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mmasnick

  1. @rosspruden gene simmons is bluffing. he's said the same thing for years... but hasn't actually sued: http://bit.ly/aIXuoE #infdist about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to rosspruden
  2. Er. This is sorta creepy: "If you have a passion for Mike Masnick..." http://on.fb.me/cL4S7E And, when did FB start copying Wikipedia? about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. @robinsloan @mike_ho don't learn chinese. just pick up one of these: http://bit.ly/dmr0ly (kidding. would love to learn chinese too) 5:39 PM Oct 5th via web
  4. @PrometheeFeu also, normally, I'd reply faster, but was on a plane all day today... 5:01 PM Oct 5th via web in reply to PrometheeFeu
  5. @PrometheeFeu we do use twitter to add updates/alerts etc., but more conversation stuff happens via personal accounts (i.e., @mmasnick ) 5:00 PM Oct 5th via web
  6. @solobasssteve i know. such a sad state of affairs. 1:39 PM Oct 5th via TweetDeck in reply to solobasssteve
  7. Updated the story on Minecraft developer. More like $100k made per day, rather than $350k. http://bit.ly/df0VHc Still damn impressive. 1:37 PM Oct 5th via TweetDeck
  8. Dear PR person: pitching some totally unrelated startup by comparing the CEO to Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network" is not compelling. 12:17 PM Oct 5th via TweetDeck
  9. Heh. Nieman mashes up @ev (williams) and @biz (stone) RT @NiemanLab: Twitter CEO Ev Stone announces he's stepping down 1:10 PM Oct 4th via TweetDeck
  10. @jamie_love is the list of applicants public somewhere? 6:54 AM Oct 4th via TweetDeck in reply to jamie_love
  11. @johnpstrohm i think there are many coherent arguments for rethinking (c). here's a good one: http://bit.ly/1kYzTR 6:29 PM Oct 2nd via TweetDeck in reply to johnpstrohm
  12. @johnpstrohm indeed. i wouldn't say stupidity (or intelligence) is limited to one side. 6:27 PM Oct 2nd via TweetDeck in reply to johnpstrohm
  13. @johnpstrohm funny. i've seen plenty of very well thought out anti-(c) comments. it's usually the pro-(c) people who strike me as uninformed 6:20 PM Oct 2nd via TweetDeck in reply to johnpstrohm
  14. @goorpy haven't found a good one yet 4:16 PM Oct 1st via TweetDeck in reply to goorpy
  15. Apotheker may not be a *good* choice for HP, but what kind of reporter would call him a "no-name"? http://bit.ly/9t2kMH 8:48 AM Oct 1st via TweetDeck
  16. @Jakewk if Ellison was happy to get Hurd, he must be thrilled that HP now hired Apotheker 8:15 PM Sep 30th via TweetDeck in reply to Jakewk
  17. Sad day, saying goodbye to a good man who left this world and his family way too soon. 10:06 AM Sep 30th via TweetDeck
  18. Who says ingenuity is dead? Sandwich bags that make your sandwiches look moldy to scare off kitchen thieves: http://bit.ly/afiqSp 2:51 PM Sep 29th via TweetDeck
  19. @KarlBode to be fair, aol kept engadget going as a strong property. so i think that's more comparable. 4:23 PM Sep 28th via TweetDeck in reply to KarlBode
  20. @ethank yeah, they keep chugging along. not sure what they do any more. 3:46 PM Sep 28th via TweetDeck in reply to ethank