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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-05-31

May 31, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^ why we really went to San Francisco

not feeling well at all, and I have to get on another plane. #
@nonstick coslept lots. It was easier than getting up every two hours #
@timbray at the least, I wd keep it off your lap! #
@amandachapel wd take the backlash article more seriously if it wasn’t in such dire need of copy editing #
really, really DON’T need to be getting sick this week. #
Brazilllllll… da da da da da da da da…. #
fun bunch of Sun folks coming to FISL. This is gonna be a blast! #
@DonMacAskill I feel sorry for the Clear folks. They must deal with a lot of that. Love my Clear, though! #d7 #clear in reply to DonMacAskill #
@timbray I’m seeing that display switching issue with both Air and new MacBook Pro. Often have to restart to clean it up. in reply to timbray #
@italylogue wouldn’t mind a good dinner at any of a dozen restaurants in Milan, but OTOH not missing the afa (hot, humid smog) in reply to italylogue #
want a preview of C1 OpenSolaris talks? Presos now available on http://bit.ly/6kl7N and don’t miss the videos, e.g. http://bit.ly/2lhfCg #
@nonstick <shrug> wasn’t a problem for us. Maybe because our apt in Milan was so tiny we practically did everything together anyway in reply to nonstick #
@italylogue any Gattuso? in reply to italylogue #
have a feeling I just threw a hotel’s A/V crew into a tizzy. Too many sites to deal with in one week. #
a Dublin taxi driver told me of his impoverished youth, getting food from the stew house. Seems he was one of the lucky http://bit.ly/B1zx1 #
taking care of business for 2 or 3 different entities, and haven’t even finished my first coffee! #
FT editorial stirs comment in Italy “”He has squads of starlets, not of Blackshirts,'” http://bit.ly/t3SAn #
I have learned a LOT in the last 10 days about how useful Twitter+bit.ly is for marketing. Hope I have time to write about it soonish. #
@RealShamu re. coconut crab, where does that live so I can stay the hell away from it? in reply to RealShamu #
Getting (most) engineers comfortable in front of a camera… well, there’s an art to it. And I enjoy it. #
does the neighborhood ice cream truck know it’s playing “The Union Maid”? #
yesterday we soft-launched translated/subtitled video – use the tag cloud in the sidebar of http://bit.ly/19B0bm #
waking up slowly. the perpetual sinus infection flaring again. air travel doesn’t help, but wdn’t change that if I cd, hope I don’t have to #
Jeffco cops need cash – speed traps on Wadsworth and Indiana #
@sumaya even just using hand cream a lot can make fingerprints hard to read (learned that from Clear) in reply to sumaya #
experiences with UStream in low bandwidth conditions? Wd the audio continue smoothly with bad video, or will the whole stream just give up? #
ANSA.it – News in English – Amnesty International slams Italy http://bit.ly/12FkHe #
don’t know which is more valuable – the article or the video that follows – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/ZUOKr #
@missbhavens damn. you make me hate the probably depressing tour I’m about to take of my fridge. But tomorrow – dinner with Jeffrey & co! in reply to missbhavens #
@templedf and don’t forget Janice is working on the USB video sticks #HPC #Solaris #communityone in reply to templedf #
great. probably the most intense week of my year coming up, and I feel like crap. #
A Prime Ministerâ€™s Escapades Finally Raise Eyebrows in Italy – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/bIMJD #
trying to figure out where to go, where to stay, what to do in Calif wine country next weekend (June5-6)with hubs. Suggestions? #
listening to Chris Armes’ rehearsal of “Deploying OpenSolaris in Your Datacentre” #
expense report from last trip done, half an hour before departing for next trip #
perhaps the main reason for going to community events is (duh!) to meet the community. Some fascinating people have registered for C1. #
Ohhhkay… It’s gonna be one of those trips I see #
Childrn who are too small to NEED to recline the seat shd not be allowed to. #
This kid wd also be a good argument for tranquilizing toddlers in flight #
Time gained by flight being early is dribbling away at baggage claim #
Hope to get to hotelin time for steaming shower be4 dinner. Lynn taking my bag in the car, bless her! #
@deirdrewalsh what? where? I’m a Texas Ex! in reply to deirdrewalsh #
@jaredpolis huh. now I’m curious to see what this blue wood looks like. Seeing the trees die is so sad. http://bit.ly/IvgWG in reply to jaredpolis #
@deirdrewalsh op sorry in San francisco! #
@pizzocalabro genre does not matter with great lit #
thanks to @jeffreytaylor John and Faith for an excellent dinner and even better company! #
@ingenthr you’re in the wrong city! in reply to ingenthr #
@pizzocalabro don’t worry, Pratchett is an avowed atheist. in reply to pizzocalabro #
@sfoskett are you in SFO? wd love to put a real face to avatar, finally. I’ll be at the OHAC Summit today, OpenSolaris tracks Mon-Tue in reply to sfoskett #
@ingenthr coming to the OHAC Summit on Sunday? interesting stuff going on there in reply to ingenthr #
got a travel-sized white noise machine, because we both snore these days. That plus ear plugs, maybe we’ll both get some sleep! #
@pizzocalabro yes, loved it, though I enjoy Discworld more for pure escapism (though it’s rather more than that, too). in reply to pizzocalabro #
http://johncleesenigerianlottery.co.uk/ “an understandable reaction to the talent, intelligence & height that is John Cleese.” RT@JohnCleese #
NB: John Cleese really is tall. My 6’3″ dad stood next to him at Heathrow once and had to look up, for once in his life. #
still feel like crap. On the upside, Enrico should arrive soon, and we have tickets to Wicked tonight – 20th anniversary celebration! #
@nonstick earplugs or no, I have rarely slept really well since last trimester of pregnancy, 20 years ago. in reply to nonstick #
@nonstick thanks. We get to celebrate twice – had a civil wedding in January, party wedding in May. in reply to nonstick #
glad I was able to enjoy the renaissance of Disney when Ross was small, but also that we missed out on the “Princesses” phase. #
@danilop congratulations! in reply to danilop #
@MissExpatria ? Wicked didn’t exist 20 years ago, are you thinking of Into the Woods? We did see that just about exactly 20 years ago in reply to lskrocki #
@lskrocki when do you get to San Francisco? My gang wants to meet you in reply to lskrocki #
@angadsingh looking forward to seeing you! #javaoneconf #
@shawnferry the masked lawnmower man? rides into the suburbs and rescues innocent people from weeds! #
About time to take our seats. Excited. I love musical theater! #
Wicked was pretty much as good as I had hoped, but the ending was a shock. (I read the book when it first came out, long before the show.) #
@shawnferry white noise machine is a small, standalone electronic machine. Prob with recordings is they loop and you hear it. This doesn’t. in reply to shawnferry #
@silverguru stop by and see us on the OpenSolaris tracks too! in reply to silverguru #
have a feeling I’m going to be amazed by how many Sun people I meet this week that I actually already know. I lose track of my own travels. #
@missbhavens I think your garden needs a plaster Michelangelo’s David that you can dress up according to season in reply to missbhavens #
@dave_enz argh! no! I had enough of that in Colorado already. #snowing #Wellington I’m getting this hemispheres thing all wrong, apparently in reply to dave_enz #
@ajkeen Italians are amazingly non-digital. It’s very possible the photog didn’t have backups. Doh! in reply to ajkeen #
spent much of 1st act of Wicked trying not to cough. Discovered that whiskey after cough drops tastes really foul. But it stopped the cough #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-05-24: Lawrence, KS

May 24, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^rainbow over Lonestar lake, Kansas

@India_Insights can you fix the link to the education report? doesn’t work, and I’d like to read that one in reply to India_Insights #
sorry for the storm of auto-tweets – I’m following my own advice on Transitioning Your Online Identity http://bit.ly/D87rx #
@darrinschaos see you at the Twitter workshop Tuesday? in reply to darrinschaos #
got a poster (on videoblogging) accepted for the Grace Hopper conference in October. #
@India_Insights can’t DM you with that because you’re not following me in reply to India_Insights #
Traveling makes me happy #
on my way to SFO soon. Glad I have the 3:43 flight instead of the 3:30 which is delayed til 7 pm. Even if I do have a middle seat. #
I feel for airline ground staff. They put up with so much crap. Including from me, sometimes… #
@darrinschaos on my way, in MPK til Thurs noon. prob have some time but will be v busy with dry runs for C1. But I did bring my equipment! in reply to darrinschaos #
@SteveEdiger I did? No recoll at all. #
@SteveEdiger oh wait that’s what that guy who left sun started #
Arrived sfo. Now to make my waynto hotel in palo alto and meet TZ for dinner. There’re always woodstockers to meet! #
kid just about wets himself every time the baggage tunnel disgorges. I guess youthful enthusiasm is endearing. #
kid just about wets himself every time the baggage tunnel disgorges. I guess youthful enthusiasm is endearing. Or something #
@SteveEdiger too busy moving to remember all my shaking! #
Isherwood said “I am a camera”. DeirdrÃ© says “I am a network”. #
Was there an earthquake? Totally didn’t notice #
C1 OpenSolaris sessions dress rehearsals begin this morning with OpenSolaris High Availability – Nick Solter, co-author OpenSolaris Bible #
NB: This will be one of the FREE deep dives on Tuesday, June 1: http://bit.ly/6kl7N #
Italian salaries low… http://bit.ly/ckpsP (and the figures for women are even worse) #
Italian salaries low… http://bit.ly/ckpsP (and the figures for women are even worse) #
@SteveEdiger share with your educator network – could be useful https://learning.sun.com/sites/stimulus/ in reply to SteveEdiger #
@sumaya where do you live?? in reply to sumaya #
need some new job skills? Free online learning with the Sun Career Stimulus Initiative http://bit.ly/LMGck #
I adore http://bit.ly/ ! Fantastic being able to track click-throughs in real-time, and not just from Twitter #
@comay be well, bro – we need you! in reply to comay #
@AmandaLorenzani so… you sprogged? in reply to AmandaLorenzani #
<sigh> corporate territory marking #
@sumaya you’ll do great #
@KeithBurtis advice from someone else’s wife: pay attention to the wife – FIRST in reply to KeithBurtis #
@ben re. corporate territory marking, I now have visions of that Jack Nicholson scene in “Wolf”… in reply to ben #
@missbhavens You forgot “Frankly, Scarlett, I Don’t Give a Jam” in reply to missbhavens #
@davidorban your first Pratchett? I envy you. Wish I could start all over again. in reply to davidorban #
@carolross it was my daughter who got a speeding ticket, not me. That’s her Italian driving gene showing. in reply to carolross #
locating knight costumes and toy crossbows… then have to train engineers to dance & sing “We’re knights of the Round Table…” #
@timbray Real to anything else may not be possible; it was designed to be a major PITA, in the name of “protecting content” in reply to timbray #
@carolross no biggie, she figured out how to get it expunged or whatever, and will hopefully drive more sedately in future in reply to carolross #
@euaccess interesting. Would love to see how you’re going to do the UI on that in reply to euaccess #
sitting in Sumaya’s Twitter workshop – impressively full large room! Lots of Tweet hunger here at Sun, I guess. #
never fails. My phone rings only when I can’t answer it. #
getting started #sunsocialyou #
#sunsocial you 200 Facebook communities. But can we measure activity there meaningfully (and easily)? #
Shel Israel on Twitter for Business – LIVE at Sun 5/19/2009 – Socially Speaking on Blog Talk Radio http://bit.ly/Wm7Ir #
#sunsocialyou Shel Israel is very tanned #
#sunsocialyou comforting to know I’m not the only one who suffers from really poor timing #
Scoble was Shel’s 4th choice as co-author on “Naked Conversations”. #
damn. I guess I’ve been recreating Scoble’s Channel 9 at Sun. http://blogs.sun.com/video/ #
#sunsocialyou book as means to protect/extend personal brand. Yup. You sure don’t make money at it. #
#sunsocialyou Fundamental shift: moving customers to the center of the conversation. #
@templedf make sure it gets filmed. #CommunityOne #Hadoop #GridEngine in reply to templedf #
#sunsocialyou “Twitter lets you behave online more like you behave in real life.” No one starts a conversation with a sales pitch. #
#sunsocialyou well, almost no one. #
#sunsocialyou “Twitter is broad and shallow.” #
pondering how my job is different from Sumaya’s. For one, I am not professionally obliged to follow Scoble. #sunsocialyou #
@davewiner so create it. I’d join. in reply to davewiner #
Twitter as hybrid of IM and forums #sunsocialyou – yes, but Twitter’s not anonymous #
Shel: I don’t have to listen to anybody I don’t want to #sunsocialyou #
uh oh, kiss of death: Sumaya called Shel a “social media guru”! #sunsocialyou #
Shel: “I talk to a lot of people, share what I learned. A guru is supposed to make no mistakes, I make a lot.” #sunsocialyou #
huh. Twitter spam almost never happens to me. #sunsocialyou #
#sunsocialyou question from my bud Yvette: are Twitter et al replacing real-life relationships? [Not for me – I have made many new friends] #
announcing today: for 1st time, Comcast customer support is no longer in the worst 10 list. Because of Eliason on Twitter. #sunsocialyou #
Leverage social media to share support info to a larger audience – been there, done that: http://bit.ly/N621e #sunsocialyou #
learning from your customers online – yup. I never had a great idea that didn’t come from a customer. Okay, rarely. #
using Twitter to broadcast to customers. DellOutlet has 200k followers. But Shel recommends using Tw more for marketing than sales #
me reacting: the fallacy of non-techie older users. the most enthusiastic & adventurous users of CD-R software were retirees. #sunsocialyou #
IBM has 1000 people Tweeting, bcuz: 1. 30-35% of employees telecommute, using Tw to communicate (public) 2. IBM sees itslf as tech consult #
3. enormous cultural problem due to diversity, using Tw as unifier of Blue culture 4. have own hacked version inside firewall #sunsocialyou #
Twitter for newbies. Useful, if not for me. #sunsocialyou #
tweetbacks.com possibly useful – must look into it. But how many people use Tw clients instead of website? #sunsocialyou #
@Dereks what is Blue culture? whatever IBM thinks it is, I guess #sunsocialyou in reply to Dereks #
@lchoquel #Dollhouse is very cool. Not perfect, but I’m glad it will have time to develop. in reply to lchoquel #
Maybe we need an association of people who do social media and community for enterprise. It’s a whole different ballgame. #sunsocialyou #
@reiger internal workshop on social media, this first one is about Twitter. Check out the blogtalk radio with Shel Israel #sunsocialyou in reply to reiger #
@sunsocialyou hello the room! #
@Britopian Maybe we need an association of people who do social media and community for enterprise. It’s a whole different ballgame. in reply to Britopian #
@darrinschaos Check
out my TweetStats! http://tweetstats.com/graphs/DeirdreS #
@JoyceSolano re http://blogcouncil.org/ – I’m not an executive. Yet. ; ) #sunsocialyou in reply to JoyceSolano #
@Britopian OTOH I’ve probably doing social media longer than most… in reply to Britopian #
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #communitymedia #videoblogger #traveler #
I feel as if I’m trying to run very fast while juggling Ginsu knives… sooner or later, something’s bound to get dropped. #
reflecting on this morning’s workshop & measuring reach: in Adaptec/Roxio days, I had 150k newsletter subscribers. THAT was reach. #
very exciting speakers lined up for Open HA Cluster Summit – http://bit.ly/k8K1A Will we see you there? #
WANT!!!!! RT @monkchips: omg. Frank Lloyd Wright Lego sets. http://bit.ly/sfSuf via @moleitau @hostler #
Could use help getting the word out about the FREE OpenSolaris deep dive tracks at OpenSolaris at C1 West. Schedule on http://bit.ly/6kl7N #
in dry run for Scott Tracy’s C1 talk on Open Storage with the Solaris ZFS
File System and COMSTAR iSCSI http://bit.ly/6kl7N – much coolness #
btw, if you want a preview, draft presos mostly available now on http://bit.ly/6kl7N #
someone gave Bill F an energy drink. Making this dry run on Built-in Virtualization for OpenSolaris highly entertaining. #
registration for the FREE OpenSolaris Deep Dives got easier: sign up here http://bit.ly/ZiNHa (1st register for C1 http://bit.ly/kRhgu ) #
watching the operators operate. Kind of awe-inspiring. #
cultures coliding – and complementingl http://bit.ly/wEM58 #
@JulieScardina looks like a young emu to me in reply to JulieScardina #
guess I should go to sleep soon so I’ll wake up for 6 am walk with Lynn, breakfast, all hands mtg (JJ), last dry run, plane, plane, Sue! #
@darrinschaos been busy: walk w Lynn, breakfast, packing, repacking (what can I leave here so I can get thru the wkd with only a backpack?) in reply to darrinschaos #
@tara_kelly is this the same event my colleague @DaniloP is going to? You two should meet. in reply to tara_kelly #
@JulieScardina here’s how I knew it was an emu: Shotgun Wedding – Part 2: Coca-Cola, and an Ostrich http://bit.ly/aBOTo in reply to JulieScardina #
Oh right, it’s a holiday. Traveling with all the amateurs #
A 4 yr old named Luella. Her folks get an unusual baby name prize #
@nonstick depends. Is their last name ziegler? #
team accomplishment for the day: persuading an exec to be very, very silly at C1. No, I’m not going to tell you how. I sure love my job… #
@glynnfoster you need to be resting up for the post-launch festivities! in reply to glynnfoster #
flying to Kansas City to see a very dear friend, then Enrico will join us. Looking forward to an offline weekend #
@trine my highlights are platinum and pink. It almost looks natural, right? in reply to trine #
RT @Roland_Hedley: Before I open my eyes in a.m., I like to guess where I am. I usually get it wrong, but it’s a little game I like to play. #
@robbogio the fact that you think of them as “your” customers & “your” products is a v important first step in reply to robbogio #
@trine natural dishwater blonde with natural highlights, but my hair is darkening as I get older. Want to go all pink, but maintenance… in reply to trine #
@baratunde aaannd… bingo! someone’s figured out how to monetize Twitter in reply to baratunde #
@trine your new haircut looks rather like mine! Also bored. Need to go back to Hairy Situations in Austin to get something more radical in reply to trine #
CommunityOne West – a preview: Sun Video http://bit.ly/dkJDT #
working from the offices of a mental health org in KC which my friend happens to be CEO of. Gives me a very different perspective. #
@alecmuffett okay, so what’s the good news? in reply to alecmuffett #
in all modesty, gotta say: CommunityOne is gonna be great! Lots of very smart people putting a lot of work into it. #
Marketing thought: building traffic/followers is expensive and slow. Employees should valued for the networks they already have. #
Bought new jeans, one size smaller than last time – yay! #
@lskrocki happy holiday , dear! #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-04-05: CO

April 5, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

@emmabird Clooney actually seems as if he’d be fun to know, but I don’t move in those circles even when I’m at the lake in reply to emmabird #
@martinwake he’s got that all wrong, Snoop Dogg is Kinng. A Bollywood film said so. in reply to martinwake #
dreamed I got the audience at a social media conference to sing “Jana Gana Mana” (the Indian national anthem) #
worlds collide: someone I met at the recent CO Front Range GGD is visiting Italy, Googled for travel advice, ended up on my site #
@jeffreytaylor yup, sometimes those “illiterate” people are merely being more efficient with language in reply to jeffreytaylor #
@lskrocki thanks for the warning. I love animation – when it’s good. Sounds like this isn’t. in reply to lskrocki #
I had long forgotten how nice it is to have music in my rooms. But I still can’t write with it on. #
My daughter is behaving like a spoiled brat. Who raised this kid anyway? Oh, right… #
RT @alexiaco: home to rent in province of Pisa, Italy, this summer, details: http://is.gd/pwnH video http://qik.com/video/1266865 photos #
I use Twitter as a sort of public diary – useful for me to refer back to. I suppose the people who follow me find my life interesting. #
RT @italylogue Oh. My. Gawd. This guy is the prime minister of Italy?!?!? http://tinyurl.com/d3gdgy – umm, too much viagra? #
oh, joy – my week starts at 9:30 tomorrow – with a mammogram (purely routine). #
@reiger LOL! in reply to reiger #
@jeffhuber it’s not Monday quite yet. Try to get a good night’s sleep… in reply to jeffhuber #
@rohrer hmm. that makes three of us with sinus infections, Still hoping to fight mine off in reply to rohrer #
@jeffreytaylor rhododendron jam is good, if you can harvest enough blossoms without being arrested in reply to jeffreytaylor #
@italylogue some sort of body double. But it’s not a lot better for someone who’s supposed to be playing B to behave that way in public in reply to italylogue #
bracing myself for a day which starts with clearing snow off my car, helping roomie jumpstart her car, then having a mammogram… #
If you’re following me but I’m not following you and you want me to, try explaining why I should. Sell it, baby! #
@ben with OpenSolaris in your profile, you get followed. ; ) in reply to ben #
@mmcallen already following you! in reply to mmcallen #
RT @TheInDecider Caption Challenge: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi http://tinyurl.com/dfd9a2 – c’mon all you Italyphiles! #
running scenarios for some crazy travel. #
@Ladyexpat business travel, but cool places. Let’s see what actually pans out. in reply to Ladyexpat #
@c0t0d0s0 that’s Hamburg? I need to talk to you about what to do for a cool student party there around ISC 09 in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
@cbs4denver good news indeed. I travel a lot and am so sick of sandwiches #
@c0t0d0s0 so what’s a cool thing to do with students there? in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
@c0t0d0s0 thanks! in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
I despise this state of illness when I can’t sleep, but am too tired to do anything useful #
@missbhavens it isn’t okay, period. in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens I KNOW you know how to vacation better than this! in reply to missbhavens #
@paolovalde don’t get me started… I know my comments on Italy have been nothing but snark for ages, but can you blame me? in reply to paolovalde #
oh, great, now I’m getting spam in illiterate Italian “pubblizza la tua azienda” #
@MyMelange you shouldn’t need an adapter except a plug changer. Laptop chargers can handle multiple voltages in reply to MyMelange #
@mymelange yup. For any laptop I’ve seen/travelling with (including my current MacBook Air), that’s all you need. Find it at the airport. in reply to MyMelange #
@jdlasica re. lack of outlets, was once told outlet for videocamera would cost $350 at a hotel venue. Bought extra batteries instead #w2e in reply to jdlasica #
@MyMelange yeah, just an adaptor as opposed to a transformer in reply to MyMelange #
@missbhavens your next bloody mary comes out of the kid’s allowance in reply to missbhavens #
@italylogue the term for something that actually changes the current going in is transformer, either step-up (110 to 220) or step-down in reply to italylogue #
really not feeling well at all.Is it too early to go to sleep? #
Enrico is flying to the US today, to spend some research time in Columbia, MO. At least we’ll be on the same continent for a while. #
new video: Moving to OpenSolaris http://tinyurl.com/dem952 #
@jeffreytaylor it’s missing the punchline, I think, something on the order of “April Fool’s, actually, we all know spaghetti is mined.” in reply to jeffreytaylor #
via @jeffreytaylor – la raccolta degli spaghetti nel Ticino: http://tinyurl.com/yod3xw #
beautifully articulates something that’s been on my mind for years: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/coyote/detail?entry_id=37806 #
one-block walk to the mailbox did me in. Definitely not well. #
@gpelz it’s snowing in Arvada now, just started. Scary winds, too in reply to gpelz #
@gpelz we’re in whiteout conditions with thunder and lightning. Weird. Glad I’m at home. in reply to gpelz #
unfortunately, not a joke: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7976513.stm We’ll miss the horned green guy #
results of Monday’s mammo: they want me back for another look. Just what I freakin’ needed right now – a cancer scare. #
@robbogio she: “It’s been said ‘Now our hands are free.” B: “I’m the only one with my hands tied.” caption: the journalists laugh at this BS in reply to robbogio #
streets outside my home look like an ice rink. I’ll be going in late to work today. #
@MyMelange ugh. way too many teeth in that photo of Obama, Berlusca, and Medvedev in reply to MyMelange #
new MacBook Pro seems to be a solid brick of aluminum – dense! #
@missbhavens I always wondered whether performing in public was addictive. Now I know (re your dad at pizzeria) in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens and so many performers also do actual drugs. Hmm. Gotta have that rush somehow? in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens re “remember me”, the real hardcore fans won’t expect to be remembered because you know what they say about Woodstock… in reply to missbhavens #
things I should be doing, would even like to be doing: ~2 million. Things I have energy to do: 1 (read Terry Pratchett) #
@Flemsta somehow I find it even scarier that there IS a German version [of La Casetta in Canada] in reply to Flemsta #
@lbridenne76 I suspect we’ll be hearing from an authorized source soon. No, I have no inside knowledge. in reply to lbridenne76 #
for pity’s sake someone call me and interrupt this phone call I’m on! #
the desired interruption was achieved. Thank you Twitter – and Shawn! #
@shawnferry well, you’ve got my number now! in reply to shawnferry #
I am so tired I have not even started up my brand new MacBook Pro that arrived today. But I’m not sure I can go to sleep. #
a new blog from Woodstock School: http://anne-india.blogspot.com/ #
via @maddow fun in a railway station: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6b9bMBXpg (don’t try this at an airport – TSA would NOT like it #
@italylogue discombobulated = scombussolato? (lit: “Lost my compass.”) I’d been meaning to put that on my site somewhere. in reply to italylogue #
one problem with being awake in the middle of the night is I get hungry #
@hikari in emtrambi i casi [bloggers e giornalisti], ci sono sempre gli “ins” e gli “outs”. Mah. in reply to hikari #
sometime today I’m going to have to go out and buy a Firewire cable for the new Mac #
acquisition media coverage drinking game: one shot for every headline that uses some variation of “Sundown” or “Sunset” #
@shawnferry I know where to find plenty. Another reason to go in to the office today… after my 8 am phone meeting and the mall for a cable in reply to shawnferry #
@miglsd need to grab video. Will ask the Mac experts what I need in reply to miglsd #
@miglsd I’ve had one in my hands before, shouldn’t be that hard in reply to miglsd #
new video: Cross-Platform Testing with Virtual Box http://blogs.sun.com/opensolaris/entry/cross_platform_testing_with_virtual #
there is a large rodent or something running around in our office ceiling, probably about to start nesting in some important cables or other #
@shawnferry [re add “Eclipse” to the drinking game] good one, especially with its multiple possibilities in the Java world. We’ll all be smashed within 15 minutes. in reply to shawnferry #
@pizzocalabro confused about how to use a hole punch? He may be cute, but short on brains perhaps? in reply to pizzocalabro #
likely to be snowed in for another two days. Too tired to mind. #
@avinashkaushik it already feels like that [paralyzed without an Internet connection] to me. So many things we now take for granted not possible without the Internet. in reply to avinashkaushik #
@avinashkaushik me, neither. I’ve been online since 1982, most of my job has been about the web since ~1995 in reply to avinashkaushik #
setting up new MacBook Pro. clicking directly on the trackpad is disconcerting, and very heavy. Will go buy a mouse #
@fakejonathan yes, but which 10,000 [Sun employees may be laid off]? The “experts” don’t seem to agree on that. in reply to fakejonathan #
@IgorMinar cool, thanks – that led me to a cool video demo of everything you can do with the trackpad in reply to IgorMinar #
@missbhavens what’s useful in that [MacHeist] bundle? I looked, wasn’t persuaded in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens seemed interesting enough, so I bought it in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens have to admit, that was one of the major temptations for me… in reply to missbhavens #
UI kudos to macheist.com for apologizing that their form doesn’t accept accents in names (almost no form does, but most are much ruder) #
It’s a good thing so much of my life is online; easier to reconstruct my travels for tax purposes. NB Twitter date search is broken #
Dad’s back in the hospital, after just a few days at home. I wish I could do something to help his wife with all this. #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-03-29: NYC, NJ

March 29, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

@thepartycow if you wear an unusual size the choices diminish radically #
Watching little girls in a Bharat Natyam (dance) class in New Jersey #
Airport ad says “think IBM”. Thanks. #
another mother-daughter trip to NYC over. No, I do not want to know how much I spent spoiling her. Again. #
@ThinGuy they’re not good at RSVPing for adult parties, either. But I don’t give them goodie bags. ; ) in reply to ThinGuy #
@TomBolini raisins in reply to TomBolini #
Delayed flight and Bumpy arrival in Denver but at least I slept. #
@amandachapel cowboy hats don’t look quite so stupid in Texas. in reply to amandachapel #
women who travel too much lose their jewelry. Fortunately, the Roosevelt Hotel found it. Forgot to pack an entire drawer. #
hmm. Why did Frontier Airlines charge me $5 to watch TV when I never did? #
turns out the Frontier charge was for a beer I actually did drink. Would help if the itemization said so. #
trying to stay awake for an important meeting. Reviewing subtitles is not conducive to awakeness. #
@penelopetrunk as long as the kids can’t see them, you’re okay. Though it might be nice to talk with them instead of your phone. in reply to penelopetrunk #
today is my first anniversary as a Sun employee #
@koolinus I’ve had quite a lot of free drinks in the last few weeks, actually… in reply to koolinus #
@MMaryMary it just didn’t win the popularity wars. Videoblogging seems more common these days, but no one can agree on what it means in reply to MMaryMary #
this one’s for @italylogue http://tinyurl.com/c3hpdg #
@italylogue they’re so damned cute, who cares if they can’t sing? ; ) in reply to italylogue #
@timbray how did you miss them? We had them at C1. Email me your address. in reply to timbray #
@ingenthr trust me, we got plenty. Send me your address as well. in reply to ingenthr #
@ingenthr or if you’re in MPK, talk to Terri or Teresa – they should have some in reply to ingenthr #
@freeholdhal my coping strategy with Ibis is to be doing 3 or 4 other tasks at the same time, to give it time… to… think… in reply to freeholdhal #
BTW everybody, saw Valentino: The Last Emperor in NYC. Extraordinary film. Wonderful story of a 45-year life and business partnership. #
@MichaelRolland tons of Italy on my site – food, language, sights… https://www.beginningwithi.com/ in reply to MichaelRolland #
my worlds collide: another high-tech Woodstocker: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/feb09/7452 #
when/why did Twitter stop notifying us of new followers? Who are all these people anyway? #
…but all Deirdres should follow each other. #
is there a way to share Tweets thru Google Reader? That’s how I update http://tinyurl.com/ckzr72 #
“daily Bible reading for Catholics” is following me?!? auto-adding gone wrong, I guess #
@dreamofitaly problem with Alitalia even at low fares is that a lot of the time they simply don’t fly due to employee wildcat strikes in reply to dreamofitaly #
@deirdresm I believe one of my latest followers is a Deirdre I met at SxSWi. in reply to deirdresm #
@missbhavens hell, I can’t get any of my family to read much that I write, no matter where. Sure would save time if they did. in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens mom won’t read my newsletter, “I don’t like to read on the screen”. She sent me a 4-pg email after her sister fwded 1 of mine in reply to missbhavens #
@Schlomo might help if you removed the reference to a girlfriend from the header of your tumblr page #
@lskrocki what’s a travel waiver? in reply to lskrocki #
@pizzocalabro I read that book a couple of years ago and remember almost nothing about it except the crow on the cover. Hmm. in reply to pizzocalabro #
huh, just ran across photos from a Woodstock alum’s film shot on our home ground: http://www.flickr.com/photos/umaih/ #
so this is what serious snow looks like #
I actually prefer waking up slowly and lingering over my coffee. Never knew that til now, when I’m living sans family. #
@ChuckBlakeman it’s not the 2″ already on the ground, it’s the 10-18″ predicted. And it’s already 4-5″ where I live. in reply to ChuckBlakeman #
@rjsauter lots of both. See http://blogs.sun.com/deirdre for more info. As a matter of curiosity, why do you ask? in reply to rjsauter #
@rjsauter we’re doing a lot of very cool stuff in SM. see http://tinyurl.com/dlg7sl by @lskrocki in reply to rjsauter #
@rjsauter Sun is also interesting in the openness and freedom we have as employees to blog etc. No one’s looking over our shoulders. in reply to rjsauter #
@rjsauter give us details, @lskrocki and I can talk to our bosses. It’ll be a tight schedule for me – I have to go on to Germany for ISC in reply to rjsauter #
augh! My videotaped voice sounds just like my mother #
looks like Twitter and FB aren’t talking to each other anymore, but I don’t know how to fix that. So my FB friends will never know what I’m #
with a 4 ft snowdrift in front of the garage, I don’t think I’ll be leaving home tomorrow, either #
roomie out shovelling snow so she can go out. She is, of course, quite mad. But I love her. #
@alecmuffett wow, cool, how did you come up with a file that big? in reply to alecmuffett #
@alecmuffett oh, duh, reading backwards now I see it in reply to alecmuffett #
@India_Insights re social media summit in Mumbai – so wish I could! in reply to India_Insights #
Italy’s major news agency doesn’t know how to spell “earth”: http://tinyurl.com/dfqtk7 #
think I’ll wait for afternoon and warmer temps before I try to shovel snow (have I ever shoveled snow in my life? I’m more tropical) #
@stephenfry it’s worth searching out the real Balinese art among the tourist tat. Some amazing stuff, seemingly hallucinogen-induced. in reply to stephenfry #
another organized-crime martyr in the making: http://tinyurl.com/c7h39u Italy has already had too many #
I guess I should go out and shovel snow now while the temperature is all the way up to 32 #
after half an hour of shovelwork I can now drive my car out of the garage. And am far too tired to do so #
@ericmortensen I’d like a way to classify the people I follow: videobloggers, Italian friends, expats, Sun, open source… in reply to ericmortensen #
@ElaineEllis <cough> yes, lots. but my collection is back in Italy this one is worth buying http://tinyurl.com/daxhpd tho diff from movie in reply to ElaineEllis #
@Schlomo you couldn’t have had that urge when I actually was in SF? in reply to Schlomo #
uploading another C1East video, awaiting victim approvals on the first two, looking for slides from another, need to regrab video on last #
@DavidHowell did I put you in touch with the Sun video folks? in reply to DavidHowell #
this is really not the moment for our blog search to be sucking #
@Schlomo fyi, would also help that whole “I’m single now” thing if your twit icon pic didn’t feature a woman in the background in reply to Schlomo #
@caseymckinnon eek! I would never want anything with a beak and talons like that anywhere near /my/ naked skin in reply to caseymckinnon #
@missbhavens it’s a good thing we don’t know what hospital you work at. ; ) in reply to missbhavens #
Community1 East panel video http://tinyurl.com/c9zhuo #
@emmabird I was disappointed at how few visitors we got over the years. Milan isn’t much of a draw, I guess. in reply to emmabird #
@emmabird our Lake Como place has certainly been more attractive to guests, plus it’s bigger… in reply to emmabird #
Lecco makes the NYT: http://tinyurl.com/ctm492 #
Telecom Italia strikes again: cut off from making international calls because she has a foreign accent: http://tinyurl.com/cfe7jb #
@emmabird people do ask if I know George Clooney, not realizing that this lake is 50 km long and he lives on the other side in reply to emmabird #
@sumaya re UN resolution – Hell no.! I do not automatically respect beliefs of any kind. Beliefs must EARN respect, not have it mandated. in reply to sumaya #
@gaspart che la devi portare a ballare in reply to gaspart #
@freeholdhal took a few seconds to parse your tweet. Where I come from, Shiva doesn’t sit – he dances. in reply to freeholdhal #
I enjoy most of what most of you tweet, but I wish I could filter out all the sports references. Except maybe World Cup Football. #
@italylogue okay, I’ll make an exception for cute Italian players, even if Totti is an airhead (on a par with Beckham) in reply to italylogue #
@jeffreytaylor you considered for a whole seven minutes? ; ) in reply to jeffreytaylor #
Monsters vs. Aliens: @SaraD @lskrocki Linda gives it a B-, Sara’s grade considerably lower. #
Roomie and I watched “Vicky Christina Barcelona” last night. Bleh. No chemistry between any of them, not much humor #
@jimgris very sweet! in reply to jimgris #
@pizzocalabro sometimes you just gotta dance by yourself in reply to pizzocalabro #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-03-01

March 1, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^ view of San Francisco from the 36th floor of the Grand Hyatt

On the parking shuttle to dia dest sfo #
@reiger where are you staying? #
please, nasty headache, don’t come back… #
belated Italian valentine: http://tinyurl.com/cx9je6 #
@om how are you getting live Indian TV? in reply to om #
@pizzocalabro Slumdog is fantastic in reply to pizzocalabro #
Wow! 124 registrations for tomorrow’s Open Storage Summit. http://tinyurl.com/dn3szv We are happily stunned. #
presentations for the Open Storage Summit are up http://tinyurl.com/autumb. Mike Shapiro will talk about sushi. #
you can follow the Open Storage Tweet stream today on http://twitter.com/storage_summit #
new address for Open Storage morning session stream: http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/25d5f4-16357 #
@davest if you’re awake anyhow, join us online at the Open Storage Summit: http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/25d5f4-16357 in reply to davest #
@davest you can also follow http://twitter.com/storage_summit
Next time, you should be a speaker! in reply to davest #
@sfoskett hey, can you join us online? http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/25d5f4-16357 in reply to sfoskett #
@smattoon you might want to listen in on http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/25d5f4-16357 in reply to smattoon #
@reiger we’ll make sure you get some in reply to reiger #
!! 14 people on the live stream, 130 registered. It’s a hit, it’s a hit, it’s a palpable hit… #
@italylogue meh, you probably know as much as he does in reply to italylogue #
it’s great to have Lou Ordorica on our community team! #
@c0t0d0s0 join us online! http://tinyurl.com/chr28a good stuff happening in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
Summit Track 1 streaming at http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/b241f5-16327 #
Tucker Bradford of the SETI Institute speaking at http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/658d38-16328 #

in 5 years, SETI will need 918 Exabytes of data storage per year #
2005 SETI began R&D on the Allen Telescope Array, funded by (among others) Paul Allen #
42 dishes today #
within 5 years will have 350 dishes #
Sun’s Greg P. guided the spec’ing of the next generation -Software Defined Radio Telescope #
panel discussion Code to Currency: Experience sharing from commercial open source vendors. (Zmanda, Pentaho, Alfresco, Smugmug confirmed) #
talking about commercial and open source at http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/658d38-16328 #
today’s astonishingly appropriate LOL critter: http://tinyurl.com/bd7q4v #
coming up: a case study on storage for neuroimaging #
Alex Barclay on the Laureate Brain Institute – tasked to find root causes and treatment of neurological disorders #
streaming at http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/658d38-16328 #
@wanderingitaly weird considering that Venice has outlawed water bottled in plastic in reply to wanderingitaly #
Alex describes a very complex storage situation requiring no downtime, a wide range of users on a wide range of platforms, heavy data… #
“the ability to look at our data load is incredibly important to us.” #
Adam Leventhal on ZFS, Cache, and Flash, streaming on http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/658d38-16328 #
@reiger it was good in reply to reiger #
@reiger and thanks for checking on your time in reply to reiger #
@storage_summit maybe next time we can run two days. ; ) in reply to storage_summit #
The summit went well. I am very tired. #
happy that the Open Storage Summit went so well. But desperately in need of a three-day nap. #
@craigmorgan thanks! glad to know it was useful. Maybe next time you can join us in person. in reply to craigmorgan #
getting ready to meet Jeffrey for lunch, OpenStorage BoF session tonight, then dinner with our marketing buds. #
Tired of phrases like “this economy” and “current evironment” #
@jowyang I saw my 1st Buffy fanvid at a con in 2001; the concept wasn’t new even then. #
@deirdresm would lunch tomorrow work? I’ll be in menlo but no car #
@Halcyon looking forward to meeting you there! [at SxSW] #
Twitted on the iphone is like having friends in my pocket #
Dad’s back in the hospital. When I don’t hear from him for a while, I know things aren’t going well. #
@jeffreytaylor I would so be there… And check this out: http://www.projectbandaloop.org/ in reply to jeffreytaylor #
Pho for lunch + silk blouse = dry cleaning bill #
@jeffreytaylor <smugly> the founder is another Woodstock School alumna #
@italylogue better not be too eficient. You’ll scare them 😉 #
Ross needs to test drive but doesn’t have a car/ride to get to the dealerships. As I expected, at least one is happy to come to her. #
@reiger it was great to see you! in reply to reiger #
@ringae uh oh, what’s up? in reply to ringae #
Thinking about what to do with my hair before sxsw #
@italylogue haven’t figured out my full schedule yet. If it doesn’t conflict with anything work- related #
Did I mention that my daughter got her driver’s license this week? #
@noebie mine is 19, they can’t start til 18 in Italy. Saves nerves ESP as they start drinking at 14! #
A long full week is almost over. Next up: CO front range girl geek dinner march 5th #
building my SxSWi schedule. Wow, so much to do! Definitely need backup to get everything covered. #
my work week started last Sunday, so my body has decided it wants today off. #
weekend with Woodstockers : staying with Brinda at gorgeous geodesic dome house in the Santa Cruz mountains, dinner with Tanvir & others #
paradise lost: http://tinyurl.com/c2s7fs #
get thee behind me, migraine. #
@ContemplatingIT if that’s the case, I’d be happy to review the Drobo from the point of view of a longtime heavy user of home archiving ; ) in reply to ContemplatingIT #
just referred a bud to Sun Startup Essentials http://www.sun.com/emrkt/startupessentials/ Anyone else? #
okay, that was weird. Just got a spam call on my iPhone in Spanish #
@ContemplatingIT I probably wouldn’t actually have time to review it anyway, so you’re safe. ; ) in reply to ContemplatingIT #
@AKNickerson maybe I should start “Italian slang word of the day” tweets, but that might not give the right impression #followfriday in reply to AKNickerson #
@italylogue I need to figure out how to manage two Twitter IDs. in reply to italylogue #
@AKNickerson The slang I have is mostly profanity, which accurately reflects how young Italians speak in reply to AKNickerson #
the transcription team is having a hard time with all the different accents at Sun. I hope they get used to it soon. #
returned my Ethos Water bottle to Starbucks for 5 cent deposit. They had never seen anyone actually do that before. #
64 people signed up for the Front Range GGD now. #
Excellent lunch of grilled veg at the California cafe in los gatos, made specially for us by chef Taylor boudreaux #
@gapingvoid only Europeans are allowed to say so #
@missbhavens there is nothing irrational about fear of flying roaches! #

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