downs: Being emotionally engulfed by big nasty envy-beastie-thing from hell, that started to get all self-destructive and grim.

Colleague being made redundant – there are only 5 people in the company so it feels huge – and he is hurting a lot, and I can’t help.

Ups: Some totally ace blog posts from amazing people who I have fallen in love with – but in a non-scary way. I am seeing a community of artists drawing close to each other for support and am feeling immensely lucky to be part of it.

Breaking through some big blocks caused by fear after reading about your conversations with blocks. I am so filled with respect that you wrote that all and posted it up.

Last and best ‘Up’ – as a result of the above, finding the inner something or other to pick myself up, dust off, and go hunting for that dream again. Thanks oodles – I couldn’t have done it without you!

Emma Newmans last blog post..Havi, hope and an unexpected hero