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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-23

Ryan Joy — Sun, 24 May 2009 05:59:59 +0000

Wow. That’s why Lebron is king. #clevelandrocks #
Of to HEB for groceries for tonight’s French Cuisine Potluck. I’m making Coq au Vin; @RNSuprJade is making Zucchini, Lemon, Ricotta Galletes #
Anyone have BSG Season 3 Disc One I can borrow for the day? Apparently there were FOUR episodes on that one. I have disc two from Netflix. #
@Tori Heh. Thanks, anyway. I’ll find it online. Let this be a UX lesson. A tiny ‘more’ button buried under other text is bad. #
@davegoodine looks delicious! #

Ryan Joy — Sat, 23 May 2009 05:59:59 +0000

“Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special kind of courage.” http://tr.im/m6WZ #
I wonder if I should sell my current iPhone 3g BEFORE June 8th? #wwdc #
Survey writers: Add more irreverence plz! It makes filling out your survey FUN and HUMAN. Don’t write for robots! http://tr.im/m8gp #

Ryan Joy — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:59:59 +0000

RT @atxkat: OH capmetro radio transmission: he has no pants on, and I am in need of assistance. #
@Seaberg Turn on POP access next time you can get in Gmail. Access from Mail2Web or some other web client. Or, access from iphone/mobile. #
May have found my newest Internet diversion: Awkward Family Photos http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com (thx to @caraferguson) #
RT @joehewitt: Embarrassed and ashamed to [wanna] be an iPhone developer after reading about the Eucalyptus rejection. [Really, Apple?] #
Clarification re: my earlier tweet: I’m the wannabe iPhone developer, not @joehewitt. He’s a rockstar developer. My RT was confusing. #

Ryan Joy — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:59:59 +0000

@timothompson Uh, Austin has always been the bikey, coffee-shop filled, food cart (walkable) city in TX. I think that’s why we live here. #
@kathywarren @timothompson Fair ’nuff. I, too, would agree w/ the contrived nature of many of the new downtown establishments. #
Apple == elitist/luxury brand? Pshaw. I’m at a stoplight next to a mudding truck w/ Mac, NASCAR, Edelbrock stickers. #premium #
Who are these freakishly tall people around me? I’m 6’1″ dammit! #feelingshort #
Must remember the sense of hearing is degenerative. Must remember the sense of hearing is degenerative. Must remember… #hearing #liveshow #
Ladies: Vanilla scent smells like strippers. I don’t think I’m the only guy who thinks this. #
RT @timothompson: RT @coffeeandqueso: newsflash: tasty sriracha isn’t thai, it’s american-born and bred! http://tinyurl.com/qxd3jr #
@yatahazy Could be worse. It could be more expense report emails. #

Ryan Joy — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:59:59 +0000

@DougWick Austin is the only place left, yes. I like the moonlight towers. They’re unidentified floating illuminated objects at night. #
I LOVE the Bill of Rights on ths Dollar ReDe$ign concepts http://tr.im/lMve -btw, only 2% of U.S. know even 4 of the rights in 1st Amendment #
@doogsatx See http://tr.im/lNnV and http://tr.im/lNnB to realize just how illiterate wtr to civics the U.S. electorate has become. #
@doogsatx Oh, and high school students apparently don’t see the First Amendment as a big deal. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6888837/ #
To ensure I wasn’t speaking out of my ass re: my previous U.S. civic literacy rants, I took this quiz http://tr.im/lNB1 – scored 96.97% #
@DougWick @jdeeringdavis I missed #29 (‘public good’ question). Take heart! Y’all did excellent! Some questions/answers were poorly worded. #
Jeez. I HATE when I fix a bug and then repeatedly refresh the page in frustration only to find that I’m looking at the wrong environment! #
@jinglejammer Not quite yet. TX Senate ‘advanced’ SB1164 today, but it has not come up for final vote. The House declared it dead last week. #
@kathywarren Ouch. That’s going to get expensive. #

Ryan Joy — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:59:59 +0000

RT @NASA: Lead flt director on today’s handrail issue: “This is why we have humans in space –we can deal with things like this real time.” #
RT @DougH: Need to show someone what makes Facebook Connect cool? @poweredinc’s video is a good place to start http://bit.ly/19EBpS #
I think the tweet stream this wkd from @NASA and astronauts like @Astro_Mike have been absolutely awesome. #humanizing #
RIP @debutaunt 1967-2009. Her spirit surely lives on in @michellegreer. My condolences to her and her family. #
Biden reveals location of top-secret VP bunker? Seriously? There really should be a gaffe-o-meter for him. http://tr.im/lGaG #
Uruguay lifts ban on homosexuals serving in the military. http://tr.im/lGbE [There's a joke in there somewhere, I #
previous tweet shoulda been "There's a joke in there somewhere. I'm sure of it. Colbert will have fun with this. Seriously, wtg Uraguay! #
"Few Jobs in Places Like Portland and Austin, but the Hipsters Just Keep on Coming" http://tr.im/lGCk [This city needs more hipsters. Not.] #
http://robo.to/atxryan #
Testing out a push notification app on the iPhone courtesy of the Apple Developer Connection. Wishing the test app were a Twitter app! #
Heading to #HEB for grocery day. My ‘brands interaction’ experiment (announced yesterday) is about to get even more insane. #

Ryan Joy — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:59:59 +0000

: @lllevesque and friends completed a triathlon around the same time I decided that staying in bed was better than spin class. Congrats! #
I am trying to log all of my interactions w/ brands during my day. I’m going to try it all week. It’s actually pretty daunting. #
@marlaerwin Interactions are explicit, as in ‘using a colgate toothbrush’ not as in ‘driving past a wal-mart’. #
@marlaerwin I’m also identifying passive and active; I didn’t know I had a colgate toothbrush but I do know that I use Crest toothpaste. #
These guys must KILL at beer pong. http://tr.im/lBk0 #

Ryan Joy — Sun, 17 May 2009 05:59:59 +0000

Well, damn. VivaAerobus is halting flights out of ABIA. http://tr.im/lur9 – I heard positive things, but never had a chance to fly w/ them. #
Looking forward to seeing RENT for the first time at UT PAC w/ @RNSuprJade and @atxjo. #
With Google’s Rich Snippets there is now an economic incentive for implementing #microformats. #

Ryan Joy — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:59:59 +0000

“Eight months after my last payment to the bank, I am still waiting for the ax to fall.” Good read re: Credit Crisis – http://tr.im/loh0 #
Email opt-in checkbox: “I’d like to receive email confirmation of my order, plus free e-newsletters and notification of specials.” Devious! #
I’m thinking a margarita or similarly refreshing libation is in order this afternoon. Anyone wanna meet up? #
Dear anyone retweeting that CA overturned Prop 8: Check your sources. The linked LA Times article is a year old. Prop 8 still stands. #
Just came across @Statesman’s new photo blog: http://photoblog.statesman.com. I’d like to see collections like Boston.com’s Big Picture. #
@natanyap I look forward to trying out that place. I always give new restaurants the benefit of the doubt for the first 6 months to ‘gel’. #

Ryan Joy — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:59:59 +0000

With the way Yahoo! treats HTML emails, I can see why marketers want to send image emails. No
margins? Linking MY text to YOUR ads!? #
RT @jeremya: Twitter circa 1935: http://twtrl.com/6gO/flickr #
The #first users I followed were @lllevesque @BaldMan @nertzy @ppk @myownroom @codehooligans http://bit.ly/EOlA8 #
@natanyap Were either blueberry? I smelled blueberry in the break room. #
I think I will have to actually ride a bike in to work tomorrow. http://tr.im/lnRe #
Ack! What the hell in my Gmail inbox caused the “How to cure bacterial vaginosis” ad to appear? #