Last Monday, October 15, was Blog Action Day. Let’s just say bloggers everywhere took the call to action seriously. I took the liberty of borrowing some stats from BlogActionDay.com:

20,603 Blogs Participated
23,327 Blog Posts (Google Blog Search)
14,631,038 RSS Readers

Skeptics take note — the power of the blogosphere is real. I’m crossing my fingers that a majority of these people walked the walk and changed out a few regular light bulbs for CFLs…

Here’s to making Blog Action Day a tradition!

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I had trouble finding something inspiring to write about today, so instead of international PR, I’m going to talk (international) vacation… It is a sad day for this traveler, as this summer will be the first of my 23 years without a vacation. This summer, all I’ve got to look forward to is other people taking vacations, thus making my drive to work a lot shorter! Amen.

When I complained to my parents that I wouldn’t be leaving the country (or the state) this summer, they laughed and said, “Welcome to the Real World,” which is something they’ve been telling me quite frequently lately. As I dive deeper into the “Real World,” I can only help but wonder how many working people take a real vacation - unplugged – no blackberry, no laptop and maybe even…gasp… no cell phone. I’m curious – what will my future vacations hold? A Wi-Fi connection at every turn? A week on a desolate island?

In researching trends for a client, Kevin, our second newest intern, and I found that in the age of “wireless,” 70 percent of current and prospective Wi-Fi users report they are more likely to take their notebook computers when traveling on vacation. In my opinion, bringing my laptop on vacation would do nothing but encourage me to check my email. I can already hear the persistent little voice in my head telling me to “Check my email” over and over again.Why take a vacation if you’re going to work? Is it really that much better to check your email in Hawaii than it is at home or at the office? Probably, (stupid question, I know) but with the laptop comes the stress and everything else that vacations are supposed to help you forget. If you can’t unplug on vacation, when can you? Forty-three percent of travelers are expected to stay connected to work, with at least 46 percent checking and returning email. When is enough ENOUGH? I can see it now, our latest addiction …crackberries…Wii-itis…Wi-Fitis.  Avis is now offering Wi-Fi while you drive. And, this just in: wireless + electiricity = WiTricity. Looks like Wi-Fi is the new pink.  

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Denise, a fellow Eastwikker, set up a game of online tag about two weeks ago and I am happy to join (a week or so late). Here are five things you may or may not have wanted (or needed) to know about me:

1. I am running a marathon on June 3rd. The only reason I have survived my training so far is because I joined Team in Training.

2. Although I say I am from New Mexico, and not California, I was born in Los Gatos. (But left CA when I was 4 or 5…)

3. I was voted “Best Smile” by my high school senior class of 2002 (I shared the honor with Ben Warner)

4. I lived in Granada, Spain, for 6 of the best months of my life during the spring semester of 2005.

5. I still love boy bands…I fear it’s a phase I will never grow out of

I won’t tag anyone because these things drive me nuts…although I have to admit, it’s been fun.

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