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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


6/24/09; 11:55:05 PM Pacific
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kevinthau@kevinweil sorry I missed tour shindig. Hope it went well.
11:10 PM 
3,453
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sean@stop Similar wonkiness in this article about Gov. Sanford: http://bit.ly/f4GgI (It's at the end of the article)
10:51 PM
mainichi
1,271
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sean@stop The text before it says "Print this article" -- wonky formatting means the print icon has no space to be on the same line.
10:50 PM 
1,271
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pankaj: Fascinating KQED program on right now: the effect of music on the brain and the origins of music itself
10:44 PM 
1,127
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keerthi: Yawn...!. Good night.
10:15 PM 
681
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santojay: First it was porn stars and now this dude @divorcelawyerus just started following me. @dawntmars tells me its natural progression.
10:12 PM 
2,430
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jessverr: My room is a mess. Currently tidying...
10:12 PM 
1,926
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nk: I'm militating for vegetating.
10:09 PM 
2,741
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delbius: Watched "Objectified.". Loved it. Highly recommend it.
10:09 PM 
3,452
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vl: I’m really happy for @posterous success. I wish everything was as simple and focused as it is.
10:00 PM 
3,868
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crystal: Wondering if waving your phone in a figure 8 is a sneaky trick for engineers' amusement
9:59 PM 
14,004
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al3x: Re-watching "Night Watch" (Ночной дозор). I don't like revisiting things I've watched or read, but I'll sit through this again happily.
9:55 PM 
12,363
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kevinweil@kevinthau totally agree about @anncurry. She's a a force on Twitter. This is one of my favorites: http://bit.ly/IdU9.
9:49 PM
twitter
757
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dougw: At Kabuki seeing Away We Go.
9:42 PM 
4,158
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ronpepsi: Ops is bulking up. We should have a drill, aka "gun shooting practice". (For @nk @mikelimondba @akshay_abd who did great things today.)
9:03 PM 
1,838
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ded: ok, if @barbambino is as awesome as our waitress, it will be awesome.
9:02 PM 
3,779
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mzsanford: Solo climbing report: V5, 2 x V4 (one I had been eyeing), a smattering of V2s and 3s
8:53 PM 
2,296
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ronpepsi: I hear fireworks being tested. The tempo is different from gunfire.
8:36 PM 
1,838
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stevej@evan crud. (a non-pun crud)
8:34 PM 
5,307
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evan@stevej No...different problem. Thrift/Ruby issue still unsolved.
8:33 PM 
3,075
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stevej@evan what did the problem end up being?
8:32 PM 
5,307
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stop@sean Sweet. It even stands out, but not too much. Any idea why the print button is stacked below the Tweet This button on its own line?
8:25 PM 
8,138
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evan: Successfully probed my nodes.
8:19 PM 
3,075
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evan@nk It's been a long time coming.
8:16 PM 
3,075
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al3x: Would they still care if it hadn't been kept secret?
8:16 PM 
12,365
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nk: I think we fixed the follower/following issue. I can has some shards.
8:12 PM 
2,742
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ronpepsi: Angels trumpeting. Please leave it so or @ej will reopen The Ticket.
8:07 PM 
1,838
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sean: Nice! "Tweet This" button hits Japan; check it out: http://bit.ly/1axhX9 Props to @stop for the slick design.
7:58 PM
mainichi
1,270
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ronpepsi: Speaking for myself, I am better with head down and focused. The team is tightening the screws.
7:32 PM 
1,838
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kevinthau: Finally following @anncurry. @eileenthau told me how good she is, but wow she is a force on Twitter.
7:20 PM 
3,453
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kevinthau: Heading to a anniversary/fathers day/dinner at Tamarine in Palo Alto. http://bit.ly/cyjCN
7:05 PM
google
3,451
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Magnuson: Massive Caltrain delays http://twitpic.com/8c4wi
7:00 PM
twitpic
1,202
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Magnuson: I hate it when programs I love do things that make me want to stab my computer. Me: "Why are you doing that?!?! I love you!"
6:42 PM 
1,229
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dougw: Set @KatieSharpe up with a Twitter account. I expect BIG things from this future MD.
6:34 PM 
4,161
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noradio: On the permit in this elevator it says, "This notice shall be posted on the convayance". I would have probably gone with "elevator".
6:16 PM 
1,870
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Magnuson: Do you use Seesmic Desktop? PLEASE vote for this feature change! Seesmic SUCKS without it - http://bit.ly/e0XO1
6:13 PM
seesmic
1,229
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delbius: Update on follower/following problems - http://bit.ly/8KcvJ. Things are getting better!
5:54 PM
twitter
3,441
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Magnuson: Update on follower/following problems - http://bit.ly/8KcvJ
5:49 PM
twitter
1,229
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krissy: Wow. What a day.
5:37 PM 
7,315
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al3x: Say you'll hold me till I die / wild, wild eyes http://bit.ly/ujioW
5:35 PM
ifc
12,359
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netik: can't decide which is melting my brain more, being back at TwitterHQ or two days of information from #velocityconf
5:30 PM 
3,840
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jack: Something to keep in mind: @TheOnion writes fake news. Funny fake news.
5:03 PM 
780,374
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Magnuson: The smoothie train just rolled thru Nene.
4:25 PM 
1,226
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mrtall: Via @laughingsquid "Twitter Themed WWIII Propaganda Posters by @doctabu http://bit.ly/MmGdH"
4:04 PM
laughingsquid
2,487
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ded: On a more positive note, it's Smoothie Wednesday!
3:58 PM 
3,766
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ded: Hi, I'm an admin of a group called "Post 1, Award 5 gold stars and a blue ribbon" Accept? [yes] [no] [delete] [don't make me block you]
3:58 PM 
3,766
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dougw: I hope the old makes the new feel that much better...
3:50 PM 
4,172
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jack: Field trip to @Sightglass
3:39 PM 
779,477
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robey: nervous about giving a short talk tonight. i made slides!
3:28 PM 
2,094
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evan: Every time I have to go back to Trac now it's like re-entering a bad dream.
3:14 PM 
3,069
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al3x: "You're not slow for me." - @noradio, to me.
3:12 PM 
12,367
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ded: OH: "...something less Jewey"
2:58 PM 
3,764
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goldman: To protect the sanctity of marriage, the GOP should look into blocking travel to Argentina. And fake hiking in Appalachia.
2:55 PM 
682,866
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ev: Via @bmonte "A bit of advice. Don't self diagnose from the internet and by all means don' let your wife. Not 100% but might have a bee..."
2:55 PM 
950,770
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crystal: Still haven't eaten my chocolate covered vegetable bar. HRM!
2:49 PM 
13,996
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jack: Happy Birthday to @Mike!
2:36 PM 
778,949
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ded@gregpass to @bs - "you like to make whole things"
2:35 PM 
3,762
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evan: I wonder how the ad-hoc privacy lists are implemented for Facebook status sharing.
2:29 PM 
3,068
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kevinthau: Just got a Palm Pre from @palm. Let's activate this baby and take it for a test drive.
2:28 PM 
3,439
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nk: This either breaks everything or fixes the problem.
2:24 PM 
2,736
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mhegge: Lunch with the Twitter Support team
2:10 PM 
3,096
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sean: Not having a real citibank branch in WA makes life infinitely more complicated.
2:05 PM 
1,271
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alissa: Sweetest thing I've been called all week: "the douche police".
1:47 PM 
3,388
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santojay: "Guys, can we transition from discussing mushrooms and focus on the strategy presentation?", @yukarim
1:35 PM 
2,420
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Magnuson: Just had the best company lunch ever. Used to be enchiladas - http://twitpic.com/8b509
1:31 PM
twitpic
1,227
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mutgoff: RT: We’re giving away a free airline ticket today! FOLLOW @Orbitz & RT this msg to be eligible to win http://bit.ly/bVSuU
1:07 PM
orbitz
12,058
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jessverr: "It looks like a giant surfette's bra."- @gregpass referring to the red waxy stuff that encloses mini cheese wheels
12:50 PM 
1,910
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Magnuson: Support team lunch @ Maya http://loopt.us/A4l45A.t
12:45 PM
loopt
1,226
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jack: I appreciate following @BarhamSalih through his campaign. His curiosity and transparency is inspiring. And we're only 100 updates in.
12:35 PM 
778,333
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abdur: Thinking of the beach and all the fun summer times...
12:18 PM 
8,805
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delbius: You can't follow? Can't unfollow? Can't block? We know. We're working on fixing it. http://status.twitter.com/
12:11 PM
twitter
3,421
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kevinweil: Just formatted me a hadoop namenode.
12:04 PM 
747
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stevej: RT @natfriedman: A tool from Ben Galbraith helps you feel the effect of <500ms delay on user experience: http://galbraiths.org/feedback.html
12:01 PM
galbraiths
5,307
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Magnuson: I don't like to recycle cuz it makes me look like an alcoholic to my garbage man @ Bryant St & Zoe St http://loopt.us/wWLlMg.t
12:01 PM
loopt
1,226
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mutgoff: Listening to Phoenix and getting really excited for the show this Saturday with @autgoff. I really like "Love Like a Sunset, Pt. II"
12:00 PM 
12,059
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ej: what is this place i am living where my allergies kick in at the end of june? #californiaragweedgrowingcycle
11:59 AM 
2,439
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biz: Met some great folks today and then went for a run through Lisbon—I took my camera along http://bit.ly/14yQyW
11:49 AM
flickr
773,911
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bs: Twideokinetics this morning by @gregpass. Qigong, yiquan, theurgy, and more. To see the subtle in the gross.
11:45 AM 
35,544
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bs: Via @natfriedman "A tool from Ben Galbraith helps you feel the effect of <500ms delays on user experience: http://galbraiths.org/feed..."
11:41 AM
galbraiths
35,544
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delbius: Baffled to find ink on my hand from leaky pen since there's no pen on my desk & I don't remember when I last held one.
11:27 AM 
3,421
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jessverr: General wisdom: "You shouldn't hitch the wagon of a big project to a highly speculative incremental feature improvement."
11:21 AM 
1,910
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carolinehttp://twitpic.com/8aopg - our new xbox360. so cool! =)
11:06 AM
twitpic
10,299
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ded: Via @strobist "@zarias: I think you should limit your presentation at Twitter HQ to 140 words."
11:04 AM 
3,761
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kevinweil: RT @cloudera: Splittable LZO Compression for Hadoop: http://bit.ly/79RXJ - guest @cloudera blog post from Chris Goffinet at Digg.
11:04 AM
cloudera
747
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mutgoff: Yo Oscar! 10 is too many! http://bit.ly/zulky
11:03 AM
variety
12,059
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noradio: Feeling the love http://twitpic.com/8anz6
11:00 AM
twitpic
1,855
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al3x: "Mr. Gates's 2010 budget envisions training and graduating more than 200 cyber-security officers annually." Mhm. K. http://bit.ly/zwTa1
10:56 AM
wsj
12,355
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caroline: just set-up @tomhanks account. looking forward to his twitters. ;)
10:54 AM 
10,299
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Magnuson@jkalucki @robey We run across people using Windows 98 and the AOL browser in Support.
10:53 AM 
1,226
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meangrape: Tomorrow is Izzie's second birthday. It's been a whirlwind.
10:51 AM 
3,108
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jkalucki@robey People still use Thunderbird?
10:50 AM 
1,877
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robey: people still use outlook?
10:49 AM 
2,096
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crystal: New Regina Spektor!
10:26 AM 
13,986
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mutgoff: Sorry it's @ahmagonnawin
10:16 AM 
12,059
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mutgoff: Benny Hill endings are strangely funny to me. I also really like the username @ahmagonnewin http://FunnyOrDie.com/videos/1a42641148
10:15 AM
funnyordie
12,059
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jack: RT @VirginAmerica: The big day is here - game on! Day in the Cloud challenge begins. www.dayinthecloud com
10:12 AM 
778,327
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jack: Do you follow the Mayor of NYC? @mikebloomberg. More updates from him directly would be awesome.
10:11 AM 
778,327
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mzsanford: blessing @delbius's heart for a change of roles.
10:06 AM 
2,292
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evan: Put this on a cron to auto-block Identica users who mistakenly @reply to you: http://pastie.org/523143
10:05 AM
pastie
3,066
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jack: Happy Birthday to @ceedub! Please wish him the same.
9:58 AM 
778,327
RT


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