16 posts from September 2009

• 10:58 Pro Tip: If your client gives you a PSD to convert, don't be afraid to send them a suggestion that works better. We just approved one. #
• 11:32 Two things: 1. Today is Costa Rican Indepedence Day. 2. Someone stopped updating the CR holidays Google calendar. :/ #
• 11:35 Hillary Clinton congratulates CR on 188 years of independence: www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/09/129194.htm #
• 14:40 Just realized I missed Vint Cerf. :( #
• 14:57 Pro Tip: Find a mentor. Note, however, that someone you admire has the option to decline your request for mentorship. Still, find a mentor. #
• 15:11 @Brad a mentor to get you where you want to be. be it writer, drug dealer, tiger trainer... there's always someone to look up to #
• 15:12 I need to hire this cat for my office: bit.ly/Qsnyx #
• 15:36 @Brad there's gotta be someone tangible who lives that character's life. A mentor advises you on getting to where they are. #
• 15:38 discovering "corporate culture" is more about gathering around contention than participating in development. Who am I kidding? I knew that. #
• 16:42 @Brad common happenings when people become heroes. I know if anyone is looking up to me I want to dissuade them immediately. It's all lies. #
• 16:43 mentorship does require a little ego, doesn't it? #
• 16:55 @Brad I think everyone knows when someone watches them. I also think rarely does anyone practice what they preach. #
• 17:24 @Fru people with resolve categorically moan & complain less. I'd bet my salary on that. #
• 17:24 @plasticmind agreed! #
• 17:26 @Brad there's weirdness that occurs where being humble can produce ego: I'm so much more humble than you; I pity your level of awareness. #
• 17:30 @innerspaeth if you promise to include the word "armpit" in your inaugural address, I will promise to attend. May even settle for deodorant. #
• 17:30 I love Williams. I really really love Williams. Where would this office be without him? Definitely not a piece from cake, that's where. #
• 17:34 @Brad hmm... yeah. maybe he needed a mentor like you. #
• 17:35 Out the door, braving to rain to get home and play MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 2 (wow a whole day without tweeting about it)! JUGGERNAUT! #

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• 09:51 Trying hard not to google the Kanye/Taylor fiasco at work. Thoughts in meantime are two: #
• 09:52 1) T. Swift is cute! She seems cool and she did the video with T. Pain on the CMAs... why would someone hate on her? #
• 09:54 2) It was a long time that Kanye was on the sidelines before he got his start. He knows why; now so do we. #
• 09:54 I guess I know what I'll be watching at lunch hahaha #
• 10:41 not sure where people got the idea that catching a 'tude/holding a grudge is going to endear your offenders to you. Trying not to go there. #
• 12:56 @innerspaeth where's the afterparty? You can smuggle the information through the usual channels. #
• 12:57 @syonache happy bday! #
• 12:58 @funkaoshi I heard the kid on the cover entered college a couple years ago. #
• 13:01 lunch in my office (gasp), hoping the presentation I'm scheduled for at 1:30 actually happens so I can be at the dentist at 2. #
• 13:02 @froggyjumps yeah he coulda just let Joe Wilson be the bad guy. Roc-a-fella wasn't stupid making him produce all them years. Volatil e, man. #
• 13:24 so what if we have support for everyone--what then? What if we make it so no one could lose or fail; would we really be better off? #
• 15:44 From my dental hygenist: if you or I tried to walk on the stage with T. Swift we'dve been tackled. I blame MTV for a ratings ploy! #
• 15:45 Also from my dental hygenist: Taylor should definitely take the stage on Kanye's next award. #
• 16:39 Tweet and retweet were sitting on the bridge... tweet jumped off. Who was left? (via @crystal) #
• 17:01 so my industry hero left a star-studded firm to start her own company. Can I afford to hire her now? I'm about to find out. #
• 21:09 I think I'm gonna start riding the bus again. I really hate driving to work. #
• 21:13 Sitting next to @fru on the sofa. she's got a throw over her legs. the tv is off both of us have laptops open. This is the new growing old. #
• 21:23 @Fatty_Magoo pretty much the reason WHY i roll out of bed is the internet. #
• 21:25 Kanye West: YO SWAYZE I KNOW U JUST DIED & ALL & IMMA LET U FINISH BUT MICHAEL JACKSON'S DEATH WAS THE BEST ONE THIS YEAR" (via froggyjumps) #
• 21:32 holy crap a K OREAN female wrestler on WWE? (yeah @fatty_magoo I switched to see Trish--and missed it) #

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• 02:03 long talk of searching souls really giving me something to think about as I call it a night. #
• 10:22 Excellent blend of 50's/60's soul in this 'Bucks. Dropped Mexican friends to airport, waiting for German one along with some from UAE. #
• 10:31 Wow; bit.ly link to NY Times article = spam pop up that alerts--even on an iPhone. #
• 10:57 Michael #Jordan speech stirs controversy bit.ly/s5UQy (via @jess3) man so much respect for that dude. #
• 11:10 Klaus, what happened to this German precision? Faring friend from Cote d'Ivoire farewell while I wait for this Romanian in Deutsch residence #
• 12:45 Big boo tu US Airways for recommending arrival 1hr before departure but bumping you 45 minutes before. That's a 15 minute window! #
• 12:47 Mad props to the US Airways agent who let me swap my new ticket for one on my original flight (which I made easily). You saved the day. #
• 12:47 MCO - DCA DIRECT! #
• 15:01 Home. yfrog.com/bevhvj #
• 17:16 Anime marathon! #
• 22:03 Finished Yozakura Quartet in one sitting. Probably better that way, being a 12 episode series tha t doesn't pick up 'til ep 8 or so. #

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• 07:51 just did not want to get up this morning, despite the 10-hour snoozefest. I'm beginning to think it's the bed. #
• 10:08 Forest Lake's "Deeper" service leaders talking about being ok with failing at worship service. #gien #
• 10:34 Potographer father teaching photographer son yfrog.com/0hnl1lj #gien #
• 11:51 No matter how many times I'm subjected to it, praise music brings out the skeptic in me. Pondering religious emotion over religious reason. #
• 12:28 Speaker's video lacking audio, so he makes the audio himself. Genius. Crowd applauds. #
• 13:51 @Milli I'm really not sure how to take this new spin on the opposition Millz... or should I call you Mill Sharpton. #
• 19:00 GiEN is DONE! #
• 19:01 still work to do tho. :/ #

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• 17:10 As promised, discussed healthcare as a right with @carpenterale yesterday. Refreshingly amicable, splitting philosophical hairs. #
• 17:12 Today, talked shop with German colleague Sascha. Happy to find his work process reflects my intentions as well. #
• 17:20 Tomorrow, possibly driving an hour--after day's events--to see someone I haven't seen for at least 15 years. Pondering ramifications of not. #
• 19:40 Anyone who is genuinely interested in national health care should read this: bit.ly/9qadO (thx @funkaoshi). READ IT ALL; be informed. #

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• 06:57 when by day starts this early you better be ready. The sun isn't even up for cryin' out loud. :/ #
• 08:59 ADRA: 100 billion spent for bottled water in a year; UN says 40 billion can provide water, sanitation for all. #gien (via @giencon) WOW. #
• 09:14 Choppy Finley DVD reminds me of Max Headroom. Sorry, just had to say it. #gien #
• 09:42 @carpenterale 5th year! #
• 10:42 Put a link on a slide and listen to the laptops in the audience type it in their browser. #gien #
• 16:38 Augere. #gien #
• 23:01 great dinner with @Jodi_Kiely and her beau. On the way home found a noraebang near my hotel. Sooo tempted. #

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• 00:53 Driver/third wheel for Williams and his wife for a late dinner at IHOP. Why is everything in ORLANDO ALWAYS CLOSED. no nightlife at all. #
• 00:54 my irritation is largely because I can't settle on a font for my presentation. #
• 15:52 Hectic day. Got everything ready for the show to begin, but I'm still being a jerk, apparently. The two may be related, methinks #
• 15:55 Carol holding back tears less than an hour before registration starts. The stress is high, but the show must go on. #
• 16:00 Time to go down. Wear the smile, handhold, coddle. You haven't seen ugly until you've made it happen. #
• 16:36 @ichbeninchworm how am I calling her out? I'm not being spiteful I'm stating facts--partially in the hopes That you'll feel sympathy. #
• 16:38 @ichbeninchworm if I shouldn't say she's holding back tears should I have said how much I missed her yesterday? #
• 16:47 Just like me, Carol is now smiling and laughing. The show has begun. #
• 16:50 @ichbeninchworm twitter asks, "what are you doing?" at that time, I was making carol very angry. We were "doing," together. #
• 17:11 @ichbeninchworm believe me, they were very public. Also worth noting not 10 of 500+ people who could see that tweet have a clue who she is . #
• 17:13 @ichbeninchworm if I said a fellow airline passenger held back tears would you care? My mom? @fru? Perspective and proximity. #
• 17:46 @sethw I got a new wallet from a leather store at an outlet last month. $8 because it was also 50% off wallets. Try Woodbury Common? #
• 17:50 in the storage room for a short reprieve, catching up on tweets. #
• 22:22 politeness is way overrated. truth? now that's the stuff. #

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• 00:18 I'm going to complain to enterprise car rental that if they're gonna always be so awesome they need be everywhere. Like MCO, like RIGHT NOW. #
• 00:21 Half hour standing waiting for payless car rental shuttle. Ah, here it comes. #
• 11:35 @Fru omg my wife is 31??? :P #
• 11:41 This is one of those meetings where everyone says, "let's do more!!!" and then goes home to do the usual. I can feel it. #
• 11:43 @Brad oh crap you're right! Note to self: more crunches, buy roses. :P #< /li>
• 11:44 @mager good luck on your first day #
• 12:31 Sofar meeting theme has been convince your treasurer to support technology. My inquiry into end-user satisfaction was evaded. #notgettingit #
• 12:33 bailing on the afternoon part of this division tech session to meet @sevenality and put my presentation down on pixels. #
• 15:46 @Brad her birthday is in MAY. :P #
• 15:50 Glad to finally meet @sevenality, but they were so shy! Like I was gonna bite them or something lol #
• 16:44 Carol! Oh how I missed her. #
• 17:16 @gorgeoux Mac Pro. If you are outpacing that machine when fully loaded, you've got serious problems. #
• 17:32 Recalling Petty's Superbowl performance bit.ly/VXG2q (part 2of2), channeling the energy to finish up these tasks. Those guys ripped! #
• 18:33 @Milli I prescribe a shower. Failure washes off pretty easy, so there's no excuse for walking around smelling like that. #
• 18:40 "I’m so old, I remember when if you didn’t support the president, you were a traitor"(via @gruber) Totally agree. Here's 1 R behind da prez! #
• 20:42 Picking up Russian attendee. Interactions like a bad joke. #

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• 12:02 "Without strong brands, consumers buy with their wallets, not their hearts." The more I think about that, the more true it becomes. #
• 12:04 Benefit of coming to work on a holiday? Quietness, no interruption, and a random running into of @etmueller's brother! #
• 12:06 @Brad your tires could need balancing. also possbly alignment; when you let go of the wheel does the car veer to one side or stay straight? #
• 12:32 @Brad www.43things.com/entries/view/2930645 #
• 12:54 @Brad pretty much, especially if the your happiness is coming from the relationships and not from within. Check the entry's link for context #
• 12:54 Forgot how much I had written about being happy with self on 43things.com bit.ly/4onyFE (read from the bottom up for best results) #
• 16:30 Packing up for the next adventure. Though my travel seems small-scale next to others, the 10-year old Leftsider'd be pretty impressed. #
• 18:20 @Milli to @giencon! #
• 18:23 DCA-CLT-MCO in T minus 30 #
• 1 8:52 @Fatty_Magoo I'm starting to hate you, meeting all these bands. #
• 18:52 Already missing @fru. #
• 20:42 Deja vu: exact same place, different time. www.vimeo.com/1349409 Tonight the soundtrack is kanye's "love lockdown." #

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• 01:07 What the World's Poorest Can Teach Us About Money Management bit.ly/r2ncX #
• 12:57 Probably a little too much bike tweaking to know what's improving and what's not yfrog.com/0w3qqj #
• 13:41 Biking, frosted flakes, gaming... What a gorgeous Sunday! #
• 16:17 Really would like Twitter on xbox live to happen already. #
• 16:19 Hey @comcastcares, if I can purchase a movie on my tv, shouldn't I be able to view a reciept(i.e. monthly statement) as well? #
• 16:36 @comcastcares looking forward to it. Got the idea from tv-enabled hotel checkout. Simpler, but similar. #
• 20:45 Finished chapter 3 of Ninja Gaiden2, but balked at the guards on chapter 6 of Mirror's Edge, doing time trials instead. Enough for today. #
• 21:08 Auto-tune the News is at episode 8, and they are getting dangerously close to genius: bit.ly/I1hm1 #
• 22:15 no unread items. #

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