January 2009
22 posts
I read this twice because I thought I missed the point. Now I realize the point was to fill column inches. http://bit.ly/u2dW
Some things are uniquely NYC. This article about a support group for bankers girlfriends falls into that category http://bit.ly/11U2e
Twitter and me, what I like and dislike but still would not change a thing http://bit.ly/LXwR
Do people still write for themselves? With blogs, twitter, FB it seems like there is little time for personal, private reflection.
Twitter and me
I don’t follow many people, just over 100, and I don’t have many followers, 90. I do not share that much (225 updates) and when I do they are usually links. The way I use and enjoy twitter is probably different than most people that write on the topic. I don’t know how to get more followers, I don’t know how to pimp your product, and I really don’t have any ideas...
USC football head coach Pete Carroll on Twitter (@PeteCarroll). Should be interesting to see what news he posts tom on signing day.
“You know the first and greatest sin of the deception of television is that it...”
– James Reston Jr. (Sam Rockwell) in Frost/Nixon
Giants’ receivers are being shot in the leg at an alarming rate. http://bit.ly/1zYYQF
#myfirstjob professional dog sh*t scooper at my dad’s animal hospital. Really got to get my hands dirty learning that job.
“Anonymous geoshagging is not what I had in mind when I imagined what the GPS revolution could mean to me.” - Wired http://bit.ly/fkuc
Geither's Tax Past
Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner said Wednesday he was careless in failing to pay $34,000 in Social Security and Medicare taxes earlier this decade but declared “I have paid what I owed” and apologized to Congress.
Geithner told the panel that, for the 2001 and 2002 tax years, he had prepared his tax returns himself with a popular tax-preparation computer program.
Damn...
“Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and...”
Wealthy men give women more orgasms according to scientists. http://bit.ly/OQXS He believes the phenomenon is an “evolutionary adaptation”
Caught up on media this weekend, highly recommend - Friday Night Lights (TV), JCVD: Jean Claude Van Damn (movie), Native Speaker (Book)
“First thing you’ll notice it looks sexy as hell” - David Karp on Tumblr v5. The man does not mince words. http://staff.tumblr.com/
I recommend reading the text of Bush’s farewell speech. It definitely reads better than watching him give it. http://bit.ly/CHWC
I often love the brevity of twitter but it also leads to black & white statements that lack depth. Too many “blah blah blah - FAIL” tweets