Twitter Digest: 2012-09-30

Twitter Digest: 2012-09-29

  • Sam: "You know, you just gave me something to think about, Woody." / Woody: "Oh, I'm sorry, Sam. I hate when it someone does that to me." ->
  • Why yes I'm re-reading Fleming's "Moonraker". I blame Michael Chabon. ->
  • "That's the best way to audition for anything: When your back-up plan is your dream" — Woody Harrelson – http://t.co/Cq5LStjE ->
  • QotD: "I would rather have written Cheers than anything I've written." – Kurt Vonnegut http://t.co/zsPr9VHW ->
  • Up close, personal video look at wingsuit flying World Champion Espen Fadnes – http://t.co/VG1R0icb ->
  • [1209.6251] The Doomsday Argument in Many Worlds http://t.co/t3MSqrvf ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-09-28

Twitter Digest: 2012-09-27

  • Fun in new Bloomberg poll: Bill Clinton wildly more popular than Obama, & George Bush more popular than Romney. http://t.co/CUSIahvE ->
  • Best thing in WSJ piece tonight on people without cellphones? Senior complaining about young people without phones. http://t.co/ovq7Pmo9 ->
  • Of course, not all cheery in Waterloo: 1) RIM customers moving to low-price plans 2) Pressure on margins, & 3) $350m restructuring charge. ->
  • Wrt RIM's 20% vault higher, it was on news that Gangnam style has jumped the shark. Wait, no: It's because RIM beat big on sales/earnings. ->
  • Late getting to this — I might have been, you know, screwing around — but hilarious move from RIM tonight, up almost 20%. ->
  • segmentism: v., checking city Strava times in anticipation of a trip there. Usage: I'm going to Istanbul, so I'm doing some segmentism. ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-09-26

Twitter Digest: 2012-09-25

  • VH1 should do a special about bad corporate song covers. There's that RIM/REO thing today, and this BofA classic. http://t.co/bpKPwawi ->
  • Better RIM exec/dev lyrics in Speedwagon's "Take it on the Run": Heard it from a friend who / Heard it from another you been messin' around ->
  • Wonderfully ick video of RIM execs covering REO Speedwagon's "Keep on Loving You" as a hymn to developers – http://t.co/60oJBZBE ->
  • So, to re-cast my summary: Google _is_ belatedly working on Google Maps for IOS, but has no idea when it will ship. http://t.co/3EHh74qZ ->
  • Study: Reindeers are afraid of snowkiters, but not skiers – http://t.co/UCxLGBry #SnowkitingReindeers ->
  • Martin Wolf on a tail risk I discussed in a recent talk: Why exit is an option for Germany – http://t.co/1oW53Bkl ->
  • Profile of @tomkeene, co-host of Bloomberg Surveillance, the smartest markets show on tv/web/radio/telex http://t.co/HS1Gdw2w ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-09-24

  • RT @elonmusk: The Tesla Supercharger will over time allow you to travel anywhere on pure sunlight for free http://t.co/Oh8Xv8Jq ->
  • Our Man in Tegucigalpa : Paul Romer on what happened in Honduras http://t.co/rY7wtvDR ->
  • .@mikesimonsen Same Nortel thought crossed my mind. Pikers. They need to go for the record. in reply to mikesimonsen ->
  • Equally striking in that figure I just posted is that Apple is now 13% of Nasdaq capitalization. Holy smokes. ->
  • Apple vs Microsoft as %ge of Nasdaq capitalization: Apple just took out Microsoft's decade-ago high http://t.co/vmTvEfO8 ->
  • Curious how it is that I get email on Bloomberg service, but I can't respond to said email. Makes for entertainingly one-sided dialogues. ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-09-23

  • World Health Organisation says has found new SARS-like virus – http://t.co/ycqs3ZD5 ->
  • "Ash: Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This… is my boomstick!" — Army of Darkness ->
  • Signs that I'm doing something right: Virtually zero US football in my tweet stream. Is it football season? Wait, don't tell me. ->
  • My favorite anagram for today's Tour Championship winner "Brandt Snedeker": Best Ranked Nerd. ->
  • QotD: "I have no attention span… by the time I leave here, someone has to explain comic books to me." http://t.co/rtSshrL6 ->
  • Profile of guy behind Bloomberg's crazy-fast & all-knowing First Word & Speed Desk services – http://t.co/rtSshrL6 /v @tomkeene ->
  • Good response by @msuster to the whole "growth" startup thing – http://t.co/3pIfafMM ->

Twitter Digest: 2012-09-22

Twitter Digest: 2012-09-21