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Tweets thru 2010-01-31

personal things | Sunday, January 31st, 2010
  • Gary Coleman – not doin good. http://bit.ly/ #
  • No Impact Man: great documentary on walking the walk when it comes to consuming less. http://bit.ly/ #
  • $AAPL Q1: record revenue, record profits, $40B cash reserves, blah blah blah http://bit.ly/7uvacU #
  • All 2's day is coming: at $222 $AAPL will be a $200B market cap company (joining the mega cap co's like MSFT, GE, Wal-Mart). #
  • Brought dead cable modem to Comcast retail store. Rather than exchange, they set up appt for tech visit to do it. Way to do it the hard way. #
  • wow "McGraw-Hill CEO" is actually a trending topic. #
  • "within five years I predict it (tablets) will be the most popular form of PC sold in America." -Bill Gates, CES 2001 #
  • Running epiphany: midfoot strike with New Balance 800's. Instantly improved my run. So excited. #
  • Become One with the Tablet. http://bit.ly/cyx3RI #
  • The nerd world is atizzy. I wonder if SJ even gets nervous. Doubt it. #
  • Watching live broadcast to the mothership in Cupertino. Packed house. #
  • the ipad video could do without the extreme closeup of forstall's face #
  • RIP Howard Zinn. Great man. #
  • My *parents* just watched the Steve Jobs keynote with me. How weird is that. #
  • So we're in phase 2 now, where the haters and doubters complain about everything it doesn't do. In ph 3, when it ships, they all shut up. #
  • christ, I can't stop watching Jersey Shore. so trashy yet so fun. #
  • State of the Union transcript: http://bit.ly/dBVNv8 /via @siracusa #
  • re: the ipad no multitasking gripe: it's rumored to be in iPhone OS 4.0, expected soon after ipad launch. #
  • iMac i7 in the house. Heartrate elevated. #

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announcing the new Apple iPad

general,technology | Wednesday, January 27th, 2010


Tweets thru 2010-01-24

personal things | Sunday, January 24th, 2010
  • "Come see our latest creation" – i like the playfulness of it. was expecting something all grandiose a la the old IBM commercial. #
  • Clooney's been on a roll, but Men Who Stare At Goats fell flat. Likewise, A Serious Man went nowhere though it has great ratings. #
  • "De-optimizing": why you may want to add friction to your online life to make distractions less accessible. I need this http://bit.ly/7R9ybw #
  • next wk should be interesting for $AAPL stock: holiday earnings report on Mon, 'tablet' on Wed. #
  • rules of 2-stall john: 1.if 1+ in use, leave. 2.both empty: ok to use. 3.while using, other becomes occupied: finish & leave asap. live it. #
  • in related news, there's an app for that. announcing iPoo http://bit.ly/5qxYBo #
  • according to google trends, islate is way ahead of ipad & itablet. i also like it best. http://bit.ly/ #
  • GTA on iPhone 3GS is awesome. It's the real GTA experience. Amazing. #
  • With iPhone, nobody knew for sure so expectations weren't that great. This time's like bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, Babe Ruth at bat. #
  • 39. For the first time… #
  • iPhone saves man's life. really. http://bit.ly/7RI1Xq #
  • whoa – scene release of Mass Effect 2. 5 days before release date. #

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Tweets thru 2010-01-17

personal things | Sunday, January 17th, 2010
  • Motorola must just love the fact that Droid is obsoleted by Nexus One months after launch. Droid doesn't. #
  • Avatar: everyone says it's a Dances w/Wolves ripoff, but it's really Pocahontas: http://bit.ly/7Mghan #
  • guaranteed to help you pick up more women: learnnavi.org #
  • likes Exploring Pandora, Avatar's Lush World on Boxee #
  • gotta admit, Ballmer's got balls. unfortunately, not much else… http://bit.ly/6HLfJb #
  • RT @errolverwey: John Martellaro on How Apple Does Controlled Leaks http://tinyurl.com/yawxonx #
  • example: SJ liver transplant story came after market close, right after blockbuster qtrly earnings. #
  • so i can't link 2 Citibank accounts to view together online b/c they weren't opened in the same state. what a great reason. #
  • "Doodle Jump" app sold 500k in Dec. that's $350k for Gameloft from one small title. not bad. http://bit.ly/8CL9kQ #
  • Microsoft Silverlight: "full screen" doesn't mean 75% of the screen #
  • CES: So Slate PC is just Windows grafted onto a slate form factor. Could it be more predictable? #
  • "Ten Psychology Studies from 2009 Worth Knowing About" http://bit.ly/6xkC3U #
  • "Boxee Bookmarklet" is like Instapaper for web video. 'watch it later' from your Boxee queue on your tv. http://bit.ly/89n63k #
  • why the f is Citicard putting text ads inline w/my online transaction history? think i've bitched about it before, but still feel the same. #
  • "Google hit with Nexus One complaints" – welcome to selling direct to customers. http://bit.ly/7sYtAh #
  • RT @ropiko: Playing with a core i7 iMac,it's playing 7 full HD trailers and running a few apps. the plastic is still on http://bit.ly/6uDUNa #
  • props to Woody Harrelson in The Messenger. #
  • what B.S. – Palm CEO doesn't pay attention to Apple and has never used an iPhone. http://bit.ly/5vbzeP #
  • whoa, the artie lange story is crazy and sad. he's such an amazing talent – i hope he makes it back to the show. #
  • The Road: a gritty, realistic depiction of life in the aftermath. no a feel good flick, but great nonetheless. #
  • Android app steals your bank info. so much for extreme openness. http://bit.ly/7SBdbW #
  • Ballmernote: he whips out the HTC HD2, shows a glimpse of a dim, fingerprint covered screen, then puts it away. Great salesmanship. #
  • sweet – radiotime let's you listen to your local NPR station through your browser. i love my KQED. http://bit.ly/8v7Si #
  • The Cove: fantastic documentary – save the dolphins! and the story unfolds like a real life Oceans 11. http://bit.ly/c937J #
  • Google Docs will let u upload any file type soon. 1GB free space. Giving yet another piece of my life over… http://bit.ly/8b6FDZ #
  • I'm on team Conan. f Leno. I hope the backlash takes his show down. Love Conan's statement to the People of Earth: http://bit.ly/5YBDmp #
  • today seems to be about taking the high road: Conan stands up to NBC, Google stands up to China. let's hope they don't get squashed. #
  • Fantastic Mr Fox: corny stop-motion hilarity, but only if u dig the Wes Anderson style. #
  • "Apple: Eight Reasons To Buy The Stock Here" http://bit.ly/5vZqoy #
  • more analysis indicating $AAPL is cheap right now. http://bit.ly/559ptH #
  • counterpoint: the 1 analyst (out of 40) who has a SELL rating on $AAPL: http://bit.ly/56BFr6 #
  • would someone pls kill Pat Robertson already. http://bit.ly/66d6L4 #
  • donate to the Red Cross for Haiti from your iTunes account. iTunes link: http://bit.ly/7h0Gvc #
  • PG&E #fail: they deactivate your online access if you don't login w/in 6 mos. cust svc advises "u need to remember to login every 6 mos" #
  • #haiti: donate to the Red Cross using your iTunes account:
    https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/buyCharityGiftWizard #
  • It's Complicated: had high hopes, but turned out to be an uber chick flick. Overly dramatic w flat characters. Some funny moments. 2/4 #
  • got sucked into fiddling with my Adium settings. satisfied with this. pics use facebook sync→address book→adium. http://bit.ly/5ccidD #
  • FDA now warns of BPA (before declared safe). nice to have an administration that believes in science. http://bit.ly/7A6oKV #
  • Sin Nombre: amazing story of gang life in extreme poverty, much like City of God. 4/4 #

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East Coast Trip ’09 – the video

personal things | Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

here’s the Animoto video we created for East Coast Trip ’09:

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