Social Media Updates for 2010-03-14
- All this energy at #SXSW makes me wonder why the Pacific Northwest doesn't have something truly similar? #
- Icons for the multi-touch world: http://gesturecons.com/ [via @amalucky] #
- "Oh good, the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders are here. Because lord knows how much geeks love football." [@violetblue #sxsw] #
- Hanging with family today – my brother, Ben (and nephew, Zander). They are NOT on Twitter. #
- OH at #sxsw: "No, I'm sure it's argumentative reality – like you're really there." #
- I hereby boycott Daylight Saving Time. You'll just have to deal with me an hour ago. #
- order. of Out #
- Somebody stole one of my hours. It was here last night. WTF? #
- Sitting at B. D. Riley's on 6th Street, Austin with friends – waiting for nachos. Thanks to @Ryan_Gallagher for the tip! #
- Sweet party space at "Cedar Street" courtyard – 4th & Colorado. Join us! Very low key. #sxsw #
- Okay. Seriously. I need nachos in downtown Austin. #sxsw #
- "SXSW isn't a conference. It's a tribal gathering." [@JeffJarvis] #
- It's party time at SXSW, and I'm overflowing with invites. Still, I don't know where to go (where it won't be crowded). :P #
- @benparr – You don't hear engineers throwing the "social media" catchphrase-du-jour around half as much. in reply to benparr #
- I'm starting to think that "social media" might as well be called "social marketing." #
- Is #AustinSociallyExperienced? So asks @tweetoe in his #sxsw session. AMD (an Austin-based company) brought me here. I'm out of the house :) #
- I'm a douchebag? http://youtu.be/ZFzQnhfyFCE #sxsw #
- @kevoc2008 – I would love to live stream from SXSW, but @Ustream still doesn't work very well in my usage model. Qik doesn't have views. in reply to kevoc2008 #
- The economy must be doing quite well, judging from the herd of nerds at #sxsw this week. #
- What Was The Most Popular Internet Scam For 2009? http://is.gd/atHM0 #
- I wish there was an app to beat insomnia. #
- The popular "Doodle Jump" iPhone game has a rainforest theme update: #ad http://spn.tw/5qi1 [Are you playing?] #
- Did You Order Your iPad Today? – http://lgno.me/91JY7e #
- I Found Me Some @LizMoney – http://lgno.me/dvX9UC #
- Seattle Twitter Conference Wrap-Up – http://lgno.me/aN8wEq #
- Had dinner with @cbellfsu @caseygotcher and @tweetoe at Fogo de Chao Brazillian Steakhouse tonight #sxsw http://yfrog.com/1xnrxoj #
- Log In to Facebook With Style – http://lgno.me/9HO3Nl #
- Philip DeFranco and Texas Women! – http://lgno.me/btvnpn #
- Eating funnel cakes by @ChillieFalls at 6th & West by Molotov. #sxsw #
- Storing wind power underground? http://lgno.me/asz6DW [to quote Ralph Wiggum, "That's unpossible!"] #
- Texas Boobies: http://youtu.be/hpqXrwsePDU [by the @PhillyD crew - featuring @HipsForHire] #
- War is the science of destruction. [John Abbott] #
- Twitter fights phishing and malware. http://lgno.me/bcAqSm [...and bears, oh, my!] #
- Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage. [Gabriele D'Annunzio] #
- What would you do for $5? http://lgno.me/cEueqO [And what would you pay $5 to have someone do?] #
- Learning how not to be a douchebag (thanks to @VioletBlue). #
- Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us. [Earl Nightingale] #
- AMD for You and Me? – http://lgno.me/brtzTx #
- Faceyspaces isn't the only place to avoid for job applicants. http://lgno.me/95nEcb [Uncle Louie's Larceny Hut also on list.] #
- We must be as stealthy as rats in the wainscoting of their society. [Harry Harrison] #
- Paid Search Best Practices: http://lgno.me/d7QDeS [Because no one was interested in Paid Search Worst Practices.] #
- I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character. [James Taylor] #
- Shane MacGowan puts a spell on you for Haiti. http://lgno.me/cQ6W0H [@shane_macgowan just joined Twitter, too! Welcome aboard!] #
- We don't want any sad stories in porn. [Ron Jeremy] #
- Free daiquiris at the SoBe tent across the street from the convention center at SXSW. #
- Printing stuff on paper? Ecofont saves you ink. http://lgno.me/aziKRH [With science!] #
- I had the drink after I fell out of bed. It hurt. [Liza Minnelli] #
- Something Brewing @Starbucks – http://lgno.me/bxWAS4 #
- A new social network captained by Kirk? http://lgno.me/cvA1j7 [Beam me up!] #
- Hollywood is at the Tweethouse, so we're headed there next. #sxsw #tweethouse http://tweet-house.com/ #
- You can't teach the old maestro a new tune. [Jack Kerouac] #
- OnLive gaming service offers first three months free to first 25,000 members. http://lgno.me/cofjbq #
- Actually, I ordered TWO iPads – and one will be given to a random "active" community member. Stay tuned. :) #
- iPad… ordered. #
- Do You Have a Question for AMD? – http://lgno.me/bH5SF4 #
- Fact or Context: The Ocean That is the Internet – http://lgno.me/cEYq5U #
- Questions for @AMD_Unprocessed? http://youtu.be/ttEUBf7HAhQ [Ask away!] #
- When Will Your Bus Arrive? – http://lgno.me/9dp5wN #
- ♫ Yes, Jesus loves me… yes, Jesus loves me… yes, Jesus loves me… the iPad tells me so. ♫ #
- Thanks to @eich0041 for hosting @HipsForHire last night. The kindness of strangers has turned into a friendship! #
- I've already "bumped" four friends at SXSW. Bump is proving to be an indispensable app (and it's free): http://bu.mp/ #
- I hate social network connection email invites that contain NO helpful information: LinkedIn, Plaxo, Twitter, Facebook NEED to improve. #
- I'm setting my alarm for 7:30 AM tomorrow. It's National iPad Order Day! #
- http://dialmycalls.com/ – call 20,000 phone numbers within a few minutes. #
- Twitter support is useless. #
- Is email still the most popular way to communicate? http://lgno.me/bZOr1m [I prefer telepathy!] #
- The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist. [Vannevar Bush] #
- Blocking ad-blocking Web site visitors. http://lgno.me/abCVNx [What's good for the goose...] #
- Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door. [Torquato Tasso] #
- Will the iPad create a viable market for Windows based tablets? http://lgno.me/98kkli [Because it's been a bustling market so far...] #
- Afternoon Quickie – http://lgno.me/bEcell #
- The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do. [Sam Donaldson] #
- Texting while driving? http://lgno.me/a2lIC7 [If I were a nun, I'd rap you on the knuckles with a wooden ruler!] #
- If they can't hum it after we play it, it's not for us. [Lawrence Welk] #
- Cyber attacks use some spammers' techniques. http://lgno.me/aIk85X [Why mess with a family recipe?] #
- I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. [Douglas Adams] #
- Hubble 3D: http://lgno.me/97Z1y8 [Much more impressive than Hubble 2D.] #
- I just love that spirit that makes people do things that they probably shouldn't. [Johnny Knoxville] #
- How to Set Your Main Screen on Mac OS X – http://lgno.me/cILSiT #
- Want a free subscription to Internet Retailer? http://lgno.me/97e8JY #
- You have to see my show to believe that I'm the only unique Nina Hagen on this planet. [Nina Hagen] #
- What are the 21 cities where time saving is simple? http://lgno.me/d0Dm9c [Greyhawk, Metropolis, and Liberty City on the time wasting list.] #
- On the same SXSW flight with @BAoki, @KevinUrie, @BenHuh, @ShaunaCausey, other Seattle Stars. Sitting next to @JCroft. #twitterplane #
- I want to work on some more complicated baking… [Lisa Loeb] #
- Apple's iPhone 4.0 software to deliver multitasking support: http://bit.ly/aEt04e #
- The other shoe drops. http://lgno.me/bkICUj [Which is why we've got two?] #
- RT @SocialLOL – What @chrispirillo is actually wearing: http://bit.ly/aSK1q5 (via @davidhoang) #
- Hey, here's an idea. How about @Starbucks overtake 7am as "Coffee O'Clock?" #
- Corey Haim in a 2007 recording with Corey Feldman: http://bit.ly/9l80Au #
- I'm very grateful that @EllenK76 is housesitting / puppysitting. Follow her if you want the inside track on the Gnomestead. #
- To save time, I'm going to verbalize the SXSW acronym as "six-swuh." #
- WTF? Vimeo charges for HD video plays?! That's beyond asinine. @YouTube = FREE. @Vimeo = Deadpool!!! [HT @HardlyNormal] #
- Anybody got a spare SXSW Interactive pass they could part with? #
- ATTENTION! Lifelock accused of running Con Operation: http://shar.es/mbcg4 [via @WirelessPacket] #
- What is the Square? – http://chris.pirillo.com/what-is-the-square/ #
- Relive @LeWeb: http://youtu.be/dZ6O44xlk90 and http://youtu.be/0PbbG1cl41A #
- Is your handwriting horrible? http://lgno.me/dtM50E [Not as horrible as my footwriting.] #
- People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so. [Sharon Stone] #
- Microsoft opens WHS channel on YouTube. http://lgno.me/9zFZYc [That's Windows Home Server to you, bub.] #
- http://trendistic.com/ #
- Once you take a life, that's it. I don't even deserve to be here. [Mark David Chapman] #
- Does your car have Bluetooth? http://lgno.me/8Xg984 [And have you considered taking it to the dentist?] #
- Apple takes down German magazine's iPhone app: http://is.gd/aa5TG [via @DanGillmor] #
- Just got Tweetie for free after purchasing the MacHeist nanoBundle 2: http://go.tagjag.com/macheist [9 hours left!] #
- I couldn't pronounce Arnold Schwarzenegger, so I called him Balloon Belly. [Joe Gold] #
- The Filter provides "entertainment filtered for you." http://lgno.me/d20TpZ [Gefilte provides...fish?] #
- Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center. [Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel] #
- Astro Boy's been around longer than you think. http://lgno.me/9UDOO5 [Unless you think he's been around since the '50s.] #
- Violence is my last option. [Chuck Norris] #
- The music album is dead. http://lgno.me/bFVPHe [Or maybe it's just another thing pining for the fjords?] #
- Why will the iPad win? Because every other (similar) product keeps comparing itself to it. #
- I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists. [Jasmine Guy] #
- Web Wholesaler is complimentary to qualified professionals. http://lgno.me/aGFwVU [I think that means "free" in hoity toity.] #
- Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead. [Jim Valvano] #
- Thanks to @jasonhiner for adding me to "140 tech experts to follow on Twitter" at http://bit.ly/afVmok today. #
- Should Microsoft build its own PCs? http://lgno.me/9zQzy9 [Out of LEGOs?] #
- Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul. [Wayne Dyer] #
- Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 timetable jump. http://lgno.me/c4lfWa [Scott Bakula to star in the accompanying TV miniseries?] #
- Twitter Works to Combat Phishing Scams – http://lgno.me/c0Ltck #
- SkyVoyager for the iPhone – http://lgno.me/ai7ez6 #
- WARNING: If you get an email titled "Nude photo of Nancy Pelosi," don't open it. It contains a nude photo of Nancy Pelosi. #
- Twitter Tips and Tricks for Beginners and Business – http://lgno.me/cgVVle #
- Marshall's Blog: http://lgno.me/boWbiT [It's a bloggone hoot!] #
- Our revenge will be the laughter of our children. [Bobby Sands] #
- Shirts for the Linux Geek Inside of You! – http://lgno.me/cqwskq #
- Should You Share Your Location on Twitter and Facebook? – http://lgno.me/caKYUG #
- Verizon turns up the heat on its fiber network. http://lgno.me/94ddcW [At least it's keeping things regular.] #
- Keep Your Gmail Safe – http://lgno.me/9Lzrn4 #
- There are no signposts in the sea. [Vita Sackville-West] #
- Essential free Mac apps: http://lgno.me/bClP47 [And maybe a few non-essentials for good measure.] #
- If I need something, I'll invent it. [Mickey Spillane] #
- Need a "professional Twitter client?" http://lgno.me/9XDGQE [It's a @HootSuite riot!] #
- Yes, we have A LOT OF WOMEN in the Pacific Northwest: http://youtu.be/qXq1g9ogTWg #
- As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product. [Jef Raskin] #
- Free NASA Tech Briefs: http://lgno.me/buXSdx [Unless you prefer NASA tech boxers?] #
- New TRON Legacy trailer via @Nine2Noon: http://www.program-glitch-esc.net/ [This movie better not SUCK.] #
- Never live with someone that won the Heisman. [Kato Kaelin] #
- I might try http://www.crowdscanner.com at SXSW. #
- Get Rid of the Trojan From the Energizer DUO – http://lgno.me/8XWEOm #
- Four out of five people feel that Internet access is a human right. http://lgno.me/bljWUg [Of course! Anything less is inhumane!] #
- Best wine from last night's tweetup? A Syrah from http://kanawinery.com – Thx to http://seattlewinegal.com #140tc #
- All that matters on the chessboard is good moves. [Bobby Fischer] #
- Counterfeits of the Intel Core i7-920 processor being shipped. http://lgno.me/bzcU3v [Embossed with the face of Benedict Arnold.] #
- Internet Usage Tax to Combat Viruses? http://bit.ly/cBjR4d #
- SXSW Conference Tips – http://lgno.me/92xBz7 #
- For me, habit is just a synonym for death. [Juliette Binoche] #
- Cable television takes another shot. http://lgno.me/c8Zi27 [I'm worried about it shooting back.] #
- SxSW Advice (2010 Edition): http://bit.ly/cNZSCi [via @cc_chapman] #
- How to AutoTune in GarageBand – http://lgno.me/diTAYS #
- We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation. [Raul Julia] #
- HP's Slate sounds like another Tablet PC to me. I don't get it? #
- Looking for free money? http://lgno.me/bwX4jV [Sure, I lost a whole bunch here the other day. Have you seen it?] #
- Thank you, @jolieodell, for the wonderful write-up of my 140 Twitter Tips eBook in @rww: http://ff.im/-haWMQ [Tip 141: follow Jolie!] #
- Thank you, @SeattleWineGal, for hosting my very first wine tasting party. I'm spoiled for life. We've got some great wineries up here! #
- Thank you, @HipsForHire, for joining us at @BenParr's After "Parr-ty." We'll have to rock SxSW without him! #
- Thank you, @tweethouse, for a long (but good) conference day filled with great people and intelligent ideas. #140c #
- Can a Gaming Addiction Kill Someone? – http://lgno.me/cjhCjP #
- Do You Use VMWare Fusion? – http://lgno.me/9CCN9E #
- It's "wine time" for #140tc – but I left my Vinturi aerator at home, @SeattleWineGal. Is that a problem? #
- Dude. What's up with the vendor spamming going on during this panel? #140tc #
- Alfredo with roasted red peppers and sun dried tomatoes over whole wheat linguine. http://lgno.me/chnuw5 [Declared meatless and Lent-safe!] #
- All I've got against golf is it takes you so far from the clubhouse. [Eric Linklater] #
- How your inbox can prioritize your emails for you. http://lgno.me/dATEc7 [By using RADAR? High tech!] #
- Man cannot live by incompetence alone. [Charlotte Whitton] #
- A suggestion for the Toyota Prius, offered by @SteveWoz: http://lgno.me/cNI1r2 [Lather, rinse, reboot?] #
- Going on stage with @Dom in a few moments to help demo @Square. http://bit.ly/a77Dam #
- It's a free country and I can keep my mouth shut whenever I want. [James Van Der Beek] #
- Focus groups are blurry. #140tc #
- I thought @TheNewsChick was her real name. Oops. #140tc #
- Boo on racism in MMORPGs: http://lgno.me/aaDO5Q [I, too, hate seeing terms like "stunty" and "greenskin" thrown carelessly about.] #
- This Device Will Change the World – http://lgno.me/adHZkE #
- A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet. [Anna Held] #
- Teens: you text too much! http://lgno.me/bSTcmN [you even worry my pet...] #
- God always has another custard pie up his sleeve. [Lynn Redgrave] #
- Looking back on winter Olympics commercials. http://lgno.me/b0U18u [Nostalgic about the last few weeks already?] #
- Anyone that would letterspace blackletter would steal sheep. [Frederic W. Goudy] #
- Chromium OS on a $199 Tablet – http://lgno.me/9vYXdH #
- Security experts get serious about security. http://lgno.me/a7JLNE [Probably more useful than them getting serious about beekeeping.] #
- Actually, @sbroback, you might want to try http://twickie.com/ too #140tc #
- I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God. [Alan Hovhaness] #
- http://hotwall.com launched at #140tc – looks nice, but you start with no data in your "Social Media Analytics Dashboard." #
- Who wants to take collaborative notes on #140tc today? http://typewith.me/ [DM me for exact link.] #
- A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. [Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.] #
- No Nonsense XML Web Development With PHP: http://lgno.me/dBe0eG #
- #140c is happening today: http://parnassusgroup.com/twitterconference/ [I'll be there moderating a panel with @ShaunaCausey and others!] #
- 140 Twitter Tips PDF eBook now available for $1.40! http://go.tagjag.com/twittertips #
- @engle I'll see you (and @BenParr with the rest of the #Seattle gang) tomorrow. Putting the finishing touches on my 140 Twitter Tips eBook! in reply to engle #
- Winner for Best Picture: http://bit.ly/TaMKo #
- "Best Visual Effects?" How about that one time when I accidentally walked into a spider web? #
- "Best Original Score?" Me losing my virginity. #
- Chances are, you've touched cocaine at one point in your life: http://youtu.be/Jb-rdVxxoZA #
- T9 is to text input as McDonald's is to fine dining. #
- I just received a Microsoft Word DOC attachment to print and fill out. Srsly. What the hell am I supposed to do with this?! #
- I'm an Oscar Grouch. #
- Hey Oscars? Just because "Star Trek" won for "best make-up" doesn't make up for its gaping plot holes or timeline shift. #
- Using FTP to share files these days is like using FAX to share documents. #
- If you still use IE6, you have my condolences – but NOT my support. Sorry. #
- Serendipidoo: the act of unknowingly walking into fresh pet droppings. #
- Just ordered the set of 16 iPhone app icon coasters from @meninos_us a few minutes ago. #
- Essential FREE Mac Apps: http://bit.ly/9JllvW #
- Why Ad Blocking is DEVASTATING to the sites you love: http://bit.ly/coezTe #
- The iPad is so magical, David Copperfield henceforth wishes to be known as an iPadician. #
- Motorola HS1001 Android Cordless Phone – http://lgno.me/cUZ6I6 #
- Social Media Updates for 2010-03-07 – http://lgno.me/c9FZt5 #











