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Simon’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-26

  • Was interested in "Unlock and root a Nexus One" [Lifehacker] http://ow.ly/XMOy #googlephone #android #
  • Thanks, Illuminant studio team, who are presently working late into the night on a last-minute push for a key client. @lhiver @Elinbananas #
  • Nouns that are both singular and plural: cattle shears measles mumps victuals tweezers vespers. I'm sure there are more. #
  • @heathr there is pimping yr brand and them there is living your brand. Good PR practice is influenced by medium but is not dictated by mdm. in reply to heathr #
  • @heathr "brand" is a complex cocktail made up of values, feelings, aspirations. Many confuse selling and branding. Not the same thing. in reply to heathr #
  • @heathr Ah-so. I'm with you: people as brands. Neatly packaged ways for people to market themselves. Its not new: politicians and rockstars! in reply to heathr #
  • @heathr I tend to think of all ppl as consumers (myself very much included). Consumers are trained to have near-instant likes/dislikes. in reply to heathr #
  • @heathr Consumers increasingly behave and group themselves in tribal ways. I think social media is a marketplace for ideas/pundits. in reply to heathr #
  • @heathr People who brand themselves are just complex consumer ideas, really. More complex than Coke but less complex than religion. in reply to heathr #
  • @heathr Well, everything that we consume can be thought of as an idea. Wrap up everything you feel about a Prius – thats an idea… in reply to heathr #
  • @heathr I think ppl who have grasped social media to "brand" (or package) themselves for a marketplace can similarly be thought of as ideas. in reply to heathr #
  • @heathr I think ppl who have "branded" themselves are pretty complex ideas. More complex than a fast-moving consumer good. in reply to heathr #
  • @heathr I'm guilty-as-charged for having a marketplace view of society. Its but 1 view of society in the multitude of different viewpoints. in reply to heathr #
  • @heathr I think it would be a fascinating project for u to do a show, asking prominent social media mavens how they've packaged themselves. in reply to heathr #
  • I'm Simon @heathr. Pleased 2meet you! I'd be interested to hear how u name & describe the 'problem'. I came in late and I'm a little slow ;) in reply to heathr #
  • @dda Good morning! in reply to dda #
  • We got our tix to the space shuttle launch, Feb 7, at the Kennedy Space Center. So exciting! http://yfrog.com/4ijybbj #
  • Heh RT @jennybai: the "networking" portion of #140conf NY consists of a bunch of geeks tweeting and avoiding eye contact #
  • Just completed a Google Apps Premier set-up for a new client. Such a pleasure to work with @googleapps #
  • Google's China blog: "To Clarify Some Untruthful Rumours" [China Smack] http://ow.ly/Yy5R @jeffjarvis #
  • TechCrunch speculates that Apple will soon introduce background apps for iPhone, tablet http://ow.ly/Yygh #
  • Starts in 25 mins RT @bethevans @pdenlinger Live stream event: Will China's #gfw hold (inc James Fallows): http://bit.ly/4Terjf #googlecn #
  • Missing the Beijing crew! Gambei! RT @beijingboyce ~20 ppl here for #bjtweetup & one hour to go for two-for-one martinis… #
  • Welcome back to Twitter, @BillGates #
  • Is Jay Ogilvy on Twitter? #
  • @chinabuzz I admire @BillGates' charitable work and I follow his work with interest. in reply to chinabuzz #
  • @dbanes Yeah, we're so excited, we're like little kids. The Shuttle mission we're seeing launch is STS-130. Never imagined Id hv the chance. in reply to dbanes #
  • US Secretary of State Clinton will outline the US administration's internet freedom policy tomorrow #GoogleCN #
  • RT @Chassit: Chinese culture places too much importance on symbols and spend too much time looking for hidden meanings behind small things. #
  • Rebecca MacKinnon calls on US State Dept to stream Sec Clinton's internet freedom speech on a system that is not blocked to China. #GoogleCN #
  • Fallows disagrees with Morozov that Google was evil to enter China in the first place [paraphrased] #GoogleCN #
  • Morozov suggested that Google wasn't "fully cognizant" of the risks of "doing business" with the Chinese government #GoogleCN #
  • Fallows suggests that "if Google is not present in China it will suffer badly" #GoogleCN #
  • MacKinnon wonders if today is a "1979" or a "1989" moment for the CCP to "rethink itself" #GoogleCN #
  • Fallows: "China's education system is China's greatest weakness" [analytical thought not taught or encouraged]. Agree #GoogleCN #
  • MacKinnon: "Don't assume that the internet means the end of authoritarianism" [paraphrased] #GoogleCN #
  • Taking my baby boy @kepler_dc and our dog @kipthedog for a walk in the Florida sunshine. http://yfrog.com/1epg5brj #
  • Chef Gordon Ramsay to start Tweeting Feb 1 http://bit.ly/7BCpL0 (Huffpo) #
  • SecState Clinton will outline US internet freedom policy at 09:30 ET tomorrow (21 Jan) streamed live at http://www.state.gov/ #GoogleCN #
  • RT @NASA: Kepler team is poring over another trove of data. Been downloading since yesterday http://tiny.cc/KY4RY @kepler_dc #
  • RT @NASA: New list! Follow astronauts who are in space and tweeting at http://twitter.com/NASA/astronauts-in-space-now (thanks @ELROSS) #
  • Enjoyed Rebecca MacKinnon's op-ed on tomorrow's Clinton speech on internet freedom http://ow.ly/YISl #GoogleCN @rmack #
  • Added @rmack to my Twitter list "Public Intellectuals China" (overdue, sorry Rebecca!) http://ow.ly/YIVi #
  • Was troubled by Tim Wu's contention in comments this morn that the world is moving towards national internets. Disquieting, still. #GoogleCN #
  • My wife & daughter the same! RT @jennybai Tollhouse says not 2 eat raw cookie dough, but Tollhouse can't stop me #raweggs #
  • Worth a look RT @BillGates My new website is live http://www.thegatesnotes.com. Excited to share more about what I’m learning, hope u like it! #
  • Particle physics breakthrough! RT @astroparticle @physorg_com Researchers Detect 1st Neutrino Events at T2K Japan http://bit.ly/5qMAPH #
  • Marvellous! RT @googledownunder: World first – Live cricket on YouTube, starting March 12. http://bit.ly/5r1OP6 #
  • @betsydrager change back. mad men is over :) in reply to betsydrager #
  • Hillary Clinton's Internet Freedom speech will be streamed live in 25 minutes time: 09:30 US Eastern Time at http://www.state.gov #GoogleCN #
  • RT @stinson @WildPixels @SirSteven nice-looking multi-platform free VPN. looks v useful: @paperbus Free proxy has launched #GoogleCN #GFW #
  • Clinton Internet Freedom video feed live now http://www.state.gov #GoogleCN #GFW #
  • @KaiserKuo sure, that was the tone in reply to KaiserKuo #
  • "[The Internet" is a new nervous system for our planet." Sec Clinton #GoogleCN #GFW #
  • "Modern information networks can be harnessed for good or for ill." Sec Clinton #GoogleCN #GFW #
  • "As I speak to you today, govt censors are working furiously somewhere to erase my comments" Sec Clinton #GoogleCN #netfreedom #
  • Terrorism and "stolen intellectual property" enjoined to the panoply of evils in Sec Clinton's speech #netfreedom #GoogleCN #
  • China called out by name for restricting access to religious information. Unwise at top of policy speech? Sec Clinton #GoogleCN #netfreedom #
  • Hope Sec Clinton ends her pitch with a Jobs-esque "...one more thing..." #netfreedom @GoogleCN #
  • Sec Clinton disses "petty hackers who deface websites". Put those pests in their place! They're not freedom fighters. #netfreedom #GoogleCN #
  • Insightful RT @houenrong: Hillary Clinton is not talking about the intr0web. She's giving a benediction. #WTF #GoogleCN #netfreedom #
  • Sec Clinton: "Global Networked Commons" <- that's a policy, in a nutshell, I support #netfreedom #GoogleCN #
  • RT @ProgressiveFix: RT @dipnote: Sec. Clinton: The freedom to connect is like the freedom of assembly in cyber space. #netfreedom #GoogleCN #
  • "We are supporting the development of new tools... that will allow people to circumvent political censorship" Sec Clinton #netfreedom #
  • Cisco has some 'splaining to do. Hope shareholders come to their senses at the next AGM. #netfreedom #GoogleCN #collaborators #
  • @stinson I was troubled by Tim Wu's contention yest that "the world is moving towards national internets". #netfreedom in reply to stinson #
  • Mr Morozov is thinking either/or I submit RT @quelquefois @evgenymorozov do I want US gov designing iPhoneapps? how about fixing roads first #
  • @stinson I think it might have been @mranti who said "in a fight between the internet & the chinternet, the internet will win" #netfreedom in reply to stinson #
  • #netfreedom speech not being streamed to the whitehouse.gov iPhone app #
  • @stinson true, and worth remembering. in reply to stinson #
  • RT @gadyepstein We cannot stand by while people are separated from the human family by wall of censorship - Clinton (Anothr #GFW reference?) #
  • @niubi and his shares in Huawei will continue to deliver harmonious prosperity to his family in reply to niubi #
  • @AlexBowman would Cisco have developed custom tech for Vichy France? #netfreedom in reply to AlexBowman #
  • I like her hair. #netfreedom #
  • Keep that campaign up RT @niubi will some1 pls ask Hillary if she wd support Goog, Twittr, FB as sponsors of US pav at Expo? #netfreedom #
  • Q: "How do we apply for #netfreedom grants?" Clinton A: "If we invited you we know how to find you. We'll be in touch." #
  • One thing that is impressing me in Clinton #netfreedom Q&A: she hasn't fluffed any tech answers. Bush couldn't have done as well. #
  • Good to see @cshirky & @rmack on #netfreedom roundtable http://www.state.gov #
  • "Its been called the Twitter revolution but its actually the cellphone revolution." Clay Shirky #netfreedom ...and CN starts reading all SMS #
  • Lucky duck! Enjoy :-) RT @MissXu: Blue Note Tokyo, pretty awesome #
  • @rmack "knows people in this room who are being funded by US State Dept for circumvention tools" [slight paraphrasing] #netfreedom #
  • "there r incredible programmers in africa, middle east, other places. all they need is how to get attention and funding" @rmack #netfreedom #
  • Don't know, Iain RT @iainmanley: @illuminantceo Did I hear correctly… Falungong is funding VPNs? #netfreedom #
  • State Dept representative on #netfreedom round-table made clear that Cuba is on the agenda, regardless that Clinton didn't mention by name. #
  • @jilliancyork RT @lokmant @kaiserkuo @mtwirth Prepared text of Clinton speech on Internet Freedom http://is.gd/6KqzP #netfreedom #
  • RT @eyeseast Just finished coordinating an interview btw @sreenivasan & @rmack on #googlecn. Interesting stuff. Video today on @newshour #
  • Wld u pay a fee Adam? RT Hulu to Charge Monthly Fee for Access to Unlimited TV Episodes [RUMOR] – http://bit.ly/7IPh8G /via @adamcoomes #
  • Wow, interesting read RT Proof that China's Censorship Has Gone Overboard http://bit.ly/74HfJQ /via @ellachou #netfreedom #
  • Share a link, Michael? 自由亚洲之声的华盛顿记者能否有点职业道德?胡乱编造我的讲话,令人气愤之极。 /via @mranti #
  • GZ blogger Wen Yunchao quoted RT China says Google case not linked to ties with US http://is.gd/6KI53 /via @blcsfo #netfreedom # GoogleCN #
  • No saurkraut? No mustard? RT @houenrong: with u ! RT @_urbanasia_: Underrated…. Street hot dog, only ketchup, nothing more! whos with me ? #
  • Had to take a con call with @pdenlinger on phone, as like many colleagues in China last 2 weeks, CN Skype connections are dropping a lot #
  • @houenrong I'm makin' home made turkey cheeseburgers tonight :) in reply to houenrong #
  • Skype telling me I'm signed in from another computer. WTF? Damn, #GoogleCN has killed trust. We live in public, for sure. #
  • Somewhat jealous of my colleague @lhiver being in lovely Hangzhou, my favourite city in China. Enjoy the coffee, the jazz & the lake, Joel! in reply to lhiver #
  • My daughter's [US] elementary school has invited students and staffmembers to wear red tomorrow, to show solidarity with Haiti #
  • Take care with Google Doc's undo command. You can lose a ton of revisions, not just your most recent revision! @googleapps #
  • Sharing? RT Sweet: Just finished researching&capturing 1130 ads the great Frank Irving Fletcher wrote for a single client /via @RobertStover #
  • As-so. I was paranoid! RT @rmack @huffingtonpost @HuffPostTech Skype down? It's not just you http://bit.ly/5iqi3L #aurora #
  • @keystolost I'm staying on Twitter, but I safely keep all my #LOST tweeps in a hidden Hootsuite column. Won't peek until Feb 3. in reply to keystolost #
  • I'm making beerstamps from scratch: German mashed potatoes, saurkraut and lots of crispy leg ham strips. Also home-made turkey cheeseburgers #
  • @absurd …because Bill's acknowledged as a generous supporter of childhood education. @BillGates in reply to absurd #
  • Rebecca MacKinnon on #netfreedom policy speech RT @rmack: New blog post: Clinton speaks on Internet freedom http://bit.ly/7NrMyY #GFW #
  • I love the US! RT @NASA For @sesamestreet Cookie Monster and those interested: Learn about how 2 join the space program http://bit.ly/8ZDikz #
  • 500 megabits/sec! RT @physorg_com: Siemens Sets New Record for Wireless Data Transfer using White LEDs http://bit.ly/7uDQt0 #
  • International Linear Collider, 35-50K long, may begin construction in 2020. Linear colliders generate much higher energies http://ow.ly/Zbib #
  • @rmack comments on Clinton #netfreedom speech, Google's credibility, on PBS (6 min video) http://ow.ly/ZbqK @eyeseast #
  • RT @NiuB: Fallows – A momentous 40 hours, leading to Clinton/China/Internet: http://bit.ly/8Hojzq #
  • Con call with Beijing for new client branding proj complete. Now folding laundry (not a metaphor). #
  • Hey Apple iPhone guys: the phone book app is a bit dumb, only allowing 1 mobile phone number. Most of my Asian clients have 2 or 3. #
  • Time zone conversions do my head in. #
  • @casparterhorst @kennethhon823 @dbanes @stoutyhk Contacts/Edit/Add New Phone/only one of each not already taken. I'm missing something! in reply to casparterhorst #
  • @imagethief Bah. Can't see it. Tossing this iPhone for a Googlephone in a couple of weeks anyway. Thanks all. in reply to imagethief #
  • Long, 17hr working day for me today. Need to get some sleep. Raining cats and dogs where I am in Florida…. Catch u guys and girls 2morrow. #
  • @dda Heh. Reminds me of Ho's Fashion in the Kerry Centre, Beijing. in reply to dda #
  • Interesting video interview with an old Red Guard, still living the objectives of the Cultural Revolution [Danwei] http://ow.ly/ZjLP #
  • Space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 mission seems back on sched for Feb 7 dep'r (repairs to Italian ISS module look good) http://ow.ly/ZmvV #
  • #FF #netfreedom & #GoogleCN heroes 1 @AlexBowman @betsydrager @blcsfo @Chassit @davesgonechina @fuzheado @GE_Anderson @houenrong @imagethief #
  • #FF #netfreedom & #GoogleCN heroes 2 @jilliancyork @KaiserKuo @KateAtState @maggierauch @Mal_Asian @NiuB @niubi @pdenlinger @quelquefois #
  • #FF #netfreedom & #GoogleCN heroes 3 @randomwire @raykwong @rmack @SirSteven @stinson @submono #
  • #FF #netfreedom & #GoogleCN heroes 4: countless others contributing to the new nervous system for the planet. Thank you all and peace be w/u #
  • RT Love over gold and mind over matter, always! /via @submono #
  • Dad, whoever u are, well done! RT Watching the award winning Avatar the second time with my awesome Dad tomorrow /via @sandralovesca #
  • CCP in its adolescent phase RT @Chassit Hillary merely *hinted* China, and now China is already barking back x10 like mad dog. 丫自己拣骂呢? #
  • @marcelekkel cheers! in reply to marcelekkel #
  • Sure. In fact authenticity deserves to be well managed RT @Steveology Can you ‘manage’ Authenticity? http://ow.ly/Zo4T #
  • Weekly shop. Like Publix a lot. Well-managed business. (@ Publix Supermarket) http://4sq.com/929YDg #
  • Superbowl cake display in my local supermarket http://yfrog.com/1da58cj #
  • I just had a "Twitter is fucking amazing" moment. Thanks, @RobertStover #
  • Collecting Daphne from school. Today was solidarity with Haiti day. Everyone's in red. #
  • RT @rmack @prosciutboy Cisco Leak: Great Firewall of China Was Chance 2 Sell Routers (May 2008) http://tr.im/Lf38 #Netfreedom #cisco #GFW #
  • RT @dropbox Just a reminder! Today's the last day for our t-shirt giveaway! http://blog.dropbox.com Just tweet #dropboxshirt to enter! #
  • Rained so much last night we had to pump 8cm of water out of our pool. What a difference between Beijing's and Florida's weather! #
  • Nice RT @google Bringing Project CARE – free Google Voice numbers for homeless veterans – to Washington, D.C. http://bit.ly/7pNKQE #
  • Nice! Click any word RT @google: New Chrome extension: Google Dictionary w/ 11 languages offered. Could come in handy. http://bit.ly/5yCnq9 #
  • @LiberateLaura Anyone Gady retweets with such frequency has to be interesting! #
  • @digitasia Following you because @AlexBowman @pdenlinger and @Chassit collectively can't be wrong #
  • I'm going. My 1st time. RT @brutusram: Who is going to Google IO this year? #io2010 Is it worth going this year? #
  • Enjoyed debut of Caprica on SyFy. Eric Stoltz was a firm casting choice as an alternate universe Bill Gates-type. Cyborgs, VR, all good fun. #
  • @sandralovesca I saw the Jacky Chan movie with my 9yo daughter last weekend. Great fun. She loved it (she wants to be a spy :) in reply to sandralovesca #
  • RT @SirSteven @xoix @prosciutboy Cisco Leak: ‘Great Firewall’ of China was a Chance to Sell More Routers (May '08), http://tr.im/Lf38 #GFW #
  • @SirSteven One question is "how has Cisco's human rights policy changed, if at all, since early 2008?" #netfreedom #GFW in reply to SirSteven #
  • Just installed the Google Voice extension into Chrome. Slick! #
  • Google Voice extension for Chome: http://ow.ly/ZGnL #
  • @SirSteven Do you think Obama will reference the black hat hacking in his State of the Union next week? #GoogleCN #netfreedom in reply to SirSteven #
  • Hah. Funny TechCrunch roundup of ridiculous Apple Tablet rumours and predictions http://ow.ly/ZGuG #
  • @SirSteven coming battle over network security will be replay of the space race. US will win, due to superior engineering, innovation, CanDo in reply to SirSteven #
  • @SirSteven CN post-1949 educ system has already doomed China's prospects 2 win the war of ideas. @mranti is right: internet beats chinternet in reply to SirSteven #
  • @SirSteven Space Race fits. Obama as JFK. Hacked Gmail accts as Cuban missiles. CCP as Khrushchev. in reply to SirSteven #
  • "'Space diver' to attempt first supersonic freefall" 36km! (@newscientist) http://bit.ly/7R1ieV #
  • Interesting: "…the Internet in China is stuck in an IE6 tar pit." (China's strange fixation with IE6) http://ow.ly/ZJp4 #
  • Sorry Chris, should have given u RT credit RT @eyeseast: China's Strange Fixation on IE6 http://bit.ly/7opvHk #
  • We're going to Sonny's Real Pit Barbecue tonight. Can't wait! Need a drink, too. Was a little tensed up today. #
  • Family dinner at the real deal: southern barbecue! (@ Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q) http://4sq.com/571FcQ #
  • Christopher Waltz' acceptance speech at Screen Actors' Guild Awards was xlnt. He really deserved that award. Inglourious Basterds was fab. #
  • Early mornings for me RT @danmartell I get my best ideas at the gym, how about you? #
  • Glad to have caught Betty White's triumph on #SAG awards. What a broad! Kudos. #
  • Tx for the tip Betsy! RT @betsydrager listening to @americanroutes via @npr-think you'd love the tunes-) #
  • @melissaonline poor doggie! Hope he's okay. I had an epileptic poodle as a kid. Cold running water on his head helped. in reply to melissaonline #
  • @leonacraig @ge_anderson Calm for Han. It's always been about land, not the indigenous people. in reply to leonacraig #
  • Exactly, @BillGlover. I don't see Tim's contention that "the world is moving towards national internets". Web is database driven, not page. in reply to BillGlover #
  • So you're feeling better, @Elinbananas! :) in reply to Elinbananas #
  • They sure seem to be polarising! Could you summarise your annoyance Kay? RT @kayross: If I see one more foursquare update I'll scream #
  • Liar Liar Pants on Fire :) RT @chinaSMACK: Please RT: Railway Official's Comparison With Germany Called Bullshit http://chinaSMACK.com/14029 #
  • RT@BillGates Can't wait to try the Apple Tablet. It is the first time a non-MS product has got me really excited. #iPad #iSlate #
  • I installed Boxee onto our TVs Mac Mini. Its kind of a steep learning curve. Well, its not Unix, but its taking some learning. #
  • @mtwirth Heh, hadn't looked at it that way! :) in reply to mtwirth #
  • @sagebrennan My dogs emigrated from their birth country, China, to the US a month ago. They have recently discovered squirrels. Like crack. in reply to sagebrennan #
  • Oh. My. God. Pandora in Boxee on my TV in the living room. I'm happy :-D #
  • @Scobleizer Pres. Obama visited Riddell factory last week: another solid American manufacturer. in reply to Scobleizer #
  • Hey Steve: It'd be cool to be able to bookmark apps in the App Store. Kthxbye. #
  • Hitting the kitchen to prep Sunday family dinner. Cheeseburgers frm scratch, balsamic dressed salad, beerstampes a la Schindler's Tankstelle #
  • @imagethief my first, poor Chinese name in 2000 was 西门. After a year of being called Mr Semen, I changed it to 夏明. in reply to imagethief #
  • @sprague real quote. Bill's cool. in reply to sprague #
  • @kayross better drink the foursquare kool-ade then Kay! It tastes kinda like ribena. ;) in reply to kayross #
  • 128Gb version to be called MaxiPad RT @pdenlinger Jesus tablet to be called iPad: http://bit.ly/7qztNx $aapl #
  • Hey @doubleclick: display ad wastage is ~30% on me, as I already have Verizon FiOS. I love ads: would b cool to b able 2 fine-tune a cookie! #
  • @kayross your attitude to @foursquare is typical of one side of the argument. Me, I love seeing where my friends are IRL. Connects me better in reply to kayross #
  • Happy space shuttle Endeavour mission STS-130 is on track. http://ow.ly/109n8 So excited 2 have tickets to the launch @explorespaceKSC @NASA #
  • Hungry. Thinking about breakfast… perhaps Corn Flakes, sliced banana, coconut and a squeeze of honey. #
  • @BillGates seems to support Chinese citizen circumvention of the #GFW on his Monday interview on GMA (-1:26) http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ #
  • I think @BillGates' comments on the #GoogleCN debate were fine. Diplomatic, but not misguided like Ballmer's. #netfreedom #
  • RT @michaelvorel: View of gasparilla pirate ship anchored outside Tampa http://twitpic.com/zphh8 #
  • Video doesn't have a direct link but can see it here http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ RT @Chassit Asking for a link to the comment :) #GFW #
  • @kayross Fair enough! Not trying to convince you :-) Frankly, I'm MUCH more irritated by sponsored ad tweets than @foursquare mayor tweets. in reply to kayross #

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