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

April 2010

@marcurran Man, you weren’t kidding about your Zipps love—you’re publicly proclaiming it even.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to marcurran

$116 for an obituary?! A dying industry relying on dead people to cling to what little life remains.

via Twitter for iPhone

kim_mcneill Children must be taught how to think! Not left on their own to try to integrate a mish-mash of whim-motivated information.

via web (retweeted on 1:26 PM, Apr 24th, 2010 via API)

CalDAV, take me away! CalDAV: I’m lovin’ it. CalDAV: When you absolutely, positively have to be there on time.

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@shlevy That’s fine. Nuance doesn’t come across well on Twitter. But boy do we all try to shove it in!

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to shlevy

@shlevy Who’s suggesting positive discipline or unschooling is do-nothing?I’m against both and I don’t do that. So there’s a third option.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to shlevy

@kim_mcneill I see unschooling as “paleo as ideal” applied to education. There’s more at work here, but 140 characters is too limited.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to kim_mcneill

@shlevy False dichotomy or straw man, it’s so hard to choose.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to shlevy

@shlevy That’s true, I haven’t. But I didn’t think I needed to see every concrete to form a principled evaluation of a philosophy.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to shlevy

codinghorror barbershop quartet sings the Ewok song old-timey style http://goo.gl/UE8J

via web (retweeted on 6:25 AM, Apr 22nd, 2010 via API)

These are my favorite parts of that commercial genre and I’m glad someone put them to music: http://www.youtube.com/w…

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I started on a great, new team today and just found out that we’re having paninis for dinner. This day just keeps getting better and better.

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Evidently I don’t type much that uses the letters j, z, or x: http://twitpic.com/1gw04p

via Twitter for iPhone

pdacosta “Iceland’s last wish: to have its ashes scattered all over Europe” — market analyst

via web (retweeted on 8:42 AM, Apr 19th, 2010 via web)

@mclazarus We were just joking about that with out kids. We told them that timeout would be heavenly. They weren’t buying it.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mclazarus

Moderation mush: it’s what’s for dinner.

via Twitter for iPhone

@kim_mcneill Yes, and that’s my primary knock against unschooling and homeschooling that isn’t formal.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to kim_mcneill

@shlevy Heh, I guess it was ambiguous. It’s a good thing. I love the “Are you nuts?” opening line of his response.

via web in reply to shlevy

My tremendous respect for Steve Jobs just got a little goose: http://bit.ly/a7Hx9r

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He’s right. This *is* a good coping mechanism: http://hyperboleandahalf…

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Man, if it can happen to Ning, it can happen to anyone (hahah): http://tcrn.ch/9CSPq3

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Finished my first book on the iPad (The Driver by Garet Garrett http://books.google.com/… ) and it was very pleasant.

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What if the iPhone OS 4 multitasking is what’s been there all along, but codified and ready for third parties? Simple private API -> public.

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I’ve bested my previous record for shortest time on a team of one week by -13 days.

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@mwickens Yes, unless you’re viewing it in Safari…

via web in reply to mwickens

Lordy, lordy, are my Cocoa skills rusty! One year out and I’m already forgetting that you have to wire things up in IB before calling.

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@DrBobParsons That’s the plight of the early adopter. Fortunately, mine connects (and stays connected) to the wireless perfectly.

via web in reply to DrBobParsons

Also, this thing scratches my itches perfectly. Magical? Nah. Incredible? Truly.

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When bringing an iPad to the office, you will constantly be stopped and have to give impromptu demos. Figure that into meeting travel time.

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I got a good laugh out of this one: http://www.smbc-comics.c…

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Watching streaming Netflix on the iPad really feels like science fiction.

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@peterbromberg RE: IRS Let’s hope they don’t institute the draft to fill the ranks.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to peterbromberg

Somehow, all this is going to be installed today by two guys. I don’t see how it’s possible: http://twitpic.com/1c7ebu

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