This Week in Tweetsville (to March 26, 2010)

Another week, another batch of tweets… this rep­re­sents a selec­tion of pith and link­age to items of note along my mean­der­ings over the last week.

  1. New on Aging Ink: : Word Count for Nov­els and Children’s Books http://​bit​.ly/​c​cwMVN
    about 3 hours ago via Twit­ter Tools
  2. RT @dsearls: re: a friend’s report on #sxsw, the phrase “Social every fuck­ing thing there is” was uttered. We have dubbed this #SEFTTI | ha!
    about 10 hours ago via Tweet­Deck

    • RT @fast­com­pany: Bizarre twst Google v China: CN cen­sor­ship fire­wall went world-wide took down Youtube Face­book Twit­ter http://​bit​.ly/​9​OuPIv
      about 10 hours ago via Tweet­Deck

      • My to-do list looks like a mindmap with way too many nodes. Brain short-circuiting…. bzz–zzzbttt!
        about 10 hours ago via Tweet­Deck

        • Real­is­tic” goals are never all that inspir­ing.
          about 12 hours ago via Tweet­Deck

          • RT @Hicks­de­sign: Is the reverse true? Do Rock Stars describe them­selves as Expe­ri­enced Senior Developers/Designers to sound cool?
            about 14 hours ago via Tweet­Deck

            • @Amber­Cadabra: Is pro­nounc­ing Z “zed” a non-US thing? hear from my Cana­dian, Aussie and Kiwi friends | “zee” is dis­tinctly Amer­i­can only.
              5:43 PM Mar 24th via Tweet­Deck in reply to AmberCadabra

              • How many assump­tions have you tested today? http://​tes​tas​sump​tions​.net
                2:54 PM Mar 24th via Tweet­Deck

                • RT @aswinn: The Lost writ­ers think that John Locke is the devil. I dis­agree: I have seen the devil and he looks an awful lot like AT&T | ha!
                  11:00 AM Mar 24th via Tweet­Deck

                  • @Syfy Reminder: I’m giv­ing away my AWESOME 2009 #Bat­tlestar Emmy kit to a ran­dom per­son who RTs this by 5pmPT on 3/26 - http://​bit​.ly/​a​NkO7N
                    9:35 AM Mar 24th via web

                    • RT @obsr­va­tion­al­ist: RT @chi­atweet: Speech is con­ve­niently located between thought and action where it often sub­sti­tutes for both.
                      9:15 AM Mar 24th via Twikini

                      • RT @tim­o­r­eilly: “social rate of rtrn on inno­va­tion is grtr than pri­vate rate of rtrn on inno­va­tion.” Christina Romer at #IdeasEc­on­omy | xlnt
                        7:55 PM Mar 23rd via Tweet­Deck

                        • RT @dav­ewiner: “In a nut­shell, Google is shar­ing me to death.” http://​r2​.ly/46vz
                          7:52 PM Mar 23rd via Tweet­Deck

                          • RT @JPBar­low: The lead­ers in China are engi­neers. The lead­ers in the US are lawyers. Draw your own con­clu­sions. –Paul Saffo #IdeasEc­on­omy
                            3:36 PM Mar 23rd via Tweet­Deck

                            • Try­ing to remem­ber which – if any – com­puter in the house has a floppy drive… besides the one that needs a BIOS upgrade.
                              2:32 PM Mar 23rd via Tweet­Deck

                              • RT @Mar­sha­Col­lier HA! RT @trust555 Ever won­der about peo­ple who spend $2 on lit­tle bot­tles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian back­ward haha!
                                1:20 PM Mar 23rd via Tweet­Deck

                                • Star­bucks is play­ing U2 muzak. Booooooo!
                                  11:34 AM Mar 23rd via Twikini

                                  • @bdgor­do­nat­large: Try­ing to embrace the con­cept that I have absolutely noth­ing on my agenda today. <– I can fix that.
                                    9:53 AM Mar 23rd via Tweet­Deck in reply to bdgordonatlarge

                                    • RT @joinred: Don’t miss free pas­try day @star­bucks tomor­row! Get your coupon here http://t.joinred.com/Jzn
                                      12:52 PM Mar 22nd via Tweet­Deck

                                      • Realign­ing map with time­line to assist with edits for my #novel – just printed a draft for the first time. 48000 words.
                                        12:27 PM Mar 22nd via Tweet­Deck

                                        • RT @obsr­va­tion­al­ist: If Reader’s Digest® was pub­lished on the inside of a Bazooka Joe® bub­ble gum wrap­per, that would be Twit­ter.
                                          10:31 AM Mar 22nd via Tweet­Deck

                                          • Post: It’s the Aster­isk, Stu­pid* http://​bit​.ly/​a​RmGAS #adver­tis­ing #truth
                                            9:23 AM Mar 22nd via Twit­ter Tools

                                            • Con­grats USA on your new health care bill.
                                              7:47 AM Mar 22nd via Tweet­Deck

                                              • Post: Noted this Week (to March 20, 2010) http://​bit​.ly/​c​TlAa59:17 AM Mar 21st via Twit­ter Tools
                                                • YouTube accuses Via­com of secretly upload­ing videos to bol­ster $1bn copy­right law­suit http://​bit​.ly/​d​jgdQJ http://​bit​.ly/​b​rBNvs
                                                  8:34 AM Mar 19th via Tweet­Deck

                                                  • RT @pam­slim: “why you, why now, why this.” – 3 ingre­di­ents of describ­ing a great idea. – @janet­gold­stein #wtlead
                                                    1:39 PM Mar 18th via Tweet­Deck

                                                    • If you’re rely­ing on “value-add” to sell your prod­uct, odds are your prod­uct doesn’t have enough intrin­sic value. Rethink. #mar­ket­ing
                                                      1:12 PM Mar 18th via Tweet­Deck

                                                      • When I find an inter­est­ing site, I’ve started to look for the twit­ter link before the rss feed. #twit­ter #rss #social­me­dia
                                                        11:25 AM Mar 17th via Tweet­Deck

                                                        • RT @duct­tape Mar­ket­ing plan­ning is guess­ing and four other things every real mar­keter knows - http://​bit​.ly/​a​1VzlA – my col­umn @OPEN­Fo­rum
                                                          11:09 AM Mar 17th via Hoot­Suite

                                                          • RT @alleyin­sider: The National Broad­ban Plan http://​bit​.ly/​9​RYeWR
                                                            8:47 AM Mar 17th via Tweet­Deck

                                                            • RT @bdgor­do­nat­large: One last mug…and I’m on the wagon. Is there a 12-step pro­gram for cof­fee? <– No, but there’s the 12-cup pro­gram…
                                                              8:15 AM Mar 17th via Tweet­Deck

                                                              • If you’re tak­ing your orga­ni­za­tion on someone’s roadmap, you’re not lead­ing, you’re just nav­i­gat­ing. Lead­ers are for des­ti­na­tions w/o maps.
                                                                10:15 AM Mar 16th via Hoot­Suite

                                                                • Are You Born To Be A Bil­lion­aire? Forbes assess­ment: http://​cptl​.st/​9​HNehv Hey uni­verse, did you miss the memo? I s/b good for 8–9 fig­ures!
                                                                  9:33 AM Mar 16th via Tweet­Deck

                                                                  • http://​tcrn​.ch/​a​3njMi Another no-evil co; even Google gave that up. I’m think­ing that’s now bad as flog­ging integrity. http://​bit​.ly/​b​MQCje
                                                                    8:54 AM Mar 16th via Tweet­Deck

                                                                    • @socialmedia2day Tim Berners-Lee Wants Even More Raw Data Now…http://​su​.pr/​2​uBb8u
                                                                      7:02 AM Mar 16th via Su​.pr

                                                                      • @socialmedia2day Twit­ter vs Blog­ging Debate con­tin­ues… how often should you tweet… http://​su​.pr/​5​uOsk2
                                                                        6:53 AM Mar 16th via Su​.pr

                                                                        • Effort to Widen U.S. Inter­net Access Sets Up Bat­tle http://​nyti​.ms/​d​33bznNYT: FCC pro­poses Inter­net to be pri­mary mode of com­mu­ni­ca­tion
                                                                          11:50 PM Mar 15th via Tweet­Deck

                                                                          • There’s an anal­ogy about the use­less­ness of the first fax machine. The same is true of the last one. #declin­ing­value #fax #anal­ogy
                                                                            2:15 PM Mar 15th via Hoot­Suite

                                                                            • Post: Apple is Big­ger than Jesus… or the Bea­t­les. http://​bit​.ly/​c​b3X5n #apple #mar­ket­cap
                                                                              1:02 PM Mar 15th via Twit­ter Tools
                                                                            • If your #web #nav­i­ga­tion sends the major­ity of your vis­i­tors straight to your FAQ page, you #fail.
                                                                              11:00 AM Mar 15th via Hoot­Suite

                                                                              • RT @Fneres The real pow­ers of strate­gic thinkers: “holis­tic think­ing, syn­the­sis, intu­ition, esti­ma­tion and emo­tional lit­er­acy.” Daniel H.Pink
                                                                                6:08 PM Mar 14th via web