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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


7/28/09; 11:53:02 PM Pacific
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ded: Day 209: http://bit.ly/1RT4SB
11:40 PM
dustindiaz
4,710
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dougw@ej one love, son.
11:17 PM 
4,576
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ej: Fine line between anxiety qnd excitement. Either way i cant sleep.
11:07 PM 
2,618
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jessverr: Liz: "I have a few ideas." Me: "Roll them off me."
10:58 PM 
2,424
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dougw: Bonded w/ Tar Heel alumni @sunilnagaraj & @jewelia (of IBM fame http://bit.ly/92y3l) over dinner & drinks. 3 UNC CS majors, 1 city. Look out
10:36 PM
unc
4,576
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kevinweil: Why is there such a huge line at fraiche? And why am I in it? http://twitpic.com/bzs7h
10:19 PM
twitpic
1,055
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ded: oh poor empty SB-900 case.
9:58 PM 
4,704
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jessverr: I have a socially inappropriate number of housemates for my age, and I absolutely love it. Laughing over dinner w/ all of them.
9:41 PM 
2,424
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al3x: Watching "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478209/
9:34 PM
imdb
13,070
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robey: guess i'll bring in "peopleware" tomorrow so my tweeps can read it
9:25 PM 
2,175
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ronpepsi: And @evan @sunild, I think I remember cars, trash cans and calculators so adorned.
9:09 PM 
1,899
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andr8a: may have bruised my elbow getting out of the car (voiding the cable guy’s van or ecstatic 4 the awesome parking)
9:06 PM 
1,489
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stop: Enjoying reactions to our new Twitter front page. Though to be honest, most of the people commenting aren't the target for this design.
9:02 PM 
8,871
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rael: Take a spin on our brand new Twitter front page (log out first for the full effect). Lovely lovely work by @mrtall and @stop in particular!
8:52 PM 
7,298
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evan@ronpepsi My parents had a microwave like that.
8:48 PM 
3,372
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ronpepsi: For some reason obsessed with the uncollected microwave oven on Crest Drive decorated with fake wood paneling. Fake wood paneling?
8:32 PM 
1,898
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andr8a@evan cool cat
8:28 PM 
1,489
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bs@rk me too, me too.
8:25 PM 
34,978
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kevinthau: The new Twitter.com homepage is amazing. Good work @stop and @mrtall!
8:25 PM 
3,978
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evan: The kitty will see you now. http://twitpic.com/bzfkl
8:13 PM
twitpic
3,371
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rsarver: I just ousted john a. as the mayor of Orson on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/7BmzU
8:09 PM
playfoursquare
1,103
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vl: Stephen J. comments on Graham’s maker’s schedule: http://bit.ly/10Oqcc
8:09 PM
nytimes
4,699
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noradio: Memorable fun sitting in the @twoffice lounge surrounded by coworkers watching live stream of responses to the new Twitter homepage.
7:53 PM 
2,171
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rsarver: Great work by @stop and @mrtall. Will be interested to see the real analysis tomorrow
7:50 PM 
1,102
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goldman: Today was a good day! Also my mom's birthday. Many reasons to be thankful for the martini I plan to consume some few minutes hence.
7:47 PM 
900,764
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rk: having some serious tour de france withdrawal symptoms
7:47 PM 
3,533
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jillyface: Via @cw "Y'know what's great? That new Twitter homepage. http://twitter.com/ (nice work, y'all)"
7:43 PM
twitter
1,245
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jessverr: Really proud of our team- congrats @Twitter! Also, very grateful to have such an amazing job, literally stoked to come to work every day.
7:43 PM 
2,421
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andr8a: rt @biz A bit about our fancy new feathers: http://bit.ly/PjmZZ
7:42 PM
twitter
1,489
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jillyface: Sometimes I feel the compliance part of my job is like the frog game- Always more issues, teasing, popping up. Today was one of those days.
7:41 PM 
1,245
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crystal: Not sure why I have Tesla Girls in my head, but sharing is caring: http://bit.ly/7UAYp esp. with such a totallyfabvid
7:41 PM
bit
14,269
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crystal: h-h-h-homepage. h-h-h-hot!
7:37 PM 
14,270
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ronpepsi: Dinner is prepped. Determined to fend off whatever this malaise is. The changes look good; the behavior is interesting.
7:32 PM 
1,898
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mutgoff: The new homepage is SO PRETTY!!
7:31 PM 
12,181
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evan: New Twitter homepage. }(__.)
7:20 PM 
3,371
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mrtall: Congrats to ops for this one too
7:19 PM 
2,675
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al3x: Back in San Francisco. I was hoping for a wormhole over Western Oregon that looped us back to Portland, but no dice.
7:15 PM 
13,068
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ev: Phew! Big thanks to @stop, @mrtall, and the search team for getting out the new twitter.com front page. That was buggin' me. Onward.
7:14 PM 
1,210,599
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jack: Following the sunset all the way to San Francisco
7:09 PM 
990,092
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caroline: Via @biz "A bit about our fancy new feathers: http://bit.ly/PjmZZ"
7:05 PM
twitter
11,290
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santojay: Everyone in Twoffice having beers at launch while I climb monstrous hills to get home. @biz seemingly did a Santosh impression. All good
7:03 PM 
2,813
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mrtall: Also, Jason has halitosis (Twitter Homepage)
6:59 PM 
2,650
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mrtall: Hompage. God I suck. (Twitter Homepage)
6:58 PM 
2,650
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mrtall: Sad that @stop can't be here today... we're all watching the reactions scroll by to the new Twitter Hompage. Nice job everyone.
6:57 PM 
2,650
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kevinweil: At three seasons in Palo Alto. I love this place... need to convince them to get on Twitter @abdur / @umi style.
6:55 PM 
1,056
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stop: "We're eager to see if encouraging a sense of wonder and discovery leads to a better first impression of Twitter." http://bit.ly/zGM2K
6:55 PM
twitter
8,728
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santojay: Holy McMoly Twitter has new homepage. Way to go @stop @bs @mrtall @vl and the twitter crew
6:54 PM 
2,812
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stop: We're testing a new public homepage for http://twitter.com. Search, trends, new design. Poke around, let us know what you think.
6:53 PM
com
8,726
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ded: Twitter homepage whoa this is meta
6:48 PM 
4,694
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yukarim: 素晴らしい!新しいツイッターホームページがデビュー! 一度ログアウトすると見える新ページデザイン、@stop, @mrtall とチームおめでとう!
6:46 PM 
2,023
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dougw: OH: "We scooped them! We knew we had a new homepage before they did."
6:46 PM 
4,575
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kevinweil: New Twitter front page courtesy @stop and @mrtall looks amazing. Log out of Twitter and visit the homepage to check it out.
6:43 PM 
1,055
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kevinweil@ev @sara congrats! @elizabeth and I just passed 1. Lots of good times ahead.
6:40 PM 
1,055
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vl: Slick new Twitter homepage: http://twitter.com (great job from @stop, @mrtall and team)!
6:39 PM
twitter
4,688
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andr8a: Via @delbius ". . . and the new homepage is live. Hooray!"
6:37 PM 
1,489
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abdur: Sweet new home page...
6:36 PM 
8,954
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rk: new logged-out homepage at http://twitter.com/
6:36 PM
twitter
3,532
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biz: A bit about our fancy new feathers: http://bit.ly/PjmZZ
6:36 PM
twitter
1,020,458
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delbius: . . . and the new homepage is live. Hooray!
6:36 PM 
4,744
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jessverr: And we're live!
6:35 PM 
2,421
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Magnuson: New Twitter home page!!! Check it out!
6:34 PM 
1,302
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keerthi: Hey Twitter's new home page.. cool.:)
6:33 PM 
726
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dougw: A well deserved beer for @mrtall. http://twitpic.com/bz3ph
6:33 PM
twitpic
4,575
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rsarver: It's alive! New homepage. http://twitter.com
6:32 PM
twitter
1,100
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dougw: Refresh finally worked. Check out Twitter's new homepage. Simply fantastic.
6:31 PM 
4,575
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ded: new twitter homepage :) check out the news http://bit.ly/4C4D66
6:31 PM
dustindiaz
4,693
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meangrape: Via @epic9x "bind 9 DOS attack in the wild: https://www.isc.org/node/474"
6:28 PM 
3,282
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ev: Two years ago (approximately now) @sara and I traded vows. It was a fantastic day, and life has been getting better ever since.
6:25 PM 
1,210,695
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ded: Widgets fixed in Internet Explorer! version 1.0.3 is shortly being rolled out http://widgets.twimg.com/j/1/widget.js
6:16 PM
twimg
4,693
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andr8a: (the salsa looks delicious) rt @sukhjit This taco is really good.. Lunch at Majita. (pic) http://znl.me/LZDTT
6:13 PM
zannel
1,489
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robey: mystery ups package was a resonator guitar as an early birthday present! yeah!!!
6:12 PM 
2,176
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andr8a@crystal keep working... ;)
6:09 PM 
1,489
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caroline: in case you're wondering @real_jamie isn't real after all. jamie foxx doesn't tweet. so says his peeps. thx 4 the headsup @jazcan
6:05 PM 
11,289
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andr8a: Via @Charles "Wanna add Twitter badges and widgets to your blog, website, or profile? Here are directions on how to do it! - http://bit...."
6:05 PM
1,489
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crystal: Thoroughly enjoying the yaks of @charles
5:57 PM 
14,275
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vl: ♺
5:19 PM 
4,688
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evan@rk Probably should have paired :-/
5:02 PM 
3,369
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rk: a day of debugging and the solution is to create an empty file at a specific location. and I knew about this a week ago, but didn't do it.
5:01 PM 
3,535
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al3x: Maker's Schedule? Okay, cool. Office hours are 5:06 - 5:13 on alternating Tuesdays, but never under a waxing gibbous.
4:55 PM 
13,074
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delbius: One more time: we know about the follower issue. They're trying to fix it. http://help.twitter.com/forums/31935/entries
4:55 PM
twitter
4,737
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mutgoff@bs presenting http://yfrog.com/58royarmj
4:54 PM
yfrog
12,181
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crystal: Keep working.
4:53 PM 
14,280
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crystal: Get up and wash my face and neck after spilling juice on it by trying to type and drink, or keep working?
4:53 PM 
14,280
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evan: Gogogogogogogogo!
4:50 PM 
3,369
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kevinweil@mutgoff @jessverr other favorite is schneierfacts.com (he's a crypto guy). "Bruce Schneier's mother's maiden name is a large prime number"
4:44 PM 
1,054
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mrtall: (gulp)
4:44 PM 
2,638
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jessverr: I wish it was raining outside.
4:33 PM 
2,421
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sean: For those who asked, I'm fine. Nothing more than a dull ache now.
4:21 PM 
1,337
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robey@nk (not just because we love coffee, but to share ideas and brainstorm.)
4:21 PM 
2,176
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robey@nk i agree with most of that (he's paraphrasing "peopleware"), but not about facetime: grabbing coffee is vitally important for coders.
4:20 PM 
2,176
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ded: IE widget bug duly noted and is P1.
4:06 PM 
4,686
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sean@al3x But you would probably not like the lack of microbreweries in Japan, so improving PDX is a perhaps the better solution
4:04 PM 
1,337
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sean@al3x Already on some trains in Japan.
4:03 PM 
1,337
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crystal: Securing my sh**
3:51 PM 
14,284
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al3x: Proposing a new civic noise awareness campaign: "Put Your Shit On Vibrate". Let's get it on some buses, people.
3:48 PM 
13,071
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dougw@gregpass is wearing his face of distaste (via @yukarim). http://twitpic.com/byhqz
3:39 PM
twitpic
4,572
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santojay: Does the simultaneous act of consuming, and explaining how Gelatin's produced, make it impossible to do either?
3:34 PM 
2,810
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vl: Via @sivers "Ideas are just a multiplier of execution : http://sivers.org/multiply"
3:29 PM
sivers
4,689
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santojay: Google Calendar being wonky. I remember Erin Hoge telling me about this before. Worked in my favor this time. I have an extra hour. Thx
3:27 PM 
2,810
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mzsanford: It's possible the air conditioned bus ride home will be the highlight to this day (>90° in Seattle). Seattle bus is so good to me.
3:13 PM 
2,487
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