Up Close and Personal with Marisa

My Pet Causes, Interests and Diversions

If you want to get me talking, just ask me about any of these subjects that I find irresistible:

Parenting and family, homeschooling, Alternative Education

The environment and global warming

Healthy food, produced sustainably and cooked creatively ... with good wine to go with it

Good, simple, beautiful, User-Centered Design - Industrial, Product, Print and Web

Open Source software and the Creative Commons

The Semantic Web, Web 2.0

Net Neutrality, Freedom of Speech and the Electronic Frontiers Foundation

Summer nights camping under the stars

Yoga, piano and crochet

Where I Surf

If you walk into my home office and look over my shoulder, you're likely to catch me at one of these fine internet establishments.

Gerry McGovern - Content Management

Jakob Nielsen - Website Usability

Marketingprofs.com - Marketing

Seth Godin - Marketing God

A List Apart - for People who Make Websites

CSS Zen Garden - Pure CSS Beauty

This is Broken - Design

Church of the Customer - Customer-centered thinking

StumbleUpon - my favorite Web 2.0 addiction.