Twitter Week: 2009-05-02

2009-05-02 00:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@neilhimself Have a look at #Nambu. I found it preferable to #Tweetdeck for managing high traffic feeds & searches. in reply to neilhimself #
One of the better flu/pandemic commentaries: RT @terrycojones: Blogged “A few comments on pandemic influenza” http://bit.ly/kK3zQ #swineflu #
RT @timoreilly: For govt info on #swineflu, follow @CDCemergency and visit http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/ (via @AndrewPWilson) #
@timoreilly @billpena Same problems with #tweetdeck here. #Seesmic doesn’t save searches. #Nambu does & is faster/richer. in reply to timoreilly #
@brookscl I found Small World’s art distracting & misdirecting. The gameplay changes didn’t seem an improvement. Not enough arc or depth. in reply to brookscl #
Facebook’s official AIR applicaiton: http://tinyurl.com/dkblsu #
RT @timoreilly:Fascinating from NYT: “skeletal integrity consumes maybe 40% of our average caloric budget.” http://bit.ly/yaZL3 #
@elenuial HR resume parsing has long-since been out-sourced to 3rd party app stacks. Rarely is even PDF or ASCII supported. in reply to elenuial #
@elenuial Resume is a key-word farm, yes, but cover letters more important to pass HR. Word’s just a standardised data-interchange-format. in reply to elenuial #
@elenuial The other version is: This is a human problem, not a technical problem. in reply to elenuial #
@elenuial Yep, and that’s the fate of all communication: finding the common middle ground (lowest common denominator). in reply to elenuial #
@elenuial BtB I’m getting 1:1 in-person interviews for crafted cover letters. Bare resumes don’t cut it any more. Active selling required. in reply to elenuial #
@timoreilly So few use #twitter usefully that there are few +ve role models and fewer ways to find ‘en. Celebrity sizzle doesn’t help in reply to timoreilly #
@toddbert Heck no. Submissions to publishers. in reply to toddbert #
@elenuial MUDs are rightly incredible. Nothing beats social engineering on that scale. in reply to elenuial #

Twitter Week: 2009-04-25

2009-04-25 00:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

Delegating truth to authoritative experts, the (wonderful) information/communication theory vantage: http://bit.ly/FP4pC #
A view/data-history centric model for a firefox? http://tinyurl.com/ceoh6y #
Tweetie (OS X) would be a lot more useful if it saved search windows/strings between invocations. #twitter #tweetie #tweetdeck #osx #
@tharri I’ve not tried. I know several who use it for multi-account on iPhone. I’m about to look into Seesmic. #tweetie #twitter #seesmic in reply to tharri #
@hnshah Important thing isn’t title but, “Did you learn the lessons?”, “Are you still learning?” & “Will you use that to build success?” in reply to hnshah #
@icheyne @Linnaeus The locals, who include Wei-Hwa & Tom, say the tiles offer more viable paths & make several corner cases viable. in reply to icheyne #
@Linnaeus @Icheyne The assertion is that they force those reinforced strategies to be narrower and thus riskier if pursued directly. #rftg in reply to Linnaeus #
@Linnaeus @icheyne Talk to Eugene Huang about #RftG exp tounament w/ Wei-Hwa. Amazing play by Wei. Eugene is ext-good. Wei steamrollered. in reply to Linnaeus #
Accident on I85: 4 cars, motorcycle in middle, man lieing in oil spill desperately holding rider’s head/helmet still. Right on ya mate! #
@ingredientx Clippers: Best game Alan Moon has done. 5 players only. Turn back lines so nothing gets to the 8 point islands. Avoid Samoa! in reply to ingredientx #
@ingredientx SFR is terrible: the decisions are after the commitments. So wrong. Trick in Clippers is to fight off every avenue of success. in reply to ingredientx #
@ingredientx My other phrasing: Stifle & strangle. Just stifle & strangle the other players on the board. You’ll get an amazing game! in reply to ingredientx #
#Nambu is neat. Faster than #tweetdeck, clunky UI, multi-account, good threading, long histories, but still can’t edit searches! #twitter #
@msaari So far #Nambu is happy with Spirited Away and doesn’t pop up unprompted. (http://drikin.com/spiritedaway/) in reply to msaari #
@dan4th What about Chicago Express annoys you so? in reply to dan4th #
@dan4th Yep, a tight dance with little forgiveness - but not inescapable. Usually hard but possible. See my set piece articles on BGG. in reply to dan4th #
@brookscl Arguably the latter should be #go4 not #gof in reply to brookscl #
@ginn5j @brookscl Absolutely. Sufficiently dense keys are always ambiguous: they’re called hashes. in reply to ginn5j #
I find #gov20 so terribly encouraging. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103461990&ft=1&f=1014 #

Twitter Week: 2009-04-18

2009-04-18 00:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@andsoerinsaid Bohrer has repeatedly kiboshed the idea of a UvC reprint. We’ll see. #GoF in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@peterpham Karma is good. Give him a disposable email addr so he can also keep his karma straight & feel honest. in reply to peterpham #
@kgnunn Local group summary of Diamond’s Club: Interesting but short legs. No more than 6-10 plays before exhausted. We’re ~4 plays in. #gof in reply to kgnunn #
@neilhimself We asked, “Most useful & expressive word added to English in the last century?” The winner: Doh! Your nomination? in reply to neilhimself #
@icheyne I use #bgdf_chat on mibbit (boardgame design) & some OSS projects on effnet & freenet. Long wished BGGChat was IRC based. #IRC in reply to icheyne #
@timoreilly @precipice It’s often cheaper & faster to deliberately make & fix a bad decision than to get it right in the first place. in reply to timoreilly #
@ingredientx Welcome to my world for 3+ years while I was at PayPal. The truth and the chattering classes bear very little relation. in reply to ingredientx #
@brettspiel @ingredientx Yep. PayPal is slammed for anti-laundering/fraud/etc laws/contracts etc they can’t talk about due to privacy regs. in reply to brettspiel #
@icheyne I get ragged on as as I use both score and thrice and am neither Indian or British. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne Do a TwitSearch for #IRC. Lotsa hits. A channel list on freenet or effnet shows much non-tech activity. I’m on 24/7/365. #
@icheyne Mibbit has a neat dedicated web-widget for the non-IRC literati (see the one at bgdf.com). I use irssi. #irc #irssi #bgdf in reply to icheyne #
RT @neilhimself: Was just sent awesome link to a short film by me drawn by Gahan Wilson. #
18Mex again last night. Bank broke after 3 diesel ORs! Too soon. Still figuring out why train rush was so lurchy & slow. 5P>4P? #18xx #
I want to read their S-1. Huge insights into product & market likely. RT @nytimes: EBay Plans Public Offering for Skype http://bit.ly/m3dvC #
Good typography summary of concerns and design guides for HTML/CSS: http://bit.ly/jOIH #
Somali pirates can’t escalate materiel as fast/far as RoW can. The pirates may back-handedly force Somalia to be stabilised. Sad. #
@andsoerinsaid BTW now you have the real rules to Corner Lot, did y’all get them right at #GoF? in reply to andsoerinsaid #
RT @BoardgameNews: Truth: “Ideas alone are nearly worthless.” Lewis Pulsipher offers … on designing games – http://bit.ly/jDlz2 #
Disney recycling their own content? Say it isn’t so! http://bit.ly/6PUU4 #
@rholzgrafe Agreed on both counts, but he has prompetd me to re-examine how I use my blog and internal notes system. A good thing I think. in reply to rholzgrafe #
E-Books, publishing, revenue models and the impending splat sound of karma meeiting dogma & the harsh road of reality: http://bit.ly/GdBUN #
Don’t just handle symptoms. Tactics vs strategy in handling Detroit, the bailout & the industry’s future: http://bit.ly/ss9E #
RT @codinghorror Wikipedia: where the most obsessed users always win. Always. The weird thing is that in the aggregate, this system works. #
@rholzgrafe (Disney recycling) Yeah, I know, my comment is satircal. Animators were early practitioners of re-factoring long before Disney in reply to rholzgrafe #
RT @Dave_Ferguson Original name for Wikipedia: “unemployed Ph.D. Death Match” (Me: You’ll be getting a bill for my coffee-stained screen…) #
@raphkoster I like & use Twitter Tools for WordPress: http://bit.ly/bt6GV in reply to raphkoster #
Tweetie for OS X? I’m in. http://bit.ly/9okr #
@raphkoster My pattern is to follow generously but filter and remove even faster. Low barrier to entry. High bar to stay. in reply to raphkoster #
RT @ChrisTheCat: My job description? http://is.gd/q5Um #
@davemcclure Twitter is becoming the common inter-site transport and notification system. Adding Twitter Connect just makes it the glue too. in reply to davemcclure #

Twitter Week: 2009-04-11

2009-04-11 00:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

RT @antrod: Completely agree URL shorteners blow http://bit.ly/38PcEp (yes I know the irony!), & hope that site owners get better hygiene. #
RT @timoreilly: This is a great bit of work by @dannysullivan: Analysis: Which URL Shortening Service Should You Use? http://bit.ly/Qtjb #
@andsoerinsaid Which of my designs are you looking at? #GoF in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@matthewlive Theme-modified? It is almost theme-less. What was the weird event? #GoF in reply to matthewlive #
@tharri I fiigured it was Corner Lot, but it is possible that Muck&Brass & ‘Ohana Proa are at #GOF too. in reply to tharri #
@brookscl Small World: How so? Seems to sub humor for meat, shorter but defanged & thinner. Not played tho. Jet Set seems more interesting. in reply to brookscl #
RT @timoreilly: Internet advocacy group asks FCC to investigate limits on skype on iPhone: http://bit.ly/17bi #
@andsoerinsaid DM me your snail mail at #GoF and I’ll send a Corner Lot in the mail. (Ditto one other at #GoF) in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@matthewlive Same offer for you: DM me your snail mail at #GoF and I’ll send out a Corner Lot. (I’ve two copies sitting here) in reply to matthewlive #
As discussed, URL shorteners are bad & useful. This one ollapses multiple URLs plus notes to a single short URL: http://i.hubb.me/ #
@andsoerinsaid What’s your general view of Metropolys? (BTW: Played Tom Lehmann’s Memphys?) in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@tharri So far I’m most pleased with Tweetdeck with Twhirl coming a close second. in reply to tharri #
@tharri I rarely to never use the Firefox sidebar. I’ve fought to minimise the F’fox UI. and maximise content. Tabs on right, no menus etc. in reply to tharri #
@tharri I love big screens – for putting more text on! ftp://ftp.kanga.nu/users/claw/screenshots/Desktop/JCL.Desktop.20.png in reply to tharri #
@tharri Welcome to my world… in reply to tharri #
@andsoerinsaid How did you find Steel Driver? I’m very mixed; strong concerns about control versus incentive. #GoF in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@subhan_michael Stephenson’s Rocket is great, one of Knizia’s two best. Equally good 2P, 3P and 4P. Play aggressively, force vetos often! in reply to subhan_michael #
@matthewlive Per Erin’s report y’all played Corner Lot wrong. Players are cash limited & can’t bid if don’t have cash right then. #GoF in reply to matthewlive #
@andsoerinsaid @matthewlive Corner Lot rules: ftp://ftp.kanga.nu/users/claw/odd/games/prototypes/CornerLot/rules.pdf http://is.gd/r9Wl #
@andsoerinsaid Kaivai is brilliant. Persist. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Ok, I’m scared RT @NASA: Ice problems down south, too. See NASA satellite image of a key Antarctic ice bridge collapsing. http://tr.im/iov5 #
@jdludlow Just set a search ala #Gof OR “Gathering of Friends” OR bggcon OR bgg.con OR #boardgame in your Twitter client and you’re done. in reply to jdludlow #
@tharri #facebook uses @CDN heavily – I suspect the #FB problem is with the Content Delivery Network (eg S3, akamai) in reply to tharri #
@timoreilly Engineers love problems. Managers love solutions. Entrepreneurs love inventing brand-new problem/solution pairs. in reply to timoreilly #
RT @antrod: When life imitates art (24) and spies hack into our electrical grid: http://bit.ly/2e0et7 #
Some truth here, some Qs, some rants: RT @davemcclure: Nassim Taleb 10 Points to avoid Black Swans http://bit.ly/12h50V (via @kevinmarks) #
RT @timoreilly: Help ban single-use styrofoam containers in California: http://tinyurl.com/c7ex35 #
RT @raphkoster: TipJoy looks rather interesting! http://tipjoy.com/twitterapps/ #
@ingredientx Actually the proper form is “dit”. Not sure how to effect rescue from CA. Waving hands? in reply to ingredientx #
@peterpham (FBvsTwitter) Quite. Instead of building their core competency they’re chasing someone else’s. Poor focus & discipline, bad move in reply to peterpham #
@GreenMBA Which do you maximise for? # of happy people or total happiness? What’s the ecological trade-off? When does it invert? #
@andsoerinsaid I’m glad it got there in time. Please check the rules I sent against what you learned. Jealous of your UvC game. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BilboAtBagEnd It would greatly help those interested in the games at the #GoF if you used a #GoF hashtag on your tweets. in reply to BilboAtBagEnd #
@BilboAtBagEnd No worries mate. I see your now, err, storming the #GoF hashtag. in reply to BilboAtBagEnd #
@snicholson I prefer the on-going #GoF commentary rather than summaries. #
@snicholson Cavum is a fight to be last or first. Middle is terrible. Makes 1-4 action pacing interesting for me. Brilliant flawed game. #
RT @hnshah: “Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.” - Bill Gates #
@jdludlow Checkout Cavum. Not economic engine but remarkably good. Common summary here is “Brilliant but flawed” (quote David Eisen) #gof in reply to jdludlow #
@jdludlow Cavum is a typical K&K action point game, this time indirectly modeled on the 18xx track-laying sub-game. Clever, hard, 90-120min in reply to jdludlow #
@andsoerinsaid Try Carrom before committing to Crokinole. I find it more interesting. #GoF in reply to andsoerinsaid #

Twitter Week: 2009-04-04

2009-04-04 00:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

Nudge #gamestorm game name? Thanks. in reply to brookscl #
Supermarket 2.0 (youtube): http://is.gd/ptyz #
@jdludlow Kindle & its content DRM are a transitional platform in the same way that RIAA's view of music dist is proving to be transitional. in reply to jdludlow #
RT @bokardo "Relationship Symmetry in Social Networks: Why @Facebook will go Fully Asymmetric" http://bit.ly/nPGBA #Twitter #Facebook #
@jphatala Yes, that's why how and why 409 spam and a great host of other spam and confidence tricks work. #
@jphatala http://tinyurl.com/5kal5 That said, Social media and value is built on the presumption of trust. #
@brooksci Which 18xx was this? It isn't 1861 or 1850. http://tinyurl.com/cw5q3g #
@ingredientx A not-so-small cadre of designers from #BGDF attended #gamestorm. #
@Veronica The Forbidden Planet on Tottenham Court Rd is ace, tho sadly far more corp-glossy than its days on Denmark St. #
@Veronica If a museum buff, don't miss the Victoria & Albert. Some of the best pre-raphaelites are (were?) there. #
On Fri played 1846, 18Mex & 1832. I loathed '46, loved Mex, and sucked on '32. Not a Dixon fan but '32 won't leave my head. Promising! #
@brookscl Yep, that is 1873! Thanks! #
@jdludlow #18xx my comfort games: http://is.gd/pBfw http://is.gd/pBfC 2P Abstracts : stuck at gamenight, only 2P. Normally not my bag. in reply to jdludlow #
@brookscl SoH: I see groupthink & poor play for brutal trainrush. Not newbie-suitable game. Newbies can't plan thru the trainrush. #18xx in reply to brookscl #
@ChrisTheCat 18Mex is very popular locally. Love the poison 3, Phase 3.5 and Phase 5/NdM evolutions ala 1856's CGR evolution. 18TN? #18xx in reply to ChrisTheCat #
@brookscl Gahh again? Site hijacked by spammers briefly years ago. The reactions seem immortal. I'll request review again. in reply to brookscl #
1812 looks more interesting than 1861. Files posted to #18xx mailing list on Y!. http://is.gd/pBmf #
@ChrisTheCat I have 18TN here. Given 18Mex's success I see it being played soon. Will report. #18xx in reply to ChrisTheCat #
@brookscl 18TN should have fast trainrush, but not 18Mex's or 1841's speed. Two more weeks to #18xx night here (2nd Mon of month). !Wait in reply to brookscl #
@brookscl Dunno if newbie & interesting #18xx possible. 18EZ trying. i've doubts. Teacher so important. Hard show game's depth w/o scaring. in reply to brookscl #
@jphatala Trust & reciprocity not quite the same. Some iterative prisoner's dilemma here. Winning strategies all include trust by default. in reply to jphatala #
@jphatala That goes both ways. There's also trust in -ves. Trust in cheating and failing for instance. Not reciprocal, but needed. in reply to jphatala #
@andrew_chen Screw followers and subscribers. More actively participating members of the network, not just lurkers. in reply to andrew_chen #
RT @jdludlow: I laughed. http://hugeurl.com/ #
@raphkoster I filter and read my filters, same as email. #twitter in reply to raphkoster #
@raphkoster Tweetdeck (mostly). Nice UI. Limited # of filters tho. I also RSS my #twitter feed and filter/read that. in reply to raphkoster #
@toddbert I like the simplicity but not enough contention--too rarely an auction mid-resolution. Card luck too strong but still working. in reply to toddbert #
The journalistic media is dead. Long live the journaling media: http://is.gd/pY6W #
@elenuial @raphkoster Own your own intent invokes the intentional fallacy. Intent is less important than the recipient's perception. in reply to elenuial #
My online communications just got a lot easier with Google's Autopilot: http://is.gd/q1uR #
@raphkoster That's Okay, @neilhimself just hired on at the Guardian to help rewrite all the parliamentary speeches: http://is.gd/pY6W in reply to raphkoster #
RT @Joshlam Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay! http://tw2.us/eD (via @hnshah) #
@morganramsay The argument is subjective, of course it is uncertain. However audience is larger, sets discussion & thus determines effect. in reply to morganramsay #
@ingredientx I wonder. Do any current browsers still support marquee? in reply to ingredientx #
@ericries Isn't that a direct implication of the thousand true fans model? in reply to ericries #
@ChrisTheCat Gods I would miss MH if I ever moved to a different mail platform. The ease of file/text-tool processing mail is ace. in reply to ChrisTheCat #
@morganramsay Obviously there is authorial lifecycle, but there never is perfect duplication of intent in recip & there doesn't need to be. in reply to morganramsay #
@elenuial Agreed, responsible for the effect you create, intentional or not. Intent isn't an effect thus less social responsblty for intent #
@morganramsay Is question of intent or coherency & hitting what aimed at? I see intent as a mere tool. May be talking past each other. in reply to morganramsay #
SGI, coolest company in the Valley in their day & hugely fun to work at, gives up the ghost and is sold for pity money: http://is.gd/qdGx #
@ingredientx Thanks man. SGI was...the best. I got there late but they were still glorious. in reply to ingredientx #
#boardgame design Q: What do international currency trade & international currency markets make you think of? Looking for memes. #bgdf #bgg #
I hear crashing pride. Better than SGI's fate tho: RT @alleyinsider: IBM Cuts Its Price For Sun To $9-$10 http://bit.ly/lwfVc #
Great -- nail on Hwy 101, then it bubbled. New tires here I come. Goodbye afternoon. http://twitpic.com/2qktq http://is.gd/qon2 #
@icheyne If anything I wonder if offline friends will find out if I'm less of a geek than they think I am. #
@ingredientx FF game neat but diff dir than I'm going: money as idea backed by confidence only & e/ing relative & no real values for a/ing #
Another form of YAGNI/GIB/WIB/etc -- RT @antrod: Fantastic Gruber piece on building long lasting systems: http://bit.ly/Gp4hX #
@ingredientx The notion is for each player to entirely control issuance of at least one currency. At some point it is all just money. in reply to ingredientx #
RT @BoardgameNews: Wisdom: What "Easy to learn, hard to master" really means for game designers – http://bit.ly/baNIR (from Gamasutra) #
Is moving the dependency from MS to Google such a game-shift? RT @alleyinsider: Vivek's Plan: More Google For Government http://bit.ly/G1WNU #
@neilhimself I have a milk carton and I know how to use it. Ariba! Ariba! Andale! Andale! #
Looking for basic #chemistry supply in #SanJose CA: beakers and test tubes (kid's #scienceproject). Where? #

Twitter Week: 2009-03-28

2009-03-28 01:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@raphkoster I’ve yet to be disappointed by Charles deLint. Unusually liquid prose. in reply to raphkoster #
@raphkoster It has been long, educational & adventurous in graceless ways. Life, bah humbug! Hehn. How long are you in SF? #
@raphkoster Oof, so leaving early then. in reply to raphkoster #
RT @davemcclure: 3 AAA’s of Metrics: Actionable, Accessible, Auditable (@EricRies) #
RT @EricRies: 3 AAA’s of Metrics: Actionable, Accessible, Auditable #
RT @NASA: A close view of today’s Soyuz launch. Bill Ingalls captures terrific images! http://tr.im/hQF6 #
R A Lafferty’s droll “Slow Tuesday Night” (SF short). Welcome to modernity. (via @nielhimself ) http://lin.cr/hbe #
Eddie Izzard just finished filming on John Wyndam’s Day of the Triffiids. BBC TV so often has it so right. I miss it. (@via eddieizzard) #
RT @hnshah: @CAUSECAST Tesla Unveils Groundbreaking Electric Car, The Telsa Model S http://ping.fm/QtEGh #tesla #teslamodels #electriccar #
Who called me for a web usability study? <drum rioll> Yep, PayPal – and almost certainly the group I worked with for the last 3+ years. #
Watchmen does Wall-E, and well (via #trishm): http://lin.cr/hbm #
Saw Watchman. Talked w/ kids abt fear of nukewar in 70s&80s. Greenpeacer then. Forgot how oppressive it was but it came back. Always fear. #
@brettspiel And yet I count every cube in each played game – after it is in the bag , not before – here. I figure sheep herding is next. in reply to brettspiel #
@brettspiel Yeah, I’m still waiting on mine. Lots of Setters of Catan roads for Muck&Brass and the like. in reply to brettspiel #
@brookscl What is the name of this (prototype)? http://is.gd/pcxB #gamestorm in reply to brookscl #
Things I don’t understand: roofs over wells. Why, to keep the rain out? #

Twitter Week: 2009-03-21

2009-03-21 01:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@judell When it dies, consider a using a pair of Maltron single hand keyboards: http://bit.ly/LyX8v in reply to judell #
@antrod Twitter adds a stochasitc 1:many model that degrades to 1:1 to the more disciplined blog/RSS model. That seems strictly different. in reply to antrod #
Jouralism’s future: a new species surviving in a new ecological niche in ways we won’t recognise. http://bit.ly/XLD0 http://bit.ly/vYCE3 #
#quote @cshirky : Tht is wht real revolutions R lk. T’ old stuff gets broken faster than t’ new stuff is put in place. http://bit.ly/gylJv #
@ingredientx Beware of the loss of traffic/convenience from being visible at the store for recruitment/sustainability of the group. in reply to ingredientx #
@ingredientx Fair call. I’ve watched two groups die in similar transitions. in reply to ingredientx #
@wefollow #bgg #tech #sailor #
@wefollow #bgg #startups #tech #
Is it just me, or does Twitter really need direct/built-in support for hashtags? #twitter #
@brettspiel True. Is #twitter heading for an acquisition implosion as they consume their field? They have a /hard/ CS problem WRT scaling. in reply to brettspiel #
@icheyne Not a Midnight Commander fan? in reply to icheyne #
@brettspiel #twitter /have/ to handle scaling, which is non-feature/product-building & HARD. They only working that prob, ignore rest now? in reply to brettspiel #
RT @neilhimself: So wrong, so wrong, so utterly, utterly wrong: http://bit.ly/HKfPE (And stupid and inconsiderate of cost/benefit ratios) #
(Pray, pray, pray for it to be true!) RT @nprpolitics: Is Consumer Confidence Creeping Back? http://tinyurl.com/blp8bu #
@icheyne There used to be a GTK-ish MC clone. Don’t recall the name. Still arround? I’m a CLI guy tho OS X is seductive. #linux in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne Krusader: http://www.krusader.org/ in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne I’m running KDE or Gnome either, doesn’t stop me from running some KDE apps, some Gnome apps etc. Mix’n’match! #linux in reply to icheyne #
Bugger this for a game of soldiers! Do none of the URL shortening services work with FTP protocol URLs? #web #twitter #tinyurl #annoyed #
@icheyne Happy FVWM2 user here. I run bits of everything and anything as long as it is useful. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne My normal world: ftp://kanga.nu/users/claw/screenshots/Desktop/JCL.Desktop.20.png Hopefully the tiny URL won’t bork it. #linux in reply to icheyne #
Tweetdeck doesn’t recognise FTP URLs as links. #tweetdeck #
@icheyne You’d think HTTP was the only Internet protocol. Stupid lazy. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne blush in reply to icheyne #
Go! Go! Go! GO! RT @NASA Space shuttle Discovery launched on time at 7:43 p.m.! #
@hnshah @randfish The Agile/Scrum/etc lessons apply to productivity too! http://lin.cr/gnm http://lin.cr/gno http://lin.cr/gnp in reply to hnshah #
RT @timoreilly: If we didn’t think gov xparency would turn up problems, why did we want it in the 1st place? http://bit.ly/6LQTv from @mlsif #
Signed the manifesto for software craftmanship: http://manifesto.softwarecraftsmanship.org/main #
@neilhimself The URL was truncated on your retweet of mcctheater. in reply to neilhimself #
@icheyne So long Sucker is evil? Damned right! In many ways Intrige is So Long Sucker rendered into more palatable boardgame form. #
@toddbert Yeah, it is a vague armwave at what might be a dreamy idea in an idealised world. in reply to toddbert #
@ingredientx Yep, that’s part of the common mythos of the game, substantiated by Nash et al. Tales abound of its use in cocktail parties. in reply to ingredientx #
RT @timoreilly: http://bit.ly/Et4MU Bkgd 4 piece on Vivek Kundra http://bit.ly/6LQTv We need Vivek. Don’t let him be hung out to dry. #
@ingredientx I have two voice dialers (Google’s and SawWho). Both work. Neither is hands-free. I don’t believe either has headset integ. in reply to ingredientx #
@ericries Req CTO present mult answers to probs and state cases for which each is right/wrong. Discourse makes education. CTO is educator. #
@ericries Also, CTO can’t scale unless his staff mindshare his intelligence. If he doesn’t discuss, doesn’t educate, can’t scale. in reply to ericries #
@ericries CTO trap of short-view optmse. Ask how could solve his scaling as eng prob? Has to see HE can solve prob & choose cost tradeoffs. in reply to ericries #
@andrew_chen You twit your good articles, why bother with RSS? in reply to andrew_chen #
@ericries 2nd thought: Ask CTO what is more important long-term than getting short-term answers right? When is it Okay to do it wrong? in reply to ericries #
@icheyne Can win Intrige without every backstabbing. Up to you how to play. I’m a big fan. in reply to icheyne #
More grace than I expected: RT @nprpolitics: Obama ‘Deserves My Silence,’ Bush Says In Speech http://tinyurl.com/c9ttbg #
Excellent! news, we need Vivek. RT @nytimes: The Caucus: Obama’s Chief Information Officer Is Reinstated http://tinyurl.com/d6b5bc #
RT @neilhimself: Over at http://sagerdigital.com/coraline is a cool QT movie showing what computers did on Coraline film. #
@icheyne Bridges of Shangri La has been doing it for me lately. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne Tanga was dumping copies of BoSL recently. You should be able to find it cheaply. Best with 3P. in reply to icheyne #
1st steps, perhaps too small: RT @timoreilly: WSJ: Insurers Must Disclose Climate Exposure http://bit.ly/qWTU This is HUGE! #
@neilhimself Such corrections to FileBy etc can be crowdsourced. You have friends who care; let them look after you. in reply to neilhimself #
On AiG bonus silliness and intelligence: RT @planetmoney: A doozy of a blog post from Adam Davidson./CK http://snurl.com/e3kvo #
RT @andrew_chen: extreme sheep herding. Worth watching: http://tinyurl.com/9w4o9c #

Twitter Week: 2009-03-14

2009-03-14 01:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@frandallfarmer I 1st read Watchmen 20+ years back & many times since. It helped form a chunk of my world view. I am…nervous. Scared. in reply to frandallfarmer #
@davemcclure I followback a falling fraction. Are they interested or interesting? I follow the interested: more signal, more focus & use. in reply to davemcclure #
RT @timoreilly/@doctorow: Economist calculates optimum length of copyright http://bit.ly/nYrxL Turns out the founders were right #
Xaquery’s Noblemen just won Hippodice: http://bit.ly/V5Dzv #
@neilhimself Sorry man. David was good guy that helped many, incl me. Love, sympathy, support, wish could help. Life is in the living. in reply to neilhimself #
@venturehacks Printers are xlation devices & there are ALWAYS losses in xlation. Multi-func printers offer more xlations and are so worse. in reply to venturehacks #
As Google demonstrates, security is trust: trust in others and trust in the network of trust: http://bit.ly/jgoW3 #
@timoreilly I’d say your Web Presence isn’t the dataspaces,but the relationships you create among those dataspaces and Real World entities in reply to timoreilly #
@brettspiel I miss snow. I wish I lived in an area with 4 real seasons. in reply to brettspiel #
@brettspiel CA has been ran and sun in fairly equal measure, sometimes simultaneously. The world is already turning green. in reply to brettspiel #
RT @timoreilly I endorse @CarlMalamud’s campaign to become the public printer of the US, open documents online for all #YesWeScan #
@boydscott (I think) pointed me at this neat collection of stop motion animation. Some excellent works. http://bit.ly/QqHRn #
An odd challenge with Twitter: My primary interest is professional, primary activity is personal. This discord must be resolved. Identity! #
@toddbert Yeah, thought abt split accs. Such a bother! Temptation is integrated view. Unsure how that fits with proffessional self-mktg. in reply to toddbert #
You called regarding a quick? Plone consulting gig in SF. I’ll be up that way anyways. maybe I can help, but I can’t if you don’t email… #
Much of yesterday was thinking about exit strategies for startups. These women’s exit strategy is far better: to LIVE! http://bit.ly/LlJxs #
RT @planetmoney: Interesting to see how easily British say “deflation.” + “printing money” /lc http://tinyurl.com/acvs7q #
Crowd-source musical notes at a time, then assemble (via @timoreilly): http://bit.ly/StKB #
Best general journalism article to date on Twitter. They get it ~all, but not (yet) why its more formal than Facebook: http://bit.ly/NqgM #
Common wisdom write large for shared endeavour, esp startups but also author/publisher relationships etc: (@hnshah) http://bit.ly/5Qfgx #
Ooops, bad URL on that last. My bad. Fixed: http://bit.ly/5Qfg #
@ingredientx Time’s arrow is full of fruit flies that couldn’t find the banana. in reply to ingredientx #
@toddbert In which one do you put more professional foot forward and why the character diff? There’s sharp contrast btw Twitter and FB. in reply to toddbert #
@toddbert I see more work, real work, done in Twitter than FB. I wanna know why given their diffs and yet strong similarities. in reply to toddbert #
@toddbert In short: coordination. eg @timoreilly @davemcclure @eWords @planetmoney Allows synch in field built on the meta-conversation. in reply to toddbert #
@toddbert A comp is the bkgrnd conv buzz in a startup. Knowing what e/one is saying/doing/thinking is key to good coordination and focus. in reply to toddbert #
@toddbert Agreed, a msging platform w/ extreme timeliness SLAs & public broadcast. Sorta meta-Usenet built on pers filters. That’s different in reply to toddbert #
Why are all the women in the dating-for-over-40s ads on FB clearly in their 20’s and surgically ballooned? Doh! Massage parlor anyone? #
@raphkoster Gimme a shout if you want a hand with TweetDeck. in reply to raphkoster #
@raphkoster Twiter is more to blame for that than TweeDeck – users have to manage their API call rates manually due to Twitter failings. in reply to raphkoster #
@raphkoster You’re err, lucky then. I regularly hit the limit with several diff desktop apps and the two clients on my iPhone. Annoying! in reply to raphkoster #
@raphkoster Might be useful. http://bit.ly/13rmog ION I’ve found Twirl to be pretty feature-eqiv to Tweetdeck, but smaller real-estate. in reply to raphkoster #
@toddbert http://bit.ly/7xwSa in reply to toddbert #
@hnshah Raw cranky-but-clever APIs are often at raw cranky bleeding frontiers. We love that edgy stuff. #
RT @Veronica: Dog Armor: Because your pit bull isn’t intimidating OR medieval enough! http://bit.ly/lDJRV #
@davemcclure I rarely read Subject: s. The biggies are FROM, THREAD (controlled by References: and In-Reply-To:) and key words. in reply to davemcclure #
@shanselman You can’t, not as a CSS background. You’ll need a foreground element you can hang an AREF or JS/DOM link off. #lazyweb #xhtml in reply to shanselman #
@toddbert Think of Twitter as a conv with a stochastic sample of an undefined crowd. It isn’t 1:1, it is 1:many which degrades to 1:1. in reply to toddbert #
@robconery Table cells can’t be AREF links either. #lazyweb #xhtml in reply to robconery #
RT @timoreilly: Introduced to the music of Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou by @mearabai http://bit.ly/DqrVI (excellent stuff) #
I pray for the return of the automat – I near lived on them in my youth: http://bit.ly/IXUDY #

Twitter Week: 2009-03-07

2009-03-07 00:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@brookscl GTD? in reply to brookscl #
@brookscl Thanks. in reply to brookscl #
BAP: Too late for Steel Driver, watched Supernova, sat out Agricola, played Hive & Princes of Machu Pichu (won both). Forgot to tale pics. #
Steampunk Myths & Legends winners announced. Amazing work. http://tinyurl.com/dbzkm8 #
Juan Enriquez’ TED talks may be porous (format constraint), but he’s a sharp and polished optimist: http://bit.ly/oB9eY #
My youngest wears glasses. He’s, well, a kid. Replacements cost. Enter Zenni: http://zennioptical.com/ Thanks: @epopt ! #
RDBMS without a lot of the R and with relaxed integrity constraints: http://bit.ly/1DTsN Brilliant for lightly keyed datastructures. #
Good comment thread on that last URL BTW. #
@jdludlow There’s much to love about Outpost for fans of dZvZ. Some say dZvZ neutered what make Outpost great. Bigger snowball in Outpost. in reply to jdludlow #
@jdludlow A friend (Jon Leonard) is an outpost addict (a/time a/where). He taught me the game. That’s where I started my -ve obsession. in reply to jdludlow #
I must not fall in love. I must not: http://ilovetypography.com/ #
@jdludlow It is severely OOP. Talk to Tom Lehmann about what is required for reconstruction? Or I can ask him on Thurs If I remember. in reply to jdludlow #
@jdludlow You might also consider Lehmann’s Phoenicia. The rules are borked (publisher rewrite) but it is classic Lehmann snowball. Short! in reply to jdludlow #
@jdludlow That’s pretty decent timing for dZvZ. 180 minutes is common here. in reply to jdludlow #
School desks that allow kids to stand, lean, sit etc: just like modern adult workstation. Excellent idea. http://bit.ly/QTSY9 #
NASA can still do real science. Only a few more days until the Kepler launch: http://kepler.nasa.gov/ #
The net of a thousand lies also never forgets: http://tinyurl.com/ctagfa #
The only real response possible to Seth Godin’s google-memory post: http://tinyurl.com/6de3jw #
@Seth_Godin On Google memory, are you familiar with Dr Fun and the ghosts of Usenet past? http://tinyurl.com/6de3jw #
RT @davemcclure: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss: http://bit.ly/seussday (thx for reminder @mona :) #
RT @timoreilly: RT @lowflyingrocks: 2009 DD45 just passed the Earth at 9km/s, approximately seventy-four thousand, eight hundred km away. #
@doctorow Dunno know the X, but it could be, “Why do you find ___ so interesting? What is so interesting about it?” in reply to doctorow #
RT @raphkoster: RT: @juliandibbell deconstructs “Kittens” to an amazing degree http://is.gd/lrHZ #
RT @timoreilly: “…premise that correlation was more of a constant than a variable.” http://bit.ly/hdtrt The math behind the meltdown #
@NotGodinREPOSTs WRT “Looking for yes”: I suspect that a primary humans look for is opportunity to help & to be helped. We delight in it. in reply to NotGodinREPOSTs #
Surprise! Yahoo Outperforming Google (YHOO, GOOG): http://tinyurl.com/c2m7hw #
Meteor 2009 DD45, 21-47m dia, missed earth by only 72,000 Km. Impact would be 10K times bigger than Hiroshima. http://bit.ly/oehST Phew! #
@davemcclure The jam Study sounds like a rule-of-seven result. in reply to davemcclure #
@davemcclure Twitter is hi-speed time shifted conv; a looser-coupled no-history Usenet. Facebook is media-richer but narrow and w/ history. in reply to davemcclure #
Politics, long term growth, recovery. Pick any one: http://bit.ly/uhsIE #
@brooksci: I used to drive stick. 15 years later at 03:00 hours in the morning I didna remember what did what. My arms and legs did tho. #
@brookscl I went cold turkey for ~2 years. It came flooding back. I didn’t know why i was doing e/g I did, but I was winning! #
@brookscl Funny really. Had to figure out why it was working as I watched myself do it. Uhhh, because! #
I think I like Twirl more than Tweetdeck. Smaller. Denser. Less obtrusive. Need to play more. #
Stunning: RT @raphkoster: Lovely: http://www.vimeo.com/3365942 #
@icheyne Gwibbber eh? Nope, I’ll look at it. Thanks. in reply to icheyne #
Zelazny left big inspiring footprints: http://tinyurl.com/626k7k #
@timoreilly Stuff that matters: Mortality and resources: How to build next frontier so both can sustainably benefit? Otherwise bad zero-sum in reply to timoreilly #
@judell The network is the human. in reply to judell #
Job searching is too damn stressful (and fun)! Adrenaline rush performance. Another one down, next round to be scheduled. Nice problems. #
‘Tis the square root of Xmas. Nerdigras. (@timoreilly, @gnat): http://tinyurl.com/bkyfqp #
Doug Purdy’s info-systems dream defined in terms of discrete use-case qualities: http://tinyurl.com/d6fl92 #
Muddle & Go Nowhere. Topical name for this economy. Nearly used M&GN in Muck & Brass & kinda wish I had. Charming: http://bit.ly/hCJ5x #
@neilhimself Declare! Dictate! “Stop here!” Bit late now. in reply to neilhimself #
Maps to tabletop too. RT @andrew_chen: GReader share: What is your game design style? http://tinyurl.com/br8sh7 #

Twitter Week: 2009-02-28

2009-02-28 00:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

Tired, cranky, looking forward to getting out of resume hell and playing tonight. #
In founding the local 18xx group, what is the realised value of session reports and score reporting? I am unsure. #
Saw Push this weekend with Q. Disappointing. It spent more time setting up the sequel than delivering plot coherence. #
Tonight was my night – won all three games played: Imperial & two games of Army of Frogs (the latter is much better with 3 than 4). #
Ideogram makes a nice distinction among types of economic games: http://tinyurl.com/d94vdm #
Yale has released a most excellent series of game theory class videos: http://tinyurl.com/5mbqev #
If you haven’t seen Coraline in 3D yet, do so before Saturday. It is about to lose it’s 3D screens for the next 3D movie. Well worth it. #
@Crumpleton you’ll save the ticket cost? If you are a Gaiman or Laiko fan and wish to see the movie as intended you’ve but few days left. in reply to Crumpleton #
Dinner at Trends (lots of prickley ash) then gaming at SVB. #
Skylon reusable orbital lifter: http://tinyurl.com/99nk83 #
RT @neilhimself: Philip Jose Farmer died. He was 91, wrote many wonderful things. A worldbuilder, of influence and some real magic. Sigh. #
RT @raphkoster: Blogged! Another silly game design meme http://cli.gs/apa6NB
Ahh a boundless source of questionable game themes. #
A nice discussion of intricacy, decision points and the role of a game player as spectator: http://tinyurl.com/atmskf #