How do we balance technical v. non technical for a mixed audience? http://dld.bz/n749 # Just pitched to head of IBM Canada and GM of IBM cognos - two most senior execs in Canada. WOW!!!!! # Seems distant friends have a more awesome life? They probably don't. Feel-Bad Effect from Not-So-Close Facebook Friends - http://dld.bz/n74M # I like this ...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01
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Who’s Talking About the Future of Newspapers?
My friend Caitlin is using Twitter to investigate the discourse around the future of newspapers. She has collected a bunch of data in a spreadsheet, and I get to visualize it - yay! First up, extracting some general stats. I used the Apache POI to get the enormous speadsheet into Java (normally I would use Python ...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-26
Why did I decide working out with trainer at 7am was a good idea? Note to self, not so much. # Three Energy Management Tips for Workaholics - http://dld.bz/mFP4 # Out for lunch with my team. They are awesome. I <3 # What's your risk profile? Entrepreneurs tend not to see themselves as big risk takers, interesting - ...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-19
Client meeting this afternoon and yes my laptop does seem to be broken. Again. # Fascinating - the "peak-end effect" - How real are your memories? http://dld.bz/mcJA # Awesome! Bicycle Rendered Useless By Knitting Gang http://bit.ly/9AlBJv /via @dgou @datawench @skry # This is kinda charming - in the digital age, meeting people with a personal touch - ...
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Social is Normal
Last week, I read Coders at Work (Amazon, Google books). I really enjoyed it, it was fascinating and I learned a lot about the history of programming and the programmers themselves. There's a great quote from Douglas Crockford: Progress isn't always forward. Sometimes we're leaping forward and sometimes we're leaping backwards. When we leaped to the PC, ...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-12
2nd dragons den today! I hope our MBA has worked out all the financials! I just wanna code! # Yay 100%, apparently multitasking hasn't ruined my focus! http://nyti.ms/aGOYce #multitask /via @michaelweissca # Start your Monday inspired by this sunning high-speed photography set (cc-licensed!) http://j.mp/bfZSua /via @eric_andersen /by @chaval_br # Is it normal to be this excited to get ...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-05
Oh Monday. I'm not ready for you! # Only one women in "Coders at Work" book - she's an IBMer! Makes me proud to be one too! http://bit.ly/aLK9xb # Absolutely beautiful - Swarm Light - http://bit.ly/aU038G /via @petewarden # Solved the mystery of scratch on car. Probably my fault but having hard time accepting when other party 5 ...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-28
"If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?" Douglas Adams # Good stuff on influence - it's not how many, but who's following - Judging a Twitter User by Their Followers - http://dld.bz/hAfT # Communication is changing - Gen Y and eMail? It's complicated. http://is.gd/cViSn /by @sidneyeve # Why ...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-21
After 11 hours sleep I might be able to cope with this week. Still shocked to realize teammate is "on the spectrum" - things now make sense. # Less than one hour until we pitch. We have a slide that says we'd have these numbers here, if we only knew what they were. Panic! # My friend ...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-14
On phone to bank. Woman complained about my language. I complained about thei complete disrespect of my time and general incompetance. # CS rep: we can send it in the mail. Me: is that your fantasy mail service or the real one? Because apparently you've done that twice now. # Living for Someday is No Way to Live ...
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