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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-11

Slava — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:59:59 +0000

question on release day: “are you fixing something, breaking something, or adding something?” #
tried using yammer.com. Seems like good old private irc channel. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-09

Slava — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:59:59 +0000

yeah. I really did say this, “we cannot let non-existent use cases stop us from creating more complicated code”. In jest. I think. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-08

Slava — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:59:59 +0000

wow, what a blast from the past. RT @debedb: http://tinyurl.com/m24ofb ( @tweetmeme ) #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-04

Slava — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Sweet. Google voice plays messages in QuickTime, so I can listen to them on iPhone. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-03

Slava — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:59:59 +0000

RT: @bhammerling A sad day in the West Village. Joe Jr’s, the staple greek diner on 12th & 6th ave has lost its lease and is closing July 5 #
loving http://bit.ly/CYTLg #
Observed: mention “the onion” and I move to check the xkcd.com site. weird. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-01

Slava — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:59:59 +0000

horror - “Employers are looking for people who have acquired an exacting skill, first through education …and then by honing it on the job” #
it’s as if 4 years of cinema studies are not enough anymore… http://bit.ly/lbjs0 #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-30

Slava — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:59:59 +0000

I just do not understand why SyFy channel makes sense and SciFi does not. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-25

Slava — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

my original iphone headphones broke. and my $3 holster for it is worthy of the price. time to upgrade to a new iPhone perhaps? :) #
Sales is modern alchemy - it’s all about lead conversion (via @debedb) in reply to debedb #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-24

Slava — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

xkcd worthy question (http://xkcd.com/541/): “log-in? login? Log In? Re-Login? Relogin? relog-in?” #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-23

Slava — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

sounds like an episode of “The Tick” - “War-Time Fungus Joins Elephant Dung to Make Biofuels” http://bit.ly/QbTr6 #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-19

Slava — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

original 3g network device - http://bit.ly/lTckW #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-16

Slava — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

pondering what username to choose for facebook #
tweeteriffic never sent out an update on Sat. — downside of “real-time” communication is that updates do not make sense 2 days later. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-13

Slava — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

very cool http://bit.ly/BVCdf #
great security presentation/class for kindergarden kids - http://bit.ly/i7Mij #
like this definition of Twitter - “… it is nothing more than reality TV for the rest of us”, from http://bit.ly/HR8ZY #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-12

Slava — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

keeps typing ” ” (double space) expecting a period to appear. Damn iPhone. #
put a smile on my face. http://twitpic.com/74bi5 #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-06

Slava — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Useful error message, “Cannot connect to DB, perhaps it is down”. #
Not useful error “Error 500: EJPEJ0097E: The Virtual Portal ID (ObjectID) null could not be stored in a threadlocal variable during …” #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-05

Slava — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

tweetbit: 69% of our extranet users are on Windows, but only 33% use IE. 50% Firefox and 15.6% use Safari. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-04

Slava — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Congrats! RT @rourkem: TIBCO Silver launched this morning ( http://silver.tibco.com ) Check out TIBCO’s entree into cloud computing. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-03

Slava — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Reading “Made to Stick” (http://bit.ly/bQSfg) and trying to apply its principles to work with product management… So far so good #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-29

Slava — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:59:59 +0000

lost books… I know I am missing books that I got as presents, but cannot figure out where they went. :( #
it had to happen: a book I got on kindle that I wish I had on paper. to share. http://bit.ly/t5kHJ #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-28

Slava — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:59:59 +0000

I would have killed for this job out of college. RT @37signals: We’re looking to hire …: http://is.gd/HqIN (via @37signals) #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-21

Slava — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Very impressed with twitterffic iPhone update. #
Good turnout at nyc cloud computing meetup. Must be Wednesday :) #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-20

Slava — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:59:59 +0000

#peeve I do not understand why people leave unused “sheet2″ and “sheet3″ in excel. You would not do that for other doc types or web pages. #
having problems upgrading #balsamiq on desktop. :( #
conjecture: “any sufficiently useful extranet becomes indistinguishable from a multi-domain intranet”. #
corollary : “whatever ‘control’ functionality your extranet has, should be considered transient and will be subsumed by the intranet” #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-16

Slava — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:59:59 +0000

RT @mengwong: Advice to a Young Lady on the Choice of a Major http://mengwong.livejournal.com/69324.html … study philosophy … #
why does Amazon make it so hard to rate items? Netflix does it the right way, I think… #
Watching Andr. compete in go-go curry speed-eating championship. He made the top 5 for round 1. FTW! #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-14

Slava — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:59:59 +0000

At Teach for America fundraiser in NYC #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-07

Slava — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Love this phrase, “classic web apps like google mail and maps”. Heh oldies but goodies. Should google worry it is “classic” ?#ibmimpact #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-06

Slava — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Why does kindle have a non-standard charger? I thought we were done with that nonsense. Too thin for mini-usb? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-05

Slava — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:59:59 +0000

1 billion transistors per person on earth. Cool. #
#ibmimpact cannot figure out if prod support for portal on ec2 has just been announced? #
#ibmimpact should have had Billy Crystal do the best of show awards. #
#ibmimpact anyone has a kindle charger? I summon the powers of social networking! :) please send me a direct message if you do. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-30

Slava — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Maybe http://twtvite.com/zhuz9h #twtvite #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-29

Slava — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:59:59 +0000

will regret sending out an email he just sent #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-28

Slava — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:59:59 +0000

thinking that i would like to have a special “use a product by” type of link in LinkedIn. For this guy - http://bit.ly/WOzgb #
finally registered for the IMPACT 2009 conference :) nothing like delaying the inevitable. #ibmimpact #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-26

Slava — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Interviewed for bloomberg campaign. One question was “… Diversify job base… By creating dozens of green jobs.” dozens??? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-20

Slava — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Irony: protesting high city taxes as a retired 43 y.o. municipal worker. You think 40 years of taxpayer-funded retirement helps with taxes? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-15

Slava — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:59:59 +0000

I should be prepping for tax appt tomorrow. instead - writing out a feature spec #
really having trouble figuring out if stackoverflow has any answers to my questions #
Back to listening to “the teaching company” lectures #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-10

Slava — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:59:59 +0000

RT @debedb: reminder to Jewish browsers: clear your cookies. And refrain from accepting them in the next week. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-05

Slava — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Installed kindle for iPhone and bought a book yesterday. Not sure why. #
Kindle for iphone is a great commercial for kindle device itself. But why cannot I buy books directly from it? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-03-24

Slava — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:59:59 +0000

QOD, “(In recent years, there has been a movement toward greater equality in blood-money payments.)” from http://bit.ly/VkpA1 #

Twitter Updates for 2009-03-14

Slava — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:59:59 +0000

the day has come. i needed help to reconfigure my thinkpad to make wireless work. I guess I am a civilian now. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-03-12

Slava — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Just landed in spb, russia. #
“Open standards are your friends” hwo is that for a short presentation topic? #
Iphone roaming rates are prohibitive in Russia, so I’m using the bberry more rhat I have in months. I miss the iphone. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-03-04

Slava — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:59:59 +0000

cannot install fasterfox for firefox 3.x. argh #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-27

Slava — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:59:59 +0000

heh. two tweets from people within an hour of each other. One - no traffic thus recession. Another - restaurant packed, what recession. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-25

Slava — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:59:59 +0000

brevity has got to be one of the hardest skills to develop #
hackers indeed, “Elements of Watt’s design, especially the Separate Condenser, were incorporated in many “pirate” engines” from http:// … #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-24

Slava — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:59:59 +0000

verizon modem keeps connecting on “national” vs broadband. Restart app - broadband all the way. What gives? #
heh. Are things so bad for airlines they are stopping to charge for tihngs? Got an email from US Airways about “free drinks” served again. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-21

Slava — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:59:59 +0000

heh. hat tip @esorensen - http://www.projectcartoon.com/cartoon/1 - seems very timely as we try to go into production. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-19

Slava — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:59:59 +0000

what’s a term that describes “open-source community” in terms of contribution and sharing patterns, but not specific to software? #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-18

Slava — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:59:59 +0000

what a great post - http://tinyurl.com/d87lrc #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-14

Slava — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:59:59 +0000

RT @debedb: Second coolest-named gov’t agency: http://www.space.commerce.gov/ (First, of course, is http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/dt.html). FTW #
how does one become a Fogbugz 7 beta test site? #
from a conversation earlier in the day. “gmail is to outlook what emacs is to notepad” #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-13

Slava — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Trump owns central park now? From an at in by post. http://twitpic.com/1g4z7 #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-12

Slava — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Some people tweet a lot when they are working hard. Others when they are NOT working. Today - almost no tweets. Not sure what to make of it #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-10

Slava — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:59:59 +0000

how do you know real estate market is bad? Instead of listings your agent sends you invites to folk song festivals. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-07

Slava — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:59:59 +0000

I’m having a very unvacationy vacation. #