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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


6/16/09; 11:56:10 PM Pacific
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evan: Head feels very wobbly :-/
11:25 PM 
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jkalucki: A lost her first tooth today, as in it's Poof! just gone. Mommy is now playing tooth fairy anyway.
10:42 PM 
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mhegge@rael I agree. Way too much going on there.
9:54 PM 
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rael: RT @NASA: Watch the shuttle launch commentary leading up to a 5:40am ET liftoff live on NASA TV: www.nasa.gov/ntv
9:53 PM 
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rael: Tweetdeck for iPhone is rather good, if more than a little busy. All those toolbars and icons make too much of themselves.
9:51 PM 
6,846
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rael: Constraints, when invoked with restraint, are more freeing than constraining.
9:47 PM 
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kevinweil: Table is set for dinner tmrw night; @elizabeth is a planner. She also just found an Easter egg I hid 3 months ago. http://twitpic.com/7ll1j
9:24 PM
twitpic
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ronpepsi: E told me she is a rough and tumble little girl. Need to plan a trip to the ranges.
8:37 PM 
1,771
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mhegge: Fresh ink http://flic.kr/p/6x7PTk
8:25 PM
flickr
3,087
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jfray@rael Developers developers developers developers
8:17 PM 
597
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jfray@rael Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
8:17 PM 
597
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Magnuson: Beer, Tiger Woods with Motion Plus, and some Twitter Support later. This is my night.
8:14 PM 
1,180
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robey: "the American media may not care, but the American people do" http://bit.ly/4uXqo0 i wore green today. we're all worried about you guys.
8:13 PM
ted
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jfray: Hardy welcomes to @ElizaSwan! The team is growing, and the party, it must be started.
8:12 PM 
597
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rael: Selenium in one Safari 4 window keeps stealing my focus when I'm in an altogether different window.
8:08 PM 
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rael: BUFFALO. http://bit.ly/EF4YS (via @TPHD)
8:07 PM
wikipedia
6,846
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robey: so cnn covers the daily show covering cnn's use of twitter. will that be covered by the daily show? isn't this all a little incestuous?
8:06 PM 
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ronpepsi: A warm welcome to @ElizaSwan. Let's get this party started.
7:48 PM 
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kevinthau: The Twoffice is getting slap happy.
7:36 PM 
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jillyface: Why is it so impossible to find ingredients for Indian food in san francisco? One more night without channa masala.
7:27 PM 
847
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vl: via @TEDchris "Here's Clay Shirky on the incredible role Twitter has played in #iranelection. "This is the big one" http://on.ted.com/z"
7:25 PM
ted
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ded: Seriously, how awesome is @sporksf http://yfrog.com/0v1gzj
7:13 PM
yfrog
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rsarver: few drinks and a bite to eat after a busy day (at Orson) http://bit.ly/7BmzU
7:12 PM
playfoursquare
669
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al3x: Disappointed that I missed the @yelling_bird insult hour. (Warning: tweets are NSFpeoplewithoutsensesofhumor)
6:53 PM 
12,190
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Magnuson: Becoming a regular at Mextogo in Menlo Park. Nothing better than supporting local businesses.
6:49 PM 
1,181
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ronpepsi: Thinking about restructuring some configuration files. (This is a rich inner life.)
6:46 PM 
1,771
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jfray: we're playing a free show at the Whiskey A Go Go in Hollywood, CA on 6/21/09. Feel free to @reply or DM me for details.
6:43 PM 
597
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jfray: My band, Mystic Knights of the Cobra, is having our CD release party at The Uptown in Oakland, CA 6/20/09. ALSO...
6:42 PM 
597
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jfray: Mystic Knights of the Cobra:6/20/09@9P The Uptown Oakland,CA-6/21/09@8P Whiskey A Go Go L,A.,CA- 6/25/09@8P Pine St. Bar/Grill Livermore,CA
6:40 PM 
597
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mzsanford: Cycle home interrupted http://twitpic.com/7l5an
6:22 PM
twitpic
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sean@rael I consistently run into that brand of inconsistency.
5:52 PM 
1,235
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netik: found a cache of old photos going back ten years. Time to put 'em on flickr.
5:47 PM 
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sean: Satellite radio for iPhone, June 18th? Do not play games with my heart: http://bit.ly/KKHXK
5:45 PM
tuaw
1,235
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rael: Inconsistent inconsistency is consistently the worst kind of inconsistency.
5:36 PM 
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ded: MUNI train, when I buy a monthly pass in the middle of the month, it should be HALF the price.
5:30 PM 
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sean: On the JP side: referred to as "gentlemanly". That's as close to "manly" as I'll ever get, so I'll take it!
5:17 PM 
1,235
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anamitra: via @JeffreyHayzlett "done today @ #140conf. Coined new term twanker(people using bad form on Twitter) -- now off to dinner."
5:15 PM 
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caroline: via @lane "Images of international Iranian demonstrations on the Big Picture blog: http://bit.ly/zHqHL"
5:14 PM
boston
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dougw: Playing with @nk's hot new dopeness.
5:10 PM 
3,798
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kevinweil: OH from @cayley: "ok. thx. this table is starting to look like a prize fighter."
4:50 PM 
597
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kevinweil: I don't remember who to attribute this to, but... coolest wedding invitation ever: http://bit.ly/7X48o
4:43 PM
blogspot
597
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jfray: Now on to some Jaydiohead and Girl Talk
4:40 PM 
594
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ded: self reminder: be nicer to @zhanna tomorrow.
4:38 PM 
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kevinweil@bs google visualization api should move there. flot (code.google.com/p/flot) produces pretty charts, using canvas except for ie.
4:33 PM 
595
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meangrape: Dear forearms and calves: this propensity for knotting, cramping, tightness, and general unpleasantness needs to cease forthwith.
4:14 PM 
3,012
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mhegge: via @gen "AWESOME: IE6 denial graphic for momentile.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/robotjohnny/3629069606/"
4:11 PM
flickr
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al3x: "Which is enough for the fast majority [sic] of web sites."
4:10 PM 
12,187
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jfray: Listeing to Adult, Built to Spill, and The Cult. Random kind of day.
4:07 PM 
589
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sean: Space and time have been warped by @gregpass and @bs yet again: @bs's reply came 2 minutes before the @gregpass email he replied to.
3:46 PM 
1,235
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noradio: OH: "If there is sufficient interest, I'd be pleased to lead a morning group practice whose ingredients include...tantra" @gregpass
3:43 PM 
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jennadawn: Twitter is back in action with increased network capacity. http://bit.ly/8JDT
3:31 PM
twitter
726
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mhegge: I've been using last.fm for the better part of 5 years and now my 'trial' is apparently over. Say wha?
3:30 PM 
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ded: "The Favs are comin' in..." - via @bs
3:05 PM 
3,493
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al3x: Another nice way to keep an eye on trending topics or search results: http://tweettabs.com/
3:02 PM
tweettabs
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evan: Can't focus worth shit today.
3:01 PM 
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jennadawn: via @bs "I always want to tweet about how cute our maintenance page is, which is of course humorously frustrating."
3:01 PM 
726
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sean: (Trying not to refer to the Seattle weather in a positive way lately in a worthless attempt to not ruin it)
3:00 PM 
1,235
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keerthi: take a look http://www.oogle.com/
3:00 PM
oogle
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meangrape: Instructions on how to set up an proxy for Iranian use on EC2. (includes a link to an AMI). http://bit.ly/MkTrI
2:59 PM
duanestorey
3,009
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sean@mrtall We don't need Twitter UK; we already have an outpost in a dark, damp location (Seattle)
2:59 PM 
1,235
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bs: I always want to tweet about how cute our maintenance page is, which is of course humorously frustrating.
2:58 PM 
35,194
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al3x: Wamp wamp.
2:57 PM 
12,184
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jessverr: via @ded "Hello Twitter, you weren't gone very long :)"
2:57 PM 
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mrtall: Wow, a lot has been happening at the Twoffice since I flew here to open up Twitter UK... for a couple weeks.
2:56 PM 
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ded: Hello Twitter, you weren't gone very long :)
2:54 PM 
3,493
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netik: an' we're back.
2:53 PM 
3,697
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jack: Thinking about names
2:49 PM 
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evan: I like to collect all the cats in one place. @nk understands.
1:56 PM 
2,986
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jack: Headed uptown to the Four Seasons for a meeting
1:45 PM 
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al3x: Whiff.
1:34 PM 
12,184
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al3x: Not an awesome day for people showing up to meeting.
1:34 PM 
12,184
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meangrape: Tweetpsych also tells me I frequently talk about physical characteristics of things and numbers.
1:33 PM 
3,009
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caroline: feeling fluish. :(
1:31 PM 
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meangrape: Tweetpsych is interesting. Alas, I can't interpret it. My oral fixation score is 6x higher than my next category (abstract thought).
1:31 PM 
3,009
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jack: Looking for apartments here in NYC.
1:14 PM 
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Magnuson: My updates are now public. Being private was lame. I need the ability to search my own tweets.
12:40 PM 
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pankaj: ok, L1 and L2 were the top 10 first names of boy and girl babies respectively in US in 2004
12:27 PM 
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vl: Neat jQuery plugin to replace checkboxes with iPhone-style toggles: http://awardwinningfjords.com
12:16 PM
awardwinningfjords
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jennadawnhttp://bit.ly/148IRQ
12:11 PM
google
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meangrape: Happy birthday, Dustin! #dedbirthday #takethat2pac
12:07 PM 
3,008
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bs: Question. Sexy Javascript/Canvas libraries to render beautiful graphs? Interactivity is a plus but not required.
11:47 AM 
35,204
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al3x: "I'm going to make you a better man, Marcel." - @gregpass
11:34 AM 
12,181
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evan: Oops...tried to go to news.twitter.com. Not sure what I was expecting.
11:27 AM 
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dougw: How long do you have to shape the culture of your user base, their behaviors and expectations?
11:17 AM 
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ev: Noting: Ev's baby in utero (oh dear): http://bit.ly/spIQB
10:59 AM
wordpress
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meangrape: I forgot Alex and Alex.
10:37 AM 
3,009
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al3x: Several emails in my inbox regarding ideas on http://ideas.al3x.net/. Cool. Worth it.
10:31 AM
al3x
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pankaj: And also L2: emily,emma,madison,olivia,hannah,abilgail,isabella,ashley,samantha,elizabeth
10:21 AM 
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pankaj: talking about names: who can guess what this list is: (L1) jacob,michael,joshua,matthew,ethan,andrew,daniel,william,joseph,christopher
10:20 AM 
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ev: Explaining that last one: Different Evan (@evan). In the style of @tw1ttertracker. Heavan=Heaven.
10:10 AM 
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stevej: via @rk "your fixie bike tricks are so old that Edison filmed them: http://bit.ly/8k3Tx"
10:04 AM
bit
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crystal: Was perhaps a trifle too optimistic.
10:01 AM 
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meangrape: Doug, Doug, Ryan, Ryan, Rion, John, John, Maggie, Maggie, Kevin, Kevin, Evan, Evan, Jay, Jay. Lots of duplicate names at twitterhq.
10:00 AM 
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rk: your fixie bike tricks are so old that Edison filmed them: http://bit.ly/8k3Tx
10:00 AM
kottke
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rsarver@mzsanford I was thinking of stopping by there after work today
9:53 AM 
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rael: Knackered this morning after staying up too late typing things.
9:40 AM 
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ej: dear safari, please just combine the history search box with the address bar like firefox. two boxes is more than i can handle.
9:00 AM 
2,350
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meangrapehttp://twitpic.com/7jpd7 - Things you don't want to see at your bus stop.
8:42 AM
twitpic
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ronpepsi: Esta sudadera es muy cálida y grande.
8:40 AM 
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Magnuson: Dramatic Charles. http://tinyurl.com/l98nps
8:36 AM
dailybooth
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