"Gaaa Gaaa, Oh La La La, Ooh Gaaa Gaaa" - With the Ipod,you can now listen to Lady Ga Ga's incomprehensible babble that passes for lyrics, on the go! The Ipod gets our nod for "smart product of the decade"

The smartest products are easy to list.

I have my favorites, you have yours. But am pretty sure, we could all agree on the all-round awesomeness of the I-phone, the i-pod, the blackberry, the movie Avatar, Facebook and the SNUGGIE!

But what about the dumbest stuff people thought we could use this decade?

The folks over at Inc.com, put together this list of dumbest products of the decade. The list includes The Comfort Wipe – an anatomically designed toilet paper extender for the germaphobe in your life and the BodySnake which  is for folks too rotund to wash their backs.

The list, however, baffles by not including Dunkin Donuts’ donut drinks (remember those).  It also thumbs a nose at all of us indulging in that time sink called Social Media – calling it one of the dumbest products of the decade. WHATTT? Thats just plainnnn nuts!

Attract new followers and release your inner twit, a la Ashton Kutcher!

You are on Twitter – now what?

You are not Ashton Kutcher, so you don’t automatically get a gazillion followers.

You are not the New York Times, so still no crazy fan following. You are plain ‘ol you – like me.

Here’s how regular folk like you and me can maximize Twitter’s potential.

Max Chafkin writes on Inc.com of the four ways to gain followers:

Get Listed: Create a list, follow a list, whatever. Get listed, get noticed

Follow Others: Follow a bunch of other people – they might be kind enough to reciprocate it. But Chafkin suggests on not going overboard – then that’s the stalker alert.

Talk to people: Instead of being the douche with the constant updates (my words, not Chafkin’s), the author says it helps to retweet – or talk back.  How to do this gracefully? Look for users with common interests and then send them a message. And if someone tries to talk to you, talk back.

Re-tweet: Have nothing interesting to say? Chafkin says “re-tweet” – Find one, copy the message, and send it to your followers with a reference to the original author. (Do this by typing RT and then the @ symbol followed directly by the person’s username.) The author will often pay you back with a reply. And your retweet might just get retweeted — which is confusing, but good.

And if this is all old hat to you, but still feel like you aren’t attracting enough followers – here’s why.

Go forth with this knowledge into the Cyber-universe, attract followers and release your inner Twit. Be the  Twittus Maximus.

Don't be The Dude, kick start your career with eleven DIY businessess

Pajamas Ahoy! The best thing about the downturn is that we don’t have to get outa our jammies. For all those of you, who have morphed in “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski, but unlike him are looking for a way to do something constructive with your time – here are 11 businesses you can start in your pjs, courtesy inc.com.

From resume writing services to pet care and an online networking system for virtual assistants, these eleven entrepreneurs have managed to make biggus buckus even as the job wells dry up. Check out the slideshow here.

Other random comments:

Person in slide no. 2 has the snazziest PJs ever.

Slide 5 : Furry paws alert – Lady has furry slippers which have caught my attention – mental meme – procure over Xmas

Slide 6: Ahem! Guy on the right, better boxers please.

Slide 8: Jesus meets Tina Fey meets The Dude. Nice.