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tempo: FORSOOTH, John McWhorter answers my question about why political oratory is the way it is today, and how it has changed: http://is.gd/1Zzo19 hours ago |
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monstro: dear london: i'll be in your fair city this weekend. who's up for a drink? 21 hours ago |
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monstro: time-delayed on the convention speeches, and catching up now. man it's fun to watch bill clinton speak. 22 hours ago |
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tempo: @ryanchris @melle Sure, Orators don't need visuals, but what about the other 98% of political speakers? 23 hours ago |
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tempo: How come politicians can't use visual aids when they give speeches? Perot had those flipcharts, and Gore eventually got to use slides... 23 hours ago |
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tempo: My second favorite political blogger, Nate Silver, aka @fivethirtyeight, is now on Twitter. 23 hours ago |
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monstro: "Management’s job is not to prevent risk but to build the capability to recover when failures occur." Must-read on Pixar: http://is.gd/1Yvw1 day ago |
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monstro: @mickipedia please inform @escapist that in my book he's all three. 1 day ago |
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monstro: "The first rule of holes is that when you're in one, stop digging." http://is.gd/1Y6s1 day ago |
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monstro: @dakotasmith no one could ever forget @adammathes. he was propping @benbrown up the entire time. 2 days ago |
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monstro: deepleap, fyi, was the company @benbrown @cskott @bryanboyer and i had. @jjg once called it "the best 2003 idea anybody every had in 1999." 2 days ago |
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tempo: Got my free ice cream in South Park before the line got really, really long. Question is: who aid IceCreamMan & why are they giving it away? 2 days ago |
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tempo: If you're a Neal Stephenson fan, come join @amylola and me at a reading from his new book, Anathem, on Sep 9: http://is.gd/1W0M2 days ago |
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tempo: Make that @vctips. The "T" is sticking on my keyboard. 2 days ago |
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tempo: Now following @vcips. Daily aphorisms for the venture-minded. 2 days ago |
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tempo: @zappos As someone who has lost at credit card roulette to @kevinrose (and five others), I take vicarious pleasure in your win! 2 days ago |
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tempo: Retweeting @AndrewCrow: If Obama is my new bicycle, then Biden is the stick I use to jam into other people's spokes while riding. 3 days ago |
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monstro: "I'm trying to be accurate, not kind." 3 days ago |
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tempo: They found a guy they like and it's a feeding frenzy. Sample answer: Q."Where do you see yourself in 25 years?" A. "Taller, much taller." 3 days ago |
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tempo: Eavesdropping on the girls as they mock the men who are responding to their Nerve profiles. Something about "man boobs." Good luck, guys. 3 days ago |
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tempo: I have to hand it to Rove's people, they've done a masterful job turning around the McCain campaign. Those "Original Maverick" ads are good. 3 days ago |
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tempo: Warren Buffet: "You only find out who's been swimming naked when the tide goes out...We found out that WallStreet has been a nudist beach." 4 days ago |
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tempo: One thing you never want to hear your hairstylist say while cutting: "Uh oh. Well, it's a good thing you're a pretty girl." 4 days ago |
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tempo: The NYTimes invites you to follow it on Twitter. Alas, it's just a rehashed RSS feed: http://is.gd/1Sf64 days ago |
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tempo: @KathySierra Ooh, good idea. Seems like a good Maker project for someone with sewing skills. Perhaps @theinfonaut can be recruited... 4 days ago |
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tempo: The big elephant just crapped a mountain and pissed a lake on stage, before resuming it's contortionist act. It took four people to scoop. 4 days ago |
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tempo: It's true, these elephants don't look too healthy, but the go go dancers do look really hot on them. 4 days ago |
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tempo: My goodness, now there's a massive dance/acrobatics routine that's a cross between Grease and Tron. With clowns. 4 days ago |
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monstro: Matzoh brei, cured salmon, and aquavit with @boltron's extended family in sunny Noe Valley. 5 days ago |
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jonathangrubb: 17 hours later we're exiting the grid to explore something more interesting in Black rock city. 20 hours total isn't bad, kp2 made it fun. 6 days ago |
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misswilloughby: Thinking I need to get serious about leveraging my facebook presence a while ago |
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misswilloughby: Tracing the shape of infinity with my spirograph a while ago |
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misswilloughby: Yay! a while ago |
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misswilloughby: Playing w/twttr a while ago |