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Happy 2nd Birthday to The Wonder of Tech!

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Today The Wonder of Tech enters its third year of bringing you the most fun and useful tech I can find. Two years ago today I took a deep breath and hit the “Publish” button for the first time, launching this blog and changing my life.

Happy 2nd birthday The Wonder of Tech

Since that time The Wonder of Tech has changed its look but not its focus on helping you discover and learn about personal technology. During the past two years, I’ve covered new gadgets, apps, social media sites, and software designed to make your life easier and/or more fun.

The Wonder of Tech has been visited from people in 201 countries, from Tonga to Turkmenistan, with 38% of readers coming from outside the US. Wonder of Tech articles appear on The Philadelphia Inquirer website, as well as on other websites such as AdrienneSmith.net, Aha-Now, Start Your Novel, Seven Sentences and The Savvy Intern.

Wonder of Tech Countries 2011-2013

Here’s a report showing statistics for The Wonder of Tech for 2012 including traffic, most popular articles, top referring sites and other information about this site:

The Wonder of Tech Annual Report

Redesign

2012 was a critical year for The Wonder of Tech when the growing traffic to my site caused it to crash in April, requiring a major overhaul of everything from the ground up. Before the crash, The Wonder of Tech was hosted on an account owned by a dear friend who runs several websites. But the volume of my traffic required my site have its own account, resulting in a major move.

Moving gave me not only a faster site but also an opportunity to redecorate, and my new theme was launched in May with the The Debut of the New and Improved Wonder of Tech! Continued thanks go to Ashvini Kumar Saxena, friend, blogger, app developer and IT genius, for his tireless and continued help in keeping The Wonder of Tech going strong.

Thanks

The growth of The Wonder of Tech would not be possible without the help of many people who have supported me through this blogging adventure. Fellow bloggers have supported me in so many ways, reaching out to me and guiding me with great advice and help behind the scenes.

Thanks also go to my friends and family who have constantly encouraged and supported me. Much appreciation goes to those who took the time to speak to me about their exciting tech products and services and to those who made those interviews happen. Thanks to those who loaned me gadgets to review so I could bring my readers information about great tech.

WordPress 2nd Blogiversary

Most of all, thanks go to you, the readers who have taken the time to stop by and read, comment, and share my articles. Your presence here is the reason The Wonder of Tech exists.

Awards

I have been truly honored to win awards from fellow bloggers. These awards have meant so much to me, and they come with requirements of passing along the awards to other bloggers who are worthy of the honor.

Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award

I have been awarded the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award by Harleena Singh and Dee Ann Rice. The conditions of accepting this award are that I must pass on this award to seven other bloggers and reveal seven things about myself.

Here are the seven bloggers to whom I give this award, who have exemplified the sisterhood that bloggers share:


I am breaking the rules by not revealing seven things about myself. I figure you would rather know about amazing bloggers than trivia about me, as I have revealed anything even remotely interesting about me in previous posts. But in the spirit of the award, I’m happy to answer your questions about me in the Comments section below.

Super Sweet Blogging Award

I was given this award by Aaron Brinker at DadBlunders. Thank you, Aaron, for this honor. To fulfill my obligations, I must answer five questions and name a baker’s dozen (13) bloggers to pass along this award.
DadBlunders Award
The five questions:
(Note: I don’t eat sugar so the response to all of these questions is the sugar-free version of the food.)
1. Cookie or Cake?
Cake, so long as frosting is involved.

2. Chocolate or Vanilla?
Chocolate, if you please.

3. What is your favorite sweet treat?
Hot Fudge Sundae with walnuts and whipped cream.

4. When do you crave sweet things the most?
When I see them, such as in the picture that accompanies this award…

5. If you had a sweet nickname what would it be?
My parents gave me one when I was very young. The first day of kindergarten, my teacher, Miss Beaujean, asked if we had any nicknames. When it came to my turn, I proudly announced the sweet name that my parents called me. It took the teacher quite a long time to gain control of the class after my revelation because my fellow kindergarteners were laughing so hard at me. Yes, most children don’t experience mortifyingly embarrassing experiences until their teenage years. I had my first of many on my very first day of school.

No, I’m not confessing the nickname here. If anyone who is reading this was in my kindergarten class at Greenacres Elementary School and remembers the incident, they can leave the nickname in the Comments section below and I won’t block it. But you’ll never get the name out of me no matter how hard you try.

My award winners are truly sweet people who support not only The Wonder of Tech, but many other blogs, giving of their time to help others with advice and spreading the news of bloggers’ posts on social media:

Inspiring Blog Award

I received the Inspiring Blog Award from JM Bell at Start Your Novel and Barbara Klein of Late Bloomers, both of whom are an inspiration to me.

Start Your Novel JM Bell Award

I am required to pass this award along to seven other bloggers. I also am required to list seven words or phrases that are my favorites:

  • Gobsmacked
  • You can’t say “can’t”
  • No excuses
  • Good, great or greatest?
  • Cheeky
  • Polygadgetist
  • Triberr > Sliced Bread (see below)

rd winners inspire me both with the quality of their blogs and of their character. They lift up others with their words and their spirit:

Thank you all for your inspiration.

Triberr

A significant milestone in the life of this blog was my joining Triberr. Triberr is the brainstorm of two geniuses who deserve to be the very first inductees into the Blogging Hall of Fame (when it is eventually founded), Dino Dogan and Dan Cristo. They created Triberr shortly after the launch of The Wonder of Tech as a way of supporting fellow bloggers.

Triberr is a community of bloggers who form tribes to share each others’ posts on Twitter and other social media sites. Because of Triberr and my tribemates, my personal Twitter reach, currently at 2400+, has been expanded to 37 million. That’s right, 37 million. Now, not every one of my tribemates tweets out every one of my posts. But the exposure The Wonder of Tech receives due to Triberr is incomparable. Thank you, Dino, Dan and all of my tribemates.

Looking Ahead

As The Wonder of Tech continues to grow, I look forward to continuing to bring you the best tech I can find. I appreciate your visiting, commenting, sharing and sending me your questions and article ideas. Stay tuned to discover more exciting tech in the coming year!

Your Thoughts

Are you familiar with the amazing bloggers who received awards today? Were you aware of Triberr? Do you like chocolate or vanilla? Cakes or cookies? Did you have Miss Beaujean as a kindergarten teacher? Let us know in the Comments section below!

* Birthday cake image from digitalart, courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net (edited)

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  1. Sapna says

    Hi Carolyn

    First congratulations, on the 2nd birthday of your blog.This is an achievement in itself. I think you have the great support of extra ordinary people whom you have mentioned, few of them I know very well, and second for all the awards you have won. You deserve all these as you are champ in tech.It has always been a great pleasure to visit your blog, everytime it has been a new learning.

    You have been a true Techie who have been introducing us with the number of apps and other IT related products.You are true Genius.

    I know of triberr, it was Adrienne who introduced me and then Lisa’s post helped me in exploring that further.

    Keep winning and enjoy your week.

    Sapna

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Sapna, Thank you for your kind words and wonderful wishes. Thank you also for your incredible support this past year. You are one of my top commenters and often are the first to get the conversation going! This blog wouldn’t be nearly as fun without awesome comments from super people like you! 🙂

  3. Ashvini says

    Hi Carolyn,

    Congratulations for your blog’s birthday. Your blog has grown superbly and is becoming fantastic day by day. I am really happy to having found you and work with you. It has been an awesome journey which has inspired me to learn and know many things. Your curiosity and desire to push the boundaries is what started our pet project of Share Juice. We are a fantastic team and I am very glad to be associated with you. I wish your blog gets bigger and bigger :).

    Have a great day 🙂

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Ashvini, Thank you so much for your warm words and for all of your help with The Wonder of Tech. I don’t know what this blog would look like without you, but luckily I don’t have to know.

      Best wishes for much success with Share Juice and thank you for developing the sharing plugin of my dreams!

      Congratulations on your award, Ashvini. Well deserved!

  4. Kaarina Dillabough says

    First of all, huge congratulations on your 2nd birthday! There are many of us who started around the same time, and it’s been an interesting ride as we’ve all found our footing. I can always depend on you to make this non-techie gal understand things I probably wouldn’t otherwise.

    And thanks so much for the lovely tip of the hat. Now go eat some cake! Cheers! Kaarina

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Kaarina, Congratulations on your well-deserved award and thank you for your congratulations! You have been a true leader of bloggers and the blogging world is a much better place because of how you bring us together.

      It’s pretty wild how so many of us started around the same time. I’m so glad we found each other to be able to grow together.

      Best wishes for much continued success to you in your third year of blogging, Kaarina!

  6. Lori Gosselin says

    Hi Carolyn,
    Congratulations on your second Blogaversary! I’m in such good company here and honored by that. We’ve been blogging for roughly the same amount of time and I’m glad I found you. Keep up the great work!
    Lori

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Lori, Thanks! It’s pretty amazing how many of us started around the same time, and how many of us are still going strong.

      I too am glad that we met along the way. Congratulations on your award and best wishes for much continued success with Life, For Instance! (*)

  7. Harleena Singh says

    Congratulations & celebrations Carolyn!

    What a great achievement to enter your third year now! It hardly seems that long since you have been blogging, and not to mention the consistency and dedication with which you have brought up this blog – commendable indeed. 🙂 You ARE the ‘wonder woman’ indeed, and someone most of us look up for inspiration. 🙂

    I know of the changes, especially when you changed the whole look of the blog, which has further enhanced it’s overall look, and I can only hope and pray for it’s further success. 🙂

    Yes indeed, it was you who really introduced me to Triberr, so I need to thank you for that, though I am still not all that good at it yet, but I am learning.

    I want to take this opportunity to thank you on behalf of all of us here for sharing such useful and wonderful information that we really don’t have to go looking for it elsewhere.

    Ah…what an awesome list of awards, and who else but you would deserve ALL of them – all in a line. Thanks for accepting the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award, and for passing on to others. I humbly accept the Super Sweet Blogging Award, though I was given it earlier by Aaron himself, so I’d be sure to add in your name in there too (http://www.aha-now.com/how-to-be-grateful-every-single-day/)

    Nice to see so many known friend’s on your list of awardees – a gift on your blogs birthday today! Thank YOU once again for being you. 🙂

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Gosh, Harleena, thank you very much. You’re making me blush! :”> You certainly have been a great friend and supporter to me and to The Wonder of Tech. You inspire so many people with your writing and with your wonderful support in sharing and commenting.

      Yes, I knew you had received the award before but I didn’t let that stop me from giving it to you, you were an obvious choice – you define sweetness! Thank you again for giving me the Sisterhood award and congratulations on your award, Harleena! Best wishes for your continued success with your new look at Aha-Now!

  8. Bruce Sallan says

    What a wonderful, loving, and inspirational post Carolyn. I’m, of course, honored to be included along with so many other GREAT people, but I’m mostly thrilled to have “met” you. Soon, we should take it to the next step and speak on the phone or do a HangOut! Maybe, gulp, we might even meet IRL someday!?

  9. Dadblunders says

    Carolyn,

    First off….Happy Birthday to a wonderful site! I always enjoy the time I spend on your blog (probably the reason I generally wind up as one of the top commenters), I find it refreshing and full of interesting new ideas. I hope you have continued success and have many more blogging birthdays!

    Thank you so much for the award! I am happy and honored to accept it from you! I think you actually made me blush a little considering you think of me and my work as inspiring. As you know, I just try to promote fatherhood in a positive light through humor, my serious side and few surprises here and there.

    Thank you again for thinking of me,
    Aaron Brinker

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Aaron, Thank you for the Super Sweet Blogger Award and congratulations on the Inspiring Blog Award. I am impressed with how you always portray fatherhood in a positive light. You truly are an inspiration. I also like the new direction you are taking with your blog, helping to guide others with blogging.

      I appreciate all of the comments and support you have given, Aaron. Always a pleasure to see you here at The Wonder of Tech! (*)

  10. Mark says

    Congratulations, Carolyn! : )

    Happy B. Day Wonder of Tech!

    The sky is the limit for The Wonder of Tech… You’ve been an inspiration and great example of what it takes to be an awesome blogger…

    Thank you, miss!

  12. Adrienne says

    Hi Carolyn,

    Happy Birthday to your blog! Congratulations for making it to the two year mark and I’m so honored to have been mentioned here in your post not once but twice. Okay, I accept the award with great pleasure.

    I remember when I first met you and I didn’t consider myself to be a tech person. You have to admit that at that time I really wasn’t but I’ve definitely grown a bunch since then. But you’re the Tech Queen in my book and I really rely on you to continue providing us such awesome information on all things tech and gadgets. I mean you just do such a fabulous job of keeping us up to date with the latest and greatest of everything out there. You continue to impress me with everything that you share and you are so deserving of every award imaginable, every honor that can be given and every wonderful praise known to mankind.

    Thank you for all that you do and congratulations again on this fabulous milestone. You are greatly cherished my wonderful friend.

    Happy Birthday!

    ~Adrienne

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Thanks, Adrienne. I always thought it was funny you didn’t consider yourself a techie. You run circles around many people in tech, but you and I tend to know different parts of tech. My area is personal technology and you’re an ace in other tech areas.

      Congratulations on your award! I could do an entire post on how sweet and supportive you are, but since this is a personal technology blog, I will bestow an award upon you instead!

      Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your amazing friendship and support. I was so very fortunate to have met you so early after I started blogging. You are so helpful not just to me but to other bloggers too, Adrienne. I wish you the best in the coming year!

  13. Praveen Rajarao says

    Carolyn – Congratulations on another successful year passed with awesome contributions and many super advises to the blogging community. You have always been a reliable tech-source for all of us who want to learn about something new.

    I am honored by your mention and nominating me for the award. I hope to live up to it and also do proper justice to the award.

    It has been wonderful knowing you and to have followed you throughout this year and I should mention that I always look forward to your regular articles. There were many such which opened up my thoughts and there were others which actually helped me make a decision when buying a gadget. The articles on various apps that you have written over the time have also been a great source of information for all of us.

    Hope you continue doing the great job that you do and hope to see more and more articles from you. Happy Birthday once again!!!

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Praveen, Thanks so much for your kind words of encouragement and for your support of The Wonder of Tech. It’s always wonderful to hear that my words have helped someone with tech.

      I really enjoy sharing tech with others and am so grateful to have this platform to tell the world about great tech that I find. Tech can make life easier and more fun so the more we find out about it, the better our lives can be.

      Congratulations on you for your award and best wishes to you for continued success with both of your blogs, Praveen!

  15. Mike Maynard says

    Hi Carolyn,

    Congratulations on getting your blog to 2 years old! A Zillion Ideas is just 1 year old now. Thanks for the award too. My first one of 2013.

    All this technology began with James Watt and Matthew Boulton setting up factory that used steam power and sparked off the Industrial Revolution. That was Soho in Birmingham, where I first went to college; I later went to Matthew Boulton college. It all heralded a new dawn, mankind didn’t need to go out and find wealth. We had engineering and technology and we could make wealth. A couple of hundred years on and the Japanese prime minister has the same idea, to use robots to create wealth. Much has changed since the days of slavery. I wonder what future generations will think of what we do?

    Will the Wonder of Tech one day review robots? 🙂

    Thanks again for an interesting site and insight into new tech and for the award…

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Mike, I often think of how we marvel at new tech, only to take it for granted or regard it as obsolete a little while later. The history of technology and industrial design is certainly fascinating. I’m sure you learned a lot about it at Michael Boulton College!

      I imagine I will be reviewing robots at some point in the future. We’ve had one in our home for a while, the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner.

      Congratulations on your well-deserved award, Mike. You certainly are an inspiration, blogging on so many different topics from two different blogs! (*)

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! Thanks so much, Samantha. Yes, I hadn’t anticipated the growth that The Wonder of Tech would have when I first launched the blog two years ago. My friend was amazing to help me out and host The Wonder of Tech on her account. I got a lot farther with her help than I would have on my own initially. But when my site crashed, it brought down her websites too so it was time for me to head out on my own.

      Now I’m all set with my account and theme to deal with the wonderful “problem” of lots of traffic!

  17. Jerry says

    Congratulations for the big Birthday of your blog.

    The funniest kids nickname that I have ever heard was “Snookypooh”.
    Did yours top that?

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Jerry, Wow, no, mine didn’t top that. Snookiepooh seems like the silliest nickname ever!

      Thanks for your support of The Wonder of Tech over the years Jerry. A lot of readers have told me that they discovered The Wonder of Tech from you sharing the link with them. :-bd

  18. Josh says

    Happy Blogiversary Carolyn. I may not always comment but I come here often to read your posts. It is one of my favorite places online.

  19. Ehsan Ullah says

    A big congrats for completing the 2nd year of good blogging Carolyn. You’ve taken the Wonder of Tech to a great lever in two year I must say.

    All of the bloggers mentioned there deserved those awards.

    It’s nice to connecting with you and hope to get an award from you sooner than later.

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Ehsan, Thank you very much for your words of praise. I am excited to connect with you too, your blog is very impressive. I’m sure you will be winning many awards for the quality of your content! :-bd

  21. Mayura says

    Hi Carolyn,

    Woo the hoo… Can you hear the party music and folks chatting everywhere? 😉 I’m in.

    I love chocolate and where’s the french fries? 😉

    Congratulations on 2nd birthday and for being awarded Carolyn 🙂 You have been given a lot of effort for your blog to keep your community informed and I’m sure you can look back for past 2 years and say “Unbelievable”, right?

    Thank you so much for awarding me here Carolyn and I’m pretty excited as you know, may be I’m the one who recently keep visiting your blog 🙂 May be or may be not 😀 lol… But you are awesome indeed.

    Congratulations to everyone who has been awarded here and I love to see lovely friends of mine is here too dear 🙂 I just happy for ’em as I believe in ’em and they are standing up among the bloggers who call experts themselves without putting much effort. They deserve it and I’ll second it.

    I’m wishing you to do more wonders with your blog for more and more consecutive years and you know what, you are rocking it my friends 🙂

    BTW, I’ve got an essay to write about nicknames and I couldn’t get yours dear. Well, What’s it? Yeah, come again 😉

    Cheers…

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Mayura, Yes, you’re right, it’s hard to believe that two years ago I was so very scared to hit that “Publish” button that I had to call a dear friend to talk me through it. Then I was scared that no one would ever read my articles. Now I’m not scared, I’m just enjoying sharing great tech!

      Thanks for coming to my party, Mayura, and joining in on the celebration. You have been such a wonderful supporter of The Wonder of Tech in so many ways. You definitely deserve some cake!

      I’ve had many nicknames over the years, Mayura. You could probably write your entire essay just on my nicknames! But Adrienne calls me “Tech Queen” so that’s the one you can use for your essay. <:-P

  22. Jens P. Berget says

    Happy 2nd Birthday Carolyn. I feel like I have been reading your blog forever, but it’s only been two years, and I probably wasn’t here right when you started, or maybe I was 🙂

    Your blog is amazing, and I feel that everything I learn about new apps and tech is from your blog. So you’re definitively doing the right thing 🙂

    Thank you so much for the award! Your support means the world to me.

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Jens, Thank you! I went back into my Comments section and saw that you first left a comment here on April 7, 2011. Since then you have left 19 pages of comments. Wow, you rock! (*)

      I remember that the first comment you left was marked as spam by Akismet so I got rid of Akismet and kept your comment!

      Jens, I so appreciate all of the comments and support you have given me over the years. I truly am grateful that I found you so early in my blogging journey!

      Best wishes to you for your continued successes with your blog, your business and your novel! https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/lizarraga/id594092162?mt=11

  23. Shamelle says

    Hi Carolyn,
    My first time on your blog today and I really enjoy the feel and the atmosphere you’ve created here.

    Congrats on getting this far. All the best for the coming years. I see a great future ahead for this blog 😉

    regards
    Shamelle

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Shamelle, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! So glad to have you here to launch the third year of this site. I’m happy that you like what you see because I plan on bringing you more of the same – great tech! 🙂

  24. Barbara says

    Congratulations on your second anniversary, Carolyn, and may you always have a scrumptious chocolate cake with frosting close by.

    You are doing a wonderful job, by making this technically challenged woman understand the intricacies of the latest gadgets and even use them: where would I be without your camera apps reviews and the how-to-do step by step guides (I only mention twitter!)? Thank you so much and kudos.

    And on top of everything your posts are fun to read and inspiring me to set the bar higher (hi Kaarina).

    You deserve all the awards and more, this is the frosting on your cake! Thank you so much for nominating me for The Super Sweet Blogging Award and I hope we can one day share some gooey chocolate cake together!

    To many mores!

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Barbara, Thank you! It means a lot to know that this blog has been helpful to you in understanding and learning about tech. Tech is becoming a large part of our world now so the more we can embrace it, the easier our lives become!

      Congratulations on your award, Barbara, and thank you for giving me the Inspirational Bloggers Award. We definitely need some gooey chocolate cake to celebrate! 🙂

  25. Rob Kilson says

    It all began with a spark of idea, and now that idea is now a grand network of information that has helped us carry on with the different problems we’ve encountered in technological dilemmas. And for that it’s definitely a good cause to celebrate the annual birthday of this site.

  26. jawad zaib says

    Congratulations for all the awards and on the 2nd birthday of your blog.its an awesome list of awards and this is a great blog, may your blog rock in the third year as well and keep up the good work…

  27. Smith says

    Happy 2nd birthday.I really enjoy reading your post and I am looking forward to many more posts in this new year.The manner in which you present your post is really interesting and I am always eager to read your new articles.Thanks for all your efforts.

  28. Patrick says

    Happy blog birthday, Carolyn!

    I’m happy to have found your blog through, of all things, Triberr!
    Having so many visitors that your blog actually crashed? THAT’S what I call a nice problem to have! 🙂 Congratulations!

    As to some of your questions, I like vanilla over chocolate and cakes over cookies. Looks like I have some blog suggestions worth looking into! 🙂

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Patrick, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! I’m glad you found The Wonder of Tech through Triberr. I have discovered some great blogs there and have made some wonderful friendships.

      Yes, you have your work cut out for you if you want to check out all of those blogs, but your time will be well spent!

      I’m a big fan of vanilla too. But chocolate rules.

  29. Ruth Zive says

    Wow – quite a milestone Carolyn! I’ve been reading your blog for about a year, and I have enjoyed it thoroughly! All the best for many more years of success! Thank you as well for your continued support.

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Ruth, Thank you very much and congratulations on the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award! You have been so supportive of me and The Wonder of Tech and I appreciate all that you do for me and other writers as well!

  30. CarolB says

    Wow! I am truly honored to be included in your “Inspiring” category with such an esteeming group of bloggers! So much so, I just don’t know what to say, besides thank you so very much! You have been an inspiration to me. Your blog has opened my eyes to a wide variety of tech that I seriously doubt I would have discovered otherwise. Not to mention how you have inspired me to keep going with my own blog! Keep up your great work – you are an inspiration to us! Not to forget your other awards – very well deserved.

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Carol, Your award is richly deserved. You have done an excellent job with Let’s Get Deals today, bringing us information about how to get high quality goods and services without paying top prices! You’re doing a great job and you are certainly an inspiration to me and all of your readers.

      Thanks so much for stopping by and joining the party today! <:-P

  31. Ralph says

    Caroline,

    Even though I don’t visit much I do lovewhat you share. Happy anniversary and here’s to many more years of blogging and to your success. Cheers.

  32. Zainil says

    ♪ Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday To Dear WonderOfTech, Happy Birthday To You ♫

    Congratulations Caroyln! 🙂 Keeping rocking in the 3rd year too with your great posts! 🙂 🙂

  33. Thomas says

    Happy Blog-Anniversary Carolyn
    I must say that I am surprised that your blog is only 2 years old..! I thought that it have been around for a long longer than my own blog. Also thank you very much for the blog award. I am very honed to be on that list. I hope that your blog will keep on rocking with great Tech tips and reviews for the years to come 🙂

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Thomas, You know, it’s funny, when I first started this blog people were always asking me if I was going to run out of tech to write about. I assured them that wouldn’t be a problem. I told them I can’t get to all the tech I want to write about. Two years later I still have topics that I wanted to cover initially but haven’t gotten to yet.

      Perhaps someday I will run out of topics, but no time soon!

      Thank you very much for your good wishes and all of your support of The Wonder of Tech, Thomas! Congratulations on your award. You certainly have been an inspiration to me and to other bloggers as well.

  34. Lisa says

    Congratulations on 2 years. Many bloggers have not made that milestone and gave up prior. Something you should be very proud of!
    I love Triberr and use it daily. That along with the buffer app 🙂
    I LOVE cookies. Chocolate chip are great.
    I know some of the bloggers that won the awards and I will have to check out the ones I don’t know.
    Hope your 3rd year is even better!

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Lisa, Thanks so much! I’m enjoying The Wonder of Tech so much that I can’t imagine giving it up. I know I’ll have to some day, but that will be a sad day for me.

      No need to think about that now, I’m looking forward to some exciting tech I have planned to cover!

      The Buffer app rocks too. I use it daily as well.

      Thanks for stopping by and your good wishes. Have a wonderful weekend, Lisa!

  35. Tim Bonner says

    Hey Carolyn

    Congratulations on The Wonder of Tech’s 2nd birthday. That’s a really great achievement.

    I come here often and although I don’t always comment, I love everything you write and write about. I’m a secret fan of everything techie.

    I love chocolate and vanilla. I would always go for cake over cookies :-).

  36. Craig McBreen says

    Hi Carolyn,

    Congrats to you! A 2nd Birthday in this space is quite a feat! I’m almost at 1.5 years in and it’s been a very enjoyable ride so far.

    BOY, between you and Adrienne, I’m beginning to think Mr. Ashvini Kumar Saxena is a bit of a genius 🙂

    Anyway love your tech articles, so thanks for helping people like me discover and learn more about personal technology, um on a personal level.

    Keep it up and have a great weekend!

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Craig, Yes, Ashvini rocks. He has both the brains and the heart to be a wonderful friend and ally to Adrienne and me. When I ran into trouble last spring, Ashvini was directly responsible for getting me back on the Internet. He has been a huge help to Adrienne too!

      Thank you for your kind words of praise, Craig. I’m glad you love reading my articles because I love writing them! Discovering awesome tech and sharing it with others, well what could be more fun than that?

      Have a great weekend, Craig!

  37. Kyle says

    Congrats Carolyn on 2 years blogging at Wonder of Tech! I have seen countless blogs come and go in that time period so you you have REALLY accomplished something. I finally subscribed to your RSS feed so I can get your content on a regular basis now. Cheers!

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Kyle, Welcome back to The Wonder of Tech! Thank so much for your kind words. I have seen more than a few developers come and go during that time and I’m very glad, though not surprised, to see that you’re still going strong! Rather-Be-Shopping is such a fantastic site, I’m pleased to have discovered you so early in my blogging careers.

      Thanks for subscribing and best wishes for much continued success! 🙂

  38. Suzanne says

    Carolyn, What a wonderful accomplishment in a relatively short amount of time. It’s obvious that you have won the respect of your fellow bloggers and readers by providing valuable insight into a topic that very few of us feel comfortable with. I know that I will continue to return and read your blog.

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Suzanne, Thank you so much. I am very glad you have discovered useful tech here. My wish for this blog is that it becomes the bridge to help people move from a fear of tech to an enthusiasm for tech.

  39. Mary Stephenson says

    Hi Carolyn

    Congratulations on your Happy Birthday of your blog!
    What a great list of bloggers, will have to check the ones out that I have not heard of.
    Darn…nobody from your class spoke up! My oldest brother had a lot of stupid nicknames for me, which always got me chasing him or swinging at him. Some I didn’t mind, but thank goodness I never disclosed them to fellow students as I would have never lived them down.
    Chocolate cake with fudge frosting sounds perfect.
    Mary

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Mary, Wow, you’re lucky that your brothers never spilled the beans about your nicknames. The bad ones always seem to stick like glue!

      I hope you enjoy checking out this list of amazing bloggers. They are great writers and wonderful people!

  40. Bill Dorman says

    I was your Toga commentor…….wha? Tonga? Oh……….

    I was mortified in first grade as well. We got a ‘gold’ star if we cleaned our plate at lunch. I was going great until Friday until they had little green peas….yuck. I acted like I was putting them to my mouth but would drop them under the lunch room table in front of me. The girl sitting next to me saw me but said she wouldn’t tell. As soon as the teacher walks by her hand shoots up and she proudly proclaims ‘Billy is dropping his peas on the floor.’

    Oh, it gets better.

    Back in class after lunch the teacher called me up to the front of the room and I had to face the class and tell them what I did.

    Shameful indeed………:).

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Thanks for commenting from Tonga, Bill! Now could you visit my site next time you’re in Greenland? Not a lot of love from there. Alexa says I’ve been visited from Greenland but Google disagrees.

      I’m thinking that girl in first grade did not become your best friend. Snitch. [..]

      I hated peas too. My brother, sister and I had pea fights at dinner. Our ceiling was stained for years and I guess my parents didn’t look up much. Our dog was the beneficiary of those fights.

      I still hate peas. I bet you do too. :-&

  41. Bill Dorman says

    Oops, I got so busy talking about my self I forgot to congratulate you on your two years and fantastic site. I really, really appreciate your friendship and support.

  42. Brian D. Meeks ( says

    I really liked your annual report, both in the cool data, which I love, and in the design. It was very pleasing to read. Congrats on a very productive two years.

    Thanks for including me in the list of bloggers you found inspirational. I suppose I owe you seven words, then?

    1) Monkey, it is always a funny word, especially if it is included in a sentence with some sort of cheese.
    2) Tome, who doesn’t love books?
    3) Predilections, because it has a good cadence to it.
    4) Cadence
    5) Bit, I use this word to death and am trying a twelve step program to reduce my usage…a bit…d’oh.
    6) Qat, is my favorite of the “q” words that don’t require a “u”, it is an alternate spelling of Kat…a type of shrubbery.
    7) Lastly, I must go with a phrase, “gang aft agley”, because Robert Byrne is the man, and I like mice.

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Brian, Thanks, WordPress did that report for me, which was so cool that I wanted to share it with others.

      Love your words. Shrubbery is a good one on its own, don’t you think? 😉

  43. Amber-Lee Dibble says

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    Now?
    Now we have cake!

    Oh WOW!! Carolyn!! Thank you for thinking of me, and like that… I am simply doing what feels right, what I have learned and learning all I can. The Super Sweet Blogging Award is an honor to receive from you.

    (Now, can we have cake?!)

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Amber-Lee, Wow, thank you kindly for your amazing birthday wishes! Yes, let’s have cake. Now!

      Congratulations on your award. You are definitely super sweet, even without cake! 🙂

  45. Luice says

    I’m following you since a year, honestly speaking I thoroughly enjoyed reading your blogs & you were always the first blogger to share upcoming technologies, thanks a lot for that. Happy 2nd birthday to your site, looking forward for more wonderful posts from you.

  46. David says

    It is the 2nd birthday for Wonder of Tech and it is already two years that this wonderful blog came into existence. You have shared useful information through this blog over these two years and I really appreciate your hard work and efficieny. I pray for more success for this blog and a happy birthday to Wonder of Tech.

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi David, Thank you for your very kind words and prayers. I’m glad you have found the information I share to be useful to you. Stay tuned to The Wonder of Tech for even more useful information about tech! 🙂

  47. Geoff Talbot says

    Carolyn… Happy Birthday to the “Wonder Of Tech,”

    You are a constant source of encouragement to me. Totally appreciate you and your blog.

    Thank you
    Geoff

  48. Sicorra says

    Just discovering your blog for the first time. Congratulations and Happy Birthday! It’s exciting, isn’t it?
    I love techy stuff and you share so much valuable info. Also love that you lived in the UK for a few years. I had the opportunity to live there for about 15 months, ten years ago, for a work contract and I loved it so much.

    • Carolyn Nicander Mohr says

      Hi Sicorra, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! I’m so glad that you discovered The Wonder of Tech. You should find lots of tech information to keep you happy here. 🙂

      Yes, living in the UK definitely gave me a different perspective on the world. That’s great you enjoyed your time in England too!

      Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts with us, Sicorra. 🙂

  50. Kent Morris says

    Hello!,,,,

    First I will say happy second birthday of your site. Your blog has grown superbly and is becoming fantastic day by day. I am really happy to having found you and work with you.And keep going more wonderful posts from you.God bless,