A slightly slow start to the blog year I know, but its the curse of having Christmas in the summer I think.  In the UK it was all about the build up, looking forward to huddling together round a fire eating roast potatoes and drinking mulled wine as the horses breath steamed up the outside of the pub windows...or something.  Here Christmas is the food fest to mark the end of a hard yakka year, then its a build up to the sunny weather with everyone hanging out on holiday to catch some sun.  I've only just got myself relaxed after an unbelievable 2008, and the barely busy Wellington streets aren't helping me gather momentum.  Hey there's my excuse, take it or leave it!

Another reason I've been quiet here is that I'm grappling with my return to Twitter (if you really must, you can follow me, look for marie_clair).  I tried it last year and felt shamelessly exposed and wantonly foolish typing short bursts of what's happening into an apparent void. But this year, with a few followers and more I'm following (loving Stephen Fry's updates on travels around NZ) I'm finally getting the sense of community so now its time to figure out a voice and stick to it.  And I'm getting over the feeling of standing on a cliff yelling banalities into the wind.  Which is nice.

Frances has written a great article on using Twitter, with Jill Wilson from CWA New Media.  Look out for it in the next INBusiness magazine.