An Expat in London

2009

December 154
November 136
October 266
September 152
August 147
July 127
June 126
May 88
April 94
March 73
February 154
January 116

2008

June 114
May 161
April 143
March 1
February
January
just loved Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No http://x.hypem.com/2rSXMV on @hypem
Aug 31st
just loved Mayer Hawthorne - MS, Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out [Astronote Remix]...
Aug 31st
Went for early morning coffee & bagel on Brick Lane & was quietest I’ve ever seen....
Aug 31st
We ask this about companies every day at work (#CEB $EXBD), RT @HarvardBiz: Why Do We Ignore...
Aug 31st
Happy Bank Holiday. If you’re at the office I feel for you but if you’re not *working*...
Aug 31st
Man, wish I was there for this, heard these guys deliver one hell of a good live show, RT @MeToo:...
Aug 30th
Back from Victoria Park run. Saw older gentleman dressed in dark green wool, WWII solider fatigues...
Aug 30th
Should do this at #CEB, RT @loic: get your friends to follow you on twitter thanks for pointer to...
Aug 30th
RT @iamkat & @snowmaker55: Latest video of Grand Opening of new SNOWFLEX Center in VA yesterday-...
Aug 30th
RT @baratunde: “There were nearly naked supermodels sitting on the laps of nerds playing...
Aug 30th
Watching President Obama’s eulogy of Senator Edward M. Kennedy via New York Times
Aug 29th
Reading Josh Harris of We Live in Public profile in the New York Times http://bit.ly/MevCI (hat tip...
Aug 29th
Tennis Integrity Unit (WTF?) warns tennis players about Twitter during U.S. Open, b/c of gambling...
Aug 29th
Congrats @sacca, RT @TechCrunch: Angel Investor Chris Sacca To Launch $5 million Early Stage Venture...
Aug 29th
For UK streaming music fans, RT @TechCrunch: Spotify Gets The Green Light For Its iPhone App...
Aug 28th
Very cool indeed for the Creative Commons: Anne Wojcicki and Sergey Brin Support CC with $500,000...
Aug 28th
Finishing Fri. work before pub, 3-day Bank Holiday & Notting Hill Carnival. Listening to...
Aug 28th
I’m in dual-screen Nerd heaven, Via Gizmodo: GScreen’s Dual-Screen Spacebook Coming...
Aug 28th
Brush your shoulders off, RT @dominiccampbell: Today I officially became Ghetto. ‘Whaddup,...
Aug 28th
RT @JeffSchuler: While N. Americans are bicycling to save the earth or be practical, the Dutch ride...
Aug 28th
The Great Google UK Fire, supposedly caused by a rooftop barbeque gone astray...
Aug 27th
RT @om & @jenmartinez: everyone keeps citing today’s nyt article [on Twitter], but i wrote...
Aug 27th
RT @fredwilson: WE LIVE IN PUBLIC (documentary won \t Sundance) opens NYC IFC this Fri, Aug28. Don’t...
Aug 26th
RT @CEB_MLC: Economist on mobile barcoding tech-if you’re direct B2C mrktr, better have 2010...
Aug 26th
He has a point, RT loic: when @davewiner is pissed for good reasons, you can feel it. What is an...
Aug 26th
The Lion of the Senate passes away http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/us/politics/27kennedy.html
Aug 26th
Microsoft apologizes for race-swap photo incident (and sucks at Photoshop too)...
Aug 26th
Hey @peterlamotte, you attending DC TwitterCon http://twtrcon.com/register/ ? CEB colleague...
Aug 26th
just loved Stars - Going, Going, Gone http://x.hypem.com/iMQW9 on @hypem
Aug 25th
Hilarious, RT @JasonCalacanis: Hank Azaria was on fire on @kevinpollak’s show yesterday…...
Aug 25th
For the Montana fans out there, RT @ElaineUehlein: Anthony Bourdain in Livingston:...
Aug 25th
RT @IAmKat & @LMSnowflex: Check out the USA’s first snow-free ski slope! Liberty’s #Snowflex...
Aug 25th
“…killing time, with gin and lime…” never sounded so beautiful...
Aug 25th
Sent txts to wrong people twice now in 2days; started typing & sent w/o thought. Guess my...
Aug 25th
Enlighting thesis, never heard of him before, RT @Jason: My pal Sam Harris on Real Time w/ Bill...
Aug 25th
Hmmm…RT @TechCrunch Mark Zuckerberg: “Spotify Is So Good” http://bit.ly/4aT3y1 by...
Aug 25th
RT @mikebutcher & @stefanobernardi: Announcing “Learn How To Build a Startup” course by...
Aug 25th
Beautiful summer night in London and I’m just coming home now in a cab. And yes, still have...
Aug 24th
Another reason I hate (& laugh @ telecoms) RT @nickdonnelly: Nokia Cleverly Jumps from 1...
Aug 24th
Warch Watch
People at work think I’m a good snowboarder but really, this clip will humble alll but the...
Aug 24th
Cockney Cash Machine News Reports: 'Pile Of...
Aug 24th
“Look good in that red dress, I bet the boyfriend’s...”
— From Stars’ song...
Aug 24th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23)
Aug 24th
Working late, having wolfed down Burger King double-nasty/special burger faster than flies on...
Aug 24th
Listening to “Undertow” by Stars, on repeat, via @Grooveshark: http://tinysong.com/5wbI
Aug 24th
Music for your Monday: Stars-Undertow, Hasan Salaam-The Reign, O’Spada-Pay Off
Aug 23rd
Beautifully warm & sunny day in London. Victoria Park run done, dry cleaning dropped off,...
Aug 23rd
Listening to #TBTL podcast with band Garfunkel & Oates— it’s ladies Kate Micucci...
Aug 22nd
I used Shazam to discover Reservoir Park by The Dutchess & The Duke #shazam
Aug 22nd
Google Voice App & Apple fiasco- real villain is Dumb Pipe; FCC will regrettably open door to...
Aug 22nd
Warch Watch
I have th itch to go riding and this vidoe from the NZ Open ain’t helping. But already geared...
Aug 22nd
Soon person will get PhD in statistically parsing Twitter data streams b/c tweets contain so much...
Aug 22nd
RT @TechCrunch: The Complicated Truth: What’s Really Going On With Apple, Google, AT&T And...
Aug 22nd
Apple’s official response to FCC request on Google Voice App fiasco. This after AT&T...
Aug 21st
Living abroad, I do feel distant from this aspect of America, RT @slboval & @ajkeen: Time to...
Aug 21st
Cranking still but now onto Broken Social Scene and “Superconnected” via @Grooveshark:...
Aug 21st
Cranking at the ofc. (getting smart on Shared Services) thanks to Swedish band, O’Spada, and...
Aug 21st
HELL YEAH, OG tech podcast is BACK, RT @stevegillmor: Excited to announce Gillmor Gang will return...
Aug 20th
Thx to @DailyCareerTips, had my best retweeted tweet ever, 3-levels of retweet action. Bad thing...
Aug 20th
Fat pharmacist to buddy’s friend buying ‘quit-smoking meds: Wow, it’s expensive,...
Aug 20th
Say it ain’t so, one of my earliest & most favorited must-read blogs in early ’00s,...
Aug 20th
Have to agree, damn impressive, RT @rafatali: Why does Britain seem to have more talent than...
Aug 20th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-16)
Aug 19th
RT @SSPR: Mad Men’s secret (and effortless) product placements http://tr.im/wCq5
Aug 19th
Super pissed off right now; iPhone sync just wiped out 3/4 of my apps, nowhere to be seen; paid apps...
Aug 19th
Interesting, RT @loic & @AndresRestrepo: Twitter’s Attempt to Trademark Tweet Refused! -...
Aug 19th
Sweet— RT @Twitterrific: Both regular & Premium versions of Twitterrific 2.1 approved...
Aug 19th
RT @stephenfry: how heart-tuggingly, liver-clutchingly, gut-wrenchingly attractive young people look...
Aug 19th
As if I or any of you needed another reason to hate the telecoms, WSJ op-ed on why AT&T killed...
Aug 19th
Whoa, was that a Twitterrific Easter Egg? After RTing Twitterrific tweet, got an old-school,...
Aug 19th
Similar to my “Sin Nombre” tweet, here’s another one on realizing how fortunate...
Aug 19th
Hah, good stuff, RT @dominiccampbell: Thinking we should start a version of TechCrunch for things...
Aug 19th
Author Alain de Botton (heard about him via #Monocle magazine) will be “author in...
Aug 19th
Near Holborn & 2 office workers, a male & a female, walking down st. are both wearing...
Aug 18th
Work colleague asked on Yammer what is biz value of using it, b/c he saw the project management...
Aug 18th
Finished watching film “Sin Nombre;” perhaps somber but very moving & I fear all too...
Aug 17th
Turn off iPhone for few hours & this inbox hell greets me, >15 spam emails, WTF. MeettheBoss...
Aug 17th
UK geeks listen up, RT @mkapor: Campaign to get UK govt to apologize for hounding Alan Turing to...
Aug 17th
The role of research in NPR.org redesign http://tinyurl.com/l65rbt (thx to @trchandler for original...
Aug 17th
NYT on Rahm Emanuel: Pres. has a zenlike quality said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod....
Aug 16th
Back from 100% sun run in Victoria Park and now, thx to Monocle Summer Series #8, in love with...
Aug 16th
I now love NPR even more: RT @trchandler: Checking out “NPR’s iPhone App Blows Other News Apps...
Aug 16th
Fallacy of link economy: http://bit.ly/KNMQW Recommendations don’t say anything about...
Aug 16th
RT @trchandler: > Been watching them on Netflix, but now we can keep up with Season 3 “Mad...
Aug 16th
Last tweet on fallacy of link economy http://bit.ly/KNMQW (recommendations don’t say anything...
Aug 16th
Listening to Monocle Summer Series from Stockholm; missed Sin Nombre premiere this week so watching...
Aug 15th
If you’re having a quiet Sat. night in, here’s a perfect soundtrack: Dirty Projectors...
Aug 15th
And there’s something wrong when I can’t tweet via Twitter homepage & have to email...
Aug 15th
RT @stevenbjohnson: Contra the NY Times today, why the web is the greatest serendipity engine in the...
Aug 15th
Love MT but can’t have it both ways, RT @davewiner: In Montana they like Medicare but want...
Aug 15th
Yes, the world does Phish fans & Beatbox fans to unite. My cousin blending the two genres in...
Aug 14th
Morrissey: Don't Buy My Music | Techdirt
Aug 14th
Obama loves mangos, tater tots not so much, RT @azizansari: Video: Damon Weaver Interviews President...
Aug 14th
WSJ today: “Europe Recovers as U.S. Lags” http://tinyurl.com/ktbsjz Hmm, thought U.S....
Aug 14th
In the loo, cleaning women is humming & singing quite a beautiful little song; it’d almost...
Aug 14th
Laird Hamilton, surf God, writing at Gizmodo on science and the surfboard http://tinyurl.com/r9dkbj
Aug 14th
RT @tweetmeme Twitter’s Stone: ‘Millions of zombie computers’ (Dealscape - Private...
Aug 14th
Listening to Monday episode of #TBTL podcast. @lukeburbank, the Mummy Diaries were hilarious; forget...
Aug 13th
Murky digital music landscape in UK, RT @slboval: Why ‘Downloading is not enough’ for...
Aug 13th
W00t indeed, go Sweden— RT @stephenfry w00t! Pirate Party officially recognised by electoral...
Aug 13th
Few days old WSJ article on most economists recommending Bernanke stay on Also that U.S. was...
Aug 13th
From work colleague (shared via Yammer), “Rise of Digital C-Suite: How Execs Locate &...
Aug 13th
Biggest trade issues pending between China & West: http://bit.ly/Km6QN Protecting IP from...
Aug 13th
At the work canteen just now: Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” playing in...
Aug 13th
Wondering what’s more annoying at 2am in morning— having just finished up my work, or,...
Aug 12th
For @peterlamotte, RT @azizansari: Pre-sale password for my DC standup show is RANDY. Pre-sale...
Aug 12th
Getting around Hulu being only for U.S. users, easy proxy/spoof app, RT @dlynch4: @cherbert Thought...
Aug 11th
Heard DJ Vadim on Brick Lane few wks back & bought CD, glad I did: DJ Vadim, “That Life...
Aug 11th
Delicious founder Joshua Schachter (@Joshu) wished he hadn’t sold to Yahoo...
Aug 11th
Damn! RT @TechCrunch: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed http://bit.ly/AIEYG by @jasonkincaid
Aug 10th
Official FriendFeed blog post announcing Facebook’s acqusition of FF (via Techmeme; thx...
Aug 10th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-9)
Aug 10th
At desk, leaning back & head resting on wall, feel washing machine vibrating 2 rooms away. Wish...
Aug 9th
For #KCRW fans, RT @sacca: Nobody breaks new music like @nicharcourt. Check out his private stream...
Aug 9th
New film “Sin Nombre” screening w/ Director Q&A tom. in Dalston & SoHo charity...
Aug 9th
Off for sunny run in Victoria Park
Aug 9th
At Nando’s Shoreditch and not sure how I feel about the Norah Jones’ “Don’t...
Aug 8th
At the #gbbf Great Britian Beer Festival in Earl’s Court, good times
Aug 8th
New English/American mashup expression: “Put that in your pipe and bespoke it.” Feel...
Aug 7th
Something about finding a Snapple Pink Lemonade over lunch break put a smile on my face; can I...
Aug 7th
Real-time web will also exacerbate this, RT @mediaeater For Today’s Graduate, Just One Word:...
Aug 6th
Awesome #tbtl show from Tues. night, 7-8pm block, with @LukeBurbank doing Bill Clinton & Kim...
Aug 6th
Killing PPT, RT @johnbattelle: Mad preso skills? Multimedia genius? Adobe & Slideshare:...
Aug 5th
Dinner with Gaz at Ah King near Holborn
Aug 5th
Watching @ev being interviewed on BBC2, and the reporter doesn’t get it— verified...
Aug 5th
For skiers & shredders, this will make u jealous, RT @sacca: There are guys where I live who...
Aug 5th
How true— RT @mediaeater: How I sometimes feel keeping up with the ‘live-web’...
Aug 4th
The reunion every American has been waiting for, RT @JasonCalacanis: Saved By The Bell Reunion is on...
Aug 4th
Kid Cudi’s “Make Her Say” (clean version) along w/ Kanye & Common. Listening...
Aug 4th
Former PayPal-er Max Levchin tweaking his startup, RT @rafatali Slide is now branded entertainment...
Aug 4th
Worse=Yanni, RT @dominiccampbell & @PBizzle: It’s overcast & woke up w/ Phil Collins...
Aug 4th
Per Gawker: why newspaper wrongly blame blogs for their demise & revealing WaPo insider who...
Aug 4th
Ultimate Detroit irony, killing cars to save the car industry, what should have been done long ago...
Aug 4th
RT @rafatali: Our Spotify funding story here http://bit.ly/tCAHK FT had it first, btw, while we had...
Aug 3rd
For some green perspective, RT @Konatbone via RT @vkhosla: paint your roof white and you’ll save...
Aug 3rd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-2)
Aug 3rd
Sun. morning watching Glengary Glen Ross, no better way to start the day
Aug 2nd
RT @wheelson: If you’ve resorted to using the little bottles in your liquor stash you either...
Aug 2nd
As Scooby Doo says, rut row: Todd and Sarah Palin to divorce, following mutual infidelities...
Aug 1st
RT @slboval RT @LDN: Raising the bar - the independent cafes and Antipodean attitudes regenerating...
Aug 1st
Couldn’t have said it better, Seattle’s show ‘Too Beautiful to Live’ #tbtl...
Aug 1st
Yup— RT @NewsGang Hot Girl Syndrome (from Raw Thought, via Aaron Swartz): A more...
Aug 1st