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Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-28

Tim — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

on the Minnov8 podcast recording… #
@alexkremer i have not heard anything good about Office ’08 for Mac… so I’m using Office 2007 on Win XP in a VMware VM when I need Office #
checking out flock again after more than a year… there is a lot to like here #
@alexkremer for me office is not my primary productivity app, just something for client compatibility… #
@vmwarefusion so why am i not surprised you use vmware fusion? #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-26

Tim — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

@winecast so what are you going to use in it’s place, dave? anything? #
@winecast interesting… will try friendfeed in this context (think of it as just an aggregator now) #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-25

Tim — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

seems the twitter api is not up to it today so twhirl is not downloading tweets… guess it’s back to the plain browser for now #
@timlemke it may just be my Mac or the fact that I just updated Abobe Air but it doesn’t seem to work; Hahlo does so it’s probably not Twitr #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-23

Tim — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

is it just me or does the Firefox 3 address bar stop working after being open for a few days? quit and restarting Firefox brings it back… #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-22

Tim — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

Copyright holders of films, please give us 48 hours to watch your contnet; i’m in the middle of a rental which wil be deleted before i f … #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-21

Tim — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

for some reason Twitter seems a lot more snappy on Firefox 3 for Windows vs. Mac… bummer since I spend most of my time on the latter… #
@jojeda hope you point out how crappy most wifi is at libraries… at least here in Dakota County, it is… #
@garrickvanburen so what’s your cold temp cut-off, Garrick? trying to determine your range #
lawn guys says we are going to have, “…a massive bug season this year” … great #
finally installing windows xp back on my vista box for a dual boot showdown… #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-20

Tim — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

so now i’m on plurk, too (not sure if that’s a good idea yet): http://www.plurk.com/user/timelliott #
@jduklas yea, i can see that… for some reason the timeline seems backwards to me; they need some alternate views… but it is refreshing #

The Thing That Makes Twitter Great Keeps It From Scaling

Tim — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:37:26 +0000

Twitter has been barely limping by for some time now and it’s not really too surprising given that it was designed as a micro-blogging and not messaging service. And this choice is what makes Twitter still a mission-critical application for social media, giving what is posted there blog-like search indexing. If it had been build for what users are now mainly using it for — messaging — that indexing would likely be left out (you don’t see AIM caching IM conversations, do you?).

So I’m not sure what can be done to make the service function with users like Leo Laporte, Kevin Rose and Barack Obama linked to over 40,000 accounts, but some innovative hybrid of blogging and messaging needs to be invented. I hope it’s the folks at Twitter who figure this out as that’s where the community is now, but it is a big opportunity for Pownce and Google’s Jaiku not to mention new entrant Plurk.

Whoever invents a scalable solution that maintains search indexing will be the winner and might even make some money off of all those eyeballs.

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-19

Tim — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

@stevegberg hi steve… about 4 years, the last 2 helping others navigate the waters… you? #
@jojeda 2 favorites: Dunn Bros. and Panera… both for free wiki and the food/drink is good as a bonus… some days I start @ Dunn & move… #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-18

Tim — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

@MNHeadhunter this is why i live here, man… not too many mosquitoes yet either… #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-17

Tim — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

looks like I need to follow 38 more people before I achieve “twitter balance”… #
“Firefox could not be downloaded because: AUS: Update XML File Malformed (200)” #
@alexkremer you are welcome! not sure how long i’m going to keep this twitter balance thing going but it seems like a good idea right now… #
for some reason Firefox 3 beta decided to upgrade to the shipping version and not say anything about it… an interesting upgrade strategy.. #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-16

Tim — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

@MNHeadhunter i’d be with you if Tiger was at 100% but his focus and determination is inspiring #
@MNHeadhunter i’d kinda like to see an 18 hole playoff between Tiger and Rocco tomorrow #
WOW! #
@MNHeadhunter you never know what might happen on that course but 3 shots is a ton to spot Tiger #
@MNHeadhunter are they both laying 2? I’m out of the office so you are my link to the playoff #
Back in front of the tv just in time for the 18th hole… #
Sudden death playoff… Unbelievable golf #
Tiger wins! #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-15

Tim — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

@craigL thanks, craig… i’m recording some new shows this week and returning to the airwaves… much more to come ahead… #
@aaronnewman yes, but the dates are all the same in WordPress although the RSS dates look OK; i also have to run the file thru an editor 1st #
Back from father’s day lunch… Time for some couch time and us open on tv #
What a great finish developing for the us open… Go Tiger! #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-10

Tim — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

@jacobroufa what does that mean? it’s made to pull the sim out for other carriers? i’m waiting until ZiPhone is updated before buying anyway #
OK, I’m totally switched to Firefox 3 now… all my critical plug-ins are now supported and the memory leak issue with FF2 seems to be fixed #
i have this XML file exported from blog backup online & need to import posts/comments to WordPress; the integrated RSS import doesn’t work #
anyone know of an app or script that can convert RSS2/XML into MySQL for such a purpose? #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-09

Tim — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

did phil just say “me.com”? wonder how much they paid for that domain? #
this “mobile me” thing is so obvious it begs to ask why it has taken apple so long to do this… .mac seems so 1999 in comparison… #
if steve doesn’t announce iPhone 2 today apple stock will take a pounding this afternoon… he’s going to do this is a couple minutes… #
there it is… iPhone 3G #
wow… $199 for an 8GB iPhone… makes the $199 spent for each of my kids iPod touch look like a bad decision… oh well… #
if iPhone 3G can be sim-unlocked so i can use it on t-mobile, i’ll get one… if not, will wait for next year until my contract is over… #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-06

Tim — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

@pinotblogger i’ve been around, just super busy… all very good stuff… will rejoin the twitter community again after a bit of a break #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-05

Tim — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

@davemoyer thanks for the tip, dave… haven’t had this problem before now for some reason even after 50 or so WP blogs… #
@jeffcleveland thanks… looking forward to meeting up too; DM the details when you have a chance… #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-06-04

Tim — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

beware of text widgets when migrating wordpress installs… just backup and delete them and restore on the other end… #
@jeffcleveland yea, you could say that… or just a twitter vacation, but i’m back now… thanks for checking up on me #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-05-24

Tim — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:59:59 +0000

@senorfreezy what a strug you are… no coverage of NCFL today? #

Tim’s Tweets for 2008-05-22

Tim — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:59:59 +0000

Sitting in the middle in front of a monster screen… Indiana Jones 4 in 15 minutes #