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Tag: Twitter

  • Audio of How To Undermine Women Whilst Being “Nice”

    Audio of How To Undermine Women Whilst Being “Nice”

    In response to this:

    women reading blog posts

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  • Live Tweeting My Own Talk

    Live Tweeting My Own Talk

    collection of tweets from my talk

    The other week, I live tweeted one of my own talks. It’s captured here (thanks Kelsey!). I’ve been live tweeting a lot lately, and when I attend talks I take notes and/or live tweet so this became a natural extension. I’ve noticed a couple of other speakers (Kronda and Jo Miller) using tweets as part of their talks, so I wanted to try it.

    I picked this talk because it was a small audience, and a last minute invitation so I was okay with being slightly less polished than usual, and because of the topic. I was talking about what happened at Grace Hopper (GHC) and live tweeting things that other people’s talks, so live tweeting my own seemed fair.

    It was a slightly last minute decision, as I was going through my notes I had a thought “what if I do this” and so I didn’t have time to optimise it! I used Jo’s strategy of saving the tweets that I would send out in my drafts folder, and decided to number them at the start (1), (2), etc., so it would be easy for me to see at a glance which one came next. I accidentally tweeted instead of saved one as part of this process, but I quickly copied the text and deleted it so it was OK! I made sure to put my phone on DND mode so that I wouldn’t be distracted by notifications.

    The best thing about live tweeting my own talk was that it allowed the reach of that talk to go beyond the small audience in the room. The collection itself has been pretty popular (and it made me very happy that someone had thought my remarks worth collecting!) as well as the individual tweets having good levels of engagement. It’s also nice that the message of this was curated by me – records of women speaking are often imperfect (my friend and amazing speaker coach Denise has been working on this for a long time) and I have been diligent about documenting my own talks in part because of this. One thing that I have done for a while is collect the tweets that happen during my talk into a Storify, it’s always a surprise what people have pulled out, or haven’t. In this case, the people in the room didn’t tweet at all, so if I hadn’t captured it myself there would have been no record, other than my notes (which I will eventually put up in a blogpost).

    The drafts section of Twitter for iOS is not really set up well to do this. It was multiple taps to share each tweet. Buffer and “share now” would have been far better, so if I decide to do this again upgrading to Buffer Premium might be a better way to go, or giving my phone to a trusted friend in the audience.

    I think I do need to pause more, so I figured taking this time for silence would be a good thing for my audience but I don’t think this worked as I had hoped – rushing to work through the UI to get to the buried drafts folder, scrolling down to the bottom. Not ideal. I know it made me less good at eye contact. It also meant that I was working from two devices – my notes on my iPad, and my tweets on my iPhone. A talk that I’d spent more time preparing and been more familiar with, I could have used the tweets as my prompts and just shared them as I progressed through the talk. I did this talk without slides, and adding those transitions in as well would have been way too much!

    The final question that I have to ask myself in a debrief of this – will I do it again? Not in that format, but maybe. I tend to prep a talk really well and reuse it, and I don’t think I would want to live tweet a talk more than once. This particular one was full of tweetable soundbites and timely, my talk on mobile is full of stories and I don’t think it would work as well. Maybe the talks I prep for next year will work better. I’ll either get a friend in the audience to help, or use something like Buffer with a better interface for storing a backlog of tweets and sharing one by one.

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-20

    • Excellent brunch with @write_girl and @ericarw! Thanks for hanging out <3 #
    • atypical sunday for me: brunch with @ericarw @write_girl, bootcamp with @Krajewski83, cooking, working all day. 3 of these are good things. #
    • Somehow @melissabernais got me the perfect gift, despite having no idea what was going on <3 http://t.co/K1AepfRd #
    • What to wear for a 630am meeting is haaaaard. I compromise my not brushing my hair but leaving the snuggle off-screen. #
    • This is a beautiful story – unspoken mentorship – http://t.co/gjMKvyO6 /via @rebeccasliter #
    • "Not one of the women I have heard from had an outcome that was not worse for her than silence." – http://t.co/9KANjiNn /via @triketora #
    • This is pretty cute, analog sms – http://t.co/xnLjclUS /via @hmason #
    • My personal hell (@ Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) w/ 37 others) http://t.co/MzUAdONE #
    • Sad to be here without my Australians and my intern! Had to carry my own luggage 🙁 (@ LaGuardia Airport (LGA)) http://t.co/ZXhR0nmx #
    • This billboard is pretty cool! Goes all the way around the building http://t.co/H2otFPwl #
    • Awesome but depressing: What If The Male Avengers Posed Like The Female One? http://t.co/l7gvnrvy /via @leapingwoman @BiatchPack @e_morrison #
    • Love this post by @fillenumerique on resilience – A Day in the Life of Resilient Knickers – http://t.co/1Yf6cJ0Z /via @sarahlmathieson #
    • Oh this app does look really neat! Flixel – http://t.co/EaICXQLs /via @lccarson #
    • Love the highline, even when it is raining. http://t.co/Ezi1OZWe #
    • Absolutely love that @tammypetro and I celebrated both our birthdays together, on two different continents (and both hemispheres!) <3 #
    • Feel like I have to choose between the slightly crazy long term bet, or the predictable short term one. #
    • I like this – The Cult of Positivity: If You Dream It, You Can't Necessarily Become It – http://t.co/8wSdZweI /via @oliverburkeman #
    • Interesting: relationships are made up of leftovers, because you do the intersection of what you both want to do – http://t.co/EfFbnJp4 #
    • This is a FANTASTIC article on white dude privilege, using video gaming analogy – http://t.co/UHsIs2XI /via @lccarson #
    • So nice to see @hmason! (@ bitly HQ) http://t.co/VZTACXOh #
    • Last night in NYC for foreseeable future, walk across town to Nike store for fuelband. Arrive 6 minutes too late. Head to bed. Rock'n'roll! #
    • Getting my fuelband! Finally! (@ NikeTown) http://t.co/KiyQCalj #
    • Cab driver terrifyingly furious about traffic and how he was being kind to take me to the airport. Then the singing started, even scarier. #
    • But now I'm hanging out in the lounge with a guy from many flights ago who taught me how to bribe people. Random and lovely! #
    • So weird that this time 2 weeks ago I was returning from sydney! (@ Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)) http://t.co/9IDPhDxx #
    • Weird to feel sad but also optimistic? Current mantra: some things you don't need to last forever, you just need them to happen. #
    • Other weird and semi depressing thought: it's nice to have romantic interludes that end non-disastrously. #
    • I think of potential disastrous endings and am grateful they will now never happen. And people find me unromantic! #
    • Shutting @5 over the long weekend! This sucks. (@ The Athletic Club Waterloo) http://t.co/stBN0JFU #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-13

    • Can't wait to take that boat! Falls are magnificent, can't believe I didn't come sooner. [pic]: http://t.co/QACfaY6y #
    • "It's hot living in a plastic bag" http://t.co/HLrTny7N #
    • Pictures from Maid Of The Mist – So awesome! [pic]: http://t.co/45PC1JML #
    • Amazing time with Leslie today at Niagra falls! Pictures: http://t.co/QACfaY6y #
    • It's 1:30am and I'm getting up for the day. Result of horrific jetlag and obsessing about uncertain things is insomnia, apparently. #
    • Sunrise! http://t.co/gD0KnIt8 #
    • Well this is depressing, Feminine role models found to not motivate girls to study maths – http://t.co/A8raYBww #
    • Lots going on this week. Monumentally jetlagged. NYC next week. Feel like I'm about to lose my mind. But still, I'll get to see @tammypetro #
    • Ooh the next @GirlGeeksKW event is up! May 29th and we WILL sell out! http://t.co/iBzXlVYc #
    • Look what @zmagg sent me! And @Flameass delivered it to my desk on a day when I kinda needed a reminder <3 http://t.co/I1znpFzs #
    • I meant to clean up my apartment this evening but instead tackled my inbox… Which means lots of emails saying "I'm sorry I suck at email" #
    • Perhaps that should just be an autoresponder. With link to a random number generator that makes up a number for likelihood of me responding. #
    • Everything seems better after a couple of hours of cardio. Starting to love my secret pre-dawn life. #
    • Our UX designer wrote some code, he tells me: "It looks really good. Not the code, that doesn't look really good, but when you run it" #
    • Oh this is amazing, I love @27bslash6 – "What burns with the light of a thousand suns and is in the letterbox?" – http://t.co/Qxy1S0xP #
    • Remind myself that no news is not bad news, but the phrase "you are obviously awesome" counts as a Good Sign RE new adventure, right? #
    • Although it could also be used in a hyperbolic "It's not you, it's me" rejection… #
    • And this kind of thinking is why my friend sent me off to bed with "Good night! Nothing bad will happen!" which I did find comforting 🙂 <3 #
    • Love this visualization of people moving around manhattan, as told by geoloc on their tweets – http://t.co/uCG3IH6Z #
    • Friend fixed a problem by restarting her computer. Took ages to think of it as not on windows, so restart is not the solution to everything. #
    • Love this article – the highest craft – http://t.co/ZYSIZMGm /via‏ @jliyi @ailiangan @wynlim #
    • 30 girl guides @googlecanada this afternoon, filling the dream career badge! Hopefully some of them will realize software is a dream career. #
    • Intern on panel: "I have a lot of role models, professors at school, engineers I work with, people who are dead" #
    • Same intern: "three parts of being an engineer: meetings, email and actually doing stuff" – this girl is awesome! #
    • Always an inspiring and reassuring evening with @lccarson http://t.co/dZf2EJ7O #
    • News! Finally! And positive, I think 🙂 #
    • Wow this is disgusting behavior – Dell should be so ashamed – http://t.co/MBihtrCH /via @bennettbusiness @CNET #
    • Good advice here – 3 Things Professional Women Should Stop Apologizing For -http://dld.bz/bz6Ms /via @JuliaRosien #
    • Having one of those days (maybe, weeks) where I'm tired of dudes and their obliviousness of male-privilege. Not all, but enough to irk me. #
    • Exciting! Light-field camera allows focusing after the shot, and creating 3d images – http://t.co/5DYksg8X – /via @fillenumerique #
    • Big plans for today, gym, spa… But main thing is: no computer, no email, no work! #
    • Two weeks ago I did a stunning 10k hike to Manley beach and had one of the best Saturday nights in… Forever. I miss Sydney! <3 #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-06

    • Hot chocolate after a crazy speed boat ride! Perfect! (@ Café Sydney w/ 7 others) [pic]: http://t.co/URb2LYES #
    • Can't believe it's my last weekend in Sydney! Will be so sad to leave Michael and @tammypetro. When life is chaotic, good friends are gold. #
    • Yes! Solved the issue from last week that was causing multiple weird issues that made me feel like a crazy person. Win! #
    • Idyllic! http://t.co/fNuuZuoB #
    • This place is quite kitch but peaceful, something I really appreciate and need at the moment. http://t.co/aL89lVvS #
    • Charming! http://t.co/ZedyPOZF #
    • The cascade "tumbles directly into the lake of brightness" http://t.co/DoPgQIvr #
    • Kind of love this place http://t.co/B58uNWrl #
    • There are also people dressing up in traditional Chinese costume (not pictured) http://t.co/tB0557oY #
    • Weirdly for all this is a Chinese garden, the place it reminds me of most is Kyoto. http://t.co/BwPzobTu #
    • I know I'm in the city because I can hear the cars and see the buildings… But it seems far away! http://t.co/ouGNPIOF #
    • <3 http://t.co/mWTVmitk #
    • Of course the name "lake of brightness" makes me think of Anne of green gables http://t.co/YRh8YKxV #
    • Taking a break for some fresh air and sight-seeing (@ Chinese Garden of Friendship) [pic]: http://t.co/EAw3saoJ #
    • Bonzai trees! http://t.co/H9eSYCwI #
    • I cannot believe I'm leaving in 4 days. Don't want to! http://t.co/PqibBNXG #
    • Submarine! http://t.co/IsGk9khp #
    • Secret this week on @postsecret about being an international nomad. My international nomad secret is: I haven't loved anyone enough to stay. #
    • This article is hilarious – The 7 Most Baffling Things About Women's Clothes – http://t.co/hBsSBmvn /via @AvocadoDog #
    • Exhibit Aims To Convey The Wonder And Beauty Of Math: this is what math is meant to look–and feel–like http://t.co/FeQ0aNUt /via @aranoff #
    • These pictures of North Korea are eerie. Such impressive buildings, so few people. http://t.co/c18gH3ew /via @amyallcock #
    • Even the relentless positive can't positivize this, so I'm hiding out in a corner rocking out to Bad Romance. Is it weird that it helps? #
    • I have to say, @lccarson just made my day with this epic Lady Gaga a-capella cover of Bad Romance. Love it! http://t.co/CtuYBp9e <3 <3 <3 <3 #
    • New event added to calendar titled: "DNS – Tentative: Searching for Inner Peace (again)" #
    • Colleague shows me a paper and says "hey, did you see anything like this before? It's health insurance." #
    • This is adorable – I wonder what the world would be like if we were nicer to snails – http://t.co/WRB549zE @aranoff #
    • Hard truths: Do What Works, Not What's Satisfying: Pseudo-Striving and our Fear of Reality-Based Planning (Study Hacks) http://t.co/A3A82Okh #
    • Interesting effects if you see you mind as separate from your body, or not – http://t.co/ljaveH4z #
    • Finally good news in the morning (as opposed to bad news, or no news). I will have health insurance when I get back to Canada! Yay! #
    • Removed "tentative" from "DNS – Searching for Inner Peace (again)". I'm going off the grid for a month in the summer. #
    • My manager is amazing, I can't wait to reconnect with my creativity and get some perspective. Everything is going to be OK. #
    • Trying again: "I wonder what the world would be like if we were nicer to snails" http://t.co/brKPrRPz /cc @intrstngtimes /via @aranoff in reply to intrstngtimes #
    • Ooh checking out the @kwawesomefound applications, there are some exciting things there! Next pitch night should be a good one! #
    • So I was watching a video of a course I'm giving and feeling pretty despondent, when colleague dragged me on a cruise. http://t.co/U7uvPQIJ #
    • The guys are raising the sail! Exciting! http://t.co/Sxb4gFFq #
    • Loving this weird light http://t.co/LfQ49X9e #
    • This is where the prime minister lives! http://t.co/cxpFlJOo #
    • Still don't know what island this is! http://t.co/wZ4Kuw99 #
    • I bet the view up there is pretty awesome! http://t.co/5xmzaCfw #
    • I'm steering! http://t.co/fN6tnWM4 #
    • Tweeting whilst driving! Luckily we are barely moving! http://t.co/pfyQ9ZZ1 #
    • Circular quay http://t.co/0r2QIw3b #
    • It's beautiful! http://t.co/hrwGcUQw #
    • Back on solid ground! http://t.co/4VoDHdfw #
    • Colleague tells me: "when everything collapses it's the manifestation of shiva. Take that as amazing luck" – he means it. #
    • My friend says: "a man having a wife at home taking care of things is an asset. A woman having a husband, is a liability." #
    • Female animals have real, deep friendships – http://t.co/H2KDHNDy Female humans open up at nail bar – http://t.co/65atbdaM (love this blog) #
    • Love, inspiring – "They're just pixels. You can do better." http://t.co/9M81R3PH /via @serenangai #
    • Hilarious advice: "I am not asking you to cure cancer. I am just asking you not to spread it." http://t.co/nmyExlxH /via @triketora @knga #
    • Really sad it's my last day in Australia. Really sad about recent chaos. But confident that 3 months from now I'll be glad it all happened. #
    • Welcoming good news and progress after a week that brought only bad. Reminding myself that crisis creates opportunities for new adventures. #
    • Gotta love the view of the harbour http://t.co/ZsR9axG3 #
    • Ooh this is fun! It's spinning! /cc @lccarson @tammypetro http://t.co/UGPmtf0f #
    • This is cool! You might not be able to see but there starfish. http://t.co/imncpgK1 #
    • Don't waste another minute http://t.co/LZpGr0Q5 #
    • Enjoying my southern hemisphere birthday and new adventure celebration with @tammypetro her boyf and Michael! Dinner @ mamak <3 #
    • This is a really good post on technical interviews – http://t.co/AwGK3KzD /via @jyhsu /by @raganwald #
    • I like this – 28 Ways to Stop Complicating Your Life – http://t.co/FL92brtS /via @Tending2Entropy @therobcampbell: #
    • Weird but… fabulous? Dress made out of ford car parts – http://t.co/2bReRA0g /via @krusk #
    • I'm 27! And heading back to #kwawesome BIG changes coming up for me but I'm psyched about it. #
    • In cab on the way to the airport. Can't believe it's been 3 weeks exactly since I arrived. Seems like longer but also no time at all. #
    • Really leaving! :,( (@ Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport: Australian Customs and Border Protection Service w/ 3 others) http://t.co/Ne4zUFTH #
    • Noooo forgot to get @melle timtams and the selection at the airport is poor! People who know me will not believe how little I shopped! #
    • On the plane, really leaving! Next stop, vancouver! But there's a baby in the exec cabin? Nooooooooo! #
    • About 79% of technical women have a partner who works fulltime, compared with 37% of technical men – http://t.co/CJNgVvim /via @ncwit #
    • Back in Canada! (@ Vancouver International Airport (YVR) w/ 13 others) http://t.co/DZCE3oR7 #
    • And now I'm 27 in the northern hemisphere! Feels slightly less good after 14 hours on a plane. #
    • Frantically managed to freshen up before boarding flight again. Can't wait to get home and shower! http://t.co/ugc4LDfh #
    • Book igloo! I want to go live in it. http://t.co/aZuwhguL #
    • "…great moments often catch us unaware – beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one." http://t.co/HEZCfr42 /via @jyhsu #
    • Omg look what I came home to! This is amazing! http://t.co/ThzvPsup #
    • Must stay awake another 30 minutes to hydrate and it will be a reasonable time to call my favorite Australian and tell him I love his gift! #
    • Starwars bluerays. I have the starwars box set already and neither a blueray player nor a tv. But I love them anyway because he tried! #
    • Dorking out with @serenangai (@ St Jacobs Model Train Exhibit) [pic]: http://t.co/HLRhbQ3S #
    • 7am in Sydney right now and I kinda do feel like I stayed up all night! #zombie #
    • Event for catalyst camp! (@ Google Waterloo) http://t.co/0EBjCZ0s #
    • Ooh asparagus @versesrestaurant http://t.co/ILgi360j #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-29

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-22

    • Fireworks! http://t.co/ZZ8Gw1PR #
    • View from @tammypetro's place. Love it! http://t.co/ehKDHhZk #
    • Last night @tammypetro took me to a grocery store (amazing!) and told me about sweet expat tax deal and that visas might be easier if <30. #
    • I may have to move here. @Pj_Lowe predicted this, although she thought I would fall in love with a person, not a park and fresh fruit. #
    • View on my commute this morning, isn't it great? http://t.co/LZKnZps5 #
    • I have been by water for about 75% of my walk to work. Which is awesome! http://t.co/0Iu1CaRf #
    • Lost in the casino. A more extreme version of lost in the supermarket. (@ Star City Casino) http://t.co/9LWgnSam #
    • And health insurance nightmare continues, now I have a new questionnaire and need to give information about intended "dangerous activities". #
    • Incidentally, I don't know why my response to bureaucracy is "I should just move". Moving causes the MOST bureaucracy. #
    • Comment from colleague, "but your hair is exuberant and not at all stupid" – going to take it as a complement. But my hair does like Sydney. #
    • All the buildings have a pink tinge. Obviously, I approve. http://t.co/XHd46F8z #
    • Michael got me drunk and I became completely fixated on his eyebrows, which are like two furry caterpillars. I think this serves him right. #
    • Also, tried pimms and lemonade for the first time. I am a terrible Brit, because I didn't like it. Adding to list of reasons to live abroad. #
    • This is cool – now is the most exciting time to be working for the internet – http://t.co/SSKV8Mo8 /via @serenangai #
    • "Stop living your life in the gray zone." The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time in HBR – http://t.co/31iYwKJi /via @theirishdancer #
    • LOVE: "I had it easy. The computer didn't care that I was a woman or that I was black. Most women had it much harder." http://t.co/lCm6Drcl #
    • Why yes I am arriving at work at 630… And it's still kinda dark. And rainy. http://t.co/7wIX4hiq #
    • You know, that moment where you move forward on one option and have to act to verify what your other options are? That. Nervous now. #
    • Interesting – HBR on Conscientiousness in star performers, and putting people on the management track – http://t.co/6F0kbUHq /via @triketora #
    • "I almost prefer outright sexism, because at least that you can point out" Ugly underbelly of coder culture: http://t.co/9gnRZUo4 /v @owenmp #
    • If I find a phone but don't get round to returning it, am I dishonest or selfish? – http://t.co/ovxZ6Wsh #
    • Deleting all the things! #
    • Seriously awesome, check out this installation @google NYC by @darkigloo – longer than a city block! http://t.co/BJuuef2V in reply to google #
    • Still raining today 🙁 http://t.co/r2Ktm9pq #
    • Love these pixilated crayons – http://t.co/RQeCzcUu #
    • Great idea! Should you break up with your boyfriend? There's an app for that. http://t.co/T9K6QUTw /via @Merenlin @fablednet @coreyhaines #
    • Amazing article about Hilary Clinton "When you bitch about your fellow woman, the terrorists win" – http://t.co/CLLigJEN /via @rebeccasliter #
    • This fountain is awesome! http://t.co/W93bGZ5L #
    • French colleague has decided it's not a problem that he often doesn't understand me, as siri often doesn't either. #
    • I'm ambitious. There, I said it. why the world needs more ambitious women – http://t.co/PnlspkgY /via @dgou @bitchwhocodes: #
    • This is cool – code is all around us – http://t.co/6eB1zpXG /via @Kim_Moir #
    • One of the most fascinating things I have read recently – You Are Not So Smart: Ego Depletion – http://t.co/YK5BMG0J /via @skrud #
    • And finally, it stopped raining! http://t.co/PVyPvnNv #
    • It's a beautiful day! http://t.co/HQNQqkVm #
    • Very exciting, @googlecanada is the best place to work in Canada! (But I knew that already) http://t.co/22Zz9vAl #
    • Today is my interns last day. I'm devastated and beg him not to leave me. I think he thinks I'm joking. #
    • Sky looks pretty cool this evening 🙂 as does that boat! http://t.co/MHUYI6XZ #
    • My colleague eddy just did an awesome stand up set! So proud of her! #
    • "Albert Einstein Was Gender Blind When It Came To Women In Science" – http://t.co/VRgStKmn via @The_Grindstone @steminist #
    • "It's your job to make yourself happy. No one will do it for you… It's you, just you." http://t.co/5w8YNsbC /by @mypromotion #
    • Interesting post – Some things to think about before you exhort everyone to code: http://t.co/275iKK0u /via @antiheroine #
    • Sushi time! Andrew is excited! http://t.co/q7bTYFIL #
    • Andrew and Michael talking about power resisters, transformers and circuit boards. @tammypetro and I find it adorkable http://t.co/DzumdlLr #
    • I can see the ocean! Don't remember the last time I saw the ocean! And this is a different ocean! Even more exciting! http://t.co/8PD7jt4M #
    • This is so cool! http://t.co/wRkWCaE2 #
    • Bondi beach! According to comedy show last night, this is where internationals come to pick up other internationals. http://t.co/zjfCrvtH #
    • We're on a boat! http://t.co/7YFNugfd #
    • Amusement park! Love it! http://t.co/JB8uPIGd #
    • Epic time at Luna park! http://t.co/oyRmM5Oh #
    • Sydney harbor bridge http://t.co/Q93FDqrO #
    • The boys are recording me voice memos for when I feel in need of reassurance. I have "cate, you're not awful" and "it's hard being a woman". #
    • One of those situations where it genuinely is the thought that counts. @tammypetro and I are designing a boyfriend replacement robot. #
    • Brunch with @tammypetro! We realized we've had very little girl time, as I am always surrounded by nerds. [pic]: http://t.co/GBTaPg8x #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-15

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-15

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