Something as simple as a new red frying pan shouldn’t get me so excited, but it has. Not only will it fit into EVERY drawer in my van, it’s perfect for the kind of cooking I do. I can get a perfect pancake, one fried egg, a pork chop or a hamburger cooked quickly and with less heat than a larger pan. Easy to clean, compact, RED and well made, this is my favorite purchase of the month. There’s a handle with a slot for a carabiner so I can …

My Twitter account (@beckyblanton and my TED Twitter ) was hi-jacked several weeks, a month or more ago by one of the low-lifes who think it’s funny to post an ap and phish for account numbers. I fell for it. Now I no longer have a twitter account, although I get followers everyday.
I’ve emailed Twitter repeatedly….and get the same lame, confused response and NO account. The problem is, they want my phone number. I didn’t sign up with a phone number. I signed up online. There is NO phone number …

The best part of living on the road is the freedom to work from anywhere. The worst part of working on the road is that you have to work from anywhere! Right now I am actually living and working out of a friend’s house, so I have the best of all worlds - wifi, van, bed, shower, kitchen, office space and everything I need to stay organized and more focused. I’ve started several ebooks on HOW to be mobile AND productive. And it’s been quite interesting!
The van, with it’s temperamental …

CAPTION: Becky Blanton shakes Daniel Pink’s hand at the TED Global 2009 stage in Oxford, England July 2009.

For those of you who don’t know by now, I had to give the “Talk of my life,” at TED Global 2009 this past July. I’m not a public speaker really and had no idea how to give a talk that would be worthy of the brilliance and inspiration of TED. But thanks to a fantastic web site called “SixMinutes.com” I got through it and gave, I think, the talk of my life. …