As the holidays wind down and the return to reality begins, we decided to take one last look back at 2012, with a list our website's 15 most-read news and feature stories from the past year.
If you missed these the first time around, now is a great time to catch up, as we head into another great year.
1. Alexis Ohanian meets his Waterloo - and loves it
2. The incurable entrepreneur: Vidyard's Michael Litt
3. What really happened after MappedIn left the Dragons' Den
4. D2L's John Baker: Desire to make a difference
5. Hard work and humility: Miovision's Kurtis McBride
6. 12 hours and a $554M exit: Dave Caputo on Sandvine's birth
7. Communitech launches $30M+ HYPERDRIVE incubator
8. From Forest Heights to Hollywood: Norman Golightly's next act
9. Phil Deck: The fixer looks forward
10. BufferBox and Google: A match made in Waterloo
11. FedDev invests$5.3M in eight area tech firms
12. Top tech stars to lead HYPERDRIVE coaching
13. Tech Top 15: Highlights from a fantastic 2012
14. Ontario Premier: Waterloo Region is "Canada's most important tech cluster"
15. Elevating the e-commerce experience: Well.ca's Ali Asaria