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Welcome to the first post on Think Vitamin for 2010. I hope you all had a fun and relaxing holiday period and are easing yourselves slowly back into your normal daily routines.

For the first time in many years I decided to leave Google Reader closed over my two week break and instead relied on a once a day trawl through Twitter for my web design and development related news.

Judging by the amount of great articles published it’s clear that not everyone takes time out. Here in no particular order are some of the best articles I read over the last two weeks sourced from my favourited tweets list. (more…)

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who has filled out the survey so far. There were almost 150 responses in the first day and some common themes are coming through. Your feedback is really valuable – thanks.

This blog has undergone a few changes in 2009 including two visual redesigns (a modified Woo Theme and the current look and feel by Mike Kus), the addition of a Twitter powered news feed and a ramped up publishing schedule. We want to make Think Vitamin even better in 2010 and as a result of recent organisational change it now has a full time editor to oversee the development of the blog and it’s content.

Earlier this year Ryan asked for contributors and since then we have published many of the submissions. If you wrote in and haven’t heard from us we apologise. I have a full inbox of great article suggestions and will be getting in touch shortly.

We want to make Think Vitamin as relevant to web designers, web developers and web entrepreneurs as possible. With the holiday season approaching we thought it was as good a time as any to ask for your help. We really value your readership and RSS subscriptions and need your feedback. If you would like to help the future direction of this site please spare a few minutes to fill in our simple “Think Vitamin Holiday Survey” below.
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You might’ve heard the news that Twitter Lists are alive and kicking. If you don’t know what they are, here’s a brief explanation:

Any Twitter user can create a list of people on Twitter, which can be followed with one click. For example, all the people on the Carsonified Team can be found at twitter.com/carsonified/team.

We’re with Robert Scoble on this one: We LOVE this idea (see his great write-up here). It’s going to make Twitter even more valuable because you’ll be able to easily find and follow the type of people you’re interested in.

Here are five Twitter Lists we think you’ll find useful:

1. Top Web Developers
2. Most Influential in Tech
3. Top Web Designers
4. Tech News
5. Carsonified’s Recommended

If you know of any really great lists, please add them to the comments!