August 2009
just loved Mayer Hawthorne - MS, Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out [Astronote Remix] http://x.hypem.com/3DiGYy on @hypem
We ask this about companies every day at work (#CEB $EXBD), RT @HarvardBiz: Why Do We Ignore “Best Practices”? http://bit.ly/nc51I
just loved Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No http://x.hypem.com/2rSXMV on @hypem
Taking a break and watching Mad Men online, not the best quality full-screen on my laptop but good enough http://twitpic.com/fzzwf
Joannie playing the accordian and singing in French on Mad Men is great but doubt it was her actually singing
Happy Bank Holiday. If you’re at the office I feel for you but if you’re not *working* today, doing whatever it is you love, then lock it up
Went for early morning coffee & bagel on Brick Lane & was quietest I’ve ever seen. Only saw revellers ending all-night bender, no one else
Man, wish I was there for this, heard these guys deliver one hell of a good live show, RT @MeToo: MGMT live at Rock en Seine - the crowd:
RT @iamkat & @snowmaker55: Latest video of Grand Opening of new SNOWFLEX Center in VA yesterday- http://bit.ly/R0Uwt
Should do this at #CEB, RT @loic: get your friends to follow you on twitter thanks for pointer to cool post @stephane http://bit.ly/3E293
Back from Victoria Park run. Saw older gentleman dressed in dark green wool, WWII solider fatigues & British Side Cap. Anniversary maybe…?
RT @baratunde: “There were nearly naked supermodels sitting on the laps of nerds playing Doom” - @JasonCalacanis on the 90s .com era #wlip
Reading Josh Harris of We Live in Public profile in the New York Times http://bit.ly/MevCI (hat tip to @jason)
Watching President Obama’s eulogy of Senator Edward M. Kennedy via New York Times
Tennis Integrity Unit (WTF?) warns tennis players about Twitter during U.S. Open, b/c of gambling reasons, sounds fishy http://bit.ly/hryAe
Congrats @sacca, RT @TechCrunch: Angel Investor Chris Sacca To Launch $5 million Early Stage Venture Fund http://bit.ly/2RrgKE by @arrington
Very cool indeed for the Creative Commons: Anne Wojcicki and Sergey Brin Support CC with $500,000 Gift http://tinyurl.com/l9pj4t
For UK streaming music fans, RT @TechCrunch: Spotify Gets The Green Light For Its iPhone App http://bit.ly/AXyhA by @mikebutcher
I’m in dual-screen Nerd heaven, Via Gizmodo: GScreen’s Dual-Screen Spacebook Coming Soon(ish) http://tinyurl.com/lcnwxj
Finishing Fri. work before pub, 3-day Bank Holiday & Notting Hill Carnival. Listening to Stars’ song “Undertow” http://tinyurl.com/nutmjg
RT @JeffSchuler: While N. Americans are bicycling to save the earth or be practical, the Dutch ride because they enjoy it http://is.gd/2Do4d
Brush your shoulders off, RT @dominiccampbell: Today I officially became Ghetto. ‘Whaddup, G?’ I was asked. ‘Um, fine thanks’ I said. Brap!
The Great Google UK Fire, supposedly caused by a rooftop barbeque gone astray http://tinyurl.com/Google-UK-Fire
RT @om & @jenmartinez: everyone keeps citing today’s nyt article [on Twitter], but i wrote about this a coule weeks ago: http://kuex.us/1c52
RT @CEB_MLC: Economist on mobile barcoding tech-if you’re direct B2C mrktr, better have 2010 learning plan for mobile http://bit.ly/UdpBm
RT @fredwilson: WE LIVE IN PUBLIC (documentary won \t Sundance) opens NYC IFC this Fri, Aug28. Don’t miss it! #wlip http://bit.ly/jtPC7
He has a point, RT loic: when @davewiner is pissed for good reasons, you can feel it. What is an asshole? http://bit.ly/9290F WOW
The Lion of the Senate passes away http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/us/politics/27kennedy.html
Microsoft apologizes for race-swap photo incident (and sucks at Photoshop too) http://tinyurl.com/MS-Race-FAIL #MSFAIL
Hey @peterlamotte, you attending DC TwitterCon http://twtrcon.com/register/ ? CEB colleague @MattStevensUK asked, thought you might be
Beautiful summer night in London and I’m just coming home now in a cab. And yes, still have Stars’ “Undertow” on repeat. But I’m energized.
“…killing time, with gin and lime…” never sounded so beautiful http://tinyurl.com/l5e3yv
RT @IAmKat & @LMSnowflex: Check out the USA’s first snow-free ski slope! Liberty’s #Snowflex Grand Opening August 29th! http://short.to/ny77
Hmmm…RT @TechCrunch Mark Zuckerberg: “Spotify Is So Good” http://bit.ly/4aT3y1 by @arrington
Sent txts to wrong people twice now in 2days; started typing & sent w/o thought. Guess my mind’s been other places…
RT @mikebutcher & @stefanobernardi: Announcing “Learn How To Build a Startup” course by @thestartupeu & @startup_school http://bit.ly/VGjFf
Another reason I hate (& laugh @ telecoms) RT @nickdonnelly: Nokia Cleverly Jumps from 1 commoditized marked to another:http://bit.ly/GXDHS
just loved Stars - Going, Going, Gone http://x.hypem.com/iMQW9 on @hypem
For the Montana fans out there, RT @ElaineUehlein: Anthony Bourdain in Livingston: http://bit.ly/21st1j
Hilarious, RT @JasonCalacanis: Hank Azaria was on fire on @kevinpollak’s show yesterday… VIDEO IS UP!!!! http://kevinpollakschatshow.com/
Enlighting thesis, never heard of him before, RT @Jason: My pal Sam Harris on Real Time w/ Bill Maher—super smart guy http://bit.ly/3YMK1E
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23) →
DJ Vadim (49)
Monocle Magazine (17)
The Flaming Lips (12)
Kid Cudi (3)
Dirty Projectors (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Music for your Monday: Stars-Undertow, Hasan Salaam-The Reign, O’Spada-Pay Off
Working late, having wolfed down Burger King double-nasty/special burger faster than flies on sh*t— I’ll pay price later so why do I do it?
Listening to “Undertow” by Stars, on repeat, via @Grooveshark: http://tinysong.com/5wbI
Soon person will get PhD in statistically parsing Twitter data streams b/c tweets contain so much info. Via @mediaeater-http://bit.ly/3wiVz2
RT @TechCrunch: The Complicated Truth: What’s Really Going On With Apple, Google, AT&T And The FCC http://tcrn.ch/85Q8 by @arrington
