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Simon’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-19

  • @wei2 busy and happy, thanks Wei! We're working hard on establishing Illuminant in NYC. Will have news to report shortly. in reply to wei2 #
  • I broke my iPhone's LCD in China on Nov 10th. Just got it back (in the USA) from @rapidrepair: they've done a good job. #
  • I joined Gowalla: simoncousins #
  • I joined Yelp #
  • I joined Urbanspoon #
  • Cooking family dinner: simple tuna and roasted capsicum pasta sauce; rigatoni; garlic bread. Kid friendly. #
  • I like this simple POS campaign for Gatorade at my local Florida gas station. It's new. http://yfrog.com/4a3oshj #
  • We're freezing in Florida. Record low temps make this feel not a bunch different from Beijing's winter! #
  • @beijingboyce heh, you blew up another power brick, Jim? Gotta avoid the 60 kuai fakes! in reply to beijingboyce #
  • @HeyTreeeee heh. I've had some NYC winters. But I tell ya, freezing" and "Florida" just don't seem to go together! in reply to HeyTreeeee #
  • Regardless of being in the US for 3 weeks, I'm still coughing up Beijing! :) RT @marcelekkel: @illuminantceo you miss the black coal dust? #
  • I'm on the phone to Kennedy Space Centre. We're getting tickets to the next space shuttle launch, Feb 7. #
  • When did you leave Beijing, @NiuB? in reply to NiuB #
  • @betsydrager Done! We have 3 tickets to the Kennedy Space Centre to see shuttle launch STS-130. We must arrive 11:30pm for 04:37am launch :) in reply to betsydrager #
  • @NiuB gee, PEK must have been sootier 12 years ago. We still have soot of course but also tonnes of motor vehicle pollution. in reply to NiuB #
  • How random! Melody from our Beijing office just popped up on GTalk: "I just met Jimmy Page!" Hahah. #
  • @sinotechian No shit :) With Shuttle being decommissioned, it seems tickets to view the last launches are really hard to get. We're lucky. in reply to sinotechian #
  • Melody says Jimmy Page is headlining a planned concert in Beijing next year. He'd doing the presser tomorrow. #
  • @cdrum We're working on opening a NYC office. I'm commuting between the US, Beijing and Hong Kong for 2010. in reply to cdrum #
  • @peterschloss Given the cultural police's track record last cpl of years, you'd have to give the concert a 50/50 chance of being cancelled. in reply to peterschloss #
  • Stupid Windows Vista. This HP laptop has a broken webcam, broken DVD and broken Bluetooth. #
  • @NiuB Thanks! Very exciting. in reply to NiuB #
  • Google Voice is miraculous. #
  • @sagebrennan you using the website voice.google.com on your iPhone? Its sucky but usable for me: look up a contact and click dial/sms in reply to sagebrennan #
  • @Chassit you took a test? in reply to Chassit #
  • @Chassit awesome. you must be proud of yourself. in reply to Chassit #
  • You're keeping long hours lately @dda in reply to dda #
  • @raykwong I'm with you 100%. I live in Google Reader and I can't understand folks who say the RSS reader is dead. in reply to raykwong #
  • Hahahah RT @Chassit: @ThomasCrampton I always hope Twitter could reduce the length limit on Chinese tweet to 70. :) #
  • Using Chrome on Windows? Hit Shift-Esc to get a view of every tab's CPU and memory usage. #
  • The most principled stand on Chinese govt bullying I've ever seen RT @niubi Official Google Blog: A new approach 2China http://bit.ly/768XbG #
  • @leolaporte @ginatrapani @jeffjarvis Google.cn no longer tolerating censorship; sharing info on CN Gmail hack attacks http://bit.ly/768XbG #
  • @wei2 Daily; for strategic planning in reply to wei2 #
  • RT @niubi @wikileaks gossip inside google China is gov hackers found infiltrating google source code repository; gmail attacks an old issue. #
  • @fuzheado @rejon however, that corporate blog is censored to Chinese citizens. Never understood why GOOG blogged under Blogspot only. in reply to fuzheado #
  • @fuzheado @chadcat chances of other corporates (calling you out, Opera) will follow in domino effect? slim, or possible? in reply to fuzheado #
  • Wow. Soon, upload any file type u want to Goog Docs RT @pdenlinger: Google GDrive launches. Just don't call it that: http://bit.ly/5fvGRv #
  • @wei2 the regular way. logging in, and waving with collaborators in topic specific waves. nothing different from the core functions. in reply to wei2 #
  • Do you have any comments on Google's new stance on China, @jilliancyork? in reply to jilliancyork #
  • "Google" is trending on Twitter. But lower than American Idol. #
  • Hey Opera! How about a principled position now? #google #china #
  • @KaiserKuo No, don't think so. Believe this is a principled stand. Google is unique in west corps: they think very,very long term. Centuries #
  • @KaiserKuo One thing I'm certain of: Google will outlast the Chinese Communist Party. in reply to KaiserKuo #
  • RT @jilliancyork: @illuminantceo My very personal, non-Berkman stance is "right on, Google." #
  • RT @jilliancyork: @illuminantceo …and also "it's about time." #
  • Mainland media running #GoogleCN story yet? Money on Renmin Ribao or Global Times to break it? #
  • #GoogleCN generated ~140 tweets in the last 2 mins #
  • @Scobleizer on #GoogleCN http://scobleizer.com/2010/01/12/why-now-google/ #
  • California congresswoman Rep. Eshoo Responds to Attack on Google http://ow.ly/VRka #googlecn #
  • Google's Data Liberation Front free sticker giveaway: http://ow.ly/VRmj (dangerous Blogspot link forbidden in China, naturally) #
  • RT @google: Calling all developers: Registration is now open for Google I/O, May 19-20, 2010 in SF http://bit.ly/5qOUK6 (via @googleio) #
  • I'm finding some very cool people to follow by looking at #googlecn tweets come past me. #
  • RT @Chassit http://twurl.nl/lcjj5r #googlecn story on 163 Tech, source is China News Agency (中新社). Shortened but basically accurate. #
  • Story taken down RT @Chassit #googlecn story http://twurl.nl/lcjj5r Already found on 163 Tech, source is China News Agency (中新社). #
  • Center for Democracy and Technology has been down for me for the last hour http://www.cdt.org – tinfoil hats ON! #
  • Can you imagine being a skilled software engineer and actually being on the #GFW team. How would you sleep? Unfathomable. #googlecn #
  • RT @KaiserKuo GTalk hacked 2? Google friend in MtView IMs me with: "Yeah,I can't really talk about this, especially not on GTalk!" #googleCN #
  • Historic. RT @quelquefois: Google.cn "Tiananmen" image search starting to show "Tank Man" photos. #GoogleCN #
  • No, not just u. U + 1.4 billion other ppl. RT @ullrich: Didn't realize that groups.google.com was blocked #gfw Is it just for me? #
  • RT @amymengcn: As a big fan of google, and hater for baidu, i hope things will work out, and google stays in China! #
  • Our Beijing CBD office is seeing uncensored text and image results in Google.cn right now. #googlecn #
  • Tell! RT @prettylaowai: I actually met one software engineer on the #GFW team, 他出奇地不是中国人 #
  • @prettylaowai stochastic cryptography. interesting. #GFW in reply to prettylaowai #
  • Grisly, bloody photos. I'll post a screen cap RT @ericawatanabe RT @quelquefois Google.cn "Tiananmen" shows "Tank Man" photos. #GoogleCN #
  • Screen cap of today's Google.cn's unfiltered results for a banned search term. Taken in Beijing. http://ow.ly/i/jzH #googlecn #
  • @lhiver unless those eyes were there… in reply to lhiver #
  • Personal news for my China timezone friends: 2day we got rare tickets for the next Space Shuttle launch, at Kennedy Space Center on Feb 7 :) #
  • "Google in China" statement from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) http://ow.ly/VWia #googlecn #
  • RT @Chassit: I actually would love to see #GoogleCN quit. This is a spark of revolution and resistance, and it needs a martyr. #
  • RT @Chassit: #CMCC now establishing SMS censorship in joint effort with public security. #马德·法克尔 #
  • RT @Chassit: "SMS would be suspended if a subscriber sends improper content over cellular network. Reactivate it at local cop stations." #
  • insightful RT @pdenlinger: Both the China hypers and China critics annoy me. Just about equally. #
  • https is often blocked for me in china RT @niubi Official Gmail Blog: Default https access 4Gmail http://bit.ly/8DrpTA y security upped #
  • RT @wolfgroupasia That 1 blog post was a lot more effective than a press conference or any other "trad" communications tools #GoogleCN #
  • Pathetic. Unnamed Cn govt official and anonymous Cn Googler sole primary sources in Xinhua article http://bit.ly/7AGqDT #GoogleCN via @NiuB #
  • Google's David Drummond interviewed on CNBC (video link) http://ow.ly/W0PI #googlecn #
  • RT @NiuB: RT @BethJin: http://ow.ly/W0WL Michael Anti tells BBC World Service he fully supports Google's decision re China #googlecn #
  • "Baidu.tw Wasn’t Hacked To Show Google, Doesn’t Even Belong To Baidu" [techcrunch] http://ow.ly/W1mU #
  • @betsydrager @mranti is articulate and considered IMO in reply to betsydrager #
  • "Google [took] the China corp comms playbook, wrapped it in oily rags, doused it in gas and dropped a lit match on it" http://ow.ly/W1QK #
  • Have to get off Twitter and do some work. #googlecn just so fascinating. #
  • If Cisco were 2B so principled, GFW would fall RT @raykwong State Dept./Google angle: Google blazes a trail http://bit.ly/7RMd3n #GoogleCN #
  • War on Flowers RT @SirSteven @lonniehodge @shanghaiist @amoiist @qifei More illegal flower offerings at #GoogleCN http://flic.kr/p/7voWwx #
  • The winner today is CTrip, whose AdWord impressions (they rent "Tian'anmen") on google.cn must have skyrocketed. #
  • Want 200 million AdWords impressions in China, today? Rent 检查 or 人权 on google.cn #googlecn #
  • Claims of "massive CN cyber-army" RT @kaiserkuo @niubi @raykwong Could the timing of that piece POSSIBLY have been better? http://ow.ly/W55X #
  • LOL. Enrong the dude RT @houenrong: that's right. send your complaints to @houenrong… Enrong the dude. Not the energy company. #
  • RT @taniabranigan Video reactions to #googlecn starring @mranti @jeffjarvis @kaiserkuo @isaac @goldkorn http://bit.ly/6ly1mI h/t @raykwong #
  • NPR Morning Edition on #googlecn (audio 3'11") http://ow.ly/W6Hq #
  • New Pepsi Refresh social media campaign "epic fail" for user privacy, security, technology [TechCrunch] http://ow.ly/W7gQ #
  • Umm, that should be "intranet". RT Google Exit Threatens Chinese Internet, Analysts Say http://bit.ly/4Wwd8U @TweetChina #
  • New tricks? Old dog. RT @mashable China Censors Google’s Threat to Pull Out of China http://bit.ly/92YyxA #
  • Walking my dogs by the lake next to my back yard in Florida. Enjoying a friendly neighbour's Wi-Fi. http://yfrog.com/33a9ehj #
  • Our local lake is a natural amphitheatre. Florida's gulf coast is beautiful. #exurbs http://yfrog.com/1yb86jj #
  • If oblique ref to Goog Mr Lee, I disagree w simile RT @kaifulee A captain wld never run away from his duty, if he knew the ship was sinking. #
  • Its the War on Ironic Floral Tributes @markmackinnon RT Google and China are in a new kind of war http://is.gd/6cUS1#googlecn #
  • Evgeny is Yahoo! Fellow RT @markmackinnon Smart writing from @evgenymorozov on Google vs. China http://bit.ly/4G8ybx #
  • RT @ChinaSmack Cn internet rumor: Google to help Cn staff get Green Cards for 3yr employment contract- http://chinaSMACK.com/13693 #googlecn #
  • 7am in Beijing, and Google.cn search and image search results remain unfiltered. #
  • If Google does shutter it's China offices, it won't fire 700 people. Would be a PR disaster as well as being counter to its motto. #googlecn #
  • RT @niubi: Ai Weiwei told Global Times English that 2 of his Gmail accounts had been hacked in October @aiww #googlecn #
  • RT @kepler_dc: My namesake, NASA's Kepler Mission, discovered it's first 5 exoplanets! http://ow.ly/Wgr3 @NASAKepler #
  • US State forbids Lenovo hardware RT @gadyepstein @whimzy chinese exports could have virus-laden spying microchips http://tiny.cc/brg1e #
  • @quelquefois I don't get that. Shuttering Google.cn and physical offices doesn't mean Gmail, Docs shuts down too. #GFW is easy to jump. in reply to quelquefois #
  • #googlecn story too interesting, but sadly i have campaigns to write so am quitting twitter for another few hours. 88. #
  • Just completed and submitted a new 12-month PR campaign to a great new prospect in construction materials: a sector we excel in. #Illuminant #
  • Good night from US Eastern time, China twitter friends. Midnight here, must hit the hay. Have a good, safe Thursday afternoon. #
  • @imagethief Check out http://rockabyebabymusic.com which produces lullabies from Guns n Roses, Queen, AC/DC, Beatles, others. Cool for kids! in reply to imagethief #
  • The War on Floral Tributes 4 sure RT @stinson Seems half of the Flickr farm servers are now blocked in China. 2many flowers for #GoogleCN? #
  • @stinson Seems Pythonesque. Dangerous cyber enemies of the state threaten the rightful government w gerberas and glittered roses #googlecn in reply to stinson #
  • RT @jennybai Good Associated Press article on the Chinese Govt 's 1st official response to #googlecn http://bit.ly/5sNYbX (@peterschloss) #
  • Took my son to his paediatrician. Little guy got 4 shots and an oral vaccine. He was brave! @kepler_dc #
  • "Chinternet vs. internet? Chinternet will lose. (Qiang)" RT @jennybai video of @fuzheado's on PBS Newshour #googlecn http://bit.ly/5PTWxO #
  • Well spoken, Andrew. @fuzheado. PBS piece was excellent. #
  • What a champ! Congratulations Chris. Couldn't have happened to a luckier girl. RT @cdrum: I am engaged. http://twitpic.com/y1miy #
  • Is Xiao Qiang (萧强) of CDT on Twitter? Keen to follow him. #
  • My daughter Daphne got A+ in her math exam :) #
  • Spanked! RT @fuzheado Interesting: reverse GFW from the US. Searching for no-no terms on baidu.com gets you Connection reset #
  • everydns.net looks good for free DNS hosting. 20 domains and 200 DNS records for free, all nicely connected to OpenDNS. #
  • Cooking family dinner: chicken and vegetable soup from scratch #
  • @joelg87 interesting! We're a DNS Max customer but needed a slightly nicer Zoneedit for a low budget client. in reply to joelg87 #
  • @imagethief Brin's the son of Jewish Russian doctors who escaped the Sov Union. He's no friend of communist totalitarianism. @kaiserkuo in reply to imagethief #
  • enjoying a drop of yellowtail shiraz during an all-hands meeting with our beijing team… over skype, from my garden in florida :-) #
  • Free Google Data Liberation Front stickers (blogspot link) http://ow.ly/WGsC #
  • Strapline of the day: "It's Me O' Clock. Time for Jello" (selling chocolate pudding in a cup to busy moms) #
  • So do we. We favour the Argentinians. RT @jilliancyork: We drink a lot of Malbec. #
  • Its 2320 in TPA. My 4-month old baby boy is asleep in the crook of my knee. Family life is the best thing there is. #
  • @Chassit my friend, I wish one day u would blog the reasons behind your abiding love and respect for MS tech. So freakish, so *interesting*! in reply to Chassit #
  • 'Tis the end of days, truly RT @hurthefeelings: Chinese credit cards introduced in Kenya http://tinyurl.com/yhaypck #
  • @Chassit if MS is old school then I guess my unix proclivities are ancient history :) in reply to Chassit #
  • On Twitter, China timezone so much more interesting than US Eastern timezone. Thanks, China tweeps. #
  • Didn't know that RT @fuzheado @jennwong However Rushkoff gets basic facts wrong, like Google doesn't host mail servers within PRC borders. #
  • y'all know that low, barritone grunting noise @jason makes when he thinks of Audible? I make the same noise at thought of baby carrots. #
  • Getting a Hook 'n Ladder for lunch (@ Firehouse Subs) http://4sq.com/90A09r #
  • @heathr many things in life turn out to be blessings in disguise. Keep at it! in reply to heathr #
  • Looking forward to family fun night at the skating rink, hosted by Daphne's school PTA. 6pm tonight. #
  • Nice #FF list! RT @heathr @melissapierce @illuminantceo @superwant @frannyo Thanks so much for the support. It's easier to deal w support #
  • At Daph's school Family Fun Night. Skating! (@ Skateplex) http://4sq.com/8Q2jzo #
  • Dinner! Tomato soup in a bread bowl and half a ciabatta sammitch. (@ Panera Bread) http://4sq.com/5GFLAK #
  • Wonder how Ballmer feels about being wheeled in to support the Chinese regime's position on Google [Xinhua] http://ow.ly/WWBL #
  • A must-read on #GoogleCN: Jay Ogilvy at CDT http://ow.ly/X7Hz #
  • NYT on Chinese citizens choosing to defy the Great Firewall of China http://ow.ly/X7J3 #GoogleCN #
  • @AlexBowman exactly Alex. Wonder if historian @KaiserKuo has an opinion on that Jay Ogilvy oped? in reply to AlexBowman #
  • GoogleDocs' 2Mb limit for image files used in docs and presentations is pissing me off. #
  • Oh great (not). Squarespace.com seems like its now blocked to China. Asshat censoring bastards. #GFW #
  • @KaiserKuo And on Jay's contention that CCP is now the abuser of the means of production (Marxist model)? Interested in yr op. @AlexBowman in reply to KaiserKuo #
  • Cooking family dinner: its Boars Head hot dogs and home made turkey chili night. Daughter has her friend Maya over. #
  • Watching This Week in Google live on http://live.twit.tv #twig #
  • @jeffjarvis @leolaporte @ginatrapani your guest is wrong: Google.cn image results have been unfiltered for days. Tank Man visible inside CN. #
  • test only http://ow.ly/i/kHO #
  • Evidence of unfiltered Google.cn image search results in Beijing, 2010-Jan-15 (1/2) http://ow.ly/i/kHQ @jeffjarvis @leolaporte @ginatrapani #
  • Evidence of unfiltered Google.cn image search results in Beijing, 2010-Jan-15 (2/2) http://ow.ly/i/kHS @jeffjarvis @leolaporte @ginatrapani #
  • @taite11 I'd respectfully disagree. Chinese digirati are bilingual. Chinese law requires blocks in all languages :) #GoogleCN in reply to taite11 #
  • My son @kepler_dc is 4 months old today! He had his first solid food last night. He's growing up fast. He's a happy kid and we're thankful. #
  • Taking my daughter to The Spy Next Door matinee this afternoon #jackiechan #
  • The Spy Next Door with Daphne (@ Muvico Starlite 20) http://4sq.com/5U39NS #
  • #1 daughter and I had a blast at the movies. She loved the new Jackie Chan flick. Now home, copywriting, & enjoying Persian i7 Radio. #
  • I'm loving this copywriting assignment. Copy flows so easily when one has a fantastic product that can truly be believed in. #
  • @emilyrauhala Many thanks for the rap, Emily. in reply to emilyrauhala #
  • Han Han's post on Chinternet 2016 (already harmonized on Sina.com) is translated at CDT (blocked in China) http://ow.ly/XFTB #GoogleCN #

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