DotComplicated

In wrapping up 2017, remember that there is no wrong way to be an entrepreneur! We've seen that this year on @dotcomplicated and can't wait to see what 2018 has in store. Thanks for being with us, everyone!

"Technology can only enhance the human experience if we're in touch with who we are and what we believe... otherwise we're engaging without meaning." -@alsilbs

"Success is not about what you do. It's about how you feel about what you do." -@alsilbs

"In the first 90 minutes of my day, I've gotten all of my creative chores out of the way [writing, warming up vocally], so that I spend the rest of my day ready if a door opens up." -@alsilbs

"Making something that didn't exist in the world until you put it there is the reason for being alive." -@alsilbs

"It's creating relationships that are business relationships and they can be monetized, but they come from someplace real." -@alsilbs

"If it is authentically defined, you can always tell... if it is, the consumer responds to it from an authentic place themselves." -@alsilbs on creating a personal brand

"I found that I wasn't as much as a performer as I am a creative being... for me, my life purpose is about engaging with the act of innate creativity on a daily basis. I was lucky that I found that in writing." -@alsilbs

.@alsilbs just passed her 700th post on her blog she's been writing for over 10 years!

"There's only two options here: there's curl up and die, too... the other option was, in the face of this tragedy, to really live and have a big adventure." -@alsilbs on her father's passing when she was 18

"Early success did really set me up for some tough lessons later." -@alsilbs

.@alsilbs mom went to accept her university diploma for her, since Al was in the middle of tech for her West End debut!

"Every human being in the world struggles with the feeling that what they have to say and offer the world is somehow not enough... whatever industry, whatever art form." -@alsilbs

"I had been working my whole life for when those doors opened... when that first door opened, I was ready to not just walk by storm through it. You have to be in this ever-ready position." -@alsilbs

"I always knew that I engaged with the world on a creative level - that I made meaning from the world through creative outlets." -@alsilbs

For us in-studio, a governmental ban is tricky: so many students with different abilities can use screens and technology in the classroom to advance their learning to huge degrees. And shouldn't students learn appropriate use of technology instead of it being banned?

#HotTopic France has recently banned cell phones in classrooms, saying that they deter students' success. Do you think this is a smart move? Should the decision be left to parents? Teachers?

LIKE or DISLIKE? The #TriceriTaco is a dinosaur-shaped taco holder, so you can enjoy your dinner with a friend from prehistoric times!

LIKE or DISLIKE? To stay warm this winter, would you wear a full-body knit scarf? (Picture an enormous leg warmer for your whole body)

LIKE or DISLIKE? @JimBeam is going techy with a smart decanter named Jim, which can pour you a shot when you ask for it. An Alcoholic Alexa or unnecessary tech?