iPod NanoClutch

Pacific Design's new iPod NanoClutch is the nicest looking purse/iPod case I've seen yet. The price is right ($29.99), it comes in a variety of colors, and it's just darn cute!

The NanoClutch features:

• Built-in, dual-access iPod nano case
• Four (4) I.D. or credit card slots
• Ear-bud/cord mesh storage pouch
• Billfold
• Small bus pass or credit card pocket inside front flap its 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB iPod Nano

I'm always on the look-out for a wallet or purse that is designed specifically for gadgets (can anyone recommend one for the Treo 700p?)?

"Girl Power" lives on

According to a recent LA Times study, today's tween girls were influenced by the "Girl Power" movement in the late 90s.

The girls of Julia's age were influenced by the late-1990s "girl power" phenomenon and now are often more accomplished, higher achievers than their male counterparts, economist and historian Neil Howe said. They're also more likely to use technology to socialize, according to the survey findings. More than half of teenage girls reported regular instant-messaging, about two-thirds report writing and reading e-mail regularly and just under half report visiting social networking sites.

"Today it's the girls at the front of generational change," Howe said.

Girls today are multitasking experts that put Martha Stewart to shame. While doing homework, they're chatting, surfing the web, sending emails and downloading music. I can't wait to see what girls are doing in 11 years when my daughter is a "tween."