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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-06-07: San Francisco

June 7, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^ Sunday morning coming down: Lynn spotted this sad little scene on 4th street in San Francisco as we made our way to the first of several conferences this week

@MissExpatria wow, you auditioned? for what role? phenomenal show. in reply to MissExpatria #
@pamt456 re. Wicked, you should read the book(s). Very meaty. in reply to pamt456 #
right… time to face the day. White noise machine not quite as effective as hoped in the snore battle. #
live stream of the OHAC summit at http://bit.ly/AFkfa
(not much happening yet) #
getting ready to start #ohac #
here’s what we’re doing today: http://bit.ly/9FiUR #
Alan McClellan http://blogs.sun.com/docexchange/ will be handling my twitter stream today – I’m operating a camera (or two) #
#ohac keen on getting started with the OpenHA Cluster summit. #
#ohac Dr. David Cheriton of Stanford is kicking things off with presentation titled “The Network is the Cluster.” #
#ohac If you are following the video ustream, note we are trying to fix the buzz in the audio. #
#ohac buzz fixed. xlr needed grounding #
#ohac Think of the network as a backplane for many loosely coupled systems. #
#ohac Network congestion hidden in the enterprise by “over provisioning.” Typically less than 10% utilization. #
#ohac But over provisioning not really a viable solution for cluster network. One node can demand huge bandwidth need. #
#ohac The network in the cluster actually assumes resource control similar to an OS. The network is the operating system. #
#ohac Modern network switch is essentially a fault tolerant computer. Dual fans/power supplies. #
#ohac Maybe expand the role / use of this switch to handle this network OS role? #
#ohac Many OS management functions could reside on the switch. Scheduling, DHCP, et al. #
#ohac Huge potential for switch extensibility…but this is a conceptual shift away from the notion of a “transparent” network switch. #
@MissExpatria hello, little girl in reply to MissExpatria #
@MissExpatria could totally see you in that role in reply to MissExpatria #
@glynnfoster only for the elect. Which is a mistake in reply to glynnfoster #
#ohac Some Q&A…. Can you imagine a user process making request of this network OS? Yes, say for routing based on available capacity. #
#ohac Do you see DBs on the switch? No, but can envisage more integration between servers and switches when it makes sense. #
#ohac Nice presentation. Break time. #
#ohac Starting panel discussion – high availability today and tomorrow. #
#ohac Downtime usually ends up in the news. Hard to quantify those [negative] costs. #
#ohac Availability is part of our everyday lives. Users understand and expect availability, but don’t really comprehend how it is achieved. #
#ohac Availability requirements differ for long running jobs vs. transactional work. #
#ohac Spectrum of HA varies based on the service that is expected. What is it you want to be available and what happens if failure? #
#ohac Customers typically do not really understand their availability requirements. Often driven by their budget. #
#ohac IT, admins, staff needs to understand their entire infrastructure to satisfy availability needs. #
#ohac Availability demands change based on whether the goal is service availability or data availability. #
#ohac Lot of emphasis on simplifying the interfaces for the user so availability issues are more obvious to isolate and deal with. #
#ohac But keep plenty of tools available under the hood for the experts who you need for that one catastrophic issue. #
#ohac …and hire/pay experts who can get under the hood and address the catastrophic problem. #
#ohac Providing tools to help the experts find the problem is a product responsibility. #
#ohac Users do not usually end up with entire HA solution from single vendor….rather an aggregation of technologies. #
#ohac In the end, successful HA demands standards, usability, interoperability, and intelligent customers. 🙂 And with that, we break. #
#ohac Nicholas Solter is now speaking about “Project Colorado: A Minimal and Modular HA Cluster for OpenSolaris. #
#ohac Seem to be experiencing some problems recording the Ustream feed. Should still be broadcasting. #
#ohac Ustream feed now being recorded. Needed to save previous recording before could resume recording Nick’s session. #
#ohac OpenHA Cluster bundles bunch of key packages. to get started. #
#ohac Project Colorado minimizes hw requirements by combining COMSTAR, iSCSI, ZFS technologies. #
#ohac These provide robust shared storage without requiring NAS. #
#ohac OpenSolaris VNICs (i.e., crossbow) is used to provide cluster private interconnect (using VNICs instead of physical adapters). #
#ohac Reduces overhead of initially setting up an HA cluster. Can share resources and simplify setup. #
#ohac Cluster membership uses model referred to as weak membership…two-node cluster does not require a quorum device. #
#ohac Places premium on service availability. Good for read-only apps, test cluster, demos, development. #
#ohac Nick and Thurston demoing with laptop on OpenSolaris w/ 2 instances of VirtualBox VMs also running OSOL 2009.06 & OpenHA cluster. #
#ohac They’re clustering the 2 VB OpenSolaris guests. Pretty neat. #
#ohac Welcome, Glynn. #
#ohac OHA cluster also features sw modularization: can install ha-cluster-full (all you need) or ha-cluster-minimal & extend as you like. #
#ohac Shameless plug for the OpenSolaris Bible, which Nick co-authored. 🙂 #
#ohac This is an open project… get involved and provide inputs on where you would like the OpenHA cluster work to go. #
#ohac There is OpenHA talk at CommunityOne, and deep dive sessions on Tuesday at the Intercontinental Hotel. #
#ohac Nick notes easiest way to obviate the problems of weak membership is to build 3 node cluster. #
#ohac There is work underway to integrate MySQL replication. Will be more on this in a session this p.m. #
#ohac getting ready to start the afternoon sessions http://bit.ly/Zu7gI #
#ohac Next session is starting in a few minutes. Sreeram Duvur is going to discuss Glassfish Clustering for Telecommunications. #
#ohac track 2 now streaming on http://bit.ly/Zu7gI
Tirthankar on Getting Started with OHAC #
#ohac Telco and HA are synonymous. It’s taken for granted in most of the world. #
#ohac Need continuous service at scale. #
#ohac Challenges of application layer are many…multiple protocols, load/data partitioning, failover, rolling upgrade, preserving state… #
#ohac track 2 Tirthankar is explaining why you would need VNICs #
#ohac Clustering in telcom also requires integration into fabric of existing applications. #
#ohac track 2 Tirthankar says you should participate in OHAC for the “bragging rights” 🙂 #
#ohac track 2 Prasad Dharmavaram is now talking about Developing Custom Application Data Services on OHAC #
#ohac Ooops. Seem to have lost ustream broadcast. on MySQL / SunCluster session. Working issue. #
#ohac Apologies for usteam video probs. I believe audio is still coming through, so will wait until next break & restart ustream session. #
#ohac track 2 Prasad Dharmavaram is explaining the tools available for building applications in OHAC #
#ohac Track 1 – going to restart ustream now. Hopefully back up after break with video for you. #
#ohac track 2 short break till 2:20pm PT #
#ohac Track 1 – Looks like we’re back online with video. Sorry for those technical issues. #
#ohac Track 1 – Thorsten Frueauf and Ashutosh Tripathi are presenting OpenHA cluster with VirtualBox. #
#ohac track 2 Marcelo Leal on OHAC and AVS to provide High Available services using NON-shared disks http://bit.ly/Zu7gI #
#ohac Track 1 – Using OpenHA and VirtualBox together a great way to achieve low cost, easy to set up dev, training, test system. #
#ohac Track 1 – Requires min 3GB memory, 80 GB disk; dual-core CPU useful, and net connectivity to OpenSolaris repository. #
#ohac Track 1 – Thorsten mimics use of Solaris zones with VirtualBox guests. #
#ohac track 2 Marcelo Leal is giving a live demo on using NON-shared disks with Virtualbox http://bit.ly/Zu7gI #
#ohac Track 1 – Thorsten is in the midst of an OpenHA cluster / VirtualBox demo. #
#ohac Track 1 – Ashutosh is now talking more generally about HA in virtualized environments. #
#ohac track 2 10 minute break #
#ohac Track 1 – Taking another break now. Next up is Steve McKinty discussing HA and business continuity. #
#ohac Track 1 – Steve is getting going…. wants to serve as a reminder of why we care about HA and to discuss OpenHA geo edition. #
#ohac Track 1 – HA is really about building resilience and safeguarding interests of stakeholders. #
#ohac track 2 Jim Walker and Sekhar Lakkapragada are now live talking about Testing OpenSolaris Cloud Clusters http://bit.ly/Zu7gI #
#ohac Track 1 – Steve refers to earlier comments by panelists… most users don’t know their HA needs. This needs to be top-down analysis. #
#ohac Track 1-Need to understand things essential to reestablish service. These drive HA priorities. (What’s most important to look after?) #
#ohac Track 1 – The OpenHA cluster geo edition combines Hot site + replication. Redundant clusters. #
#ohac Track 1 – Steve is wrapping up. I think that does it for track 1 OpenHA Cluster presentations for the day. Thanks for following. #
#ohac Shutting down track 1 ustream broadcast. #
@timbray free deep dives on these 2009.06 topics today and tomorrow at C1! in reply to timbray #
want to find me at C1? I’ll be wearing a black hat, probably with a large feather in it. #
The Clownâ€™s Mask Slips -Times Online http://bit.ly/NZDlp #
today’s C1 OpenSolaris sessions will be streamed live. See http://www.ustream.tv/sun for schedule and to pick your stream. Keynote at 9 PT! #
Dave Douglas talking abt citizen engineers & exercising responsibility #
Over 600 students at #c1 today 87k in osum community #
@lbridenne76 and we’re about to return the visit at FISL! #
@macsun are you here in person? #
Recs on a full-featured twiiter client for iPhone? #
Communities seem to need recognizable leaders. But there’s a risk in relying on a personality to brand your comunity #
@monkchips OTOH there’s a new release of OpenSolaris you can get your hands on right now. #
@monkchips cloud APIs avail at kenai.com/projects/suncloudapis #
#c1 john fowler sez opsol 2009.06 is the bee’s knees #
@Silona see you at the c1 party tonight? Shd intro you to ghc team #
Tired of hearing American execs slaughter Indian names. #
“as network developers we’re a bit GUI-challenged”. Cool anyway: drag and drop network creation #c1 #
@lskrocki what is the twazzup stream using? My gang isn’t represented #
Want to find me at #communityone today? I’m wearing a black Aussie hat #
Learn more about network virtualhzation in today’s session with architect Sunay Tripathi. #communityone #
@darios se non lo bloggate voi, probabilmente non lo sanno. Immagino che i mass media italiani sono focalizzati su Berlusc/Noemi in reply to darios #
Pete Dennis & Brian Leonard introducing what’s new in OpenSolaris 2009.06 in the Managing OpenSolaris Track, esplanade 304. #communityone #
for full coverage of the Managing OpenSolaris track follow @u8out today #
RT @jeffhuber: Learning how to become a ZFS Ninja from the master himself @benr. http://www.cuddletech.com/blog/ #communityone #
Managing OpenSolaris track #communityone live on Ustream.Tv http://bit.ly/J2hWP #
Developing ON OpenSolaris track #communityone live on Ustream.Tv – http://bit.ly/3S0V4 #
Managing OpenSolaris streaming live at http://bit.ly/OU4JO #
@webmink I suspect using the #communityone hashtag would help in reply to webmink #
#communityone #opensolaris Managing OpenSolaris track ~120 people in the room, 30 on the video stream #
if you have questions for the speakers, tweet them with #opensolaris hashtag – specific speaker or track, there are two running! #
@jeffreytaylor are they? we have smarter strategists @Sun. We did invent a nice media platform, though: https://slx.sun.com/1179274388 in reply to jeffreytaylor #
#communityone #opensolaris Becoming an OpenSolaris Power User with Dave Miner, co-author of “The OpenSolaris Bible” #
@altae check http://bit.ly/fxqQq
for the opensolaris tweet stream #
whee! Aaron Newcomb and I will speak at FISL on Using Video to Communicate About Open Source Software #
still need to sign up for tomorrow’s FREE deep dives on OpenSolaris at C1 West? go to http://bit.ly/dJvbx #
producing social media coverage for an event like this is a whole ‘nother job – in addition to the emcee/track organizing job I’m also doing #
@RealShamu that is one happy tiny monkey!! in reply to RealShamu #
@lskrocki I, for one, am thankful she’s wrong! Wild women FTW! in reply to lskrocki #
@pclark Open Storage with ZFS & COMSTAR 5 pm today Esplanade 304 #javaone #cloudcamp in reply to pclark #
Sun execs wandering around Moscone Center in knight costumes (with Kelly N. as the princess) – photos to follow! #
@Silona ummm… party tonight? we’re all running tracks today and tomorrow. Or catch us at the OpenSolaris deep dives at the Intercon tomw in reply to Silona #
thanks to @u8out and @AltaE for live tweeting our OpenSolaris sessions today (and tomorrow) – doing a great job! #
I love bit.ly more every day. Who do I pay for this service? #
RT @tmolini: Sun Crossbow gang #communityone #opensolaris #crossbow http://yfrog.com/67886pj #
RT @dreamofitaly: RT to win 1 of 5 copies of La Bella Lingua by Dianne Hales courtesy @dreamofitaly 5 RTs randomly selected Friday #
coming up: last session of the Managing OpenSolaris track today, Open Storage with ZFS and COMSTAR – mostly demo! #
6 pm – 7 pm OpenSolaris Town Hall in Esplanade 305 #
@Silona there’s no such thing as being too busy for networking, especially when you’re unemployed. ; ) in reply to Silona #
@Silona party tonight 7-9 pm at Moscone, always useful to show your face. Probably useful to turn up and hang around in general. in reply to Silona #
@jeffreytaylor your mum is a pleasure – I will gladly have dinner with her again anytime! in reply to jeffreytaylor #
La Repubblica.it – Ten questions to Berlusconi http://bit.ly/8krLo #
@jeffhuber aw, shucks… #CommunityOne in reply to jeffhuber #
@altae live tweeting the developing in #opensolaris track #communityone #
Chris Armes creating an #opensolaris distro before our very eyes #
No #
#opensolaris Crossbow BoF tonight at Intercon 3rd fl ballroom 530 pm. Come hear from early some adopters about network virtualization #
Twitter is way slow on #javaone coverage. Pretty sure @templedf tweets were done over an hour ago not 45 secs #
@templedf thanks for the live tweets. V useful for those who had to be elsewhere #
#opensolaris sadly, tracks not streamed today but video will eventually be available #
@SaraD I should drop by there and say hi to @schlomo #
one more very full day to get through. I can has sleep tomorrow? #
Family doesn’t get that running around filming engineers doing strange things IS work #
Enjoying the sunshine in Yerba Buena park #
Next team finally arrived. Filmed them doing tech support dancercise #
Did I mention they’re playing the Go Game? #
The next person who tries to talk to me about unions is going to get hit with a tripod #
@medgno If you can recommend a venue that doesn’t habitually rip off its corporate customers #
@lbridenne76 I was allowed to film out in the park. In the intercon hotel I have to pay expensive union labor to SCREW IT UP #
The Marriott BtW had no problem letting me run my own show #
It would be cheaper to fly all our attendees somewhere – anywhere! – else in the world #
@Silona I’m in intercon sutter 5th fl along w sev people u sd meet #
@nonstick perish the thought. Didntbwe fail a long time ago to unionize high tech? #
Back at osug meeting waiting for Go Game results #
@davest the Go Game was great as always! #
@ben will keep it in mind. Is it unionized? ; ) #
Discussing how #opensolaris user groups can collaborate with each other #
@ben sounds as if you need a differnt type of professional services! #
Is it a bad sign that I dreamed about Larry Ellison last night? #
@missbhavens take a deep breath and remember: you’re only going to wear it once #
@nonstick he was an evil hyper Catholic conspiracist a la Da Vinci Code – and I hated that book #
Lots and lots of discussion at osug leaders meeting #
@vdotw suckiness of food options at DIA is a big issue for me – I’m there way too often #
Not enough time for my social media/videoblogging talk to osug. A bit disappointed, a bit relieved #
Lots of good info coming out of this mtg. A lot of smart people are passionate about #opensolaris #
@jeffreytaylor darn that gay conspiracy! #
User groups need leadership succession planning #
#communityone ends for us with an osug dinner at the Crab Houss. Looking forward to NOT getting up at 6am tomw #
Don’t have a book to read, so I’ll play a game on the iPhone to wind down for sleep. Won’t take long #
@jeffreytaylor when is it? #
I am so done for this week. R&R with hubby today, heading north tomw. Intercon jacuzzi sounding about right… #
Enrico won a USB kit at J1. Includes a black plastic box with on/off switch & USB connector w flanges so it can’t actually connect. ??? #
Sex with Ducks http://bit.ly/MkAUn #
leaving San Francisco today for Santa Rosa and Calistoga. Under orders from the boss to have a mud bath. #
@NathanFillion The Barge pub in Milton Keynes – lovely old place, good food, too. in reply to NathanFillion #
where’s a good place for breakfast near the Intercon in San Francisco? Mel’s is NOT the answer. #
tip: a blog comment that links to a porn site or better sex tips – probably spam #
@amandachapel LOL “Troia” in Italian means “whore” #ethics in reply to amandachapel #
@lbridenne76 take a deep breath and think about… sleeping late tomorrow! in reply to lbridenne76 #
generation gap: my daughter’s online presence is mostly on Facebook these days, mine is mostly twitter #
@robbogio thanks, but we’ve got a pretty full schedule already, and have to get back to our flights Sunday noonish. in reply to robbogio #
@amandachapel now, now – don’t give away all our linkbait secrets! in reply to amandachapel #
Massage and mud bath in Calistoga perfect ending to a hard week. Now -wine! #
@glynnfoster now I know what category of gifts to get for you! What are microplanes? #
words you never want to hear from your kid: “What do you know about the Cook County jail?” #
hotel has thoughtfully supplied half-and-half to for the in-room coffee maker – yay! #
at C1, Irish colleague Robert told me Sun’s Dublin office have started videoblogging as a result of my January visit – yay! #
@pizzocalabro umm… lots of Village People imitators in that parade? in reply to pizzocalabro #
an old classmate we hadn’t heard from since graduation popped up this week. Always interesting to learn about life journeys #
LOL! RT @pizzocalabro: No Means No: More candid conversations with library patrons http://bit.ly/YHugx #
By complete chance, the first winery we stop at is owned by a Sun alum. Excellent Syrah-Zin blend #
@dreamofitaly Thanks! Looking forward to reading it. in reply to dreamofitaly #
not impressed with Arrowood’s Rhone tasting, didn’t really like any of the 4. Whereas I liked all 6 tasted at http://bit.ly/MtdCf #
just received email containing a photo of “Italian golf shoes” – black and white. Very spiffy, but… why? No explanation given. #
so !#$%#$%$% tired of all the “offers” United Airlines makes me wade through to just get checked in #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-05-31

May 31, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^ why we really went to San Francisco

not feeling well at all, and I have to get on another plane. #
@nonstick coslept lots. It was easier than getting up every two hours #
@timbray at the least, I wd keep it off your lap! #
@amandachapel wd take the backlash article more seriously if it wasn’t in such dire need of copy editing #
really, really DON’T need to be getting sick this week. #
Brazilllllll… da da da da da da da da…. #
fun bunch of Sun folks coming to FISL. This is gonna be a blast! #
@DonMacAskill I feel sorry for the Clear folks. They must deal with a lot of that. Love my Clear, though! #d7 #clear in reply to DonMacAskill #
@timbray I’m seeing that display switching issue with both Air and new MacBook Pro. Often have to restart to clean it up. in reply to timbray #
@italylogue wouldn’t mind a good dinner at any of a dozen restaurants in Milan, but OTOH not missing the afa (hot, humid smog) in reply to italylogue #
want a preview of C1 OpenSolaris talks? Presos now available on http://bit.ly/6kl7N and don’t miss the videos, e.g. http://bit.ly/2lhfCg #
@nonstick <shrug> wasn’t a problem for us. Maybe because our apt in Milan was so tiny we practically did everything together anyway in reply to nonstick #
@italylogue any Gattuso? in reply to italylogue #
have a feeling I just threw a hotel’s A/V crew into a tizzy. Too many sites to deal with in one week. #
a Dublin taxi driver told me of his impoverished youth, getting food from the stew house. Seems he was one of the lucky http://bit.ly/B1zx1 #
taking care of business for 2 or 3 different entities, and haven’t even finished my first coffee! #
FT editorial stirs comment in Italy “”He has squads of starlets, not of Blackshirts,'” http://bit.ly/t3SAn #
I have learned a LOT in the last 10 days about how useful Twitter+bit.ly is for marketing. Hope I have time to write about it soonish. #
@RealShamu re. coconut crab, where does that live so I can stay the hell away from it? in reply to RealShamu #
Getting (most) engineers comfortable in front of a camera… well, there’s an art to it. And I enjoy it. #
does the neighborhood ice cream truck know it’s playing “The Union Maid”? #
yesterday we soft-launched translated/subtitled video – use the tag cloud in the sidebar of http://bit.ly/19B0bm #
waking up slowly. the perpetual sinus infection flaring again. air travel doesn’t help, but wdn’t change that if I cd, hope I don’t have to #
Jeffco cops need cash – speed traps on Wadsworth and Indiana #
@sumaya even just using hand cream a lot can make fingerprints hard to read (learned that from Clear) in reply to sumaya #
experiences with UStream in low bandwidth conditions? Wd the audio continue smoothly with bad video, or will the whole stream just give up? #
ANSA.it – News in English – Amnesty International slams Italy http://bit.ly/12FkHe #
don’t know which is more valuable – the article or the video that follows – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/ZUOKr #
@missbhavens damn. you make me hate the probably depressing tour I’m about to take of my fridge. But tomorrow – dinner with Jeffrey & co! in reply to missbhavens #
@templedf and don’t forget Janice is working on the USB video sticks #HPC #Solaris #communityone in reply to templedf #
great. probably the most intense week of my year coming up, and I feel like crap. #
A Prime Ministerâ€™s Escapades Finally Raise Eyebrows in Italy – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/bIMJD #
trying to figure out where to go, where to stay, what to do in Calif wine country next weekend (June5-6)with hubs. Suggestions? #
listening to Chris Armes’ rehearsal of “Deploying OpenSolaris in Your Datacentre” #
expense report from last trip done, half an hour before departing for next trip #
perhaps the main reason for going to community events is (duh!) to meet the community. Some fascinating people have registered for C1. #
Ohhhkay… It’s gonna be one of those trips I see #
Childrn who are too small to NEED to recline the seat shd not be allowed to. #
This kid wd also be a good argument for tranquilizing toddlers in flight #
Time gained by flight being early is dribbling away at baggage claim #
Hope to get to hotelin time for steaming shower be4 dinner. Lynn taking my bag in the car, bless her! #
@deirdrewalsh what? where? I’m a Texas Ex! in reply to deirdrewalsh #
@jaredpolis huh. now I’m curious to see what this blue wood looks like. Seeing the trees die is so sad. http://bit.ly/IvgWG in reply to jaredpolis #
@deirdrewalsh op sorry in San francisco! #
@pizzocalabro genre does not matter with great lit #
thanks to @jeffreytaylor John and Faith for an excellent dinner and even better company! #
@ingenthr you’re in the wrong city! in reply to ingenthr #
@pizzocalabro don’t worry, Pratchett is an avowed atheist. in reply to pizzocalabro #
@sfoskett are you in SFO? wd love to put a real face to avatar, finally. I’ll be at the OHAC Summit today, OpenSolaris tracks Mon-Tue in reply to sfoskett #
@ingenthr coming to the OHAC Summit on Sunday? interesting stuff going on there in reply to ingenthr #
got a travel-sized white noise machine, because we both snore these days. That plus ear plugs, maybe we’ll both get some sleep! #
@pizzocalabro yes, loved it, though I enjoy Discworld more for pure escapism (though it’s rather more than that, too). in reply to pizzocalabro #
http://johncleesenigerianlottery.co.uk/ “an understandable reaction to the talent, intelligence & height that is John Cleese.” RT@JohnCleese #
NB: John Cleese really is tall. My 6’3″ dad stood next to him at Heathrow once and had to look up, for once in his life. #
still feel like crap. On the upside, Enrico should arrive soon, and we have tickets to Wicked tonight – 20th anniversary celebration! #
@nonstick earplugs or no, I have rarely slept really well since last trimester of pregnancy, 20 years ago. in reply to nonstick #
@nonstick thanks. We get to celebrate twice – had a civil wedding in January, party wedding in May. in reply to nonstick #
glad I was able to enjoy the renaissance of Disney when Ross was small, but also that we missed out on the “Princesses” phase. #
@danilop congratulations! in reply to danilop #
@MissExpatria ? Wicked didn’t exist 20 years ago, are you thinking of Into the Woods? We did see that just about exactly 20 years ago in reply to lskrocki #
@lskrocki when do you get to San Francisco? My gang wants to meet you in reply to lskrocki #
@angadsingh looking forward to seeing you! #javaoneconf #
@shawnferry the masked lawnmower man? rides into the suburbs and rescues innocent people from weeds! #
About time to take our seats. Excited. I love musical theater! #
Wicked was pretty much as good as I had hoped, but the ending was a shock. (I read the book when it first came out, long before the show.) #
@shawnferry white noise machine is a small, standalone electronic machine. Prob with recordings is they loop and you hear it. This doesn’t. in reply to shawnferry #
@silverguru stop by and see us on the OpenSolaris tracks too! in reply to silverguru #
have a feeling I’m going to be amazed by how many Sun people I meet this week that I actually already know. I lose track of my own travels. #
@missbhavens I think your garden needs a plaster Michelangelo’s David that you can dress up according to season in reply to missbhavens #
@dave_enz argh! no! I had enough of that in Colorado already. #snowing #Wellington I’m getting this hemispheres thing all wrong, apparently in reply to dave_enz #
@ajkeen Italians are amazingly non-digital. It’s very possible the photog didn’t have backups. Doh! in reply to ajkeen #
spent much of 1st act of Wicked trying not to cough. Discovered that whiskey after cough drops tastes really foul. But it stopped the cough #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-05-24: Lawrence, KS

May 24, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^rainbow over Lonestar lake, Kansas

@India_Insights can you fix the link to the education report? doesn’t work, and I’d like to read that one in reply to India_Insights #
sorry for the storm of auto-tweets – I’m following my own advice on Transitioning Your Online Identity http://bit.ly/D87rx #
@darrinschaos see you at the Twitter workshop Tuesday? in reply to darrinschaos #
got a poster (on videoblogging) accepted for the Grace Hopper conference in October. #
@India_Insights can’t DM you with that because you’re not following me in reply to India_Insights #
Traveling makes me happy #
on my way to SFO soon. Glad I have the 3:43 flight instead of the 3:30 which is delayed til 7 pm. Even if I do have a middle seat. #
I feel for airline ground staff. They put up with so much crap. Including from me, sometimes… #
@darrinschaos on my way, in MPK til Thurs noon. prob have some time but will be v busy with dry runs for C1. But I did bring my equipment! in reply to darrinschaos #
@SteveEdiger I did? No recoll at all. #
@SteveEdiger oh wait that’s what that guy who left sun started #
Arrived sfo. Now to make my waynto hotel in palo alto and meet TZ for dinner. There’re always woodstockers to meet! #
kid just about wets himself every time the baggage tunnel disgorges. I guess youthful enthusiasm is endearing. #
kid just about wets himself every time the baggage tunnel disgorges. I guess youthful enthusiasm is endearing. Or something #
@SteveEdiger too busy moving to remember all my shaking! #
Isherwood said “I am a camera”. DeirdrÃ© says “I am a network”. #
Was there an earthquake? Totally didn’t notice #
C1 OpenSolaris sessions dress rehearsals begin this morning with OpenSolaris High Availability – Nick Solter, co-author OpenSolaris Bible #
NB: This will be one of the FREE deep dives on Tuesday, June 1: http://bit.ly/6kl7N #
Italian salaries low… http://bit.ly/ckpsP (and the figures for women are even worse) #
Italian salaries low… http://bit.ly/ckpsP (and the figures for women are even worse) #
@SteveEdiger share with your educator network – could be useful https://learning.sun.com/sites/stimulus/ in reply to SteveEdiger #
@sumaya where do you live?? in reply to sumaya #
need some new job skills? Free online learning with the Sun Career Stimulus Initiative http://bit.ly/LMGck #
I adore http://bit.ly/ ! Fantastic being able to track click-throughs in real-time, and not just from Twitter #
@comay be well, bro – we need you! in reply to comay #
@AmandaLorenzani so… you sprogged? in reply to AmandaLorenzani #
<sigh> corporate territory marking #
@sumaya you’ll do great #
@KeithBurtis advice from someone else’s wife: pay attention to the wife – FIRST in reply to KeithBurtis #
@ben re. corporate territory marking, I now have visions of that Jack Nicholson scene in “Wolf”… in reply to ben #
@missbhavens You forgot “Frankly, Scarlett, I Don’t Give a Jam” in reply to missbhavens #
@davidorban your first Pratchett? I envy you. Wish I could start all over again. in reply to davidorban #
@carolross it was my daughter who got a speeding ticket, not me. That’s her Italian driving gene showing. in reply to carolross #
locating knight costumes and toy crossbows… then have to train engineers to dance & sing “We’re knights of the Round Table…” #
@timbray Real to anything else may not be possible; it was designed to be a major PITA, in the name of “protecting content” in reply to timbray #
@carolross no biggie, she figured out how to get it expunged or whatever, and will hopefully drive more sedately in future in reply to carolross #
@euaccess interesting. Would love to see how you’re going to do the UI on that in reply to euaccess #
sitting in Sumaya’s Twitter workshop – impressively full large room! Lots of Tweet hunger here at Sun, I guess. #
never fails. My phone rings only when I can’t answer it. #
getting started #sunsocialyou #
#sunsocial you 200 Facebook communities. But can we measure activity there meaningfully (and easily)? #
Shel Israel on Twitter for Business – LIVE at Sun 5/19/2009 – Socially Speaking on Blog Talk Radio http://bit.ly/Wm7Ir #
#sunsocialyou Shel Israel is very tanned #
#sunsocialyou comforting to know I’m not the only one who suffers from really poor timing #
Scoble was Shel’s 4th choice as co-author on “Naked Conversations”. #
damn. I guess I’ve been recreating Scoble’s Channel 9 at Sun. http://blogs.sun.com/video/ #
#sunsocialyou book as means to protect/extend personal brand. Yup. You sure don’t make money at it. #
#sunsocialyou Fundamental shift: moving customers to the center of the conversation. #
@templedf make sure it gets filmed. #CommunityOne #Hadoop #GridEngine in reply to templedf #
#sunsocialyou “Twitter lets you behave online more like you behave in real life.” No one starts a conversation with a sales pitch. #
#sunsocialyou well, almost no one. #
#sunsocialyou “Twitter is broad and shallow.” #
pondering how my job is different from Sumaya’s. For one, I am not professionally obliged to follow Scoble. #sunsocialyou #
@davewiner so create it. I’d join. in reply to davewiner #
Twitter as hybrid of IM and forums #sunsocialyou – yes, but Twitter’s not anonymous #
Shel: I don’t have to listen to anybody I don’t want to #sunsocialyou #
uh oh, kiss of death: Sumaya called Shel a “social media guru”! #sunsocialyou #
Shel: “I talk to a lot of people, share what I learned. A guru is supposed to make no mistakes, I make a lot.” #sunsocialyou #
huh. Twitter spam almost never happens to me. #sunsocialyou #
#sunsocialyou question from my bud Yvette: are Twitter et al replacing real-life relationships? [Not for me – I have made many new friends] #
announcing today: for 1st time, Comcast customer support is no longer in the worst 10 list. Because of Eliason on Twitter. #sunsocialyou #
Leverage social media to share support info to a larger audience – been there, done that: http://bit.ly/N621e #sunsocialyou #
learning from your customers online – yup. I never had a great idea that didn’t come from a customer. Okay, rarely. #
using Twitter to broadcast to customers. DellOutlet has 200k followers. But Shel recommends using Tw more for marketing than sales #
me reacting: the fallacy of non-techie older users. the most enthusiastic & adventurous users of CD-R software were retirees. #sunsocialyou #
IBM has 1000 people Tweeting, bcuz: 1. 30-35% of employees telecommute, using Tw to communicate (public) 2. IBM sees itslf as tech consult #
3. enormous cultural problem due to diversity, using Tw as unifier of Blue culture 4. have own hacked version inside firewall #sunsocialyou #
Twitter for newbies. Useful, if not for me. #sunsocialyou #
tweetbacks.com possibly useful – must look into it. But how many people use Tw clients instead of website? #sunsocialyou #
@Dereks what is Blue culture? whatever IBM thinks it is, I guess #sunsocialyou in reply to Dereks #
@lchoquel #Dollhouse is very cool. Not perfect, but I’m glad it will have time to develop. in reply to lchoquel #
Maybe we need an association of people who do social media and community for enterprise. It’s a whole different ballgame. #sunsocialyou #
@reiger internal workshop on social media, this first one is about Twitter. Check out the blogtalk radio with Shel Israel #sunsocialyou in reply to reiger #
@sunsocialyou hello the room! #
@Britopian Maybe we need an association of people who do social media and community for enterprise. It’s a whole different ballgame. in reply to Britopian #
@darrinschaos Check
out my TweetStats! http://tweetstats.com/graphs/DeirdreS #
@JoyceSolano re http://blogcouncil.org/ – I’m not an executive. Yet. ; ) #sunsocialyou in reply to JoyceSolano #
@Britopian OTOH I’ve probably doing social media longer than most… in reply to Britopian #
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #communitymedia #videoblogger #traveler #
I feel as if I’m trying to run very fast while juggling Ginsu knives… sooner or later, something’s bound to get dropped. #
reflecting on this morning’s workshop & measuring reach: in Adaptec/Roxio days, I had 150k newsletter subscribers. THAT was reach. #
very exciting speakers lined up for Open HA Cluster Summit – http://bit.ly/k8K1A Will we see you there? #
WANT!!!!! RT @monkchips: omg. Frank Lloyd Wright Lego sets. http://bit.ly/sfSuf via @moleitau @hostler #
Could use help getting the word out about the FREE OpenSolaris deep dive tracks at OpenSolaris at C1 West. Schedule on http://bit.ly/6kl7N #
in dry run for Scott Tracy’s C1 talk on Open Storage with the Solaris ZFS
File System and COMSTAR iSCSI http://bit.ly/6kl7N – much coolness #
btw, if you want a preview, draft presos mostly available now on http://bit.ly/6kl7N #
someone gave Bill F an energy drink. Making this dry run on Built-in Virtualization for OpenSolaris highly entertaining. #
registration for the FREE OpenSolaris Deep Dives got easier: sign up here http://bit.ly/ZiNHa (1st register for C1 http://bit.ly/kRhgu ) #
watching the operators operate. Kind of awe-inspiring. #
cultures coliding – and complementingl http://bit.ly/wEM58 #
@JulieScardina looks like a young emu to me in reply to JulieScardina #
guess I should go to sleep soon so I’ll wake up for 6 am walk with Lynn, breakfast, all hands mtg (JJ), last dry run, plane, plane, Sue! #
@darrinschaos been busy: walk w Lynn, breakfast, packing, repacking (what can I leave here so I can get thru the wkd with only a backpack?) in reply to darrinschaos #
@tara_kelly is this the same event my colleague @DaniloP is going to? You two should meet. in reply to tara_kelly #
@JulieScardina here’s how I knew it was an emu: Shotgun Wedding – Part 2: Coca-Cola, and an Ostrich http://bit.ly/aBOTo in reply to JulieScardina #
Oh right, it’s a holiday. Traveling with all the amateurs #
A 4 yr old named Luella. Her folks get an unusual baby name prize #
@nonstick depends. Is their last name ziegler? #
team accomplishment for the day: persuading an exec to be very, very silly at C1. No, I’m not going to tell you how. I sure love my job… #
@glynnfoster you need to be resting up for the post-launch festivities! in reply to glynnfoster #
flying to Kansas City to see a very dear friend, then Enrico will join us. Looking forward to an offline weekend #
@trine my highlights are platinum and pink. It almost looks natural, right? in reply to trine #
RT @Roland_Hedley: Before I open my eyes in a.m., I like to guess where I am. I usually get it wrong, but it’s a little game I like to play. #
@robbogio the fact that you think of them as “your” customers & “your” products is a v important first step in reply to robbogio #
@trine natural dishwater blonde with natural highlights, but my hair is darkening as I get older. Want to go all pink, but maintenance… in reply to trine #
@baratunde aaannd… bingo! someone’s figured out how to monetize Twitter in reply to baratunde #
@trine your new haircut looks rather like mine! Also bored. Need to go back to Hairy Situations in Austin to get something more radical in reply to trine #
CommunityOne West – a preview: Sun Video http://bit.ly/dkJDT #
working from the offices of a mental health org in KC which my friend happens to be CEO of. Gives me a very different perspective. #
@alecmuffett okay, so what’s the good news? in reply to alecmuffett #
in all modesty, gotta say: CommunityOne is gonna be great! Lots of very smart people putting a lot of work into it. #
Marketing thought: building traffic/followers is expensive and slow. Employees should valued for the networks they already have. #
Bought new jeans, one size smaller than last time – yay! #
@lskrocki happy holiday , dear! #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-04-05: CO

April 5, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

@emmabird Clooney actually seems as if he’d be fun to know, but I don’t move in those circles even when I’m at the lake in reply to emmabird #
@martinwake he’s got that all wrong, Snoop Dogg is Kinng. A Bollywood film said so. in reply to martinwake #
dreamed I got the audience at a social media conference to sing “Jana Gana Mana” (the Indian national anthem) #
worlds collide: someone I met at the recent CO Front Range GGD is visiting Italy, Googled for travel advice, ended up on my site #
@jeffreytaylor yup, sometimes those “illiterate” people are merely being more efficient with language in reply to jeffreytaylor #
@lskrocki thanks for the warning. I love animation – when it’s good. Sounds like this isn’t. in reply to lskrocki #
I had long forgotten how nice it is to have music in my rooms. But I still can’t write with it on. #
My daughter is behaving like a spoiled brat. Who raised this kid anyway? Oh, right… #
RT @alexiaco: home to rent in province of Pisa, Italy, this summer, details: http://is.gd/pwnH video http://qik.com/video/1266865 photos #
I use Twitter as a sort of public diary – useful for me to refer back to. I suppose the people who follow me find my life interesting. #
RT @italylogue Oh. My. Gawd. This guy is the prime minister of Italy?!?!? http://tinyurl.com/d3gdgy – umm, too much viagra? #
oh, joy – my week starts at 9:30 tomorrow – with a mammogram (purely routine). #
@reiger LOL! in reply to reiger #
@jeffhuber it’s not Monday quite yet. Try to get a good night’s sleep… in reply to jeffhuber #
@rohrer hmm. that makes three of us with sinus infections, Still hoping to fight mine off in reply to rohrer #
@jeffreytaylor rhododendron jam is good, if you can harvest enough blossoms without being arrested in reply to jeffreytaylor #
@italylogue some sort of body double. But it’s not a lot better for someone who’s supposed to be playing B to behave that way in public in reply to italylogue #
bracing myself for a day which starts with clearing snow off my car, helping roomie jumpstart her car, then having a mammogram… #
If you’re following me but I’m not following you and you want me to, try explaining why I should. Sell it, baby! #
@ben with OpenSolaris in your profile, you get followed. ; ) in reply to ben #
@mmcallen already following you! in reply to mmcallen #
RT @TheInDecider Caption Challenge: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi http://tinyurl.com/dfd9a2 – c’mon all you Italyphiles! #
running scenarios for some crazy travel. #
@Ladyexpat business travel, but cool places. Let’s see what actually pans out. in reply to Ladyexpat #
@c0t0d0s0 that’s Hamburg? I need to talk to you about what to do for a cool student party there around ISC 09 in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
@cbs4denver good news indeed. I travel a lot and am so sick of sandwiches #
@c0t0d0s0 so what’s a cool thing to do with students there? in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
@c0t0d0s0 thanks! in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
I despise this state of illness when I can’t sleep, but am too tired to do anything useful #
@missbhavens it isn’t okay, period. in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens I KNOW you know how to vacation better than this! in reply to missbhavens #
@paolovalde don’t get me started… I know my comments on Italy have been nothing but snark for ages, but can you blame me? in reply to paolovalde #
oh, great, now I’m getting spam in illiterate Italian “pubblizza la tua azienda” #
@MyMelange you shouldn’t need an adapter except a plug changer. Laptop chargers can handle multiple voltages in reply to MyMelange #
@mymelange yup. For any laptop I’ve seen/travelling with (including my current MacBook Air), that’s all you need. Find it at the airport. in reply to MyMelange #
@jdlasica re. lack of outlets, was once told outlet for videocamera would cost $350 at a hotel venue. Bought extra batteries instead #w2e in reply to jdlasica #
@MyMelange yeah, just an adaptor as opposed to a transformer in reply to MyMelange #
@missbhavens your next bloody mary comes out of the kid’s allowance in reply to missbhavens #
@italylogue the term for something that actually changes the current going in is transformer, either step-up (110 to 220) or step-down in reply to italylogue #
really not feeling well at all.Is it too early to go to sleep? #
Enrico is flying to the US today, to spend some research time in Columbia, MO. At least we’ll be on the same continent for a while. #
new video: Moving to OpenSolaris http://tinyurl.com/dem952 #
@jeffreytaylor it’s missing the punchline, I think, something on the order of “April Fool’s, actually, we all know spaghetti is mined.” in reply to jeffreytaylor #
via @jeffreytaylor – la raccolta degli spaghetti nel Ticino: http://tinyurl.com/yod3xw #
beautifully articulates something that’s been on my mind for years: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/coyote/detail?entry_id=37806 #
one-block walk to the mailbox did me in. Definitely not well. #
@gpelz it’s snowing in Arvada now, just started. Scary winds, too in reply to gpelz #
@gpelz we’re in whiteout conditions with thunder and lightning. Weird. Glad I’m at home. in reply to gpelz #
unfortunately, not a joke: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7976513.stm We’ll miss the horned green guy #
results of Monday’s mammo: they want me back for another look. Just what I freakin’ needed right now – a cancer scare. #
@robbogio she: “It’s been said ‘Now our hands are free.” B: “I’m the only one with my hands tied.” caption: the journalists laugh at this BS in reply to robbogio #
streets outside my home look like an ice rink. I’ll be going in late to work today. #
@MyMelange ugh. way too many teeth in that photo of Obama, Berlusca, and Medvedev in reply to MyMelange #
new MacBook Pro seems to be a solid brick of aluminum – dense! #
@missbhavens I always wondered whether performing in public was addictive. Now I know (re your dad at pizzeria) in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens and so many performers also do actual drugs. Hmm. Gotta have that rush somehow? in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens re “remember me”, the real hardcore fans won’t expect to be remembered because you know what they say about Woodstock… in reply to missbhavens #
things I should be doing, would even like to be doing: ~2 million. Things I have energy to do: 1 (read Terry Pratchett) #
@Flemsta somehow I find it even scarier that there IS a German version [of La Casetta in Canada] in reply to Flemsta #
@lbridenne76 I suspect we’ll be hearing from an authorized source soon. No, I have no inside knowledge. in reply to lbridenne76 #
for pity’s sake someone call me and interrupt this phone call I’m on! #
the desired interruption was achieved. Thank you Twitter – and Shawn! #
@shawnferry well, you’ve got my number now! in reply to shawnferry #
I am so tired I have not even started up my brand new MacBook Pro that arrived today. But I’m not sure I can go to sleep. #
a new blog from Woodstock School: http://anne-india.blogspot.com/ #
via @maddow fun in a railway station: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6b9bMBXpg (don’t try this at an airport – TSA would NOT like it #
@italylogue discombobulated = scombussolato? (lit: “Lost my compass.”) I’d been meaning to put that on my site somewhere. in reply to italylogue #
one problem with being awake in the middle of the night is I get hungry #
@hikari in emtrambi i casi [bloggers e giornalisti], ci sono sempre gli “ins” e gli “outs”. Mah. in reply to hikari #
sometime today I’m going to have to go out and buy a Firewire cable for the new Mac #
acquisition media coverage drinking game: one shot for every headline that uses some variation of “Sundown” or “Sunset” #
@shawnferry I know where to find plenty. Another reason to go in to the office today… after my 8 am phone meeting and the mall for a cable in reply to shawnferry #
@miglsd need to grab video. Will ask the Mac experts what I need in reply to miglsd #
@miglsd I’ve had one in my hands before, shouldn’t be that hard in reply to miglsd #
new video: Cross-Platform Testing with Virtual Box http://blogs.sun.com/opensolaris/entry/cross_platform_testing_with_virtual #
there is a large rodent or something running around in our office ceiling, probably about to start nesting in some important cables or other #
@shawnferry [re add “Eclipse” to the drinking game] good one, especially with its multiple possibilities in the Java world. We’ll all be smashed within 15 minutes. in reply to shawnferry #
@pizzocalabro confused about how to use a hole punch? He may be cute, but short on brains perhaps? in reply to pizzocalabro #
likely to be snowed in for another two days. Too tired to mind. #
@avinashkaushik it already feels like that [paralyzed without an Internet connection] to me. So many things we now take for granted not possible without the Internet. in reply to avinashkaushik #
@avinashkaushik me, neither. I’ve been online since 1982, most of my job has been about the web since ~1995 in reply to avinashkaushik #
setting up new MacBook Pro. clicking directly on the trackpad is disconcerting, and very heavy. Will go buy a mouse #
@fakejonathan yes, but which 10,000 [Sun employees may be laid off]? The “experts” don’t seem to agree on that. in reply to fakejonathan #
@IgorMinar cool, thanks – that led me to a cool video demo of everything you can do with the trackpad in reply to IgorMinar #
@missbhavens what’s useful in that [MacHeist] bundle? I looked, wasn’t persuaded in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens seemed interesting enough, so I bought it in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens have to admit, that was one of the major temptations for me… in reply to missbhavens #
UI kudos to macheist.com for apologizing that their form doesn’t accept accents in names (almost no form does, but most are much ruder) #
It’s a good thing so much of my life is online; easier to reconstruct my travels for tax purposes. NB Twitter date search is broken #
Dad’s back in the hospital, after just a few days at home. I wish I could do something to help his wife with all this. #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-03-29: NYC, NJ

March 29, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

@thepartycow if you wear an unusual size the choices diminish radically #
Watching little girls in a Bharat Natyam (dance) class in New Jersey #
Airport ad says “think IBM”. Thanks. #
another mother-daughter trip to NYC over. No, I do not want to know how much I spent spoiling her. Again. #
@ThinGuy they’re not good at RSVPing for adult parties, either. But I don’t give them goodie bags. ; ) in reply to ThinGuy #
@TomBolini raisins in reply to TomBolini #
Delayed flight and Bumpy arrival in Denver but at least I slept. #
@amandachapel cowboy hats don’t look quite so stupid in Texas. in reply to amandachapel #
women who travel too much lose their jewelry. Fortunately, the Roosevelt Hotel found it. Forgot to pack an entire drawer. #
hmm. Why did Frontier Airlines charge me $5 to watch TV when I never did? #
turns out the Frontier charge was for a beer I actually did drink. Would help if the itemization said so. #
trying to stay awake for an important meeting. Reviewing subtitles is not conducive to awakeness. #
@penelopetrunk as long as the kids can’t see them, you’re okay. Though it might be nice to talk with them instead of your phone. in reply to penelopetrunk #
today is my first anniversary as a Sun employee #
@koolinus I’ve had quite a lot of free drinks in the last few weeks, actually… in reply to koolinus #
@MMaryMary it just didn’t win the popularity wars. Videoblogging seems more common these days, but no one can agree on what it means in reply to MMaryMary #
this one’s for @italylogue http://tinyurl.com/c3hpdg #
@italylogue they’re so damned cute, who cares if they can’t sing? ; ) in reply to italylogue #
@timbray how did you miss them? We had them at C1. Email me your address. in reply to timbray #
@ingenthr trust me, we got plenty. Send me your address as well. in reply to ingenthr #
@ingenthr or if you’re in MPK, talk to Terri or Teresa – they should have some in reply to ingenthr #
@freeholdhal my coping strategy with Ibis is to be doing 3 or 4 other tasks at the same time, to give it time… to… think… in reply to freeholdhal #
BTW everybody, saw Valentino: The Last Emperor in NYC. Extraordinary film. Wonderful story of a 45-year life and business partnership. #
@MichaelRolland tons of Italy on my site – food, language, sights… https://www.beginningwithi.com/ in reply to MichaelRolland #
my worlds collide: another high-tech Woodstocker: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/feb09/7452 #
when/why did Twitter stop notifying us of new followers? Who are all these people anyway? #
…but all Deirdres should follow each other. #
is there a way to share Tweets thru Google Reader? That’s how I update http://tinyurl.com/ckzr72 #
“daily Bible reading for Catholics” is following me?!? auto-adding gone wrong, I guess #
@dreamofitaly problem with Alitalia even at low fares is that a lot of the time they simply don’t fly due to employee wildcat strikes in reply to dreamofitaly #
@deirdresm I believe one of my latest followers is a Deirdre I met at SxSWi. in reply to deirdresm #
@missbhavens hell, I can’t get any of my family to read much that I write, no matter where. Sure would save time if they did. in reply to missbhavens #
@missbhavens mom won’t read my newsletter, “I don’t like to read on the screen”. She sent me a 4-pg email after her sister fwded 1 of mine in reply to missbhavens #
@Schlomo might help if you removed the reference to a girlfriend from the header of your tumblr page #
@lskrocki what’s a travel waiver? in reply to lskrocki #
@pizzocalabro I read that book a couple of years ago and remember almost nothing about it except the crow on the cover. Hmm. in reply to pizzocalabro #
huh, just ran across photos from a Woodstock alum’s film shot on our home ground: http://www.flickr.com/photos/umaih/ #
so this is what serious snow looks like #
I actually prefer waking up slowly and lingering over my coffee. Never knew that til now, when I’m living sans family. #
@ChuckBlakeman it’s not the 2″ already on the ground, it’s the 10-18″ predicted. And it’s already 4-5″ where I live. in reply to ChuckBlakeman #
@rjsauter lots of both. See http://blogs.sun.com/deirdre for more info. As a matter of curiosity, why do you ask? in reply to rjsauter #
@rjsauter we’re doing a lot of very cool stuff in SM. see http://tinyurl.com/dlg7sl by @lskrocki in reply to rjsauter #
@rjsauter Sun is also interesting in the openness and freedom we have as employees to blog etc. No one’s looking over our shoulders. in reply to rjsauter #
@rjsauter give us details, @lskrocki and I can talk to our bosses. It’ll be a tight schedule for me – I have to go on to Germany for ISC in reply to rjsauter #
augh! My videotaped voice sounds just like my mother #
looks like Twitter and FB aren’t talking to each other anymore, but I don’t know how to fix that. So my FB friends will never know what I’m #
with a 4 ft snowdrift in front of the garage, I don’t think I’ll be leaving home tomorrow, either #
roomie out shovelling snow so she can go out. She is, of course, quite mad. But I love her. #
@alecmuffett wow, cool, how did you come up with a file that big? in reply to alecmuffett #
@alecmuffett oh, duh, reading backwards now I see it in reply to alecmuffett #
@India_Insights re social media summit in Mumbai – so wish I could! in reply to India_Insights #
Italy’s major news agency doesn’t know how to spell “earth”: http://tinyurl.com/dfqtk7 #
think I’ll wait for afternoon and warmer temps before I try to shovel snow (have I ever shoveled snow in my life? I’m more tropical) #
@stephenfry it’s worth searching out the real Balinese art among the tourist tat. Some amazing stuff, seemingly hallucinogen-induced. in reply to stephenfry #
another organized-crime martyr in the making: http://tinyurl.com/c7h39u Italy has already had too many #
I guess I should go out and shovel snow now while the temperature is all the way up to 32 #
after half an hour of shovelwork I can now drive my car out of the garage. And am far too tired to do so #
@ericmortensen I’d like a way to classify the people I follow: videobloggers, Italian friends, expats, Sun, open source… in reply to ericmortensen #
@ElaineEllis <cough> yes, lots. but my collection is back in Italy this one is worth buying http://tinyurl.com/daxhpd tho diff from movie in reply to ElaineEllis #
@Schlomo you couldn’t have had that urge when I actually was in SF? in reply to Schlomo #
uploading another C1East video, awaiting victim approvals on the first two, looking for slides from another, need to regrab video on last #
@DavidHowell did I put you in touch with the Sun video folks? in reply to DavidHowell #
this is really not the moment for our blog search to be sucking #
@Schlomo fyi, would also help that whole “I’m single now” thing if your twit icon pic didn’t feature a woman in the background in reply to Schlomo #
@caseymckinnon eek! I would never want anything with a beak and talons like that anywhere near /my/ naked skin in reply to caseymckinnon #
@missbhavens it’s a good thing we don’t know what hospital you work at. ; ) in reply to missbhavens #
Community1 East panel video http://tinyurl.com/c9zhuo #
@emmabird I was disappointed at how few visitors we got over the years. Milan isn’t much of a draw, I guess. in reply to emmabird #
@emmabird our Lake Como place has certainly been more attractive to guests, plus it’s bigger… in reply to emmabird #
Lecco makes the NYT: http://tinyurl.com/ctm492 #
Telecom Italia strikes again: cut off from making international calls because she has a foreign accent: http://tinyurl.com/cfe7jb #
@emmabird people do ask if I know George Clooney, not realizing that this lake is 50 km long and he lives on the other side in reply to emmabird #
@sumaya re UN resolution – Hell no.! I do not automatically respect beliefs of any kind. Beliefs must EARN respect, not have it mandated. in reply to sumaya #
@gaspart che la devi portare a ballare in reply to gaspart #
@freeholdhal took a few seconds to parse your tweet. Where I come from, Shiva doesn’t sit – he dances. in reply to freeholdhal #
I enjoy most of what most of you tweet, but I wish I could filter out all the sports references. Except maybe World Cup Football. #
@italylogue okay, I’ll make an exception for cute Italian players, even if Totti is an airhead (on a par with Beckham) in reply to italylogue #
@jeffreytaylor you considered for a whole seven minutes? ; ) in reply to jeffreytaylor #
Monsters vs. Aliens: @SaraD @lskrocki Linda gives it a B-, Sara’s grade considerably lower. #
Roomie and I watched “Vicky Christina Barcelona” last night. Bleh. No chemistry between any of them, not much humor #
@jimgris very sweet! in reply to jimgris #
@pizzocalabro sometimes you just gotta dance by yourself in reply to pizzocalabro #

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