Debbie loves Austin, Texas – I’m here visiting family and enjoying every moment. It is hip and happening and full of creative folks. And great food! The slogan for the city is “Keep Austin Weird.” I don’t think they’ll have any problem with that.

Jennifer loves Noggin.com – This week, I continue to be impressed with Noggin.com.  It was great to discover Noggin, the children’s television station, when our son was younger.  Noggin offers many great learning programs, which are short enough to keep a child’s attention.  Now that our son is a little older, he is able to play the interactive games on Noggin.com.  I must admit, we get quite a kick from watching our three and a half year old navigate the trackpad on our laptop!  And did I mention he has learned a little Spanish, and more recently, Chinese from the programs available on Noggin?

Kirsty loves the  Star News Redesign – It’s a challenging time for traditional media. With the advent of new media and with advertisers’ cutting back media buys in a recession, there’s never been a more critical time to think outside the box. So, this week I get to brag about our local, Wilmington-based Star News, of the New York Times Co. The debuted a redesign for the paper this week that was certainly more cost effective, but I think actually enhanced the overall paper. Couple that with reporters’ and editors’ engagement in social media and you have a newspaper that should be a case study for how to evolve the right way.

Susan loves the real “notebook” computer – This ingenious “invention” by Dutch art student Evelien Lohbeck showcases the wonders of video editing. The artist takes a basic journal and transforms it into a mini computer equipped with wifi, scanner and printer. Even though it’s all visual effects, it’s pretty darn amazing. Just think if your writing notebook could do all this too!