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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-06

skairam — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Speaking of anti-vax movement, check this awesome clip from Penn & Teller: http://youtu.be/RfdZTZQvuCo / via John Riedl (is he on Twitter?) #
@msamywallace tells how she was attacked & sued after her Wired cover on anti-vax nuts: http://bit.ly/9xMBOF /via @anildash, @chr1sa #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-30

skairam — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Does anyone know what's happening with the mess of cop cars that just screamed on to 280 at 6th street? High speed chase? #
No joke, in last 1/2 hr, I just saw commercials for websites for both cheating spouses (http://bit.ly/bXLQeo) & cougars http://bit.ly/97LTB3 #
Sometimes I want to be the 1000th person to copy someone else's status word for word just to see if anyone still thinks it's funny #
@kpanciera Ad Hoc at Home and the ice cream maker are currently my favorite 2 things in my kitchen. They make me happy…and fat. #
University students, I bet you're looking for a sweet gig after you graduate. @twitteru is officially here for you! /via @twitter, @yardi #
@sharoda Yeah! Planned to stop 8/31, but projects taking longer than expected, so will be in semi-frequently for a few more weeks. #
As I prepare to leave @PARCinc, moving to office I used 2 years ago when I first started / Moving in w/ @kevchirp to make room for @sharoda #
@msbernst If you crowdsourced a way to hunt down & remove multisyllabic words, would you have a Human Flesch Search Engine? #
How did the LATimes write this article on 'predictive policing' & manage to avoid a reference to Minority Report? http://bit.ly/cDtOgI #
RT @furrier: Berkley professor writes a letter to his students tell them of the big cheat http://bit.ly/9aVVnY /via @atul #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-23

skairam — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Great time tonight cooking up some delicious pizzas with @djblest and friends. http://yfrog.com/bg6o3yj http://yfrog.com/bh7ajyj #
Jobs: Update to Address iOS 4 Performance Issues on iPhone 3G 'Coming Soon' http://t.co/zNygW6I via @sunshineamonra @MacRumors » I KNEW IT! #
News today: Does the prez believe the insane set of ancient superstitions he claims to believe or does he secretly believe that other one? #
Just cheered on a friend performing in Team in Training fundraiser. She got an intro from @fernandoandgreg! http://yfrog.com/mszdduj #
@chezspencergo was such a big hit with my sister that they're giving us our dinner on the house…er, truck. in reply to chezspencergo #
What is a Twifficiency & why is everyone trying to find theirs? (Srsly, how is there so much discussion over a random opaque #?) #
Reminding myself that yak-shaving is a necessary evil in research as I open up Microsoft Paint. #
I think we're in the future now » RT @mashabletech: Miracle Film Turns Any Surface into a Touchscreen – http://mash.to/2r39d /via @etlovett #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-16

skairam — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000

@KevChirp Whoa, I don't bike, so that just seems insane to me. in reply to KevChirp #
Taking some well-earned "me" time and going to the gym for light workout and swim…then back to the grind. #
AAA just keeps paying for itself. Did you know you can do DMV stuff at AAA office? Just renewed registration with no lines – in 5 minutes. #
@kaseya Well, the new select options box puts things I use often in a dropdown, adding extra steps, & I generally just think it looks weird. #
Am I the only one who finds the new Gmail buttons/menus less visually appealing and more difficult to use? #
@edchi Haha, but I'm sure it took grant money! Also in other news, "Science is Hard" – discuss. #
NEWSFLASH: Headline from ACM Technews: "Speech Recognition Systems Must Get Smarter, Professor Says" – duh? #
@grammarnerd Or you could take that as a sign from Jesus Jobs that you're supposed to take over 4chan? #
The @OKCupid blog continues to be the best website blog of which I am aware – New post: How to look good in photos: http://bit.ly/dbqNvw #
@feastery did a pretty decent job of capturing my attn. with some beta launch buzz, but what have they been up to for the past couple weeks? #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-09

skairam — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000

@katrina_ Hah, just scrolled down to find many tweets about it so I guess I'm late. Why anticlimactic? The climax will be if/when confirmed. #
Has anyone else seen the supposed proof of P != NP circulating? http://bit.ly/cunRV3 V. Deolalikar/HP Labs: http://bit.ly/cw2p5R #
@r0wb0t At Equinox – but before you judge, it's really the only gym close to both my house and to PARC! #
First time in the pool after a several-weeks long hiatus – felt great! Now time to go hunt for @schauertime in Dolores Park. #
So is it my imagination or is the new @twitter Who To Follow feature just @mrtweet but with less functionality? http://bit.ly/aRgOw4 #
@KevChirp Re: Parking – I'll see your Nightlife and raise you some Giants games! #
@chr1sa talk at #PARCForum has me energized and motivated to go home, start playing with my Arduino, and build some stuff! #
Economics for open source is different for hardware than software: hardware has a real cost, the 1st item you sell turns a profit #PARCForum #
@chr1sa: "Almost anything if you apply 'open' to it makes it kind of interesting" #PARCForum #
@chr1sa showing off his product: open source DIY kits for unmanned aerial vehicles: http://diydrones.com/ #PARCForum #
@chr1sa referencing http://techshop.ws/ – $100/month gets you access to hacker space with tools and supplies to build #PARCForum #
"The global supply chain is now impedance matched to the individual" – if you want 10 of something made, you can make it happen. #PARCForum #
The 3rd I.R. will be applying this idea of democratization to atoms instead of bits (creation/distribution of physical objects) #PARCForum #
1st industrial revolution consolidated power into factories, and the 2nd (now) is democratizing tools of creation/distribution. #parcforum #
Focus of @chr1sa talk will be applying success of open-source software model to physical stuff. #parcforum (w/ insights from his companies) #
Checking out #PARCForum w/ @chr1sa from Wired: Atoms are the New Bits – http://bit.ly/atomsarenewbits – Livestream @ http://www.justin.tv/parcinc #
To whomever is heating up the baby-back ribs in the toaster-oven: I am now officially too hungry to work. Going home. #mmmribs #
Tending bar at rehearsal dinner for @msbernst's wedding. http://yfrog.com/n330383134j #
A federal judge in CA today overturned Google Wave, claiming it is unconstitutionally incomprehensible. RT @tara, @laughingsquid, @davidly #
Congrats! » RT @edchi Just agreed to be the Technical Program co-Chair for #CHI2012 conference. #
Awesome – Judge Vaughn Walker overturns Prop 8 – @nymag announcement: http://bit.ly/9jkArD & PDF of court docs: http://scr.bi/bEC0Yi #
Argh, had to re-schedule a research subject today because my Flip video wouldn't import to iPhoto this morning & didn't have enough space. #
Happy birthday r0wb0t! Would today be an appropriate day for 'skiving'? #
RT @newsycombinator: Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling in Graduation Speech http://bit.ly/caSXbz » Rather eloquent high-schooler. #
They'd probably have done a better job of swaying people against Prop 8 if they had showed more hot couples on TV. http://exm.nr/aNxH7Y #
@redlog I reheat everything w/ oven or stove. Don't even own microwave – they're only good 4 measuring speed of light: http://bit.ly/dCS9vZ #
Does anyone know if there are any readily available stats on how many URL's have been bookmarked on delicious? Thanks! /cc @vark #
@smc90 Nooo, I clicked your link and read the title and then instantly had to scramble to close it. Dexter fans beware! #
Okay, we freaking get it already. You want to be a billionaire. Now shut up and get in line for the One-Hit-Wonderland Express. #
@paulesque Oh, it wasn't a mystery – more a set of q's like whether all orgs. are requiring IRB approval for HITs – in what cases, etc. #
Someone asked me an interesting question about IRB and MTurk yesterday & I realized I haven't really thought hard enough about the answer. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-02

skairam — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Hmmm Sunday wedding and monday morning don't make for a happy combo. #
Tending bar at rehearsal dinner for @msbernst's wedding. http://yfrog.com/n330383134j #
Holy crap! There was a tornado in the Bronx? http://bit.ly/9bsfmm (less than a mile from where I used to go to school) #
@sunshineamonra got me an ice cream maker, but now he's reaping the benefits! Made Mexican Choc. ice cream on Tues. & Cardamom today #mmmm #
@paulesque In the normal web interface, at least, I don't think so – once you hit reject, the little checkbox to reject/approve disappears. #
Looking at FB Questions, now that it's actually working for me – interesting that they don't show (clearly, at least) who asked a question. #
@msbernst Actually, it says it was written yesterday! Don't forget time zones: It's 4PM PST, so it's prob. like, uh, 2008 in England now? #
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #san_franci #researcher #twitter #sanfrancisco #hci #socialcomputing #
Does FB Q's just match question tags w/ tags that people explicitly put in their profile? If so, @vark still miles ahead technology-wise. #
RT @JessinSF: Interessssting. Facebook questions = Quora? http://twitpic.com/29iw9v (via @resawu) #
@msbernst @paulesque @resurgens Wow – just saw on ACM Technews, looks like http://wgatweet.com is getting some press: http://bit.ly/9kgpfK #
@borismus Was that dataset released by FB or crawled and compiled by someone else? Re: http://goo.gl/TZlM (FB data for soc. comp. research) in reply to borismus #
@msbernst @paulesque @resurgens Good job with http://www.wgatweet.com ! (Though the MTurk ratings of my tweets made me a little sad) #
In my dream last night, a major plot point was determining whether or not certain events occurred in a (2nd-lev) dream. #damnyouinception #
@EvanMPeck Did you arrive at the coffee shop in a TARDIS? #
@EvanMPech Did you arrive at the coffee shop in a TARDIS? #
@sharoda If it helps for planning in the future, once you unpack in the Bay Area, you probably won't want to leave again =) #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-26

skairam — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0000

At Fifth Floor. @sunshinamonra astounded by our 10-year-old dining companion: "Excuse me, sir, how is the octopus prepared?" #
@SchauerTime It was really quick, like somebody on the other side of the room jumped and landed, so likely easy to miss. #
Trouble with living so close to the highway is that I'm never really sure if I've felt an earthquake or not until I check Twitter #
Trying out the new Digg Alpha. It's a lot prettier but hard to evaluate until I see more friends on there who I actually want curating. #
Argh, why is it so much harder to find errors in your research survey BEFORE spamming the whole organization to ask them to take it? #
Study supports structural balance theory in virtual world interactions: http://bit.ly/crrHEC » Perhaps 'proves' is too strong a word? #
Inception last night was great – pretty much perfectly walked the line between complexity and comprehensibility. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-19

skairam — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0000

At Inception with @sunshineamonra. Attempt 2 and got a seat this time, but theater is packed even on a Sumday night. #
http://bit.ly/cQ7Idc ROILA: Spoken lang. (words from English, Dutch, & var. African langs.) for Human-Robot InterXn. » Was e-Speranto taken? #
DARPA planning human trials for prosthetic arm operated via neural interface: http://bit.ly/d3VpVT /via @wired #
RT @nytimes: BP Says Oil Flow from Well Has Stopped as Cap is Tested http://nyti.ms/9liVdn #oilspill /via @edchi #
Congrats to @grammarnerd on your Google PhD Fellowship! http://bit.ly/googphd #
Amazing idea! Recycled Island: a plan to convert the Great Pacific Garbage Patch http://bit.ly/9VKvv2 into http://www.recycledisland.com/ #
@redlog @yardi Thought Leskovec/Kleinberg disc. of status theory was v. compelling – cool to see it modeled this way for indiv. tie choices. #
P.S. Once a few people get roped in, 140-char Twitter discussions start getting really unwieldy… #
@sharoda Other solution: eschew humans altogether; spend thesis time on building robot partner /cc @msbernst @yardi @katrina_ @redlog et al. #
@katrina_ @msbernst @yardi @drewwww Be happy u'r not polyamorous; even physicists can't solve the 3-body prob. (Insp. http://xkcd.com/613/) #
@katrina_ Re: Two-body problem, just spent plenty of time talking about it this past April & no females involved. #
Okay, Eclipse is poss. on my list of the worst movies I have ever seen in theaters – wish I had more than 140 chars to express my WRATH #
RT @Loofadisc: info graphic on the trust-worthiness of beards. awesome. http://pixelspread.com/images/beards_trust_2.jpg #
I just joined Feastery – seems like an interesting foodie-twist on the Woot/Gilt/Groupon/Zozi/EVERYONE model: http://bit.ly/dkmvL2 (to join) #
Twitter now returning users in search result – curious how these are being computed: http://tcrn.ch/cL1d0W /via @parislemon #
@chrismessina Ah, my bad – I signed up so long ago – it looks like only a certain set of buildings are wired for Webpass. #
@chrismessina We use WebPass and it seems to work pretty well. Fast & none of the outages I used to have w/ Comcast: http://bit.ly/aSebpO #
@sharoda Congrats on CI Fellowship! ASC is a great group and you'll have a great time at @PARCinc! /cc @edchi #
.@chockenberry CHOCKLOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS #MOVIESWITHCHOCKLOCK #
So if the new containment cap appears to be in place, when do we hear whether the oil has stopped or not? http://bit.ly/9BquDX #bp #
RT @parislemon: With the BP leak containment, is someone going to have to enter "4 8 15 16 23 42" every 108 minutes? http://bit.ly/ajKyqL #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-12

skairam — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0000

EpicWin: iPhone app that combines a to-do list w/ a streamlined RPG. http://youtu.be/AmKwF_Si734 /via @jzy @codinghorror » GWAP win. #
@spurpura I was watching CNN over the weekend & I swear it was just Josh Levs & Fredricka Whitfield laughing at stupid YouTube videos. #
If you are interested in SXD but couldn't watch #PARCForum today, much of what @gentry talked about & more is here: http://bit.ly/96PTsp #
Judge declares US gay-marriage ban unconstitutional http://bit.ly/b3Z7of /via @dannysullivan » Wondering how this will play out… #
If you do social software right, it's going to change the community, which will change the software, and so on… #PARCForum #
Reasons that Knowledge Sharing solutions fail is rarely technological & more often the result of the human side of the equation #PARCForum #
@gentry from @IDEO speaking today at #PARCForum "Beyond Ethnography: Observation & intervention in Social Software Design". #
Stay classy, Oakland (please?) #
Natl. Inst. of Allergy and Infectious Diseases researchers find antibody that "kills 91% of HIV strains": http://bit.ly/ch9lkf /via @WSJ #
Fast Company searching for 2010's Most Influential Person Online. How influential are you? Find out at their site: http://fcinf.com/v/ae7j #
@woot calls out AP for re-printing their web content after AP charges other blogs $$ to do the same: http://tcrn.ch/cl9GBH /via @parislemon #
Forgot to fact-check this AM! Back to the Future 2 took place in 2015, not 2010! http://bit.ly/a1TQ88 – How did this faux-meme get started? #
In "Back to the Future," Doc sets Delorean clock to day 25 yrs in the future. Today is that day! /via @edchi, @stevebuttry, @mathewi, et al. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-05

skairam — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0000

@KuraFire I have never seen a movie get such ridiculously angry, sarcastic, vituperative reviews – I am absolutely going to see it! #
This review has me curious if he's right to posit Airbender as ingenious parody (much like Showgirls?): http://bit.ly/9t0YbE /via @KuraFire #
@WebEcology launches 140Kit (http://140kit.com/) – open research platform 4 scraping Twitter data » Sounds promising! /via @informor #
Apple iTunes in the cloud with wireless stream/sync? Have been dreaming of this for a while! http://bit.ly/bRs0dy /via @smc90, @techmeme #
One problem with being up early is that I'm ready for lunch at like 10:30 AM – need to stockpile some snacks at my desk. #
@ljmecca For some reason I thought you would enjoy/hate this http://bit.ly/duJZ48 (Guinea pig fans perhaps shouldn't click…) #
Wow – Finland makes broadband Internet access a "legal right": http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/07/01/finland.broadband/ #
RT @verbicidal: Thesis submitted. plane boarded. Let the fun begin. » Congratulations! #
@PARCinc Absolutely! Among ASC's full-timers, I count 6 diff. countries (and a lot of soccer fans). in reply to PARCinc #
@avanai Was quick to relay tweet from @WSJ before getting time to read full article – good clarification. #
Benefits of working in a largely international group: early, possibly long lunch at nearby pub to watch #worldcup #
Supreme Court strikes down landmark anti-fraud law, Sarbanes-Oxley. Much more to come at http://wsj.com /via @communicating, @WSJ » whoa #