Accidentally in Code

Tag: Twitter

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-07

    • I just became the mayor of City Hall Williams Coffee Pub on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/b5HxdW #
    • Watching my dad reverse park a truck. I can't reverse park a smart car!!!!! #
    • Ooh becoming more healthy is a game! I'm playing at medium! http://healthmonth.com/ #
    • I just became the mayor of Little Bean on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9sA6Xv #
    • Flowers!!!!! #
    • Can't find a vase so I'm improvising! Still look v pretty 🙂 http://yfrog.com/mh5aauj #
    • Number of twitter follows and it's relationship to winning in elections – interesting! http://dld.bz/42XV #
    • Time Raiser event Nov 13th in Ottawa – http://www.timeraiser.ca/ #
    • Interesting piece from Search Engine Land on departures from @google – growing up, not the end of the world – http://dld.bz/43cc #
    • Moving is super stressful but thanks to Christine @OttawaInsurance updating my house/car insurance took <10 mins. Yay! #
    • Slides/commentary from my talk last week: In Pursuit of Awesome: 10 Things to Remember – http://dld.bz/4Adc – let me know what you think! #
    • So excited! My "In Pursuit of Awesome" post is on Geek Feminist! Woahhh!!! http://dld.bz/4BjX #
    • Future work place! So exciting! http://yfrog.com/jn9vtij #
    • How does Kim Jong Il feel about Justin Bieber? lol! http://dld.bz/4AkB #
    • Am totally overwhelmed by response to my "In Pursuit of Awesome" post on @geekfeminism. It's… awesome? Thanks to everyone who tweeted it!! #
    • Oh hell. by not renewing my mobile me subscription it looks like the file ON MY COMPUTER of sync'd stuff is gone :-s gah! #
    • On pets – "people are really weird about animals." – http://dld.bz/4KkE #
    • I love this – from a while ago, but still great – Carol Bartz, unedited – http://dld.bz/4Mt8 #
    • I don't know how but I spent 3 hours in the gym. Loving la fitness! Esp after Goodlife where incompetence is a key part of business model. #
    • I just ousted Nelson Z. as the mayor of Niko Niko on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/cVgmSK #
    • About to just delete all email on univ a/c, but had an email from @twitter about their new grad prog. This is why people read email. I see! #
    • Beautiful post – my son is gay – http://dld.bz/4WRe /via @dgou @djehuti @AllisonB #
    • Is this fluffy or evil disguised as a brown sheep? http://www.kennels.co.uk/images/G.IrishWaterSpaniel.jpg #
    • Love this – red winkle picker regret and the dark side of decluttering – http://dld.bz/4WZT #
    • This is neat! App turns a table into a massive #iPhone http://j.mp/9wzLDb /via @EricLeist @eric_andersen #
    • interesting lunch with future coworkers! One of them seems to think he's little rabbit foo foo! #
    • Liking this on @mwbuckingham – are you a manager or a leader? 4 key points for effective leaders – http://bit.ly/clPMSa #
    • My awesome new tshirt! I totally code like a girl!!!!! Thanks so much to the fabulous @snookca!!!!! http://yfrog.com/5r3rjuj #
    • Yesterday a canadian convinced me that taco bell is haut cuisine here. He even called to make a reservation. #mindblown #
    • Small victory in Cate vs. email. The bonus of winning on a Saturday is maybe people won't respond until Monday and I get a day of respite! #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-31

    • Not impressed by this whole apple java thing. My argument that everything but haskell "just works" may die. Time to switch to ubuntu? #
    • Woah it is now my last week in Ottawa! 🙁 #
    • "Face it: you're impulsive, inconsistent and frequently irrational. You just have to be a bit clever about it." – http://dld.bz/3cS4 #
    • Hiding from the guy who thinks the earth is hollow and full of giants. Shh! #
    • Three goodbyes today already. Woman at my favorite restaurant actually hugged me. This is getting real! #
    • Phone: "press one for english", I press 1. Repeat x5. Office mate and supervisor to come in to find me attacking the 1 button and the phone. #
    • Many Eyes is all grown up and looking more colorful! http://many-eyes.com /via @viegasf #
    • Yay I <3 canadian immigration. I'm allowed to leave the country. More importantly, they'll let me back in! #
    • Don't forget to RSVP for my going away party!! This Thurs. at Todric's: http://twegather.com/events/1617 /via @krusk #
    • "male castration might be the ticket to a longer life" – doubt many will find it worthwhile! http://dld.bz/3cXY /via @uottawaWISE #
    • When I first got to canada, canadians would apologize for Celine dion. @krusk just explained why they aren't apologizing for Justin beiber. #
    • Canadians I hope you enjoyed your voting. As an expat I've enjoyed watching your democratic process and not having to get worked up about it #
    • Too much milkshake. Not enough aliens. But a wonderful evening with my favorite Canadian @krusk. #
    • Sadness leads to better recall and increased creativity – http://j.mp/9RN2ek /via @eric_andersen #
    • "what matters is not so much what you do, but what people think you have done" – getting ahead at work – http://bit.ly/c5c28H #
    • People having doubts about certain beliefs are often the stronger advocates for those beliefs http://bit.ly/cnxt0f /via @JeffClark #
    • Weird hollow-earth giant guy is a recurring presence in my office lately. I'm practising being unfriendly. #
    • Hilariously, I've been described as passive aggressive and negative. It's how I react when people are obnoxious and patronizing! #
    • Read my geek the chapter in @rands book about dating geeks, and he says "is this for you or me"? We're both in favor of humans with manuals. #
    • Non prog friend on my blog header: "extends human implements program? Is that code? are you that much of a geek?" then critiques my list! #
    • Hmm reading the license on a twitter dataset from msft, can't publish derivative works – thinking a visualization is derivative? :-s #
    • Giant hassle opening msft dataset (why is a dataset in a proprietary installer?!) and it seems like a bust. Shoot me now. #
    • Gotta change my fb pic now! The 10 types of Facebook profile pics and their meaning – http://j.mp/a39M0u /via @shilpandya @eric_andersen #
    • I'm never moving again. Instead, I'll change my name and disappear. #
    • Haha love this A/B testing cartoon! http://rww.to/aumrLo /via @abtests #
    • "an amazing strategy… that converts procrastinators into effective human beings" http://dld.bz/3drJ /via @snookca @k #
    • 5 hours sleep. I can totally go kickboxing, right? Arrrgghhh! Crazy week! #
    • Feel better for going kickboxing. Therien on Selkirk is one of the places I'm saddest to leave 🙁 Now, MUST NOT NAP! #
    • "a less than perfect job will do just fine, and moreover it's all I am ever going to do anyway" – http://dld.bz/3dss #perfectionism #
    • I just ousted Sean S. as the mayor of Julian.Marc Boutique Hair Salon on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/cc6PBO #
    • Talk tomorrow "so you wanna be awesome" or "10 things I've learned trying to make change happen"? Current working title "starting something" #
    • "There is no process if you don't start" – how to have an idea – http://dld.bz/3ds7 /via @iamweam @travelingsw #
    • I have no clue how many people are coming to my leaving party. That makes it kinda like a surprise party! #
    • "Make friends before you need them." http://bit.ly/b5nyxl /via @alexknowshtml @snookca #
    • Such a great going away party! So many people! Feel so fortunate to have met so many AMAZING people in Ottawa. #
    • Finalizing talk for tomorrow, thinking to call it "The Pursuit of Awesome: 10 Lessons Learned". #
    • People who think they are so smart on the Internet should know more about web analytics. And IP tracing… #
    • Interesting article on facebook and self-censorship. http://bit.ly/d5EMiT /via @zephoria #
    • Giving talk for the beanstalk project. In pursuit of awesome: 10 things to remember. Wish me luck! (@ cafe alternatif) http://4sq.com/dDkMos #
    • Hilarious – so you want to do a PhD in Political Science? http://dld.bz/3MFu /via @drewconway @robreich @jacobcharold @hamiltonulmer #
    • LOVE that I found out my paper was accepted via twitter from my amazing supervisor @michaelweissca. Also quite excited that it was accepted! #
    • Love this – focus on everything – http://dld.bz/3XJJ /by @suzemuse /via @krusk #
    • I just ousted @craigjayonboard as the mayor of Therien Martial Arts on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/d7T7JO #
    • I have three months of kickboxing for $200 if anyone wants it! #
    • Last night in my Ottawa apartment, so sad to leave great people and wonderful experiences… But ready for my next adventure. #
    • Byeeeeeee Ottawa! #
    • Arrived in Kitchener. Engine light on for last third of drive. Remind me, why did I spend $700 at the garage yesterday? #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-24

    • Kickboxing yest my partner said, "she's scary!", "please don't punch me" and eventually keeled over. Hopefully @krusk will survive today… #
    • I feel that today is not going to be a good day. Software may not have been installed for workshop… At 930. #
    • Software isn't installed! 43 minutes to resolve it. Ready, set… GO!!!!! #
    • Gaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Website down! Nightmare! #
    • I like this on being effective at programming w/out 16 hour days – The interruptible programmer http://j.mp/ci7xDB /via @newsycombinator #
    • Disaster averted thanks to my AWESOME TAs and the wonderful @douglasgresham #
    • Student took a screenshot… With a camera. She knows about print screen, but school blocks email so this is strategy. Interesting! #
    • How to Self-Promote Without Being Obnoxious – some a bit conniving, but some helpful advice here – http://dld.bz/zHas /via @DanSchawbel #
    • Just waited in HUGE queue at Starbucks only to get to the front and find don't take visa. No tea 🙁 SUCK!!!!! Should be a sign, surely?!?!? #
    • NOTHING is going right today. I'm hiding under my desk until further notice. #
    • Or until someone brings me some earl grey and a cookie. #
    • "I can tell you probably just cook for yourself judging by all that frozen food" – effective chat up line?!? http://dld.bz/zHaJ /via @zara_p #
    • Yay! @awesomeottawa meeting! Thrilled to welcome @krusk and @fosslc to the team! (@ The Code Factory) http://4sq.com/89qOri #
    • I just ousted @filipmares as the mayor of The Code Factory on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/89qOri #
    • Grrr building showed apt and didn't give me 24 hours notice. Piece of paper shoved under door. NOT HAPPY. #
    • If you missed it last week, OK Cupid's Gay Sex vs Straight Sex. Always fascinating and this one is particularly funny! http://dld.bz/zMYA #
    • I just ousted @reneeyoxon as the mayor of Beechwood Village Chiropractic on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9BIy1H #
    • Couldn't convince robot guy to build evil robot, but my friend actually called atomic to tell them about my ski-related devastation! <3 <3 #
    • Useful as I pack my life into boxes (again) – minimalism is not about counting items, it's about freedom http://ht.ly/2Us7n /via @ValeDeOro #
    • Office mates have decreed that I must learn persian. Am out-numbered 3 to 1. Salam, rooz e khoobi dashteh bashi. #
    • It has occurred to me that I'm moving NEXT WEEK. Increasingly panicked. #
    • Love this image – beautiful – "Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky." http://dld.bz/zN4D /via @snookca #
    • My office door keeps shocking me every time I try to leave the lab. It's like it's trying to tell me to drink less tea and get more done :'( #
    • This is funny – working for @google vs working for meetup [made in google docs] http://dld.bz/zPqR #
    • I just ousted @cooliebwoy as the mayor of Subway (Laurier) on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/cztNJA #
    • Goodbye Microsoft, Hello Facebook! Some good insight and wisdom here, and some amusing rambling – http://dld.bz/zW9R #
    • Took my precious into the apple store to be fixed yesterday and they did it in 3 hours! Incredible! Replaced display and fixed sound. WOW! #
    • Start the day with a reality check – liking this from @penelopetrunk on the stupidity of perfectionism – http://dld.bz/2rqt #
    • I just unlocked the "Jobs" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/94a5js #
    • "The key to a good education isn't wholly in skills, or wholly in culture, but in finding some way to merge the two." – http://dld.bz/2wwy #
    • I know it's #ff tomorrow, but I'm more tempted by anti-ff or #aff where you nominate someone to unfollow for being annoying. #yeahimajerk #
    • Check out this charming video by @missamykr – how aware of your surroundings were you on your walk to work today? http://dld.bz/2An5 #
    • You may not believe this, but I just told a woman in loblaws how to cook a sweet potato! /cc @krusk @douglasgresham @pauldubeau #
    • Interesting from hunch! When flying – aisle or window? What does that say about you? http://blog.hunch.com/?p=25834 /via @Cass_Wilson #
    • Canadiens, is it time for me to get my tyres changed? Have long drive to Kitchener next week. #
    • I just became the mayor of Mcconville's on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/bfW8CO #
    • Hanging out with my oldest friend in Ottawa. Will miss him when I leave! 🙁 #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-17

    • Happy 42 day geeks! Happy thanksgiving canadiens! Happy 10/10/10 day ecomentalists! #
    • Urgh am in a church. Not happy about that. #
    • Very excited for my first real north American thanksgiving chez @krusk #
    • "it's stressful making tea for a British person" – @krusk's mom is so cute! I don't mean to be troublesome! #
    • “@digitizedchris: This breaks my heart: http://ow.ly/2RsDU” – this has to stop, how can people think it's acceptable to say these things?!? #
    • Wow really awesome talk on viz by @jewelia at #w2e Movies Are in 3-D, Why Not our Data? Love love love the 7ft globe! http://bit.ly/aaplaA #
    • I'm worried that I"ve got to the point where I'm saying "there is too much inappropriate touching in my life". Time to use cheaper shampoo? #
    • Men and Women Entrepreneurs: Not That Different – interesting data – http://tcrn.ch/9Tw5FK /via @marissamayer #
    • WOW – Inspiring math teacher! From @Chronicle of Higher Ed, how great math teachers are like storytellers: http://bit.ly/aiY9J3 /via @NCWIT #
    • What does procrastination tell us about ourselves? http://dld.bz/zfK2 /via @eric_andersen #
    • I'm packing! New levels of organization from yours truly!! Hyper organized friend here to help and motivate – this is key! #
    • Love this visualization of browser marketshare from 2002 to 2009! http://j.mp/cS8Q91 /via @JoselinMane @eric_andersen #
    • Sighting of guy who believes giants are living inside the earth. Thanks to dark glasses I passed by incognito. #
    • Nooooooo flights to Boston SOOOOOOO expensive, no Connecting the Dots conference for Cate **sobbing** :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( #
    • "all cats, and their elderly owners, [should] be kept in bear-proof containers." http://www.27bslash6.com/trash.html #
    • Interesting – Can't Change Your Leader? Change How You Follow http://bit.ly/agfavw /via @iamcreative @kaospilots @Ambusanga #
    • I just ousted @mreeco as the mayor of Starbucks (University of Ottawa) on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9MK76P #
    • Yay achieved my MIT today – paper is SUBMITTED. Fingers crossed that I'll be going to Switzerland please! #
    • Using "Rock Star" in a job description? Rethink your hiring practices! http://ow.ly/2Ojgw /via @alfredtwo @Hirelite /cc @mypromotion #
    • Hottest guy I know just told me he'd retired from women. Such a loss. Luckily, I have a plan… #
    • I just unlocked the "Gym Rat" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9lPC1F #
    • Oh this is neat! Obfuscate your email! I'm http://scr.im/cateh – check out http://j.mp/9IAEHx /via @rands #
    • I just ousted @tiffycait as the mayor of Maru on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/71uhZC #
    • Neat! Sustainable Underground Skyscraper To Rise From Ashes Of Former Pit Mine http://post.ly/13ktM /via @thewavingcat #
    • Beautiful – Go somewhere – http://j.mp/aMWfVQ /via @rands #
    • I just ousted @dannystarr as the mayor of Genji Japanese Restaurant on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/dckNGA #
    • This is interesting – To truly become rich, you need to stop acting like it http://j.mp/czbNdQ /via @newsycombinator #
    • Does taking a pole dancing class make me a Bad Feminist, and what is a feminist anyway? I'm not sure anymore – http://j.mp/9psbLc #
    • I just became the mayor of Totoya on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/auMFG7 #
    • Very true – holding grudges sign – http://imgfave.com/view/900841 /via @douglasgresham #
    • Don't know how many people are coming to your event? Noone does. Love "Maybe Attending" /by @Cedgell http://bit.ly/9v3pbg #
    • Feeling better this morning after yesterday's small ski related crisis. I think the problem can be solved using robots. #
    • I think I should go kickboxing but after a poor nights sleep and weights with trainer… all I want to do is nap. #
    • Awesome – different way to create network visualizations! Very pretty 🙂 http://bit.ly/9Dvb5L /via @laserdeathstehr #
    • Had fake date to see The Social Network. Fake dumped saying "dating you is like dating a stairmaster". Really picked him up and spun around. #
    • Started using Twitter to see what it's about and it's all been more useful and pro… so I finally got round to changing my handle. #
    • These maps of Europe from different perspectives are hilarious!
      http://bigthink.com/ideas/24357 /via @stephenfry #
    • "a dogopus can play fetch with 8 balls. Noone can hate that" LOVE big bang theory!! Post kickboxing relaxation 🙂 #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-10

    • Horrified to discover that in Georgia it's legal to fire someone for being gay. Not civilized. #
    • I just ousted @fdelap as the mayor of The Scone Witch on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/cL3O3n #
    • Anyone else finding poken is weird in chrome? #ghc10 #
    • So far this weekend I have broken my website and been dumped via FB. Things are not going well. #
    • Yay website is back up! Q from support guy: "how did you get an internship at IBM?" – my mad web skillz, clearly… #
    • To be fair to the guy it was done already we just hadn't had the fb convo… urgh I hate that every event is documented on fb. #
    • OK @notfbdotca has convinced me, must go see the social network. Anyone else want to and not seen it yet? #
    • Useful stuff – Tips for how geeks can navigate the workplace! http://j.mp/alXNoA /via @ProfJonathan @eric_andersen by @macslocum #
    • Arrrrghhhh I hate fido. 30 minutes on hold, and then being patronized by some idiot. #
    • Having a small, moving related nervous breakdown. It's mostly fido's fault. #
    • This is seriously awesome! Wish I'd seen it when I was in NY! http://dld.bz/xfzC /via @pinemud #
    • All is not right with the world when dealing with rogers is comparatively pleasant. Why was changing my number such an unreasonable request? #
    • Coffee shops where couples go to break up – http://dld.bz/xmmZ /via @snookca #
    • Damn when I decided that finish thesis or be deported would be an excellent motivator, I didn't think through unable to leave canada in Nov! #
    • Yay! October loans on @kiva – 3 more, total 46. I <3 @kiva! #
    • Love this – the theory of holes – http://dld.bz/xF7j #
    • Love coincidence – blogged about how I need to better deal with my inbox – http://dld.bz/yrMq and this arrives in my rss! http://dld.bz/yrMv #
    • Love this on the cult of less – "psychologically, if you're fixated on owning less stuff, you're still fixated on stuff" http://dld.bz/xWqt #
    • Stuck in a endlessly recursive loop between visa, passport and PR applications exacerbated by lack of phone number. Gah! #firstworldproblems #
    • My digital cup of coffee with @chrisolsen – http://dld.bz/xW5h #
    • This woman is awesome – Grace Hopper on David Letterman – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57bfxsiVTd4 #
    • Dear Yellow Pages, Please stop wasting stuff – we have a thing called "the Internet". http://bit.ly/b2LJmY /via @amyallcock #
    • The 9 worst ways to use twitter for business from hubspot – http://dld.bz/ybYV /via @twegather @smichm #
    • Who's suing who in the telecoms trade from information is beautiful – http://dld.bz/y3Ae #
    • You always think you have more time. Until you don’t. Endings – http://www.cate.blog/2010/10/06/endings/ #
    • Wow these are some cards!! So beautiful! http://dld.bz/ycjw /via @dgou @ashalynd @mymodernmet #
    • The downside of being in the management school, my two office mates don't get my awesome "you had me at hello world" tshirt! #
    • Okay 🙂 #
    • Decided I will have my actual leaving party October 28th at todrics. Who is coming? #
    • Up early to go to kanata. Giving a talk, but so stressed by moving/visas/passport that it did not register as something to stress about. #
    • Wow! Love these beautiful sculptures made from single sheets of paper! http://j.mp/9jXfX3 /via @khalilaleker @eric_andersen #
    • Listening to students list ways people communicated before phones. "letters" absent, interesting! #
    • So at the end of the talk I put up my contact slide and say "I'm on the Internet". Kid puts up hand and asks: "are you on facebook?" #
    • Advice on saying no – for academics, but applies to a lot of us – http://dld.bz/yfQa #
    • I HAVE #NEWTWITTER !!!! FINALLY!
      (and I was just at that moment thinking that #newtwitter is a myth) #
    • Haha what you thought you'd get done today, vs. what actually happened – http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1376 #
    • #Forbes most powerful women list incl. marital status & children – ridiculous! http://bit.ly/aJ7u7P /via @iamcreative @cvharquail #
    • This week I'm exclusively wearing tshirts given to me by tech companies. I wonder if I can get them to start giving me socks as well… #
    • Having endured the idiocy of bank security, adore this – Promoting statistical literacy: a modest proposal – http://dld.bz/yrMS /via @dlitz #
    • I just ousted @auxonic2 as the mayor of Timothy's Sandy Hill on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/6KVwyC #
    • Office mate pets me, sniffs my hair and says "I like it. You always smell like shower". #
    • I was excited to meet a european today, but having heard tales of 12ft giants living inside the earth I'm more freaked out now. #
    • "the average male drives 276 miles while lost each year, which costs him about $3,000 in wasted fuel over a lifetime" – http://dld.bz/yrPP #
    • I want one of these!!! Awesome game using wiimote inside cuddly creature – http://t.co/bBzVDjL via @travelingsw #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-03

    • Not the same without my favorite @zmagg! But best scrambled eggs mmm! (@ The Scone Witch) http://4sq.com/cL3O3n #
    • Liking this on software patents from @dtunkelang – "innovation tax rather than a catalyst for innovation" – http://bit.ly/9pblJV #
    • Late night phone call from my favorite @zmagg – pretty much the highlight of my day. When things are crazy – thankful for the people I love. #
    • Found this pretty mesmerizing – time lapse vid of game programmer at work! http://youtu.be/ZV-AFnCkRLY /via @loudandskittish #
    • I adore this, so charming – Tiny Cardboard Box People Appear All Over Singapore – http://bit.ly/9ne2Zw /via @48kweb #
    • Oops just smashed a glass. But I guess – one less thing to pack? Floor now covered in water and broken glass though! #
    • Writing a talk? Including quotes? Read this first from the Eloquent Woman – http://dld.bz/w6us #
    • Interesting story about the search for a business model – End of the Road for Xmarks – http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=1886 #
    • Wearing my @extremeblue sweater and heading to #ghc10 Awesome!!! (@ Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) ✈) #
    • A beautiful story of a blind man's first week with an iPhone, inspiration for accessible design – http://bit.ly/9X2a2u /via @douglasgresham #
    • Arrrggghhh flight to Atlanta boarding in 20 mins!!!!! (@ Toronto Pearson International Airport CYYZ) http://4sq.com/90k9PK #
    • After running through the airport with no shoes and no belt… Made it!!! Atlanta here I come! #ghc10 #
    • My friend @digitizedchris is trying to meet people all over the world – digitally. Have a cup of coffee with him? http://dld.bz/xdpx #
    • I just unlocked the "Swarm" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/cXQTda #
    • Machine translation has some way to go – "is vomited concealed in fold of goat-time lumber?" http://ur1.ca/1rfbi /via @terriko #
    • The career fair at #ghc10 is so awesome! But I've already accepted the awesomest job so it seems wrong to collect any swag! #
    • Most terrifying commute! http://technology.todaysbigthing.com/2010/09/15 /via @snookca #
    • A new level of doziness, even for me, didn't set alarm but actually changed time on clock. Cue a very late and very confused cate!! #
    • Excited for risk taking for success at #ghc10 – hoping to refine my strategy of risk taking for chaos and adventure. #
    • Depressingly, everyone thinks they and their language better than everyone one else('s) – http://i.imgur.com/G7WyP.gif /via @eric_andersen #
    • On taking for granted – "striving to maintain and improve relationships can sometimes defeat the object" – http://dld.bz/wVjh #
    • OH: "last week I had 7th and 8th graders proving to me that they exist. Some got frustrated and said they didn't care" #
    • I just ousted Charlene H. as the mayor of Grace Hopper Conference 2010 on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/bMzG2a #
    • So excited for another awesome day t #ghc10 !!!! (@ Grace Hopper Conference 2010 w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/bMzG2a #
    • "in my work, in my life, in surrounded by men. You get tired of looking at then!" Duy-Loan Le #ghc10 #
    • "I can't control what people think of me, but I can control what I do" amazing amazing keynote at #ghc10 #
    • Cucumbers – the Chuck Norris of vegetables – http://bit.ly/aLtLCY /via @softqual @dgou #
    • I asked a question at the last session at #ghc10 and after someone came and found me to tell me she reads my blog! Made my day! Week! Year! #
    • Adorkable – a finite simple group (of order two) – http://dld.bz/wEND /via @terriko #
    • "the place where I see people stumble, people who otherwise should be extraordinarily successful, is in showing initiative" #ghc10 #
    • OCRI is looking for grad student and industry mentors – want to make an impact on the next generation of techies? http://dld.bz/xFpd #Ottawa #
    • Omg carol bartz is awesome: stand up for yourself, sometimes you need to be a biatch! #ghc10 #
    • "you don't have to be a CEO. It's not actually the greatest job in the world" – carol bartz #ghc10 #
    • Me too!! RT @terriko: This woman is my new hero. "You're going to be working for 50 years; don't feel you have to do everything in 5" #ghc10 #
    • Omg I can see Fran Allan! The awesomest! so excited! Loved her chapter in coders at work!!!!! #ghc10 #
    • Awesome! Allan Eustace from @google on stage at #ghc10 now! Completely star struck this evening!!! #
    • Woah and I can't park a smart car! Parallel Parking a Mini, in Japan: http://dld.bz/wESd /via @dgou /cc @douglasgresham #
    • Tyler Clementi – this is a horrifying and disturbing story, people can be so cruel #homophobia #itgetsbetter http://bit.ly/b1sU4D rt @kateho #
    • "Terminology is a big issue for seniors" – interesting stuff in compsci for social good at #ghc10 #
    • Current speaker has been teaching seniors to use facebook. Surprised that's a social good! But she makes a good case. #ghc10 #
    • Basically, call your parents or grandma or they'll track you down on facebook and find out what you've been up to! #ghc10 #
    • Proposal: homesick students should adopt a grandma and teach them how to use a computer and the Internet! #ghc10 #
    • Worry isn't work. Being stressed out isn't work. Work is the manifestation of value. http://bit.ly/bGroeT /via @mypromotion @davidzinger #
    • Love that the imposter panel is touching on the anti-mentor: "someone who breaks through the glass ceiling only to throw shards down" #ghc10 #
    • "you have to believe in yourself, because there will be people out there who won't believe in you" #ghc10 #
    • There is no perfect mother. There is no perfect employee – great panel on imposter syndrome at #ghc10 ! #
    • Breaking news from imposter panel at #ghc10 "There is no recognition fairy!" #
    • Fernanda Viegas at #ghc10 !! Sooooooooo excited!!!!! #
    • Wow such an amazing talk from fernanda viegas at #ghc10 completely starstruck by how awesome she is and how stunning her work is!!!!! #
    • Arrrrgggghhhhh Fernanda Viegas asked me if I wanted to do a 20% project with her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #
    • Incredible! Russia in color, a century ago – The Big Picture – Boston.com http://bit.ly/bhY7Hw via @feliciaday #
    • I've been denying it for the last two hours but I now must accept #ghc10 is over. Had the most amazing time and met such great people! #
    • I have a new definition of bliss. Back in my apartment in Ottawa, not leaving the city for two weeks. Mmmmm! #

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-26

    • Insane, I could rent a 3 bedroom house. But I don't want to be the kind of person who lives in a 3 bedroom house, so sticking with the loft! #
    • Started "The No Asshole Rule" yesterday, finished it today. Awesome book – assholes and non-assholes alike should read it! #
    • Awesome holograms created using the ipad! http://dld.bz/wrHk /via @stephenfry #
    • Interesting – @HarvardResearch study finds more distractible people may be more creative! http://j.mp/a07d2o /via @eric_andersen #
    • "Don't know if sharing button on right worked so to make sure you get it I'm also sending via the sharing button on left" #usability #fail #
    • Detecting frustration with search in realtime – awesome! http://dld.bz/wrgx /via @google @googleresearch #
    • Discovered that the noise that had been freaking me out was my satnav alerting me to schools and "places of worship". Why would I care? #
    • In other news, KW has a LOT of churches. Seems strange for a tech city, I thought it would be more #atheist here. #
    • This is completely awesome and ridiculous! New video from @OKGO – http://j.mp/btBNGD /via @ratpack @eric_andersen #
    • Awesome award recognizing volunteering – Do you know a champion of change? Nominate them for the CBC – http://fb.me/FX4l4a9S /via @cuwise #
    • Cool! RT @neatorama: Allow me to introduce you to the upside down world map: http://bit.ly/93iYW3 #
    • Twitterverse! I'm having a Pre-Leaving BBQ on Saturday – are you coming? #
    • Stunning long exposure photographs – http://j.mp/dgiTri /via @mathewi @eric_andersen #
    • I adore this guy's work – so beautiful and charming – http://dld.bz/w4Ag #
    • The 12 people you'll meet on Twitter – some exceptionally tedious types missing -http://j.mp/dzASJf /via @curiousmitch @eric_andersen #
    • Love this! So cool! Tiny works of art… carved on the tip of a pencil http://bit.ly/dyiccE /via @NLC_Molly #
    • Just a reminder – pre-leaving BBQ at my place on Saturday. Come! DM me for address! 🙂 #
    • Awesome Post-It Note art – http://j.mp/coJAsi /via @jackschofield @eric_andersen #
    • "The first step to being amazing is to realize that you aren't" – http://j.mp/9zKHEh /by @armano /via @steverubel eric_andersen #
    • Starting the long drive back to Ottawa. Met so many #kwawesome people I'm really excited to move here! #
    • Crikey! Spray on clothing, and it's washable too – http://bit.ly/cxxwze /via @projectsugru #
    • We knew it, but now studies show – falling in love costs you friends – http://dld.bz/wrqR /via @padday #
    • Grr blog I *love* has started doing snippets with ads. Hate it! Takes so much longer to read. Anything less awesome and I would unsubscribe. #
    • The best thing about my new loft in KW is that with some very precise calculations of traffic lights I think I can commute by toboggan. #
    • Just in the winter, I will have to find some other plan for summer. Unless – Headline: British girl dies in toboggan-car pile up. #
    • Advice for graduate students – how to write less badly – http://dld.bz/wuFS #
    • Loving @jewelia's #foocamp #ignite talk – "Are you as cool as you seem on Facebook?" http://oreil.ly/aDqFhB #
    • Depressing – students rank the gvt as top employer!?!? Can't think of anything more awful myself. http://bit.ly/cc6iXN /via @pinemud #
    • Self control is more important than IQ – http://dld.bz/wrye /via @tseelig #
    • I just ousted @krusk as the mayor of GoodLife Fitness on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/5hS32f #
    • I have 4 months left on a Goodlife membership at student rate if anyone is interested? #
    • I also have Goodlife training sessions, about 40 I think. #
    • Feeling the Pain of Rejection? Try Taking a Tylenol http://bit.ly/akaFq7 /via @sciam #
    • So today I hear FB will surpass Google, and now FB is down. The death of MJ messed things up on Google but nothing this bad. Google FTW! #
    • "Opinions of men simply tanked in a crisis." – Psychologists investigate the glass cliff – http://bnet.io/cajjh7 /via @EntryLevelRebel #
    • My life is chaotic right now, but I'm taking action where I can. By getting a haircut. It's a start! #
    • This is neat! Text analysis of your blog or website – http://urlai.com/url/catehuston.com-blog /via @douglasgresham #
    • There is no such thing as job security (there never really was) – http://tgam.ca/yZo /via @mypromotion @globeandmail #
    • This is why I archive my twitter feed to my blog – hey Twitter, give us our tweets – http://dld.bz/wXZZ #
    • Hilarious and depressing – I hate Facebook sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much… http://dld.bz/wYbd #
    • Yay! Ed Milliband crowned as labour leader, cementing impression as party of unions and not of reality. Die Labour DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE! #
    • Am going to extreme lengths to get full articles for the snippet RSS feed. Grr! And complaining on the fb group. When did I get such a geek? #
    • Am irrationally furious about this whole RSS snippet thing, and fixating on that rather than other, more useful things. Grr! #
    • OH: "I think the worst boyfriend I had was the one who thought he could move things with his mind" #
    • Friend: "this is not productive" Me: "is building relationships not productive?" ex-friend: "but you're leaving!" my now ex-friend is @dlitz #

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