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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-​04-​12

  • @djohngo NOT FOOD! (I feel the same way about lob­sters, crabs and other sea bugs) in reply to djohngo #
  • @djohngo I’ve made 2 good runs at veg­e­tar­i­an­ism. Never sticks. I blame Chipo­tle. in reply to djohngo #
  • @KateSh­er­rod Don’t have a credit card, so I’ll have to make do with my iPad Nano. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @jkendrick The free iPad apps, they call to you… in reply to jkendrick #
  • @audio­heretic Old school Alan Moore FTMFW! in reply to audio­heretic #
  • @crimsonsky76 The iPad seems to do every­thing it can to kill the con­cepts of files and fold­ers alto­gether, so why share them? in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @crimsonsky76 That said, I’ll be using Quick­of­fice Con­nect, which edits Google Docs directly, and does sup­port folder struc­tures… in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @kdaleau­thor Snow, hell, it was sleet/​hail over here. Sunny and warm now, though. Good day to pon­der return­ing to writ­ing. in reply to kdaleau­thor #
  • @jkendrick I’m sure you’ll be ept again some­day. Try wav­ing around the ipad as a show of tech­no­log­i­cal supe­ri­or­ity. in reply to jkendrick #
  • @KateSh­er­rod AMUCK AMUCK AMUCK! in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • RT @niassa: A dog gave birth to pup­pies near the road and was cited for lit­ter­ing. #
  • @KateSh­er­rod For me it’s more of a cross-​eyed sala­man­der brain, which is why I tend towards cow­boy boots. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @Dan­ger­Mag­pie /​stabs in reply to Dan­ger­Mag­pie #
  • @KateSh­er­rod So far today I’ve had an omelet AND a bur­rito. #pay­day­WIN in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @Dan­ger­Mag­pie Need more RAM? Break out the sol­der­ing iron! #mak­erethos in reply to Dan­ger­Mag­pie #
  • For half the price of an iPad, I think I’m gonna upgrade my single-​core AMD CPU and moth­er­board to a Core2Duo. #pri­or­i­ties #
  • @KateSh­er­rod Yup. Coun­try AND West­ern. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @KateSh­er­rod *runs bucket of water up to Cheyenne…* in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @KateSh­er­rod Actu­ally, I lis­ten to almost every­thing. My iTunes library could be described as “pat­tern­less.” in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @Dan­ger­Mag­pie Just stick­ing to Doctorow’s anti-​iPad “screws not glue” rant. #whomakestheirownic­sany­way in reply to Dan­ger­Mag­pie #
  • @KateSh­er­rod My iTunes library is also, indeed, pants­less. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @aaron­de­lay We are Kirvin of Borg… in reply to aaron­de­lay #
  • @ichad­man Your home­screen makes me dizzy… in reply to ichad­man #
  • @fred­bolden I’d argue, but sadly you have prece­dent on your side. in reply to fred­bolden #
  • @RobT43 w00t? in reply to RobT43 #
  • @KateSh­er­rod I can believe thatzzzzzzzzzz in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @RobT43 Yes, I noticed that. It’s much more com­pelling in per­son. That said, I still pre­fer the pock­etabil­ity of my iPad Nano. in reply to RobT43 #
  • RT @CTD: the dis­tance between wow and woe is not very large #
  • @ichad­man Do you have the apple case for it? Not sure how typable it is flat in reply to ichad­man #
  • @ichad­man If I get an iPad at all, I’m get­ting the case that looks like a Mole­sk­ine in reply to ichad­man #
  • /​starts look­ing for Moleskine-​like iPhone case… #
  • @KateSh­er­rod *does omelet Ham­mer dance* in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @crimsonsky76 I’ll get OS4 the day the iPhone HD is released in June, so it’s kind of a wash. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @KateSh­er­rod but will it keep these damn kids off my lawn? in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • iPhone OS 4 mul­ti­task­ing: save state for fast switch­ing, API for lim­ited func­tion­al­ity… Sounds like Palm OS 6 Cobalt. #
  • All in all, look­ing for­ward to iPhone OS 4, but prob­a­bly won’t mess with it until I get an iPhone HD since my 3G won’t mul­ti­task. #
  • Also, appar­ently Apple invented the con­cept of keep­ing related apps in fold­ers on a mobile device. squee. #
  • /​raises a skep­ti­cal Spock eye­brow to Cuper­tino… #
  • Option A: Hang put here at Chipo­tle and read. Option B: Go home and move heavy things. Lemme think… #
  • Any­one else reor­ga­niz­ing your iPhone app screens today into 9-​icon related groups? … Me nei­ther. /​slurks #
  • If I’m read­ing the API announce­ment right, Smart­Time Pro will be able to use the stock cal­en­dar data instead of sync­ing inde­pen­dently in OS4 #
  • @crimsonsky76 I qual­ify for a new phone in Octo­ber, so I’ll pay the addi­tional pro­rated $50 or so to get the iPhone HD in June. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @crimsonsky76 Aaron G. pointed it out to me. He’s right. If only Palm had been able to deliver five years ago… in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @mau­reen­john­son *looks around* *fears* in reply to mau­reen­john­son #
  • @audio­heretic Ah geez, now you’ve done it… in reply to audio­heretic #
  • It is, in fact, a beau­ti­ful day on the neigh­bor­hood… http://yfrog.com/71nuulj #
  • @crimsonsky76 Apple is the new Palm. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • RT @sunilsebastian: Any­body leaves me alone with their iphone, I’m reorg­ing their apps into fold­ers by colour. “Did you check in Teal?” #
  • @hadoualex Thank you. It’s nice to come back into the light. in reply to hadoualex #
  • @nyne­shaydee The kids. in reply to nyne­shaydee #
  • *set­tles in with bare baked potato for din­ner* *drops first bite for my homie Alek­sandr Solzhen­it­syn* #
  • @KateSh­er­rod Or as her friends call her, pons. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @KateSh­er­rod *looks around* Tough room. Anatomy jokes are always iffy. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @KateSh­er­rod I bow to your supe­rior obscu­rity! in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • So wait. iPhone 4.0 will have iAds and some­thing about “mail enhance­ments”? #mobilespam #
  • @Dan­ger­Mag­pie a dirty wom­bat in reply to Dan­ger­Mag­pie #
  • @KateSh­er­rod You always give me such won­der­ful, ter­ri­fy­ing read­ing mate­r­ial… in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • Klin­gons to the left of me,
    Romu­lans to the right,
    Here I am, stuck in the mid­dle with Q #
  • @Dan­ger­Mag­pie No, you’re going to need the sup­port group after. in reply to Dan­ger­Mag­pie #
  • @crimsonsky76 I used to use Safari a lot in the iPhone for webapps, but now I’ve done nearly a com­plete 180 and use native apps. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • Check this TUAW arti­cle out: iPhone OS 4.0: Mul­ti­task­ing sup­por…: http://bit.ly/b97CXe #
  • @KateSh­er­rod As I under­stand it, iAds only become “inter­ac­tive” when you tap on them. Ignore the ban­ner and you don’t see the video. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @KateSh­er­rod That said, AdSrbse allows site own­ers to dis­al­low cer­tain kinds of ads. Will devs be allowed to do the same in their apps? in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @KateSh­er­rod Another ques­tion. Would you stop using an app you like if it includes ads you find offen­sive? in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @KateSh­er­rod For exam­ple, if my Twit­ter client of choice con­sis­tently ran Sarah Palin ads, I’d prob­a­bly switch to a dif­fer­ent Twit­ter app. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @Bsti­Natosi Break or ball­room? in reply to Bsti­Natosi #
  • @KateSh­er­rod Surely you’re not sug­gest­ing that Apple is going to deprive us of choice… *straight face* in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @KateSh­er­rod I heard Steve’s new liver was installed by uni­corns. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @KateSh­er­rod In all — okay, some — seri­ous­ness, it’s in Apple’s best inter­est to fos­ter app store diver­sity. They fol­low the money. in reply to KateSh­er­rod #
  • @audio­heretic Balder­dash! Entire arti­cle based on premise that eink inher­ently bet­ter for read­ing than LCD & the actual SCIENCE dif­fers in reply to audio­heretic #
  • @audio­heretic I can read for HOURS on my iPhone with zero eye strain. You know why? I’m smart enough to lower the bright­ness! in reply to audio­heretic #
  • @Bsti­Natosi Inter­est­ing choice. I com­mend your insects. in reply to Bsti­Natosi #
  • @ichad­man moar choco­late always bet­ter in reply to ichad­man #
  • THE SECRET TO READING COMFORTABLY ON YOUR IPHONE/​IPAD: Turn the bright­ness down to just above “too dim”. #tryit #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries That also extends bat­tery life on AMOLED devices. #fancy in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • @audio­heretic I *loved* my Zire 71! in reply to audio­heretic #
  • Speak­ing as a pub­lished author, I agree with NYT Ethi­cist Randy Cohen: if you already pur­chased a paper edi­tion, the ebook should be free. #
  • @Nofrendo True, and DVD to down­loaded video, etc. Even­tu­ally, I’m con­fi­dent busi­ness will catch on (or be pushed aside) in reply to Nofrendo #
  • @Nofrendo What? I already have mine… #kirvi­nof­borg in reply to Nofrendo #
  • @RobT43 I was *shocked* at how easy it was to touchtype on the iPad. Damn near full “real key­board” speed. in reply to RobT43 #
  • @Palm­PreLawyer But would it, really? The Supremes have already upheld place-​shifting. in reply to Palm­PreLawyer #
  • @Palm­PreLawyer How is dl’ing ebook of hard­cover you own func­tion­ally dif­fer­ent from rip­ping pur­chased CD to MP3? in reply to Palm­PreLawyer #
  • @Palm­PreLawyer Not as hard as it used to be. You can make a decent book scan­ner out of a point and shoot dig­i­tal cam­era these days. in reply to Palm­PreLawyer #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane *dons gore pon­cho* in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • Hmm, been read­ing on iPhone for hours… *checks for eye­strain* Huh, amaz­ing the dif­fer­ence good typog­ra­phy makes… http://yfrog.com/0fyguj #

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