Tag: Twitter

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-10

    • Furniture shopping for @Douglasgresham! (@ Sears home) http://4sq.com/fB0z8K #
    • Noooooo snow! This is why people keep food in their apt. http://t.co/6VaM2Fm #
    • I was looking for a pic to illustrate "if it exists there's porn of it" for talk. The fabulous @lccarson found me this http://t.co/EbLSveS #
    • I wonder if I include talk of porn in talks because of it's tangental relevance or because of utility in determining who is listening. #
    • Feel like I'm failing at life. Several problems the result of trusting other people's judgement rather than my own. Should learn from this! #
    • 10 costly cognitive biases http://j.mp/h7Tnm5 /via @Padday #
    • "you do need to be reminded of what that keyboard can help you make" – love this – http://dld.bz/UVqH /via @feather #
    • This is pretty cool – view of earth from space over 1 year – watch the snow! http://i.imgur.com/tHbvA.gif /via @bl #
    • Lost looking for a meeting room I ask colleague if I have the right room. He looks surprised and says, "you don't read Klingon?" #
    • Why are there so few girl engineers? http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1883 #
    • Thrilled to announce and be a part of @KWAwesomeFoundhttp://dld.bz/VeMC – open for submissions, we'll be giving our first award in May! #
    • This video is awesome – love it! http://dld.bz/VaYa #
    • Oh hai toronto! (@ Intercontinental Hotel) http://4sq.com/eYvtmz #
    • The downside of writing my talk a week in advance – will I remember it? I'm up next! #
    • Flying visit to Toronto to drop off @fillenumerique who is off on her newly Canadian adventure! @sachac you two must dim sum or coffee 🙂 #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-03

    • Advice from the dying – make a todo list – or, "Accountants get to have spiritual experiences, too." http://dld.bz/TRGS #
    • This post from the Eloquent Woman on panels is a must read for anyone organizing one. @GHC submitters, take note! http://dld.bz/TRH7 #
    • Interesting forbes article from earlier this month on Larry Page and the future of @googlehttp://dld.bz/TRHE #
    • Sometimes I'm pretty insulted by the people twitter tells me are similar to me. Especially when I unfollowed them for being obnoxious. #
    • So bored by book "make work great", which does have the effect of making everything else seem more interesting and appealing. Ah. Cunning… #
    • Money can buy happiness? Some suggestions as to how – fascinating Quora post – http://dld.bz/TRHW /via @richardhenry @mbolohan #
    • LOVE bioware's response to "Straight Male Gamer" – get over it – http://dld.bz/TRJ6 /via @dgou @leighpod @mamohanraj #
    • Oh this is charming – The Word Project – 100 obscure words illustrated in bricolage – http://j.mp/eUdQ4P /via @jliyi @brainpicker #
    • Recently divorced man: "I really think the key to a successful relationship is separate bathrooms". #
    • An audience of haters is a good problem to have; it means you’re probably doing something interesting http://bit.ly/eToH93 /via @jenny_blake #
    • Excellent, I knew giving up cooking was a good decision, it will soon be obsolete – awesome machine – http://digs.by/ibIslu /via @jtymann #
    • Some useful things here – 10 Rules for Work/Life Balance – http://bit.ly/gW6snf /via @jenny_blake @seanogle #
    • Preparing talk for next week, they want ppt slides? Who uses ppt for slides anymore? I aim not to give terrible, ugly talks, thanks. #
    • Yay slides are done! Sending them to coauthor and will hopefully post to blog on Friday 🙂 I'm so organized! Talk not till Wed! #
    • Have not booked a hotel or anything though, so it's not like I've fundamentally changed. Ahh chaos! #
    • Oh this is awesome! Paper rollercoaster – http://dld.bz/UxmP /via @cuwise #
    • Interesting, writing group for keeping accountable. Wonder if you could apply to other kinds of projects too? http://dld.bz/Uxqm #
    • Thrilled to have another post on Geek Feminism – The Girlfriend and the Geek – http://ur1.ca/3pv26 – thanks @terriko! #
    • LOVE THIS – Dear incredible women – who celebrates you? A post, a rant, and a wakeup call. http://bit.ly/gVVp0Q /via @blendcreations #
    • I could use *some* of these, but some are twisted/offensive! 60 unusable stock photos – http://j.mp/dNaUd5 /via @eric_andersen @snipeyhead #
    • Haha I wish this were real, would actually play this game – angry nerds – http://www.atlassian.com/en/angrynerds #
    • Slides and commentary for talk next week – 4 Hours to Smash the CS Stereotype and Create Something Beautiful – http://wp.me/p11Aax-Uc #
    • Four good questions to ask – pick one for your next technical interview – http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=863 #
    • Arguing with a philosophy student is like trying to catch an eel. Everything is subjective, black is white, white is red, & orange is pink. #
    • Office on a Saturday is creepy! (@ Google Waterloo) http://4sq.com/icni1D #
    • Gahhh expense reporting. In related news, probably not going to bother using the travel agent again. #
    • Complete confusion for @ramynassar @theherolab and myself, "how did someone hear about something if they are not on twitter?!?" #
    • Someone totally knifed my car tyres. WTF? Who does that?!? #
    • Taxi driver went the wrong way! Nightmare! But woman was kind enough to wait for us. (@ National Car Rental) http://4sq.com/dINaN4 #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-27

    • Running across San Francisco in the rain… Like in the fall in Amsterdam but more unpleasant because this time I'm sober. #
    • Great to finally meet @timhwang of @awesomefound yesterday! #
    • In case you missed it at the weekend, fantastic article – Why Women Rule The Internet http://t.co/oDRp9qA” #
    • Gah such a frustrating day, meeting cancelled just too late for me to get shuttle to MTV, then receptionist misdirects me and I miss bus. #
    • Two hour wait between them. Nightmare! Having to take a towncar. US without car is such a nightmare. #
    • As someone who lives in a state of continual panic, this article is reassuring – Calmness is Overrated – http://dld.bz/SPRr #
    • Eeep important meeting! Nervous! (@ Googleplex – 44) http://4sq.com/fVMBrb #
    • Great advice as usual from Study Hacks – become MORE impressive by doing LESS – http://dld.bz/SPRU #
    • Ooh an egg made of hardware. Every programmer's ideal gift! http://t.co/vsblGhF #
    • So unfortunate, and so true – Endless preparation – http://bit.ly/cPP9cJ /via @JohnDCook @jliyi #
    • This is so cool – chrome starts fast – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrDHrwLUtvk #
    • Here for @Jenny_blake's book signing! V exciting! (@ Kepler's Books) http://4sq.com/feVebi #
    • Excited to be at the first stop on @jenny_blake's book tour! Life after college book comes out next week 🙂 http://t.co/PC8MSLb #
    • Last day in MTV! Exhausted but have had a fun and productive time 🙂 another big meeting this morning. Wish me luck! #
    • Gahh JS Testing, my bete noir. **bangs head against wall** "function does not exist" (when it totally does) is not a helpful error message! #
    • Bye California, it's been fun! Back soon 🙂 (@ San Francisco International Airport (SFO) w/ 47 others) http://4sq.com/e5rfkK #
    • Baby across from me has been crying for about 90 minutes. Huge need for baby muffling device. Why has no-one invented such a thing? #
    • Thinking longingly of a soundproof box. Or something to stab myself with. Either works. #
    • Solid crying the entire flight across the aisle and also several other has left me feeling like I've been beaten repeatedly around the head. #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-20

    • Running 5 minutes late this morning I managed to stab myself in the eye with my mascara wand. Not a great start to the week. #
    • Absolutely ADORE this video – cover of Bruno Mars Just the Way You Are, made awesome in 1 take through use of ipads – http://dld.bz/R6bV #
    • We can all learn from Google's 8-point Plan to Build a Better boss – make time, and be consistent – http://dld.bz/RPeR #
    • Interesting article in Slate about whether women make a free choice when they don't choose science and eng – http://www.slate.com/id/2286671 #
    • LOVE JR's TED Wish – turn the world inside out, a global art project – http://dld.bz/RPxG /via @angrycelery #
    • After 3 months, uOttawa noticed I've escaped. Apparently I can reapply and pay a bunch of fees and tuition… yeah, no thanks! #
    • I af feeling, "but wait, I broke up with YOU" though – I'm sure it will pass. Work is awesome and grad school with crappy supervisor SUCKED. #
    • One of my supervisors was really awesome, but unfortunately he was at another university. Anyway, life is better now – twitter-therapy over! #
    • Byeee winter can it be spring when I get back? (@ Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) ✈ w/ 4 others) http://4sq.com/etpfd5 #
    • Gah trying to add US data to my fido is making yesterday's mascara eye stabbing experience seem pleasant by comparison. #
    • This is awesome! Speaker orchestra, so many beautiful colors – http://dld.bz/RP6K #
    • I'm sad to say goodbye but it's time – stepping down from @awesomeottawahttp://dld.bz/RR5D #
    • Love this talk – Courtney Martin: Reinventing feminism – Act in the face of the overwhelm – http://dld.bz/RR6M /ht Meggin #
    • Another visa application, another panic about being deported! #
    • This is fabulous – the secret society for creative philanthropy – I adore! http://creativephilanthropy.org/ #
    • Utterly charming – aMoment, the latest award from @awesomefound Melbourne – http://dld.bz/RZYP #
    • No iPads! Soooooooooo distraught! (@ Apple Store) http://4sq.com/haQHb5 #
    • I LOVE this from feministing – She Should Write. Who will you ask to share her perspective? http://dld.bz/SsGf #
    • Still no iPad for cate. Starting not to want one anymore! (@ Apple Store w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/gaZYlW #
    • Love my colleague Ken's new feature, hope you do too! http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-connection-bar-in-gmail-for-iphone.html #
    • Woahh bowling alley here. Random! #
    • Enjoying sunny california. I had a picnic! Outside! In the sunshine! It was awesome. Daylight, how I've missed it. #
    • The rampant misogyny in the US is so depressing – women compared to appliances, utilities, and cows – http://dld.bz/S3jV #
    • Deep breath – put in "Why do Programmers Have to Lie to Get Dates" to #IgniteWaterloo 5. Thanks @melle for encouragement! http://dld.bz/S3pu #
    • Haha this is exactly what work is like – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJzevOHX6Yc /via @spizzy #
    • Best thing about being in MTV: TGIF. Chocolate flavored frozen yogurt and picnics in the sunshine a close second! #
    • It's an accumulator from the ENIAC! Also, I have now seen both babbage machines. Total geek cred 🙂 http://t.co/AO0WVlT #
    • "computer programming is an art" http://t.co/Nl4Kqif #
    • This is an amusing story, "a… woman… engineer". http://t.co/IhyKLzL #
    • Is this the original case of techies thinking they know what women want? And being so very wrong. http://t.co/IOPI2cX http://t.co/uogT6jC #
    • About to see live demo! http://t.co/x9SVhQz #
    • Woahhh! Yes it is a computer, the earliest invented. Built a long time later by the science museum in London! http://t.co/4ONBl20 #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-13

    • Freakiest thing about the cooked human flesh @postsecret is a guy at uni said that to me once. More secret wannabe cannibals than I though. #
    • Went in to shoe store vowing, "must not buy brown shoes". Left with brown shoes. But they are super cute! #
    • Think @zmagg and I over sugared and over watered the tween we were entrusted with this weekend. Brief period of responsibility ends Monday. #
    • My favorite @zmagg can't bear to leave me and my marvelous hat http://t.co/yfcrzjl #
    • Whilst I was tweeting about over sugaring @zmagg was buying the tween candy. Now she has a spoon stuck to her nose! http://t.co/k0i2X8I #
    • I think we broke her, but at least she's stopped singing to herself… Oh wait, no she hasn't. http://t.co/rDIHKut #
    • Great show at the little bean tonight, guy is mixing on the spot recording, beatboxing, little shaker things, guitar and vocals. #wrawesome #
    • I am an emailing MACHINE tonight. Well, I sent 3. Which might have been about how many personal emails I sent total in February. #
    • Yay! I will be in MTV March 13th – March 26th! /cc @jewelia @timhwang @gailcarmichael #
    • Anyone tried calling @VirginAtlantic and getting their status matched? I want to try flying them but have status on Air Canada… #
    • Fascinated by this @cuwise article on studies showing students performing better with female instructors – http://dld.bz/QWPr #
    • Kinda annoyed that I only have 3 days to make the edits to my paper (accepted Jan 1st) but they wrote such nice things I can't stay mad 🙂 #
    • Getting some nice responses to my post on my "one positive thing" technique to deal with being overwhelmed – http://dld.bz/QWPH #
    • Not so surprising, but nice to have data – after CEOs have daughters, women employees’ wages go up – http://ow.ly/1s7FFi /via @anitaborg_org #
    • Talking about google transit to the planning committee. Wish me luck! (@ Council Chambers) http://4sq.com/gy7iuP #
    • Happy international women's day all! Celebrating how far we've come since these instructions on being a good wife – http://dld.bz/Rjak #
    • Awwh this is cute – a monkeh's enigmatic smile – http://dld.bz/Rj4r /via @melle #
    • Celebrating #IWD by announcing Lead to Win for women – aiming to increase the number of women CEOs – http://dld.bz/RmMH /via @thecodefactory #
    • My colleague @spizzy's AI is far better at mario than I am 🙂 nice demo of trade-offs in approach using A* http://dld.bz/RmR9 #
    • Another fascinating post on study hacks on non-conformity achieved through conformist means – http://dld.bz/RthV #
    • js mocks are making me stabby, but "browser panic exception" is a new one. That's for every time you crashed on me, firefox! #
    • Yesterday I had a day that made me think I should be working on email. But also where JavaScript beat me repeatedly round the head :-S #
    • This is a neat, I wonder whether it's viable though – iCorrect – http://www.icorrect.com/ /via @stephenfry #
    • This is an interesting idea, complementary programmers – a need for programmer matchmeddling? http://dld.bz/RvDQ /via @SaraJChipps #
    • Amazon reviews are full of unexpected gems, these are hilarious – http://goo.gl/PwUOH /via @douglasgresham #
    • So distressed by missing _ in js colleague actually gave me a hug. Well, he offered me a hug and then patted me like I'm a distressed puppy. #
    • #SXSW peeps – you can now checkin with @google latitude to unlock deals! http://goo.gl/TOk70 built by @douglasgresham and team! #
    • So over conferences. First the three day deadline, now the "I know we screwed up but we're keeping the extra $ we made on that". Grr. #
    • You know what was awesome about #TEDxWaterloo Loads of female speakers, and just not a big deal about finding them afaik. Makes me happy! #
    • If you're feeling a little burnt out, this might help, go back to playing and fun – Richard Feynman – http://j.mp/bncGYL /via @cheeky_geeky #
    • So after several days of pain with jsunit and js mocking… I am done. And optimistic that next time will not be anywhere near as bad. #
    • Fascinating – how women perceive their abilities and how it holds us back – http://dld.bz/RvMu /via @AnnaOBrien) /via @travelingsw @Mirkeya #
    • At a hockey game with marvelous @melle, feeling very Canadian (@ The Kitchener Auditorium) http://4sq.com/fcZClI #
    • Don't know exactly which but one of these suited guys is Canadian pm Stephen Harper. http://t.co/uBbmDdT http://t.co/YVJGvv6 #
    • Just as confused as I was by hockey the musical, but there's less violence, and so far no singing or hugging. I'm a little disappointed. #
    • Me: "the goalie was so far out, what was he doing? @melle: "tweeting" #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-06

    • Apparently the you’re not a Jedi meme overstated things. Support honesty on census though. http://bit.ly/e7sARr #
    • I’m lucky to work somewhere I’m excited to go in the morning – http://dld.bz/PQgK – “Make the Weekend Last All Week” /via @CameronC_Wilson #
    • The perfect app for @pinemud – don’t eat at – http://dld.bz/PQtw /via @eric_andersen #
    • I don’t know what’s going on here but it’s adorable – kittens in bowls, possibly the cutest game show ever – http://dld.bz/PQuy /via @mpim #
    • It’s been three days and I mostly feel okay but the continued swinging of the temperature from hot to cold is getting bizarre. #
    • I’m not sick, there’s just something wrong with the temperature of my apartment. And the office. And outside (well d’uh, this is Canada). #
    • Love this – “Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don’t, you are working.” – http://dld.bz/PQvq /via @caitlinkealey #
    • This is heartwarming – @underheardinny‘s @putodanny reunited with daughter via twitter http://j.mp/etLlrf /via @eric_andersen #
    • Overflowing inbox? Too much email to handle? Time for a personal vendetta against email #TB41Phttp://dld.bz/PQRT /via @eric_andersen #
    • “Fail more often in order to find out what you’re capable of learning” – love this on great mentors – http://dld.bz/PRas /via @snookca #
    • Here to talk to compsci students about how awesome it is to work for @google! (@ University of Waterloo) http://4sq.com/gFWnEp #
    • Find this idea of combining social gaming with online dating intriguing and brilliant – http://dld.bz/PRaw /via @sidneyeve #
    • Lovely picture – when a giant runs out of space on their clothes line – http://post.ly/1fI9m /via @aranoff #
    • Arrgh wireless keyboard, why are you being SO UNREASONABLE!? Concerned that my greatest achievement today was inventing the brocoli sarnie. #
    • Up to 64 loans on @kiva! Yay! #
    • Sooooooooooo excited for #TEDxWaterloo today! #
    • These pictures are awesome! Great ad campaign – http://goo.gl/Zyn98 /via @aranoff #
    • Amazing talk from Vincent John Vincent on gesture controlled interfaces! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • Michael Nielsen on one of the big problems in academia IMO – get more from publishing mediocre paper than making work public #tedxwaterloo #
    • Love idea of open science. Make it part of a researchers job to put data, code, ideas in public. Change the culture! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • New girl-crush on Miriah Meyer. Amazing amazing talk on visualization and engineering approach to it at #TEDxWaterloo #
    • This is addicting, and twisted, and awesome… http://baboon.co.il/mitoza/ /via @zara_p @amillerchip #
    • Adore the career girl manifesto – girls, paint your nails and get a hammer! http://dld.bz/PRhR /via @eric_andersen /by @JanetAronica #
    • Excited for Colin Ellard’s talk as I get lost all the time too! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • Inspiring talk from JF Carrey – climbing mount everest, such an incredible achievement #TEDxWaterloo #
    • Eat the elephant a bite at a time, passion is congious, surround yourself with the right people. Enjoy the journey! JF Carrey #TEDxWaterloo #
    • “design truly is a contact sport” I love this! Real experience can take us from an “uh oh” moment to a “ta da” moment. #TEDxWaterloo #
    • “an adventure is going out into the unknown” – Abby is sooooo awesome! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • “life is unchartered, the unexpected happens. Rogue waves hit us, what are you going to do when yours comes?” LOVE Abby #TEDxWaterloo #
    • “it’s amazing how we don’t know how to take that first step. That first step can be the hardest one” – Vicki Keith – inspiring #TEDxWaterloo #
    • Talking about needing to create your own reality where your goals are possible when others would say impossible. Vicki Keith @ #TEDxWaterloo #
    • “I believe in big, hairy, audacious goals” – so inspired by Vicki Keith #TEDxWaterloo #
    • “our goals are within our reach, if only we have the courage, and the determination, and the dedication to meet them” – wow! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • Roberta Bondar is so awesome and so hilarious, talking about challenge, change and the unknown! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • My favorite @zmagg is arriving today! MAGGIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Despite being sick all week I’m having the BEST week ever! <3 <3 <3 #
    • This is hilarious – If programming languages were essays – http://i.imgur.com/ZyeCO.jpg /via @richwareham #
    • Here for Miriah Meyer talk. So nice of them to let me come! (@ Desire2Learn) http://4sq.com/i21el2 #
    • I adore how multidisciplinary mariah’s work is, combining cs, biology and graphic design. Intersections are the most interesting places! #
    • Enormous animal in office. About to be eaten! Noooooooooooooo!!!!! #
    • Animal gone. Still alive with all limbs. Relief! #
    • “Awful code is the accumulation of multiple small shortcuts or concessions” – http://feedly.com/k/hG8rJU /via @TriMinhHo #
    • Cool pictures! Indiana Jones scenes recreated with #Lego http://j.mp/h7pOGr /via @eric_andersen #
    • Submitted first cl for new project today, now hanging out with my bestest @zmagg. Good week! #
    • My friends are speculating that I would be a phenomenal divorce lawyer because I’m so cynical and would combine it with match-making. #
    • Another alternative career for me in a reality where I’m not a software engineer at the most awesome tech company… Personal shopper. #
    • I did find a sweater in my exact favorite shade of pink today. <3 #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-06

    • Apparently the you're not a Jedi meme overstated things. Support honesty on census though. http://bit.ly/e7sARr #
    • I'm lucky to work somewhere I'm excited to go in the morning – http://dld.bz/PQgK – "Make the Weekend Last All Week" /via @CameronC_Wilson #
    • The perfect app for @pinemud – don't eat at – http://dld.bz/PQtw /via @eric_andersen #
    • I don't know what's going on here but it's adorable – kittens in bowls, possibly the cutest game show ever – http://dld.bz/PQuy /via @mpim #
    • It's been three days and I mostly feel okay but the continued swinging of the temperature from hot to cold is getting bizarre. #
    • I'm not sick, there's just something wrong with the temperature of my apartment. And the office. And outside (well d'uh, this is Canada). #
    • Love this – "Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don’t, you are working." – http://dld.bz/PQvq /via @caitlinkealey #
    • This is heartwarming – @underheardinny's @putodanny reunited with daughter via twitter http://j.mp/etLlrf /via @eric_andersen #
    • Overflowing inbox? Too much email to handle? Time for a personal vendetta against email #TB41Phttp://dld.bz/PQRT /via @eric_andersen #
    • “Fail more often in order to find out what you’re capable of learning” – love this on great mentors – http://dld.bz/PRas /via @snookca #
    • Here to talk to compsci students about how awesome it is to work for @google! (@ University of Waterloo) http://4sq.com/gFWnEp #
    • Find this idea of combining social gaming with online dating intriguing and brilliant – http://dld.bz/PRaw /via @sidneyeve #
    • Lovely picture – when a giant runs out of space on their clothes line – http://post.ly/1fI9m /via @aranoff #
    • Arrgh wireless keyboard, why are you being SO UNREASONABLE!? Concerned that my greatest achievement today was inventing the brocoli sarnie. #
    • Up to 64 loans on @kiva! Yay! #
    • Sooooooooooo excited for #TEDxWaterloo today! #
    • These pictures are awesome! Great ad campaign – http://goo.gl/Zyn98 /via @aranoff #
    • Amazing talk from Vincent John Vincent on gesture controlled interfaces! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • Michael Nielsen on one of the big problems in academia IMO – get more from publishing mediocre paper than making work public #tedxwaterloo #
    • Love idea of open science. Make it part of a researchers job to put data, code, ideas in public. Change the culture! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • New girl-crush on Miriah Meyer. Amazing amazing talk on visualization and engineering approach to it at #TEDxWaterloo #
    • This is addicting, and twisted, and awesome… http://baboon.co.il/mitoza/ /via @zara_p @amillerchip #
    • Adore the career girl manifesto – girls, paint your nails and get a hammer! http://dld.bz/PRhR /via @eric_andersen /by @JanetAronica #
    • Excited for Colin Ellard's talk as I get lost all the time too! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • Inspiring talk from JF Carrey – climbing mount everest, such an incredible achievement #TEDxWaterloo #
    • Eat the elephant a bite at a time, passion is congious, surround yourself with the right people. Enjoy the journey! JF Carrey #TEDxWaterloo #
    • "design truly is a contact sport" I love this! Real experience can take us from an "uh oh" moment to a "ta da" moment. #TEDxWaterloo #
    • "an adventure is going out into the unknown" – Abby is sooooo awesome! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • "life is unchartered, the unexpected happens. Rogue waves hit us, what are you going to do when yours comes?" LOVE Abby #TEDxWaterloo #
    • "it's amazing how we don't know how to take that first step. That first step can be the hardest one" – Vicki Keith – inspiring #TEDxWaterloo #
    • Talking about needing to create your own reality where your goals are possible when others would say impossible. Vicki Keith @ #TEDxWaterloo #
    • "I believe in big, hairy, audacious goals" – so inspired by Vicki Keith #TEDxWaterloo #
    • "our goals are within our reach, if only we have the courage, and the determination, and the dedication to meet them" – wow! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • Roberta Bondar is so awesome and so hilarious, talking about challenge, change and the unknown! #TEDxWaterloo #
    • My favorite @zmagg is arriving today! MAGGIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Despite being sick all week I'm having the BEST week ever! <3 <3 <3 #
    • This is hilarious – If programming languages were essays – http://i.imgur.com/ZyeCO.jpg /via @richwareham #
    • Here for Miriah Meyer talk. So nice of them to let me come! (@ Desire2Learn) http://4sq.com/i21el2 #
    • I adore how multidisciplinary mariah's work is, combining cs, biology and graphic design. Intersections are the most interesting places! #
    • Enormous animal in office. About to be eaten! Noooooooooooooo!!!!! #
    • Animal gone. Still alive with all limbs. Relief! #
    • "Awful code is the accumulation of multiple small shortcuts or concessions" – http://feedly.com/k/hG8rJU /via @TriMinhHo #
    • Cool pictures! Indiana Jones scenes recreated with #Lego http://j.mp/h7pOGr /via @eric_andersen #
    • Submitted first cl for new project today, now hanging out with my bestest @zmagg. Good week! #
    • My friends are speculating that I would be a phenomenal divorce lawyer because I'm so cynical and would combine it with match-making. #
    • Another alternative career for me in a reality where I'm not a software engineer at the most awesome tech company… Personal shopper. #
    • I did find a sweater in my exact favorite shade of pink today. <3 #

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    • Ghoulishly excited by upcoming anonymous / westboro baptist war. Hoping anonymous will win where logic and respect for fellow humans lost. #
    • Beautiful picture from Anton Tang – friendless – http://dld.bz/NPBT #
    • Inspired by Beautiful Visualization to code for fun. Nice change to make something pretty 🙂 (also makes me think nervous breakdown over) #
    • I will need these @google sneakers to complete my google wardrobe! http://bit.ly/dNybbb /via @greatdismal @thewavingcat #
    • Played my first ever roll up the rim and won a donut! I feel so Canadian! #
    • “Love” this – visualizing love and hate on Twitter – http://dld.bz/NUKX #
    • Good time plotting with @michellekostya this arvo. Girl geeks dinners are coming to #kwawesome very soon! Thanks to @krusk for intro. in reply to michellekostya #
    • My crazy friend @aydaring: “I’ve already planned my wedding, I just need someone to stand up there at the front with me.” #
    • It’s better to be smart and wrong than just silent – good advice from the Harvard Business Review – http://dld.bz/NUUz #
    • Love this – “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no use being a damn fool about it.” – http://dld.bz/NUVK #
    • This is cool – visualizing large Facebook datasets – http://dld.bz/NVaw /via @petewarden #
    • Great advice on learning to trust yourself – “take the time, and the quiet, to decide what you think” – http://dld.bz/NVpw /via @sachac #
    • OK I’m prepared to entertain the thought that I’ve taken too much on.Now to prove myself wrong. #
    • Star Wars retold by someone who hasn’t seen it – http://dld.bz/PgR6 – thanks @melle, I totally don’t need to watch it now. #
    • Now imagining bugs in my code. Because it’s not like there aren’t enough already! :'( day 5 of button warfare. Shoot me! #
    • Slides and commentary for talk I gave to @thecodefactory‘s students last week – Being Yourself on the Internet – http://dld.bz/PgTt #
    • Post on Seth’s blog about asymmetrical favours is interesting – what’s part of the social contract, and what’s taking? http://dld.bz/PgTP #
    • In a fit of genius, I have replaced the mail app on my iphone dock with twitter. I can’t stop email from arriving, but I can hide it better. #
    • This is awesome! Android smart phone helps a guy get out of a speeding ticket – http://dld.bz/Ps7k #
    • Haha this is the awesomest twitter wall I’ve seen! We should have one at the next #ignitewaterloohttp://bit.ly/6n9BUt /via @CuteGecko #
    • Goodbye academia, I get a life – http://dld.bz/PhcZ – another story of the ivory tower not being such a wonderful place. /via @tjowens #
    • Love @projectsugru‘s post about @awesomefoundhttp://dld.bz/Phaz #
    • Error in judgement with oversized chili scoop results in fiery pasta. B: “you better eat that, there are starving SWEs at other companies”. #
    • Love @sachac‘s post on the value of blogging – emphasizes getting enough out of it writing just for yourself – http://dld.bz/PxfD #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-27

    • Ghoulishly excited by upcoming anonymous / westboro baptist war. Hoping anonymous will win where logic and respect for fellow humans lost. #
    • Beautiful picture from Anton Tang – friendless – http://dld.bz/NPBT #
    • Inspired by Beautiful Visualization to code for fun. Nice change to make something pretty 🙂 (also makes me think nervous breakdown over) #
    • I will need these @google sneakers to complete my google wardrobe! http://bit.ly/dNybbb /via @greatdismal @thewavingcat #
    • Played my first ever roll up the rim and won a donut! I feel so Canadian! #
    • "Love" this – visualizing love and hate on Twitter – http://dld.bz/NUKX #
    • Good time plotting with @michellekostya this arvo. Girl geeks dinners are coming to #kwawesome very soon! Thanks to @krusk for intro. in reply to michellekostya #
    • My crazy friend @aydaring: "I've already planned my wedding, I just need someone to stand up there at the front with me." #
    • It's better to be smart and wrong than just silent – good advice from the Harvard Business Review – http://dld.bz/NUUz #
    • Love this – "If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no use being a damn fool about it." – http://dld.bz/NUVK #
    • This is cool – visualizing large Facebook datasets – http://dld.bz/NVaw /via @petewarden #
    • Great advice on learning to trust yourself – "take the time, and the quiet, to decide what you think" – http://dld.bz/NVpw /via @sachac #
    • OK I'm prepared to entertain the thought that I've taken too much on.

      Now to prove myself wrong. #

    • Star Wars retold by someone who hasn't seen it – http://dld.bz/PgR6 – thanks @melle, I totally don't need to watch it now. #
    • Now imagining bugs in my code. Because it's not like there aren't enough already! :'( day 5 of button warfare. Shoot me! #
    • Slides and commentary for talk I gave to @thecodefactory's students last week – Being Yourself on the Internet – http://dld.bz/PgTt #
    • Post on Seth's blog about asymmetrical favours is interesting – what's part of the social contract, and what's taking? http://dld.bz/PgTP #
    • In a fit of genius, I have replaced the mail app on my iphone dock with twitter. I can't stop email from arriving, but I can hide it better. #
    • This is awesome! Android smart phone helps a guy get out of a speeding ticket – http://dld.bz/Ps7k #
    • Haha this is the awesomest twitter wall I've seen! We should have one at the next #ignitewaterloohttp://bit.ly/6n9BUt /via @CuteGecko #
    • Goodbye academia, I get a life – http://dld.bz/PhcZ – another story of the ivory tower not being such a wonderful place. /via @tjowens #
    • Love @projectsugru's post about @awesomefoundhttp://dld.bz/Phaz #
    • Error in judgement with oversized chili scoop results in fiery pasta. B: "you better eat that, there are starving SWEs at other companies". #
    • Love @sachac's post on the value of blogging – emphasizes getting enough out of it writing just for yourself – http://dld.bz/PxfD #

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