The HR world got its first taste of an online virtual conference and trade show with the debut in mid-December of HR.com's VIEW. How good was it? As with all attempts to replicate human interactions online, the answer is, kinda, sorta, maybe soon.

By Bill Kutik

Debbie McGrath, founder of HR.com, is more entrepreneurial and risk-taking than any other businessperson I know in our world: entirely appropriate for a rare dot-bomb survivor.

She never dips her toe into the water of something new when she can dive head-first (anybody notice the rocks down there?!?) with utter abandon and complete enthusiasm, even when facing the prospect of losing money -- at first.