Blogimal: Kangaroo. Interesting Fact: I can write with my toes (or maybe scribble). Browser of Choice: Firefox, baby Program that is Always Open: Outlook Daily Grind: Gmail, CNN, Basecamp, Harvest, and azul7 (promotional wink wink) Best Site on the Web: azul7.com, obviously. (I really can't think of an answer for this) Worst Site on the Web: hamsterdance.com (Hoopdang! that's bad)
Blogimal: Snow Monkey, I think? I'm pretty sure people only call it that because we're in Minnesota, if we were in California it'd be called a Sun Monkey. What's with all the regional weather discrimination anyway? Interesting Fact: Sometimes my car does not start ten minutes at a time, but I make good use of the time… I call friends and family. Browser of Choice: Used the most out of habit: Safari. Boy this question sounds serious though, like “weapon of choice”, choose your browser wisely… Program that is Always Open: Entourage (my 2nd favorite TV show) Daily Grind: azul7.com , duh. Oh, and Google, just once in awhile. Best Site on the Web: I can't honestly commit to a “best”, I think the digital and interactive landscape is changing so rapidly it's almost impossible to pick the best. The best this month might be 3rd best next month. Worst Site on the Web: tampax.com (Honestly, sideways navigation makes me want to puke.)
Blogimal: Bunny Rabbit, but I don't know if that is really the best fit for me. I wanted to be a fox or a unicorn, but Liina would not let me be a unicorn because SHE does not believe them to be real. Interesting Fact: I was born on the summer solstice when the sun reached its highest point in the sky, resulting in the longest day of the year. Browser of Choice: Foxfire with 7 to 27 tabs open at all times. Program that is Always Open: Photoshop, Illustrator, iTunes, macMail, iCal and Adium Daily Grind: Yahoo, Gmail, You Tube (the world must watch Charlie The Unicorn), ABC (who needs a TV), Facebook, Facebook Mind Jolt Games, QBN, Wells Fargo and Lynda(so I can nerd out) Best Site on the Web: See above it is mainly the sites that I use everyday. Worst Site on the Web: This is hard, there are so many, but I would have to say MySpace because it is so prevalent. I knows me so Ugly. How do you know if your website sucks fill out the Does Your Web Site Suck? Checklist.
Blogimal: Don't know? It better not be a hyena. Interesting Fact: I once had a mustache. I wish that I still had it. Browser of Choice: Safari/Webkit Nightlies Program that is Always Open: Terminal & iTunes Daily Grind: scribbls and forecast.weather (weather is nice) Best Site on the Web: It's a tie: hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com or scribbls.com Worst Site on the Web: microsoft.com
Blogimal: Lynx. Interesting Fact: Hmm. I am a total geek. Browser of Choice: Mozilla Firefox Program that is Always Open: Mozilla Firefox Daily Grind: Google, Facebook, DailyPuppy and CNN. Best Site on the Web: Anything google does. Email, docs, calendar by Google Worst Site on the Web: MySpace
Blogimal: Birdie Interesting Fact: I love pumpkin pie (If it is pumpkin, I generally love it - minus pumpkin lattes. That is just nonsense.) Browser of Choice: 50% Firefox - 50% Safari Program that is Always Open: Mozilla Firefox Daily Grind: Daily: NyTimes, Startribune, Youtube, and Google At least once a week LinkedIn, Plaxo, Twitter, Wellsfargo and Huffingtonpost.com Best Site on the Web: Wellsfargo.com (online bill pay and all my accounts are in one place-LOVE IT) Worst Site on the Web: All governments sites out there (except careeronestop.com of course)
Blogimal: Peacock Interesting Fact: I was born in San Francisco - Haight Ashbury to hippy parents. Browser of Choice: Firefox Program that is Always Open: Outlook, Harvest, Word, Excel (lame, I know) Daily Grind: Harvest, Basecamp, GMail, and Netscape Some faves (not daily) - youtube, ebay, thriftyhipster, and reverbnation Best Site on the Web: barackobama.com Worst Site on the Web: johnmccain.com
Blogimal: Meerkat Interesting Fact: Grew up in the town of Blue Earth which is in Fairbault County, when the city of Fairbault is in County but Mankato is in Blue Earth County. Browser of Choice: WebKit nightly builds Program that is Always Open: There are a lot of them: WebKit, TextMate, Apple Mail, Adium, iTunes, Twitterific and Last.fm is always running so you can music stalk me. And when my computer just isn't running slow enough, I open Photoshop. Daily Grind: Google Reader is open all day. Best Site on the Web: The "Blog" of Unnecessary Quotation Marks quotation-marks.blogspot.com Regret the Error regrettheerror.com Worst Site on the Web: Any site not designed by Azul 7 (natch)
Blogimal: Porcupine Interesting Fact: I made my own 200 serving wedding cake with my husband! Browser of Choice: Safari Program that is Always Open: Photoshop Daily Grind: CNN, Communication Arts, Facebook, and Martha Stewart ( I know, very embarrassing) Best Site on the Web: Google and Blurb Worst Site on the Web: MySpace Pages - too much freedom for people to use bad fonts and color combinations
Blogimal: Husky. Interesting Fact: I have dual citizenship with the US and Ireland due to a distant relationship. Browser of Choice: Firefox - because of the developer tools - but I want Chrome for the Mac. Program that is Always Open: Quicksilver is always open in the background, even when there are no programs open, but I usually have Firefox and Mail open too. Daily Grind: I am always looking up a solution to a problem, or learning something new, using Google. And I have to have a tab open to the NY Times. Best Site on the Web: My favorite sites aggregate other useful information from the web. For example, I've come to rely on Lifehacker.com for cool tips about getting things done. And there's nothing like getting lost in a chain of someone else's favorite sites at ma.gnolia.com. Worst Site on the Web: Back when I was a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (don't tell anyone), the most-hated and most-needed site was the Microsoft technical solutions website (technet.microsoft.com). They had all the answers we needed every day, but you couldn't FIND them using the search tools. All the geeks used Google to search the site. Worst, you had to use IE - the site was broken for most other browsers.
Blogimal: Barracuda Interesting Fact: I am from Texas. Like big hats and guns. Browser of Choice: Firefox Program that is Always Open: Outlook and Firefox Daily Grind: MarketWatch Best Site on the Web: MarketWatch Worst Site on the Web: …
Blogimal: Octopus… I chose my blogimal because I figured an octopus sprays ink… writers use ink… and, of course, the eight slimy tenticles that we have in common. I hide them well. Interesting Fact: …She forgot that she is not a Octopus but Septopus. Browser of Choice: I tend to alternate between Internet Explorer and Mozilla. Program that is Always Open: Hands down, Microsoft Word. If they could just provide me with a freakin' dictionary, my life as a writer would be complete. But no. Instead, I have to rely on the thesaurus, which isn't even that great. Take that, MS Word! Daily Grind: There are too many to list! Let's see… I'm addicted to spoilerfix.com (anxiously awaiting the next Lost spoiler! Yes, I also read the ends of books first), people.com, cnn.com, and sometimes foxnews.com if I want to entertain myself with the overly-dramatized version of a story. I use Wikipedia more times a day that I could ever count… Adsoftheworld.com, adage.com, oh, I also like to torture myself by hitting up travelzoo.com and looking at all the trips I can't afford! And, who could go more than a few days without checking facebook? Best Site on the Web: I <3 Google (apparently, enough for me to type <3, which is nothing short of ridiculous). Especially when they have new illustrations for their icon. You know, the ones that correspond to the day? Like a few weeks ago, it was teddy bear day. I would never have known if it weren't for Google. When I think of all the teddy bears that might have suffered… Worst Site on the Web: Any website that I can't figure out how to navigate. If a sudoku puzzle were to suddenly transform into a website, it'd be this one: bbdo.com
