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

June 2010

Sweet! Woot got acquired by Amazon: http://go.me/7h

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Just got done with Hair and Makeup. Later, I’ll be dramatically tipping my chair over. I’ll try to not let it all go to my head.

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I just saw the iPhone 4’s screen for the first time. Crikey! You must see it in person: no picture or testimonial can do it justice.

via Twitter for iPhone

It’s nice to be back on my home network. Fishbone was okay, but give me Private any day of the week.

via Twitter for iPhone

A dog was just barking at me from a rooftop: http://twitpic.com/1zk7tn

via Twitter for iPhone

siracusa Holy crap, WWDC videos available to all developers, not just WWDC attendees! And only a week after the show! http://bit.ly/cI3w7m

via Twitterrific (retweeted on 12:53 PM, Jun 17th, 2010 via web)

You’d get to be one of my bosses! RT @PrissyCook: We’re hiring for a Social Media Director, http://lnkd.in/j79sR7

via Twitter for iPhone

There’s no indignity like a *new* indignity.

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“[They aren’t] solving the problem of motivation; they’re evading it by pandering to the spontaneous impulses of the child.” http://go.me/4w

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@deejf A personality conflict among Objectivists?! Shocking.

via web in reply to deejf

I eliminated a SELECT after an UPDATE in a T-SQL proc using an OUTPUT clause. I had never heard of that before, but it’s quite nice.

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I’ll be at #OCON on July 3rd and 4th. If you’d like to meet up there, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

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gruber Remember when that one Android phone was so popular that the carrier was overloaded attempting to process preorders?

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 8:14 AM, Jun 15th, 2010 via API)

The latest update to GoodReader for iPad from @goodiware moved the app from good to great: double pages, left/right side paging and more.

via Twitter for iPhone

Watching “Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment” on Netflix Streaming. Damn! It’s a great premise and outstanding execution.

via Twitter for iPhone

Wrapping things up so I can go attend #ignitephx

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@reederapp Reeder for iPad: acquired. Loving: commencing.

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reederapp Good news, Reeder for iPad just got approved, finally :) Should appear in the store shortly (might take up to 24h)

via Twitterrific (retweeted on 3:26 PM, Jun 11th, 2010 via API)

Five Browns at an impromptu sand jumping stop after dinner: http://twitpic.com/1vor8i

via Twitter for iPhone

I’m not sure I like this move: http://go.me/41 <— That shortened URL would be 5 characters longer under the new system and double wrapped.

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jblanton dear app store approvers, please STOP EVERYTHING and push through @reederapp for the ipad.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 8:12 AM, Jun 9th, 2010 via API)

Sycophants are my least favorite personality type but pedants run a close second. There’s two groups that I find really insufferable.

via Twitter for iPhone

GoldwaterInst U.S. Supreme Court blocks release of campaign matching funds http://bit.ly/cY69kR

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 11:16 AM, Jun 8th, 2010 via web)

@rajnijjer Congratulations! Going anywhere special to celebrate?

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to rajnijjer

@mclazarus It started out that way but I’m pretty sure our sweating raised the ambient humidity quite a bit.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mclazarus

@mclazarus It could be worse. I once helped my father install our garage-door opener in the “attic” in July. That was literally Hell.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mclazarus

Intriguing but blown away by latency of all video streaming emanating from NC—Apple’s not that new at cloud computing: http://is.gd/cEMmc

via Twitter for iPhone

@mclazarus Every experience I’ve had with that was sheer pandemonium.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mclazarus

@DianaHsieh Had the same problem and archiving did wonders (heed the warning though): http://is.gd/cCtJH

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to DianaHsieh

@kellyelmore79 What “corporate world” requires one to stop productive when told? The military?

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to kellyelmore79

@rationaljenn Who advocates that learning stop in the summer? Formal instruction might stop but no one argues that that’s the only learning.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to rationaljenn

@shlevy And you think Obama, taking your suggestion that nuclear is a good alternative, would free the market? http://is.gd/cAfH1

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to shlevy