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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-05-10: CO

May 10, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

RT @neilhimself: http://bit.ly/dR4Yv for mothers and daughters on Mother’s Day (okay, it’s a week early…) #
Googling “what is the purpose of conversation?” gives a lot of answsers about… conservation. #
RT @nytimes: Berlusconiâ€™s Wife Seeks a Divorce http://bit.ly/bHreD Can the country divorce him, too? #
can’t figure out with Tweetdeck: how to follow someone whose user name I know when I don’t have an immediate reference to them in the deck #
“using advanced coding to make the photos harder to find in a Google search” – huh? from http://www.newsweek.com/id/195073/page/2 #
@Annarella umm…. perche’ metti un link ad un feed privato? in reply to Annarella #
I was going to buy tickets in advance to go see Wolverine this afternoon, but this is turning out suprisingly hard to do. Can’t be bovvered #
$1 convenience charge for an online movie ticket? is this some sort of a sick joke? #
@nonstick it usually just takes time, and trickles to some systems faster than others. in reply to nonstick #
which is larger annually: # of cars sold, or # of car ads shown? How much car advertising is wasting their money, my time and attention? #
just saw Wolverine, liked it. @RealHughJackman apparently loves to flash his naked butt. Not that I’m complaining. #
“Silvio-Veronica: news goes around the world” The Italian media is like a bunch of nerds amazed when the cool kids actually notice them. Gah #
Do other countries’ media do this? “Ooh, look, everyone’s talking about us!” #
I’m very tired of the mommy blogger phenomenon. Glad I missed the window on that one. My daughter is probably even gladder. #
@MichaelRolland I don’t think long-term relationships are any less exhausting, just different. in reply to MichaelRolland #
@jowyang I would be very, very glad if at least some “brands” had the wit to think of us as women first, mommies second (or third). in reply to jowyang #
brilliant House/Spamalot fanvid: http://tinyurl.com/cxfskc #
@MrsThinGuy congrats! a big step for all of you in reply to MrsThinGuy #
@nonstick anything that distracts you is good – keep on tweeting if you want to. Oh, & breathe. I think I remember something about that in reply to nonstick #
RT @tehduh: The Geography of Jobs from 2004 to Present: http://bit.ly/113Y7a OK. – only area to gain a few jobs recently is Austin #
@jeffreytaylor re moving around a lot: https://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/tag/tcks/ in reply to jeffreytaylor #
Silvio Berlusconi: Yes, yes, yes, prime minister – Times Online http://bit.ly/r5hvy – gaaaahhhhhhh – #
Un Posto al Sole “SxSWi Report – Social Media: Connecting with Customers” http://bit.ly/uv5pq #
@SteveEdiger I benefited from a probably-never-repeated unschooling experiment at Woodstock my senior – had a blast, learned about research in reply to SteveEdiger #
@owyang re. http://bit.ly/13REh6 “people prefer to differentiate the between the facets” – I disagree. multiple online personas collapsing #
financial advisor “can’t recommend” that I invest in India. Let’s just say I take the long view on global development. #
@askjcp – may interest you: http://tinyurl.com/cudccw #
@mentalmosaic I use Dreamhost, am mostly happy. They usually have a special & if you use http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?110058 I get a cut in reply to mentalmosaic #
RT @monkchips: “meeting face to face is the dirty little secret behind real web 2.0 whuffie.” Only takes 5 minutes at SxSWi to see that. #
@ptribble remember: just because it’s on your plate doesn’t mean you MUST eat it. in reply to ptribble #
@communityone – who owns this Twitter handle? #
@ranaban You must get: http://bit.ly/r1FvU in reply to ranaban #
@deirdresm ow, ow, ow. Good luck! in reply to deirdresm #
even airlines want me to get my mom flowers for Mother’s Day. Nope. I’m sending her books, Hitchens & Dawkins. #
@alecmuffett I swear by my neti pot, use it daily. Doesn’t entirely prevent my annual sinus infection, but reduces allergies in reply to alecmuffett #
is there such a thing as an online wakeup call service? I have a 6 am flight, and only one alarm clock (my iPhone) #
@rosso 2 restaurants, The Farm and Blue, both on Dawson st., offered early-bird prix fixe menus. Both good, Blue a bit better. in reply to rosso #
“I Feel Like Someone’s Watching Me” http://bit.ly/uv5pq #
hey San Franciscans, looking for a fun evening activity for a group of multicultural geeks. Suggestions? #
@davest hmm, would be fun, but probably too time- and money-intensive in reply to davest #
@jeffreytaylor on a Tuesday evening (June 2), approx 25-30 people in reply to jeffreytaylor #
@davest I’ve requested a quote from Go Game, we’ll see what they can do with a shorter timeframe in reply to davest #
@davest Go Games came in cheaper than I had feared, good chance we’ll do that – thanks for the idea! in reply to davest #
@timbray wondering if Tweets coming in via Twitteriffic count – cannot otherwise explain my cellphone SMS bills in reply to timbray #
@AmberCadabra thanks for the blog comment – you definitely practice what you preach! #
@India_Insights my fnancial advisor can’t identify any funds that specialize or even have investments in India. Missed opportunity? in reply to India_Insights #
@davest are you coming to C1? in reply to davest #
@pizzocalabro biscotti were originally designed to be dipped in vin santo – even better! in reply to pizzocalabro #
@davest We’ll miss you! in reply to davest #
@hemantmehta ah, isn’t teenage angst fun? I have enough trouble with just one kid – can’t imagine dealing with a classroom full in reply to hemantmehta #
@jeffreytaylor now that’s what I call community video! in reply to jeffreytaylor #
@Cdash re Austin – stay another night and have fun! Ross is there. You’ve met her. She’s cool. in reply to Cdash #
@India_Insights extremely missed opportunity. My financial adviser was surprisingly shocked. Will do my own research when I have time. in reply to India_Insights #
@baratunde is there also a veg option? in reply to baratunde #
@JulieScardina pangolin! We had photos of Stephen Fry cuddling one weeks ago in reply to JulieScardina #
@Padmasree no place on the form to say that I violently dislike the term “murderboarding”. sounds like an expose of CIA tortures in reply to Padmasree #
@Padmasree …so I gave her a completely different title that I think gets more at the core idea. But I haven’t read the book. in reply to Padmasree #
@nilofer no place on the form to say that I violently dislike the term “murderboarding”. sounds like an expose of CIA tortures #
must wind down & try to sleep enough before 3:30 am wakeup, 6 am flight to film the Crossbow team in MPK, then Indian dinner – fun! #
landed sfo. Never doing this early flight again. Can’t sleep the night before. Resent the people going on to Hawaii #
@miglsd apparently he already knew the vocabulary, since you didn’t mention it. ; ) in reply to miglsd #
@JulieScardina do I get prize? (just kidding – already getting a hat) in reply to JulieScardina #
learning all about Crossbow http://opensolaris.org/os/project/crossbow/ – and the team are enjoying being filmed #
@JulieScardina when I was a kid in Bangkok gibbons were fairly common pets (for foreigners), with mixed results. We preferred a python. in reply to JulieScardina #
@AmberCadabra sometimes what looks like arrogance is a culture difference. It’s too easy to have a gut reaction for the wrong reasons in reply to AmberCadabra #
â™º @communityone “Refer a friend to register to #CommunityOne and we donate to a non-profit of your choice, http://bit.ly/O8WhJ” #
today: OGB sec’y, Crossbow site review/plan, internal workshop on social media and videoblogging (slides still to complete). Um, lunch? #
@darrinschaos it was fun, thanks for setting this up. Interesting bunch with interesting questions. I’m exhausted. ; ) #
@davest thanks! Not surprsingly, they want to know more about Twitter. in reply to davest #
productive but very long 2 days in MPK. Do I now hang out in the office pretending to work, or go to the airport, eat dim sum, & drink beer? #
@sumaya Odd Day, this way, only works with the backwards way Americans do numeric dates… to [most of?] the ROW, today is 07/05/09 in reply to sumaya #
@deirdresm ugh. so sorry to hear it. in reply to deirdresm #
@avinashkaushik yes, but there were other ways to be online much earlier. I was doing CompuServe chat in 1982, and DARPANET is even older in reply to avinashkaushik #
RT @dfugate: “it was hard to keep a straight face about “TACOs”…”JUGs” will indeed be the end of …” Someone has a sly sense of humor #
I got my beer & dim sum tho I had to go to another terminal & security for it! #
TSA guy stared at me repeatedly while writing in a binder. Am I now on a list of pink-haired terror suspects? #
Young man on plane has hickeys. Eww #
Damn. Don’t have Dan T’s # to text him that I’d much rather sleep than have 8 am mtg. Won’t get home til 1. #
@avinashkaushik actually, I think that’s more understandable than sports jargon. People tend to forget that most sports are local in reply to avinashkaushik #
looking forward to an interesting summer of travel. Time to get vaccinated! #
@lskrocki next Friday would be great, I should be in town all week . MPK and then Kansas City the following. Then things get REALLY crazy. in reply to lskrocki #
@sumaya there have been plenty of real queens on Twitter for quite a while. ; ) in reply to sumaya #
@SteveEdiger I know a few people you could talk to about backup, starting with Durjoy… in reply to SteveEdiger #
was going to stay up and watch #Dollhouse tonight, but am too tired to do it justice. Hope the Tivo is doin’ its thing. #
someone asked how I have “so many” followers. I have no idea. Nor do I remember why I #
@DonMacAskill glad to hear it, I asked a friend to go but she believes too much in NYT reviews #startrek in reply to DonMacAskill #
roomie has adapted an orphaned wild bunny. Very cute, but not sure it’ll survive #
@timbray thanks, forwarding that to my mathematician husband in reply to timbray #
how do I unfriend someone in Facebook? he keeps sending me invitations for Milan-based things when I’ve told him I no longer live there! #
@jowyang re hand shaking, what will you do where the cheek kiss is de rigeur? Avoiding all germs just makes your immune system wimpy. in reply to jowyang #
@jmleray LOL. You & @jowyang had completely opposite reactions to http://bit.ly/80iZA – European vs. American? in reply to jmleray #
So not crazy about Mother’s Day. There’s a big hole in that area of my life. I can comfort myself I’m doing better with my own daughter. #
Countries Beginning with I “SxSWi: Is Privacy Dead, or Just Very Confused? ” http://bit.ly/1194h9 #
@JulieScardina friends in Thailand had a hugely fun pet otter. It play-fought VERY unfairly with their dogs. Talk about below the belt… in reply to JulieScardina #
just realized the YouTube videos of SxSWi sessions are only 6 minutes. I guess my recaps are useful after all. #
just saw last #Dollhouse. Hmm. Yes, I do want to know more. #
@missbhavens you are making me SO glad I had a very informal wedding. They all figured out where to sit, including my parents NOT together. in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens for color scheme, I suggest Mardi Gras colors: purple, gold, and green in reply to missbhavens #
orphaned baby bunny didn’t make it. internal injuries from falling into the window well in the 1st place, or overhandling by kids who found #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-05-03: CO

May 3, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

@plasticbagUK iphone games a great antidotevto flight boredom #
swine flu being overplayed in world media? Friend of Ross afraid to visit from Italy #
my mental health is better when I stay away from the news. I think the media is too reactive to its own feedback loops #
if Enrico wasn’t leaving tomorrow, I might kill him. But I’m also very sad that he’s leaving tomorrow. #
@ingenthr saw a headline: “Merger advice: work hard, toot your horn.” Which kinda falls into the “well, duh” category, but true… in reply to ingenthr #
dammit, I did NOT order snow #
just registered for CommunityOne http://tinyurl.com/dxt25q – see you there! #
if swine flu = bad flu followed by bronchitis or pneumonia, several people I know have already had it this winter. And survived. #
@jowyang is there that much social media experience to be found in corporations? in reply to jowyang #
selling a house is an enormous PITA, esp when it’s not even my house and all I stand to gain is suddenly being forced to move somewhere else #
wishing spring would get here, I’m ordering prints of photos I took of the flowers in my Italian garden #
just posted “Video: Shooting Presentations” http://tinyurl.com/c7wq4a #
@dfugate please tell me more about this media analysis. Sounds like something I could use. in reply to dfugate #
@steveswrong Ryanair boss makes famously offensive pronouncements and revels in the PR. #swineflu in reply to steveswrong #
testing video subtitles, not sure it’s working consistently. If you’ve got a minute, have a look at http://blogs.sun.com/video/entry/test2 #
@dfugate hmm. it’d be interesting to do that exercise on some of my stuff and see how it compares in reply to dfugate #
LinkedIn’s categories – # Colleague, # Colleague, # Colleague, # Colleague – are far from covering every situation. #
@SteveEdiger thanks, good to confirm that it’s not just me in reply to SteveEdiger #
@davewiner OMG I just died and went to heaven: Hugh Jackman is on Twitter. (Actually, heaven would involve being rather closer than Twitter) in reply to davewiner #
@timfoster if it’s a matter of funding… or is it time? in reply to timfoster #
hats already worn this morning: video producer/directory, event manager, OGB secretary, and mom/counsellor. I can has nap now? #
@sumaya hell no, in fact scheduling more travel #SwineFlu in reply to sumaya #
an exciting view of BRM courtyard. Watch closely, you might see a bunny (Broadcasting live at http://ustre.am/2Nba) #
is this thing on? http://tinyurl.com/cth26p #
@sumaya should I be worried that haven’t heard of most of those Twitter matrix people? in reply to sumaya #
@rosso congrats on the new digs. Wherebouts? in reply to rosso #
@davest <wince> I hope it’s not malaria, that’s serious stuff in reply to davest #
@randybias no in reply to randybias #
maybe I should seek a job doing social media for Fiat’s push into the US. I’m uniquely qualified for it. #
how much time every day do I waste typing logins & passwords? there’s got to be a better way #
@elliottkember not a Cray, but you might be able to make use of http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/ in reply to elliottkember #
@davest good luck. Wouldn’t want you having anything serious. Swine flu is a walk in the park compared to malaria. in reply to davest #
a president who can pronounce “Pakistan” correctly – wow! #
… and journalists who can’t pronounce Iraq. It’s not eye-RACK, people!! #
@jowyang yeah, I’ve been having trouble with Tweetdeck, too in reply to jowyang #
@webmink have no fear, Fox News will get there… in reply to webmink #
we all want the universe to validate our choices. I’d settle for not having to EXPLAIN mine over and over. #
I still fail to understand how “swine” flu is different from/worse than what several colleagues have already had this winter. #
thought I was going to use Tweetie to manage the OGB account, but it now refuses to authorize even one user. Boh. #
travel nailed down for next week’s trip to MPK, arrive early early Wednesday, leave late Thursday, to film the Crossbow team. #
@MissExpatria probably funny, I like Amanpour, but I watch little TV and almost no ads in reply to MissExpatria #
@davewiner stay off the subways = many more cars on the street = global warming. We can’t win for losing. in reply to davewiner #
…to say nothing of his effect on women’s equality: http://tinyurl.com/cq36bd #
unresolved conflict hangs over me like a personal thundercloud. Gets old. #
met with speakers in the “Managing OpenSolaris” track at C1, to smooth edges, prevent overlaps, find synergies. Looking good! #
@jowyang but, as I’ve said before: on Twitter, we don’t HAVE to listen to the marketers and celebrities. Unless we want to. in reply to jowyang #
At CO Women’s Chamber of Commerce awards of dinner. Ball gowns surprised me. #
I admire about Americans that they are not afraid to try anything #
@robinbloor re. Fox news – can we hope that they’re the first to go? #swineflu in reply to robinbloor #
my usually quiet Friday is suddenly full of meetings. One is 2.5 hours. How do execs have the stamina? #
If big media have nothing better to do than report on who walks the president’s goddamned DOG, they DESERVE to lose their jobs. #
why does the MacBook Air download (FTP) 60x faster than the Pro? same office, same network, same server. what am I missing? #
@shawnferry figured out it was SFTP vs http://FTP. Don’t even know what SFTP means (apparently “Slow FTP”), let alone how I managed to set it. in reply to shawnferry #
@davewiner of course the UI in the Twitter movie will look nothing like real-life Twitter in reply to davewiner #
@Elskede layover in what airport? in reply to Elskede #
want a Twitter feature to filter out sports. Love you all, but really, really DON’T care about any of that stuff. #
@KathySierra we had a horse that was a meta-thinker: “Do I actually care about being on the other side of the jump? No. You go. Without me.” #
@sumaya I’ve been saying for years that I want a “filter out Michael Jackson, Paris Hilton, etc.” option in Google News. Nothing yet. in reply to sumaya #
@KathySierra https://www.beginningwithi.com/aboutme/rosshamish.htm in reply to KathySierra #
RT: Vote for @Silona’s idea on @citability http://is.gd/vxii – it just makes sense #
entering contributor grants for OpenSolaris communities. Now I remember how much I dislike CLIs.No, I am not an uber-geek. #
at least I already know how to use Bugzilla #
@jeffreytaylor there’s never any harm in a sincere compliment, and often a lot of good. in reply to jeffreytaylor #
@ckoontz I was fine doing all video editing in Windows XP/Vista w/ $99 Roxio VideoWave. Only switched to fit in with Sun colleagues in reply to ckoontz #
@davest That was fun. So far no one has taken me up on suggestion of Bollywood dance instruction for C1 this year. Damn. in reply to davest #
@jeffreytaylor ooh, can I come have breakfast at your house? #waronfrenchpastry in reply to jeffreytaylor #
@sumaya would be nice to share ideas with similar activites we’re doing for C1 OpenSolaris in reply to sumaya #
@hemantmehta go for broke! Do them all at once (I recommend the bathtub if that includes sleeping) in reply to hemantmehta #
@jeffreytaylor FYI will be back on SFO May 29-Jun 4 for conferences, Enrico in tow. fwing wkd we’ll go to Santa Cruz or something in reply to jeffreytaylor #
@sumaya yes, love to if I can. pls email details #CommunityOne in reply to sumaya #
ooh, Woodstock alum (staff) has a new website: http://vancegeorge.com/ #
I’ve been asked to talk to colleagues about social media next week. Have a feeling half the session will end up being about Twitter #
@avinashkaushik I used to have pet goats in Bangladesh. When they escaped into the garden, they ate the flowers, but not the vegetables. in reply to avinashkaushik #
real estate agent, claiming to practice Feng Shui, moved the sofa perpendicular to the TV. And I’m supposed to watch TV how? #
@lskrocki she left the TV, just made it exercise to watch it – have to move the friggin’ sofa! in reply to lskrocki #
@plasticbagUK you must be in the wrong hotel. The one where I stayed in Bangalore had breakfast of at least four different nations in reply to plasticbagUK #
Freedom House classifies Italy as only “partly free” (in terms of press/media) Repubblica.it (in Italian) http://bit.ly/UX2sC #
@ElaineEllis I’m kinda baffled by the insistence of most American women upon changing their names on marriage http://bit.ly/mJWAP in reply to ElaineEllis #
@DavidHowell actually, sushi is amazingly good with french fries in reply to DavidHowell #
@DavidHowell accidental discovery due to proximity of sushi bar & coffee shop in a hotel, colleague who doesn’t like fish ordered a burger in reply to DavidHowell #
@DavidHowell the sushi crowd ate all his fries and ordered more. It was amazing. Tempura doesn’t do it. in reply to DavidHowell #
re. Dollhouse, remember: Joss is always going to f*ck with you. Always. #
interesting week on Twitter. An orca sends me a hat, and I’m comparing notes with a dog about goats. And let’s not forget the blue whale #
Saturday morning writing fever. I do enjoy this. Time to go eat breakfast and let the article rest a bit. #
better late than never: “SxSWi Report: Designing for the Wisdom of Crowds” http://bit.ly/SMjIL #
ps http://bit.ly/SMjIL contains some thoughts of my own on how video helps build community #
@SteveEdiger Powazek wasn’t my video, SxSWi do their own. I’m puzzled that they didn’t put the slides in (as I would have) – you need both! in reply to SteveEdiger #
NSFW LOL (via Picture is Unrelated): http://tinyurl.com/dgnx3x #
Hmm. Never knew Japan’s caste system was based on the same uncleannes-of-death prejudices as India’s http://bit.ly/UAgUf #
@amandachapel “#SOBCon FYI… Social Media represents < .5% of all marketing spend.” #SOBCon – partly bucz excluding salaries, it’s cheap! in reply to amandachapel #
Down To Business: Are Execs Twittering Their Time Away? — Social Networking — InformationWeek http://bit.ly/GO29S #
@davest shes’ got your lovely, generous smile in reply to davest #
Denver/Boulder area tweeps: looking for a sylist who’s good with short, fine hair – and coloring it pink, of course! #
@Cdash re waking up to watch him run – if that’s not devotion, I don’t know what is! in reply to Cdash #
RT @jeffreytaylor: Never ceases to make me chuckle. http://twurl.nl/cnlmmj – “Maude” was an early influence on me (does it show?) #
@timbray so much Chrstian iconography & myth is about torture, maybe people get inured to it? in reply to timbray #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-04-26: CO

April 26, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

contemplating 25 (now 27) years online: http://tinyurl.com/c2dund #
@timfoster sorry to miss you in MPK this week. Will you be back for C1? in reply to timfoster #
@ElaineEllis how to start on Doors Open Denver? Not clear on the site. in reply to ElaineEllis #
@davewiner I suspect Twitter is so short-staffed they don’t have time or expertise for good curatorship. in reply to davewiner #
@davidorban ANSA also takes down old articles = lots of link rot on my site. Managgia! in reply to davidorban #
@ajkeen lots of sites do that “you’re in x, therefore you must speak xian” thing. Drives me batty. in reply to ajkeen #
@ElaineEllis thx, had to get the map first, but figured that out. Legs hurt. in reply to ElaineEllis #
OMFG #
@baratunde male-female diffs in conversational styles take a lot of managing and awareness. Women generally don’t interrupt, men do. in reply to baratunde #
@nonstick better hope MIL never gets on Twitter. There’s always that risk… in reply to nonstick #
RT @deirdrewalsh http://myparentsjoinedfacebook.com/ – thanks, my daughter will love that one! #
@lbridenne76 you say that as if Coronas would be a drawback. in reply to lbridenne76 #
@zalez is there an online agenda for the meetings? #oracle #Munich #OpenSolaris in reply to zalez #
@jeffreytaylor as if required nudity and multiple showers are a bad thing? in reply to jeffreytaylor #
The death of 1000 reports on cuts: all this analysis is painful when it’s YOUR blood that may be on the street. #
Severgnini severo: http://tinyurl.com/d5r3lo (wish I could translate into English, he may do it himself) #
Uspo won’t deliver to my house so standing in line to pick up a registered letter. Augh #
The nice thing about twitter is: if you’re not interested in someone, YOU DON’T HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM #
“Carrie Prejean was neck-in-neck with winner Miss North Carolina…” Neck IN neck? Ouch! Fox News has no copyeditors, evidently. #
@italylogue there are a few Roman swear words in my Italian slang pages, and a few other dialects here and there #
@NatHistoryWhale hey, a friend of mine was very likely the editor of that video, whatever it is. in reply to NatHistoryWhale #
power nap on the boss’ sofa was good but not sufficient. More sleep at night would be nice, hard to achieve these days. #
@c0t0d0s0 speaking of important things, we’re still looking for suggestions on venue(s) for a student event in Hamburg on June 21st in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
@c0t0d0s0 “too expensive” is relative, but we don’t know how many people yet. Are German universities in session then? in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
FISL proposal drafted, C1 OpenSolaris schedule filling in… I’m starting to feel on top of my workload. I must be forgetting something. #
@thepartycow look up my buds at TVBLOB and let me know what you think. It’s cool technology. (I used to work on it.) in reply to thepartycow #
Google Profile both pointless and impossible for me. My name is unique, and my life doesn’t fit in little boxes. #
http://twitpic.com/3qhf5 – ROTFL – Google thinks I’m all about the Italian seduction! #
@ranaban the idea seems to be to uniquely identify you, so Google Profile might actually help in your case in reply to ranaban #
@jimgris re Community Leadership conf, looks as if as lot of us ought to. in reply to jimgris #
@rosso $%^#$%^$%^ ma sono diventati pazzi? Gelato is made to walk around with, that’s why it’s in a cone. And the stores are so tiny! in reply to rosso #
RT @rosso http://tinyurl.com/cby6do It’s now illegal to eat gelato on the streets in Lombardy. WTF? #
@shawnferry no you don’t, just use the password in reply to shawnferry #
at least this wait music is better than the stuff we hear while waiting for AT&T con calls to start #
@jimgris I’ve put it on the calender, in between Australia and OSCON… in reply to jimgris #
@alice my favorite charity http://sageprogram.org/ – teaching kids to be global citizens in MANY senses of the term #
@SteveEdiger see http://blog.alice.com/ – it’s a chance to have them give $25 to the charity of your choice in reply to SteveEdiger #
turning off the lights in Sun offices for Earth Day today is not, psychologically, a great idea. #
@StorageMonkeys black humor is my specialty. <wry grin> in reply to StorageMonkeys #
@plasticbagUK it is best to be cautious; most travelers are clueless and tropical diseases are v real. Malaria prevention also a good idea in reply to plasticbagUK #
corporate survival strategies: Eric gave me a slice of panettone, then I scavenged sandwiches left over from a meeting. #
@plasticbagUK don’t be overconfident. Dengue fever will walk right thru your vaccinations and kick your ass in reply to plasticbagUK #
just posted: Capturing Good Sound for Video http://tinyurl.com/dkkwwe #
anyone know of a way to track statistical trends in Twitter topics? e.g. for specific keywords #
@sumaya hmm. I need a way to track specific and not enormously popular topics e.g. Solaris Cluster in reply to sumaya #
@ckoontz thanks for the tips, though the topics I’m searching on are too obscure to really be on the radar on these svcs in reply to ckoontz #
and the prize for “most stupidly obvious headline” goes to: “Changes may be ahead for Sun Microsystems workers after Oracle buyout” #
@missbhavens umm… together? in reply to missbhavens #
@AmandaLorenzani good books I’m reading recently: Blink, God is Not Great, Nation, anything else Pratchett in reply to AmandaLorenzani #
recommendations for managing multiple twitter accounts? #
@ben I now have two Macs. And my old Dell laptop. in reply to ben #
@jowyang I love animals, but have a hard time with people acting as if they’re children. Plenty of real human children need love and money. in reply to jowyang #
@DonMacAskill you were great at the OpenStorage Summit, nice buildup to a Cinderella story. Kept us hooked, waiting for the outcome. in reply to DonMacAskill #
oh, right, today is Bring Your Kid to work day. My work was mostly at home when Ross was small, she learned the Internet sitting at my elbow #
@DonMacAskill you’ll be great. I’d recommend you as a speaker anytime (and I spend a lot of my life at conferences these days…) in reply to DonMacAskill #
okay, so I downloaded Tweetie. It’s pretty, but I can’t see how to use it with multiple accounts, and the user manual is “coming soon.” #
found the add account feature in Tweetie, but it doesn’t work (authentication error). And I’m not the only one. Still need a solution. #
â™« “Who are going to meet their fate in a highly nervous state (tarantara tarantara tarantara)…” â™« #
â™« “…but of course it would be wise not to carp or criticise (tarantara tarantara tarantara)…” â™« #
@jowyang re. JetBlue, they’re doin’ it right where it counts: on the plane. e.g. free movies when the TV wasn’t working. in reply to jowyang #
@DonMacAskill so how did it go? in reply to DonMacAskill #

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Portrait in Pink

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It’s rare that anyone gets a picture of me that I really like. Shawn Ferry managed it.

In NYC for CommunityOne East, March, 2009.

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The Twitter Diaries: November, 2008, part 1

November 29, 2008 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

Barcelona: Casa Battlo 7:10 AM Nov 1st from web

John Cleese nails it: http://tinyurl.com/18r (thanks Indecision!). I never knew what “berk” exactly meant til now… 9:31 AM Nov 1st from web

once again, as so often, filming stuff I do not understand (nor ever will). At least this hotel has decent free wifi 12:07 PM Nov 1st from web

The term “patriotism” makes me heave. Let’s all just be proud and supportive citizens of our one and only PLANET, okay? 9:13 PM Nov 1st from web

@stephenfry that begs to be a Cole Porter lyric 6:34 AM Nov 2nd from web in reply to stephenfry

@webmink can’t say Esquire is wrong [in their Obama endorsement article], sadly. I would like to be proud to be American. Kinda hard right now. 6:40 AM Nov 2nd from web in reply to webmink

Qwitter is a very instructive tool. I am amazed by the tweets which apparently inspire people to unfollow me. Maybe there’s no correlation? 1:32 PM Nov 2nd from web

@tgardner that would be incredibly good news [Ryanair plans cheap tran-sAtlantic flights by late 2009] for me and my transAtlantic family. We can already get from London to Bergamo cheap 2:43 PM Nov 2nd from web in reply to tgardner

just queued up the iGoogle weather widget with all the places I’m going to be in the next 3.5 weeks. Fortunately, all warmer than here 3:11 PM Nov 2nd from web

beautiful: http://tinyurl.com/5eej54 3:16 PM Nov 2nd from web

@missbhavens …and it’s not even the eve yet. Camomile tea. Or, better, scotch 4:11 PM Nov 2nd from web in reply to missbhavens – this was about pre-election jitters

I hope someone, somewhere, has good video of Rickman and Duncan in “Private Lives” in 2002. Saw it on stage in London. Magic. 7:17 PM Nov 2nd from web

@ThinGuy take them [the kids] with you. If they’re annoying enough, someone will bump you to the head of the line. ; ) 8:13 AM Nov 3rd from web in reply to ThinGuy

upcoming travel: San Diego (FAST) Sat-Mon, Las Vegas (CEC) Tues-Weds, MPK (Forum) Thurs, Austin (HPC Consortium/SC08) Friday on 10:44 AM Nov 3rd from web

Stewart and Colbert advertising on my site. I love it! 10:56 AM Nov 3rd from web

photos of Barcellona’s Parc Guell 10:58 AM Nov 3rd from web

Heidi Klum as Kali http://tinyurl.com/6k8tr3 11:38 AM Nov 3rd from web

@missbhavens really, truly LOL! thanks, needed that. FYI, daughter full steam ahead on nursing – wish her luck in chemistry 101~! 2:36 PM Nov 3rd from web in reply to missbhavens

@AmberSafa it’s a lot cheaper [anger management] if you take it out on unused clay flowerpots – they shatter very nicely 2:37 PM Nov 3rd from web in reply to Amberlita

here’s Waldo! http://www.fotolog.com/ross… 2:45 PM Nov 3rd from web

another night of poor sleep. I hope tonight I’m awake for better reasons. 6:24 AM Nov 4th from web

vloggers: here’s a chance to make money off the footage you know you’re going to shoot today anyway http://www.the44thpresident… 7:35 AM Nov 4th from web

@ThinGuy re. gym, very true, but not everyone has time time or money for it. Even eating well is expensive. 7:52 AM Nov 4th from web in reply to ThinGuy – a conversation about how the unfit would cost us all money with socialized medicine

@koberoi was thinking of publishing a guide to pronouncing Indian names so people stop calling you Cool Dip 8:57 AM Nov 4th from web in reply to koberoi

@italylogue got a request from a documentarist for footage from everywhere in the world, sent it out here to vlogger buds 10:52 AM Nov 4th from web in reply to italylogue

@seancarlos you can kiss my hubby for me there, er, no, maybe he wouldn’t like that… 10:52 AM Nov 4th from web in reply to seancarlos – Enrico attended an election night party at the US Consulate in Milan, along with many of my Democrats Abroad friends. I later learned that he was there til 6 am (local time) and several Milanese bigwigs made appearances including, surprisingly, Umberto Bossi of the racist, xenophobic Lega Nord. Maybe he was hoping McCain would win.

@rosso okay, YOU can kiss my hubby for me 11:20 AM Nov 4th from web in reply to rosso

a colleague is whistling “Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow…” 11:56 AM Nov 4th from web – this started an epidemic among my Tweeps (Twitter followers)

@jeffreytaylor I was listening to Hairspray, which seemed appropriate 12:06 PM Nov 4th from web in reply to jeffreytaylor

@dfugate myself, I was listening to Hairspray. 12:33 PM Nov 4th from web in reply to dfugate

love working at a multinational. Office neighbor is wandering the halls speaking on his bluetooth headset about “supairclass” (he’s French) 12:36 PM Nov 4th from web

@jeffreytaylor another good one: http://www.fivethirtyeight…. 4:02 PM Nov 4th from web in reply to jeffreytaylor

@DavidHowell absolutely, I will be weeping like a baby either way. 4:40 PM Nov 4th from web in reply to DavidHowell

@jeffreytaylor Dole going is a win for us atheists. Sort of. 4:41 PM Nov 4th from web in reply to jeffreytaylor

@DavidHowell you saw this, right? http://www.beginningwithi.c… 4:49 PM Nov 4th from web in reply to DavidHowell

exhausted, relieved, in tears of joy. I can has sleep now? 10:25 PM Nov 4th from web

@comay amen to that! 8:02 AM Nov 5th from web in reply to comay

no delete in Twitter right now – I hope they bring it back, that could be dangerous 8:32 AM Nov 5th from web [they did]

@SaraD Everyone seems to forget that he’s only half black. Hmm… Constantly referring to him as black, is that racist? 8:33 AM Nov 5th from web in reply to SaraD

@c_bright I didn’t do much [for the Obama campaign], but was happy to contribute what I could 8:47 AM Nov 5th from web in reply to c_bright

gonna listen to the Sun annual meeting http://www.sun.com/aboutsun… 9:35 AM Nov 5th from web

@FakeSarahPalin thanks, you were great. (and I mean the fake one, not the real one) 9:37 AM Nov 5th from web in reply to FakeSarahPalin

really sad about Prop 8, though. 9:39 AM Nov 5th from web

@giovanni who’s stopping conservatives from speaking? I, for one, am willing to listen. 10:13 AM Nov 5th from web – he responded that they were censoring themselves

@giovanni I’m surprised. They haven’t done so up to now. 10:42 AM Nov 5th from web in reply to giovanni

first time I’ve ever listened to a shareholder meeting. Have the feeling nothing important gets done here. 10:45 AM Nov 5th from web

a multinational, bilingual girl votes for a multi-everything guy: http://www.fotolog.com/ross… 11:13 AM Nov 5th from web

nailing down party details, processing video and uploading it to be transcribed, trying to remember where I left my head 1:52 PM Nov 5th from web

one of my favorite restaurants in the world just sent their December menu. Hungry! 7:14 AM Nov 6th from web

Berlusca strikes again: “Obama is young, handsome, and tanned”. http://tinyurl.com/6a3acq 8:35 AM Nov 6th from web

Berlusca also wants to “offer advice, as an old man to a young one [Obama]”. My advice would be to stay the hell away from this buffoon 8:42 AM Nov 6th from web

@dons_light not yet. May show up on http://www.ansa.it/site/not… or http://www.corriere.it/ (English) 8:46 AM Nov 6th from web in reply to dons_light

@tgardner one reason I never got around to getting Italian citizenship: I would have been legally obliged to vote there 11:00 AM Nov 6th from web in reply to tgardner

for those who wanted to read Berlusca’s words in English: http://tinyurl.com/67lza5 11:05 AM Nov 6th from web

babysitting a video camera, anxiously awaiting a hot lunch (these floor-to-ceiling windows are damn cold!) 11:08 AM Nov 6th from web

moving my highly popular Italian slang pages to WordPress. Lots of tedious link fixing 3:14 PM Nov 6th from web

@darios at least we Americans will soon be able to stop apologizing for our president 3:19 PM Nov 6th from web in reply to darios

@tgardner see you there! I’ll be the one running around with a video camera 8:39 AM Nov 7th from web in reply to tgardner

travelling tomorrow. Looking forward to the San Diego Zoo on Sunday – need a break from the people, talking to the animals will be perfect 10:25 AM Nov 7th from web

@Halcyon cable boxes are actually pretty dumb (because cheap) and don’t have the circuitry for things like USB 1:35 PM Nov 7th from web in reply to Halcyon

@zephoria yeah, kinda makes me want to go work in Washington 1:38 PM Nov 7th from web – speaking about change.gov

any recommendations on a good FTP client for Mac? finding Filezilla too flakey 1:39 PM Nov 7th from web

thanks for the recs, everybody – Cyberduck is great! 1:59 PM Nov 7th from web

@jeffreytaylor thanks for that link [to Obama campaign backstage photos] – very cool. But I wanna see Barack and Michelle kiss! 3:02 PM Nov 7th from web in reply to jeffreytaylor

Waiting to get food at Denver intl 10:12 AM Nov 8th from twitterrific

@jowyang just met somebody who based a whole business on that 3:06 PM Nov 8th from twitterrific in reply to jowyang

Heading for downtown San diego in hopes sunshine and food will make me feel better 3:07 PM Nov 8th from twitterrific

Wow I could take a tram almost to Mexico 3:10 PM Nov 8th from twitterrific

@KermitRocks Guess it folded he works for sun now. Had domains like ringtones.com, cycled traffic between them. pornies do the same I bet 3:13 PM Nov 8th from twitterrific in reply to KermitRocks

@jowyang talk to my friend @seancarlos about that. He helped me build great seo 3:15 PM Nov 8th from twitterrific in reply to jowyang

@jowyang …based on real content I hasten to add 3:15 PM Nov 8th from twitterrific in reply to jowyang

@KermitRocks the black hat stuff prob doesn’t work anymore anyway. But building relationships and content takes a lot of time 4:37 PM Nov 8th from twitterrific in reply to KermitRocks

Gets dark very early in sandiego this time of year 4:39 PM Nov 8th from twitterrific

Time to go hang with the geeks of LISA 4:42 PM Nov 8th from twitterrific

@ThinGuy I will be there [Las Vegas] tues to thurs for cec. Meet up? 4:43 PM Nov 8th from twitterrific in reply to ThinGuy

@KermitRocks yup. Glad I started my site in 2001 4:44 PM Nov 8th from twitterrific in reply to KermitRocks

enjoying a windy cool day at the San diego zoo 11:52 AM Nov 9th from twitterrific

just back from a lovely day at the San Diego Zoo. Nice to not think about technology for a few hours 3:55 PM Nov 9th from web

Hmm. Qwitter says @pandemia has unfollowed me. Luca, what’s up with that? 3:59 PM Nov 9th from web (he split his follows between English and Italian speakers)

yeesh is there anyone at Sun NOT working this weekend? 4:20 PM Nov 9th from web

Sun has a powerful army of bloggers. If we can only get at least some of them marching in the same direction. ; ) 5:40 PM Nov 9th from web

oh dear. the OpenOffice spell checker doesn’t know what to make of “www.opensolaris.org”, suggests “irresponsibleness” 5:54 PM Nov 9th from web

Iâ€™ve Been to the Zoo, Zoo, Zooâ€¦ 6:34 PM Nov 9th from web

@lskrocki yes, indeed, but if we can get all these lovely different voices to sing in chorus now and then… 6:35 PM Nov 9th from web in reply to lskrocki

…and we’re off! http://tinyurl.com/6l3k3u 9:35 PM Nov 9th from web (this was what I’d been trying to get Sun bloggers to blog about. And they did.)

@timbray nah, the Amber Road stories all hit at the same time. Embargo ended at 12:01 eastern. 9:47 PM Nov 9th from web in reply to timbray

filming an all-day ZFS workshop at LISA, while aggregating blog posts about the Sun Storage 7000 launch http://blogs.sun.com/storage/ 11:06 AM Nov 10th from web

@jeffreytaylor ouch! good severance package, I hope? 1:37 PM Nov 10th (his partner got laid off)

thanks @rosso – http://notspeakinginmyname…. a very cool statement of what real Italians think (not corrupt, wealthy, stupid politicians) 1:55 PM Nov 10th from web

@mmcallen aww, sorry to hear it. But keep trying. 2:03 PM Nov 10th (a cool overseas job opportunity dried up)

geek humor: http://tinyurl.com/62dljm (I’m a geek – I love it!) 2:06 PM Nov 10th from web

finally got 50 UT students coming to our SC08 party in Austin. Woulda been embarrassing not to have them – the t-shirts are burnt orange! 3:13 PM Nov 10th from web

it’s the Bryan and Mike show! http://tinyurl.com/yr72th 3:42 PM Nov 10th from web

very cool to see so many Sun folks in the chat channel on http://tinyurl.com/yr72th , answering questions 3:51 PM Nov 10th from web

nice to see my bud Ben Rockwood up there, but I prefer him in a kilt 4:11 PM Nov 10th from web

short night, long day – want beer! (and food) 5:09 PM Nov 10th from web

in the laptop lounge, catching up before travel. LISA has the best wifi of any conference I’ve ever been to. Must be that sponsor 7:23 AM Nov 11th from web

San Diego airport has free wifi. Cool. 9:38 AM Nov 11th from web

@davest and Denver, and Las Vegas last time I looked. Definitely a huge plus in any airport. 10:07 AM Nov 11th from web in reply to davest

an Italian man with a really bad haircut is travelling on this flight to Las Vegas 10:55 AM Nov 11th from web

@tgardner glad to hear it [good weather in Las Vegas], about to get on a plane to come there 10:58 AM Nov 11th from web in reply to tgardner

Awaiting bag at las vegas. Remembering why I hate this place. No, it’s not the baggage 12:47 PM Nov 11th from twitterrific – It’s the noise and fakeness.

@ThinGuy sounds good. I like vegas better when I manage to find real natives 3:53 PM Nov 11th from twitterrific in reply to ThinGuy

awake and working in Las Vegas at 6:30 am. Yeah, sure, my job is sooooo glamorous. 6:42 AM Nov 12th from web

too many steps to United online checkin. Stop giving me “special” offers, I’m in a hurry! 7:36 AM Nov 12th from web

@ThinGuy sorry I missed it, ended up too tired. I’m filming the HPC track this morning/aft, speaking at BoF this evening. drink in between? 9:40 AM Nov 12th from web in reply to ThinGuy

filming a great deal of detail on High-Performance Computing. Sun: we do cool stuff. 10:10 AM Nov 12th from web

anyone at CEC, come to the blogging BoF this evening 8-9. I suspect the fur is going to fly. ; ) [It did.] 1:28 PM Nov 12th from web

my friends in marketing owe me a drink. Or three. 2:09 PM Nov 12th from web – I took a lot of crap over the contest to get people blogging.

@alexiaco mi ricordi che dovrei aggiungere SOLA al mio dizionario di slang italiano. Come lo traduresti esattamente? 3:39 PM Nov 12th from web in reply to alexiaco

@caseymckinnon the delete function [in Twitter] has been coming and going for days 3:40 PM Nov 12th from web in reply to caseymckinnon

finally seeing the new GUI. wow. so much for the theory that Sun sucks at GUIs. 4:25 PM Nov 12th from web

@davest hospital? Okay now ? 5:58 PM Nov 12th from twitterrific in reply to davest

Mildly depressed today. Lack of sleep not helping. Why do we have so little faith in each other? Just makes life sadder 8:22 AM Nov 13th from twitterrific

@jeffreytaylor cause change in Italy?I wish him luck. India will be a lot easier 8:24 AM Nov 13th from twitterrific in reply to jeffreytaylor

@jeffreytaylor subscribers to what? I’m missing context on who this guy is 9:24 AM Nov 13th from web in reply to jeffreytaylor

“It takes a while…” 9:44 AM Nov 13th from web

if the phone in this flex office is ringing for me, I’ll be seriously creeped out 10:59 AM Nov 13th from web

about to moderate chat for my boss’ talk on Managing Scalable Storage Environments with Solaris http://www.ustream.tv/sun 1:58 PM Nov 13th from web

@ThinGuy @smaragdis the way this week is going, I’m lucky so far I’ve only lost my beloved pashmina scarf 2:27 PM Nov 13th from web in reply to ThinGuy

France’s response to Berlusconi idiocy: http://worldmeets.us/journa… 2:29 PM Nov 13th from web

argh! no one ask anymore questions – they turn the camera on me! [while I was moderating the UStream chat] 2:33 PM Nov 13th from web

wow, the camera really does add pounds. what I see on Ustream is not what I see in front of me 2:37 PM Nov 13th from web

@lbridenne76 looked more like 20 pounds to me! But women tend to be more sensitive about that 3:13 PM Nov 13th from web in reply to lbridenne76

spam email from “mr nice”. somehow not convincing 4:17 PM Nov 13th from web

Lynn finishing up her talk, then we’ll go to SFO to catch the last plane for this week – then I get to stay on the ground for 7 whole days! 9:23 AM Nov 14th from web

@Halcyon beautiful! http://flickr.com/photos/ha… 9:26 AM Nov 14th from web in reply to Halcyon

Ross cooked a great Italian dinner for 8 Sun colleagues last night. Everyone a bit edgy though mostly optimistic [about reorg news]. Change is needed. 6:51 AM Nov 15th from web

“…international diplomacy would change if more public figures actually said what was on their minds.” http://tinyurl.com/579ot9 6:54 AM Nov 15th from web

filming Andy Bechtolsheim. No, I’m not going to give you any details. NDA. 6:57 AM Nov 16th from web

@jeffreytaylor cool! see you on my next trip to the area [San Francisco] then, in Feb 6:59 AM Nov 16th from web in reply to jeffreytaylor

oh, well, if you want details [on Andy Bechtolsheim’s talk], follow @sunhpc 7:00 AM Nov 16th from web

what?!? surely there’s a tech fix waiting to happen here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008… 7:10 AM Nov 16th from web

my “glamorous” job 8:16 AM Nov 16th from web

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