The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @billbrown ever

May 2009

@_n How non-Twitter users see Twitter: http://tr.im/mPCk

via Twitter for iPhone

The Pre *is* going to be an iPhone killer since it includes a mirror for the ladies: http://tr.im/mJt9 (CTRL+F for “mirror”)

via Twitter for iPhone

The downside of the whole team of one thing is that when you’ve done something really clever there’s no one to share it with.

via Twitter for iPhone

Oh, in case anyone wants to be my neighbor: http://tr.im/mHZG

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Wow, the huge home across the street from me is selling for $115K less than they paid. Youch!

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Google Wave intrigues, confuses, alarms, and astounds me all at the same time: http://tr.im/mHKa

via Twitter for iPhone

@wildfiction But they excel at getting out warning letters, following up on assessments, and convincing HOAs to pay their management fee.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to wildfiction

My five-year old daughter has been stockpiling water bottles for some reason: http://twitpic.com/5ydh4

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People should never tell me that or where they keep their emergency Snickers at work. I’m prone to abuse that trust.

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Yeehaw!!!! Back in business!

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Booti g from restored image. Come on, come on, come on!

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Is there anything more dull than watching progress bars?

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@JivaDeVoe I did and it is such a relief opening a new class now. I’m a BSD brace man myself so I even went in and redid all of the macros.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to JivaDeVoe

In my 13 years of owning Macs, this is the first hard drive failure I’ve ever had. I guess I’ve just been very lucky. Back up daily, people!

via Twitter for iPhone

The Friday before a Tuesday demo my hard drive died! This is what I’m doing today: http://twitpic.com/5uwi9

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I couldn’t get BOOL value from a NSDictionary created by SBJSON. So I looked: the framework uses NSNumber. Source is the best documentation.

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Breakthrough! I’ve got a mobile device successfully talking to a WCF service. Case sensitivity eats yet another man-hour.

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@billbrown For example, aside from the obligatory forest of weeds, I saw a coyote wandering the backlot. Insert facile “stealership” joke.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to billbrown

Just walked through an abandoned dealership. It’s amazing how quickly nature has reclaimed it.

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RT @JivaDeVoe: Apple: Enough is enough already - http://is.gd/C5XP STOP with the silly rejections! [Absolutely ridiculous of Apple]

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Fly gets trapped in microwave inadvertently for 60 seconds. Surprisingly, he was perfectly fine at the end. I mean, until I FINISHed HIM!

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RT @codinghorror: I didn’t realize Google Native Client was attempting to trump Flash : http://is.gd/A4y0 [Native speed cross-platform!]

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One of the best parts of my day is when one of my kids raptly asks me the following at dinner: “Did you have any meetings today?”

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Apple’s samples to the contrary, don’t use AppDelegate: use a singleton. A-doy! http://tr.im/lVPu

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Tuned in to NPR today for 1st time in months only to hear this yahoo field a call about the prescience of Atlas Shrugged: http://tr.im/lUUW

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“Nerd-adjacent” and “secret MINI Driver’s Club”: nice! http://tr.im/lTK8 (also, MINI Driver. Minnie Driver. Just got that.)

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Dollhouse and Better Off Ted got renewed. Yay! http://tr.im/lTFB

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@haltse That’s true, but it’s not specific enough for my purposes. They’re definitely that term, though.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to haltse

I prefer “social media douchebag” but apropos of http://tr.im/lO1D maybe I can elevate the discourse: is “social median” disparaging enough?

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I am so tempted to send this link to some lady who suggested I buy a $200 piece of software to do pretty flowcharts: http://tr.im/lNZm

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I finally have a strong desire to buy OmniGraffle. And I finally looked at the price. $99.95: yowch! I guess crappy Visio will have to do.

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Something’s lost when everyone’s a self-declared “nerd” or “geek.” On the one hand, yay for technical ubiquity. On other, long September.

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@wildfiction That’s a good question. I can understand stale data (a month, maybe a quarter), but 18 month old data is weird.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to wildfiction

Wolfram Alpha is wrong: http://tr.im/lMHv 0% city sales tax would be wonderful, but rates haven’t changed since 12/2007: http://tr.im/lMI0

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@sanbient No. In fact, I’m considering cancelling my membership at renewal time. I just can’t say it’ll be a priority anytime soon.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to sanbient

Yeargh! Demo for @asocialcontract today and @drbobparsons on the day after Labor Day. Crunch time just got even crunchier. Sorry, family.

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Sweet mama pajama! 3.9 MB for a iPhone static library?! I guess no Protocol Buffers for Bill then.

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Working on performance review at last minute. “Solid Performer” *is* a lot more palatable than “5 of 8.”

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My #lost theory (ROT-13ed for @mwickens ): Wnpbo naq arzrfvf va ybbc n yn Tebhaqubt Qnl. Ybpxr vf Zheenl snyyvat va ybir. http://rot13.com/

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I just received a iPhone Developer Program Renewal notice. Uhh, where did it say that it was an annual fee? DAMN IT!

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Best Clang setup tutorial I’ve found: http://tr.im/lcky

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@siracusa Commenters saying “apps are fast enough now” miss the point: there are more apps that aren’t being made because of speed limit.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to siracusa

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Freezer at work; maybe someone knows something I don’t: http://twitpic.com/51f6j

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@leximaven Sounds kind of like Scott Adams notion of “Permanent Age,” I’ve always felt 30-35: http://tr.im/l6ff

via web in reply to leximaven

I just had a really close call. Luckily, I swerved quickly enough to prevent a huge UI pile up.

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@_n Sadly, her influence is much worse than other dumb celebrities: http://tr.im/kTtH

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to _n

Raffle coming up at #gdtechfest. Daddy needs a new MacBook Air!! http://twitpic.com/4t59l

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Listening to @drbobparsons share war stories. Freaking hot in this tent though.

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My ritual before the talk is total personal avoidance and constant content revision. I’m not sure why I put myself through this #gdtechfest

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At #gdtechfest for the day. Looks like it’s going to bigger than last year, which is a great thing.

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@ironicsans Other pros: @GoDaddyGuy @domaincheck huge customer base, biggest registrar by far, coupon codes, big discounts

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to ironicsans

@ironicsans I’m biased because I work there, but I was a customer long before I started. Pros: 24/7 phone customer service, cheap, stable.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to ironicsans

@billbrown The unfortunate thing is that I thought this demo was for my boss’s boss. I would’ve spent a lot more time polishing had I known.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to billbrown

Boss’s boss is showing my demo app to the EVP. It’s quite shallow and, um, crash-y. I like to think of it as suggestive of its future self.

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@sanbient There’s an inherent prioritization in software development. Also, Apple doesn’t explain anything—it’s none of our business.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to sanbient

@sanbient It’s in the 3.0 release, slated for this summer.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to sanbient

I’m done with the Mother’s Day shopping for my wife. 5 days before the holiday. This has got to be a record for me. #goodthing

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@mwickens Congratulations! I *must* do that with mine. How long did it take?

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mwickens

Somehow me and my four toddlers achieved invisibility whilst in two separate store lines today. I can understand me but the kids are flitty.

via Twitter for iPhone

I just discovered that I can’t walk and play FlightControl at the same time.

via Twitter for iPhone