Thanksgiving 2005

Every year since the turn of the century, I’ve been writing a Thanksgiving blog post about the things and people I’m thankful for. As I do so again this year, I’m amazed how many are still on the list. There’s lots of newcomers, too.
Anyway, here’s what I’m especialy thankful for on Thanksgiving 2005:
The season’s first snow. The turkey my wife awoke early this morning to cook. My family and friends who will gather here this afternoon to eat it. My church, my friends, my dog, my work, my health, most of all my God - who makes all things new and possible.
Tech things I’m thankful for: My Motion Computing Tablet PC, my Mac G5, My iMac. my new Dell XPS, the Treo 650 smarthphone, Microsoft’s One Note, SpamSieve, Final Cut Pro, the BlackBerry, BlueTooth, Airport Extreme and Airport Express, the video-enabled iPod, the iPod nano, flash USB drives, XM and Sirius satellite radio, Comcast high speed Internet and On-Demand digital TV, AIM and Microsoft Messenger, Constant Contact, Laridian Bible software, iTunes, iPhoto, RSS and XML, NetNewsWire, FireFox, Safari, PayPal, ADThosting, SixApart, Outlook, iSync, Entourage.
Tech People I’m thankful for: Steve Colyer, Andrew Walsh, Beth Boling, Larry Larsen, David Blomquist, Dale Parry, Ron Recinto, AJ Hartley, Bill Carver, Terry White, Tony Robinson, Heather Newman, Matt Friedman, Michelle Gilbert, Eric Kushner, Al Tompkins, Bill Mitchell, Sree Sreenivasan, David Shedding, Raphael Seth, Terrence Berg, Adriaan Tijsseling, Kim Culhan, Michael Mauer, Elin Spahr, Phil Bertolini, Mark Gilman, Steven Leon, Mike Sante, Tom Walsh, Lee Rainie, Daniel Cherrin, Brooke Tomlinson, Greg Kohler, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Matt Roush, Larry Eiler, Ben and Mena Trott, Rich Homberg, Russ White, Matthew Prince, Michael Tsai, Keri Walker, Ryan Huschka, Chris Comes, Martin Winston, Seth Dimbert, Eric Callis, Glenn Reynolds, Dan Gillmor, Hiawatha Bray, Gary Price, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Ray Cavaliere, ToeKnee, RedfordPhyl, Mr. Attitude, Dean Esmay, Debbie Wolfe, Chris Adams, Penny Duckham and every member of my Technofolks advisory group.