Archive for May, 2009

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-31

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Just took our inaugural swim of the season. Delayed due to incessant May showers and pool painting, but worth the wait! #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-30

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

RT @TechCrunch: Google's Public Policy Chief [Andrew McLaughlin] To Be Deputy CTO for Obama Administration http://tcrn.ch/2rr # Slippin' n' slidin'. (That's apparently what one does on a Slip n' Slide.) #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-29

Friday, May 29th, 2009

@BobFrankston haven't tried to VPN yet. Not a big deal -- I'm here to do work. in reply to BobFrankston # Buy Beth Noveck's book, Wiki Government. She's not just the expert, she's the implementer, at White House Ofc. of Sci-Tech Policy. # Nodding off on the train. 18 hour day on ...

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-28

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Reformatting my hard drive and re-installing OSX to improve stability. Keeping fingers crossed that all four current backups don't fail. # So far, so good. Was able to reinstall the OS and move most of my files back. Computer seems to be running more smoothly. # Broke in the new ...

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-26

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

@vasusrini Producers aren't necessarily curators, any more than writers are good editors. in reply to vasusrini # Back at the ole' ballpark with the family. http://twitpic.com/5yh8l # @vasusrini All professions need training. Can be on-the-job & doesn't require the current education system - that was my original point. in reply to ...

Scale and Integration aren't the Same Thing

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Steve Lohr's New York Times piece this weekend claims the pendulum on innovation is swinging back from small startups to big companies like IBM and Microsoft.  I don't buy it.  Steve is mistaking the conversation about innovation for the innovation itself. Yes, for the past fifteen years or so, we've romanticized ...

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-25

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Which side did you take? RT @adamwerbach: #wbscc just got off stage. Got into debate w/martin sorrell over whether biz is really committed. # Future readers of _Infinite Jest_ are unlike to get the joke in fn. 84, about all book publishers as subsidiaries of "Bell Atlantic/TCI." # Tempted to write ...

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-24

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Strange. I'm suddenly getting a bunch of follower notices saying they found me on Mr. Tweet, but for me it returns nothing. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-23

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

Up next... The Elvis Show! #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-22

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Time to play hooky. # It's a beautiful day at the Shore. # Trying to remember which presentation on Wednesday called to mind the old Twilight Zone episode, "To Serve Man." # Got a jog in before it got hot. New treadmill arrives at home Tuesday. Time to get backcon the wagon. ^fb ...