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It’s that time where it’s great to look back on the past year and forward on what’s in store for next year. It’s a time to reflect on the new things you’ve learned, the opportunities you’ve had, the people you’ve meet and over all the things that you are thankful for.

In the spirit, I thought it would be fun to ask the entire eROI team what they were thankful for- specifically what they were thankful for in terms of the tools and resources that have become part of their day-to-day over the past year. I received responses from members of each department and thought I would share that collaborative list with you in hopes that you may find a new tool and/or resource that will become part of your day-to-day in the year to come…

Not surprisingly, there were some common answers:

I am thankful for Google….

…for pushing open standards and making the web kick ass

… so I no longer have to know everything; I now just have to know how to find it.  Much easier!

…because it answers all the questions I’m too embarrassed to ask.

I am thankful for Twitter….

… and am really blessed at how it has opened some new communications and friendships.

… and Tweetie so I can share my life with a world that barely cares.

… it’s a strange little world of mind sharing and I love it!

… and the people that use it for contests, because through those contest, I got to meet Shaq, won an iPod Touch, gift cards to Powell’s and Vault, and free tickets to Regina Spektor!

There were some “interesting” answers:

I am thankful for Maker’s Mark.

I am thankful for Blackberry flavored Izze

I’m thankful for #c7d3dd. It’s a color and it happens to be a very pretty light blue.

And overall just some really fantastic ones…

I am thankful for Google Reader for being my digital mind meld of all things new, interesting and relevant.

I am thankful It’s Nice That – inspiration from many corners.

I am thankful  Boing Boing –so much fun on any and every topic you know and never heard of in the history of the world.

I am thankful Mashable – everyday, multiple times a day.

I am thankful for mobile sites.  They are super fun to design!

I am thankful  Fluid.app + Helvetireader

I am thankful Ubuntu for making a kick-ass operating system that I can develop in and Zend for making a sweet modular development framework #zf

I am thankful for www.booooooom.com!

I am thankful for people who put their info in their email signatures

I’m thankful for the Behance Action Method system, as well as the new 99 Percent site.  Both awesome resources for making ideas happen.

I am thankful for the screen shot button.

I am thankful for ALL of my iPhone apps and how much easier they have made my life.

I am thankful for for Skitch, Evernote, Tweetdeck, and Google Analytics – could not do my job without you.

I’m thankful for Seth Godin’s blog.  Always good insight.

I am thankful for 3 tools – Evernote, Gist, & Xobni – that have made me a much more productive person in 2009.

Thank goodness for excel.  I love excel.

I am thank full for eMUSIC. Great pay music site – 10 bucks a month I get 30 songs. Allows me to hit up new things I hear..

I am thankful for Firebug, jQuery, JavaScript, Red Bull, Foosball, Ninja Plate Lunch, and Ubuntu.

I’m thankful that the percentage of IE6 users has reached 10%, down from 20% this time last year!  Score one for web standards!

I am thankful for last.fm for keeping my ears happy, reminding me of old bands I used to love and constantly introducing me to new and awesome music.  And by new I mean new to me, not generally new to the world.

I am thankful for Portland. To many of you that do not live here it is just one of those magically wonderful places filled with passionate, caring, creative, community driven people. It is a place I am always happy to fly home to.

I am thankful for the Web Designer Wall Blog. They are on top of all the new techniques and a really great resource!

I am thankful for the tech updates on www.current.tv and love how most of the content on this site is UG and video-based.

I am thankful for Firebug’s “Inspect Element” feature.

I am thankful for the “I Am T-Pain” iPhone app, and I don’t even own an iPhone.

I’m thankful for eROI’s  QA team

“I am thankful for the Urbanspoon iPhone app. Did you know there are 15 buffet restaurants in the Portland area?”

I am thankful for Instant Messenger – I can have phone conversations, answer emails, and talk to 5 people all at once thanks to IM!

And a few final ones that I saw over and over, and couldn’t agree more with…

For companies realizing how when you work with your partners you get 200% better work out of them.

For clients that continue to trust the eROI team with strategy and execution to continues to knock it out of the park.

And

For a team that continues to amaze and inspire with creative, ideas and collaboration each and every day.