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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


9/17/09; 11:51:02 PM Pacific
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/i518t - highly recommend the @pink concert.
11:06 PM
twitpic
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/i4y38 - classic
10:25 PM
twitpic
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abdur: called our counsel -> console and he noticed... parapraxis?
10:24 PM 
9,203
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mutgoff: Just had to settle an argument with this website: http://daviswiki.org/Forties Yea, the right answer is Steel Reserve.
10:19 PM
daviswiki
12,394
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kevinthau: New album.... please. Listen to Vampire Weekend - Ottoman on @hypem http://awe.sm/1alj
10:13 PM
hypem
4,496
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rsarver: Crazy fireworks going off over here in SOMA. Can't figure out what they are for though
10:11 PM 
2,333
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ronpepsi: A's win. The traveling umpires in the first row behind the net were pretty darn amusing. Somebody give those kids a job.
9:56 PM 
2,054
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jillyface: Mad mania @ the phoenix show. They are unbelievably incredible live. http://mypict.me/FVZU
9:41 PM
mypict
1,720
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/i4tml - can u believe i can actually see @pink from here? :)
9:36 PM
twitpic
1,648
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ronpepsi: "1st edition of The Republic signed by its author... of course a reasonable amount of wear and tear... good condition considering its age."
9:31 PM 
2,053
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nk: The things I do for my job...
9:26 PM 
3,307
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jess: Add to the list of unexpected wonders in the city: night time views of the skyline #sf
9:17 PM 
10,817
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mutgoff: Watching the Office. So hilarious!
9:09 PM 
12,396
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tiger: Yesssssss!!!!! @wearephoenix http://twitpic.com/i4qnw
9:06 PM
twitpic
680
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/i4qpg - way cool @pink
9:07 PM
twitpic
1,648
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ronpepsi: It's not hard to remember channel 89 for the A's on Comcast: http://bit.ly/ABIoN
9:03 PM
wikipedia
2,053
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mutgoff: Dinner of champions: http://yfrog.com/0orvwj
8:58 PM
yfrog
12,396
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ronpepsi: It was a nice evening with my immediate families. Glad the kids were able to happily say "gochiso samadeshuta" and "sayonara", more or else.
8:50 PM 
2,053
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Magnuson: I became the mayor of 2 locations on @foursquare today! Totally #stoked
8:32 PM 
1,367
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jess: I seldom really like songs on the first go-around. Bon Iver's "Skinny Love" is a total exception.
8:25 PM 
10,651
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rael: Evening out with my six-year-old daughter: rock climbing and a crepe at #cartopia.
8:24 PM 
7,588
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dougw: The ironic thing about running is that it is both the most strenuous and relaxing part of my day.
7:47 PM 
5,120
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biz: I brought a tiny, prepaid phone to take with me on runs so @livia won't worry—that way I can keep on goin'!
7:47 PM 
1,287,254
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netik: Sitting at the chez spencer truck before the big night. Going to promote my book and Dj a bit tonight. http://yfrog.com/0zh2agj
7:40 PM
yfrog
4,403
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andr8ahttp://twitpic.com/i4gcy - at the @pink concert
7:39 PM
twitpic
1,647
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alissa: Two years ago today I snapped & have been in a catatonic psychotic state since. Or this "twitter" shit is real, and how scary would that be?
7:30 PM 
3,660
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kevinweil: Wow, what a neat restaurant: http://twitpic.com/i4dzh
7:20 PM
twitpic
1,495
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rk@robey just tell @lg he's over-engineering it.
7:07 PM 
3,876
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nk: Yes. Yes, that's a sensible alternative.
7:02 PM 
3,308
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nk: "Alternatively, flying drones equipped with anti-mosquito lasers could track the insects with radar and then sweep the sky with the laser."
7:01 PM 
3,308
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ded: smells like..... fish
7:00 PM 
5,967
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robey@rk that's a good start... now add factorial (!) to the end. :)
6:59 PM 
2,379
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jess: Just interrupted by a g.chat that began, "Pssst." Smiled for the perfect word choice.
6:53 PM 
10,254
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al3x: I like my Bree laptop bag, but it's falling apart after just a year and a half. Ordered a no-bullshit replacement from Saddleback Leather.
6:46 PM 
13,973
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nk: Datastructures sometimes cause me despair.
6:41 PM 
3,308
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Magnuson: Due to my propensity to wear t-shirts with bananas on them every Thursday, I am officially declaring today the start of Banana Thursdays.
6:36 PM 
1,365
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rk@robey cheer up robey! http://bit.ly/1Xi9uB
6:30 PM
wolframalpha
3,878
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Charles: New controls on users profile pages! - http://twitpic.com/i2ta0
12:34 PM
twitpic
729
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rk: Things I did today: 1) break twitter 2) write the hackiest code every to fixit 3) ????
6:28 PM 
3,878
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ded: goodbye @twoffice. see you in 2 weeks
6:17 PM 
5,969
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ronpepsi: At the BART station in Lafayette waiting for a ride.
6:06 PM 
2,054
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kevinthau: Trying to avoid further doghouseification. Sprinting to pick up Su Hong's for din din
6:02 PM 
4,495
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jack: Looking for a baseball field to practice my pitch. And to eat Imo's and toasted ravioli.
5:50 PM 
1,247,121
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delbius: Happy two years of working at Twitter to @alissa!
5:42 PM 
5,935
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Magnuson: Smartest decision made since starting work at Twitter: telling users to tweet 'pineapple' or 'ungulation' to me based on the bug they have.
5:37 PM 
1,366
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crystal: New known issue: Avatars and backgrounds disappearing: http://help.twitter.com/forums/31935/entries/61453 We're working on it!
5:24 PM
twitter
14,357
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rael@mzsanford try a little Zero 7.
5:14 PM 
7,588
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ronpepsi: And this was turning out to be a reasonably decent day. Starting the walk to BART, then to Walnut Creek.
4:54 PM 
2,053
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jack: Hello, St. Louis. I've come home.
4:54 PM 
1,246,952
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mzsanford: As the day winds down it's a good time for pushing pixels. The shift from heavy code to UI work is somewhat refreshing.
4:52 PM 
2,759
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robey: wolfram alpha won't let me compute the value of (2**64)! :(
4:40 PM 
2,377
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jennadawn: All of a sudden I like this guy (who legally changed his last name into a number) http://bit.ly/13v2oL
4:36 PM
mashable
1,779
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jillyface: dejavu. For the second time this week.
4:35 PM 
1,718
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al3x: Many people in my timeline suddenly have default user icons. This is probably not intentional. I have inquired with colleagues.
4:32 PM 
13,896
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rael: What does it mean when I try hitting shift-u to mark a web page unread?
4:20 PM 
7,588
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mutgoff: I mean, If I don't obsessively pick at my face no one will.
4:12 PM 
12,393
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santojay: At Mr.b's school. Visiting the principal b/c he's being a little devil.
4:10 PM 
3,564
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jillyface: Recently had many Busiest Days Ever. Like my workouts and @alissa 'stepping up my game' & pushing new boundaries I never knew were possible.
3:45 PM 
1,719
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keerthi: Interesting and thought provoking meeting with Crystal. Ended with a velvet cup-cake. Thanks @crystal. :)
3:17 PM 
804
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Magnuson: If you ever doubted that Apple was incredible, amazing, and awesome, here's proof - http://bit.ly/aOSY3
3:15 PM
good
1,368
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Magnuson: Pug head tilt, times 4 - http://bit.ly/lBM70
3:07 PM
funnyordie
1,368
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evan: Headed to Norfolk for dinner with Kristine.
3:06 PM 
3,585
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al3x: Yikes! LINQ queries (think SQL) to handle drag n' drop by turning mouse movements into collections. Dogs and cats, living together! #jvmlang
2:57 PM 
13,893
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mutgoff: Giggling with @ded re search results for "omg" on Twitter.
2:57 PM 
12,392
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meangrape: Must stop going insane at work before 3PM.
2:48 PM 
3,379
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al3x: Erik Meijer is giving a frenetic talk on a new LINQ extension, literally throwing coins at the audience. #jvmlang http://bit.ly/qnfeh
2:45 PM
jvmlangsummit
13,892
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pankaj: gaining experience at creating tickets and assigning to others :-)
2:44 PM 
1,789
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bs: "What a crazy world we're living in." Eyeballs, interviews, one on ones with my team. Backpacks, dog plans, home away from home.
2:27 PM 
33,980
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crystal: SMS-ing with Keerthi
2:10 PM 
14,358
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crystal: Teeeeee witter!
2:08 PM 
14,358
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evan: Of the making of many wire protocols, there is no end. http://tinyurl.com/llerm6
1:55 PM
rubyconf
3,584
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alissa: "Optimism is the currency you use for knowledge. Once it is spent, hopefully have purchased wisdom." --@TobiasRose
1:55 PM 
3,655
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stop: Never assume silence equals approval unless you know for a *fact* that everyone knows about your assumption.
1:55 PM 
9,837
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evan: My tweeter is getting old: http://joshreads.com/?p=3949
1:52 PM
joshreads
3,584
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kevinthau: Pizza slices are like martinis for me. 1 is not enough and 3 is too many.
1:34 PM 
4,492
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stop: This doesn't work for me: "If we don't hear back from you by [date], we will assume that we have permission to [do x]."
1:29 PM 
9,839
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stop: A couple of these are debatable, but most are actually cool: "The World's Coolest Bus Stops" - http://bit.ly/nulWr (via @GOOD)
1:14 PM
urlesque
9,839
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keerthi: Feeling tired.
1:12 PM 
804
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evan: Clicked a Shopify link and saw a very familiar "Memcached server marked dead" error.
1:04 PM 
3,584
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thatwhichmatter: Introducing a rare typographical specter, the "apostrophantom" (not to be confused w/the apostrofly): http://j.mp/o8Sla
12:23 PM
wordpress
6,869
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Magnuson: The @BBC is filming at our office today. I wish David Attenborough had come with them.
1:00 PM 
1,368
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jack: About to take off. Destination: St. Louis.
12:56 PM 
1,246,016
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jack: RT @mikebloomberg: Matt Damon & Mike Bloomberg make a special announcement: http://bit.ly/2EkSTx (pls RT)
12:54 PM
mikebloomberg
1,246,004
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crystal@keerthi is showing me SMS flow charts, I am THRILLED for positive impact for people who Twitter via SMS!
12:44 PM 
14,357
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gregpass: Making arrangements to mutate beautifully.
12:43 PM 
2,627
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jess: Hello Econ101, just stumbled across your switching costs in Pandora as I toggled btw stations and hit an audio ad.
12:42 PM 
8,519
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crystal: Interesting self discovery: I relate well to egomaniacs. Uh oh.
12:41 PM 
14,357
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delbius: Said to me: "Of course, if we fought you, we could never risk leaving you alive." - @abdur
12:39 PM 
5,935
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kevinthau: Start
12:36 PM 
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vl: I always get this kind of spam in my work inbox. It’s creepy and annoying: http://post.ly/5Rpb
12:30 PM
posterous
5,797
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rael: Hey, check out the new profile controls on anyone's profile page — http://twitter.com/rael, for instance.
12:23 PM
twitter
7,588
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crystal: Finding a kindred spirit in @ant, who is also excited about efficiency-inspired workflow changes in Zendesk.
12:23 PM 
14,358
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rael: And now for something ever so slightly different...
12:11 PM 
7,589
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jack: Taking a cab to the airport.
12:05 PM 
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mhegge@ev I second osprey.
11:53 AM 
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netik: (don't mind us, we're speaking in birds over here at Twitter.)
11:50 AM 
4,401
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netik@ev finch cassowary emu Tinamou Pheasant Argus Goose Wigeon Albatross Petrel Grebe Flamingo Stork Ibis Heron Egret
11:48 AM 
4,401
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robey: but a moment passes over before we know it is gone. http://bit.ly/4Db60m
11:41 AM
youtube
2,377
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Magnuson: Did you know that @c7m was tweeted at multiple times last night? No? Well then you should go follow @c7m!
11:34 AM 
1,368
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mzsanford@ev Condor, cormorant, crow, emu, ostrich, osprey and maybe albatross.
11:32 AM 
2,761
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