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Twitter updates for 2010-10-27

October 27, 2010 sneaker

• Very cool. Wish it let me see/sort by Avg Cust Review tho! RT @Werner: Amazon Windowshop for iPad has launched – http://www.windowshop.com/ #
• Did more today! 🙂 RT @sidviswanathan: I'm wondering who actually did more CardMunch demos at #FailCon yesterday, myself or @manukumar #
• Will be at PayPal #xinnovate tomorrow. At the Microsoft #VCSummit today. Lot's of good events this week! cc @sudeepy622 @sidviswanathan #
• Got reprimanded for trying to take a iPhone picture during the IE 9 demo. Doh! So no pics folks, sorry! #VCSummit #
• Ballmer on the cloud: 'We're all in.' http://twitpic.com/312o28 #VCSummit #
• Ballmer on Bing: 'If there is no competition then I [referring to VCs] would invest in any advertising based businesses' #VCSummit #
• Ballmer: 'it's not about unit volumes, it's about mojo' #phones #VCSummit #
• Ballmer says on mobile 'We made a mistake, but we *don't* give up. We keep coming. We have lot's of funding so to speak' #VCSummit #
• Ballmer says Microsoft sold 240M copies of Windows 7. 'Got ripped off for another 100M, 65M of that in China' #VCSummit #
• Have to say that I feel just a tad guilty walking into the Microsoft #VCSummit w/ an iPad & an iPhone 😉 #
• Steve Ballmer giving an overview of Microsoft's focus in different areas. http://twitpic.com/312kio #VCSummit #
• Microsoft VC Summit 2010 — at Microsoft Building 1 http://gowal.la/c/2Lwva?137 #

Twitter

Twitter updates for 2010-10-26

October 26, 2010 sneaker

• .@ronaldmannak I did both my startups out of Pittsburgh, PA, not Silicon Valley. Whether that's an easier locale than Europe is debatable. in reply to ronaldmannak #
• If I don't know you at all but respond to your email pitch w/ a polite no, that is *not* an invitation for dialog. #NoMeansNo #InboxZeroWoes #
• Uninstalling @Tweetdeck for iPad. Keeps crashing all the time & pretty sucky UX. Love @Tweetdeck on desktop tho, wish iPad one was better. #
• RT @lisadonchak: Congrats to @MogoTix, @MyNextCustomer & @CardMunch for winning "Most Likely to Succeed" at #FailCon #
• Congrats to @k9ventures' portfolio co @CardMunch for being one of the winning demo companies at #FailCon 2010! #
• Agreed! cc @WebWallFlower @FailCon RT @shaig: @manukumar fail 🙂 good hallway discussions is a sign of a good conference #
• RT @lisadonchak: That's the "Hallway Track" 😉 RT @manukumar: Spent time chatting w/people in halls – missed actual panels/talks 🙁 #failcon #
• Thanks for a fun lunch! RT @christine: Eating mutant-sized sushi with @cathybrooks @manukumar @jayadelson (@ Osakaya) http://4sq.com/bKe0Vn #
• RT @antonejohnson: True story by @manukumar in resp to my Q: "I've literally given blood for my startup" (for key person insurance) #FailCon #
• RT @lisadonchak: "You need a technically capable founder, but one who also understands the business side of things." @manukumar #failcon #
• RT @lisadonchak: "Whenever you're doing a transaction, create the market. Have at least 2 people at the table." @manukumar #failcon #
• In Re: @ronaldmannak Once was enough. I made sure it didn't happen again 🙂 Tho we had other near death experiences as well. (DB meltdown) #
• RT @ronaldmannak: Did @manukumar say his closest startup-death experience was when he couldn't make payroll *once*? Only once? #
• RT @lisadonchak: "Every startup has to be close to death before it actually succeeds." @manukumar #failcon #
• RT @lisadonchak: @manukumar "Your true character emerges when you deal with a bad situation." #failcon #
• Thanks for a fun panel! RT @adrianagardella: My @FailCon panel @ 9:50am. Hear from @edyson, @GuyHirsch, @manukumar, & @IlluminateVC! #
• Judging by # of interesting people I met today, #FailCon was one of the better conferences I've been to. Kudos @WebWallFlower & Diane L. #
• If you're at #FailCon vote for @CardMunch as a favorite demo company! (in my obviously biased opinion!) #
• Having a blast at #FailCon 2010, but spent so much time chatting w/ people in the halls that I missed most of the actual panels/talks 🙁 #
• #FailCon 2010 panel w/ @edyson, @IlluminateVC, & @guyhirsch. Moderated by @adrianagardella — at Hotel Kabuki http://gowal.la/c/2Lcx3?137 #

Twitter

Twitter updates for 2010-10-25

October 25, 2010 sneaker

• Incredibly productive Sunday for bringing some much needed semblance of order to my office desk. Just need a few more days like this one! #
• #humancomputation "CardMunch. Because sometimes human drones are better than our best computing devices." http://bit.ly/aIlUsp #
• Also successfully refilled old cartridge w/toner & new chip! Now I can finally print again. Was driving me nuts! http://twitpic.com/30komj #
• Successfully tracked down problem w/ a new toner cartridge to a stuck internal bushing. Filed/WD40'd. Fixed! http://twitpic.com/30ko5n #
• I'm at Coupa Cafe (Green Library) in CA http://gowal.la/c/2KToZ?137 #

Twitter

Twitter updates for 2010-10-23

October 23, 2010 sneaker

• I'm at Gunderson Dettmer LLP in Redwood City, CA http://gowal.la/c/2KepX?137 #
• NPUC 2010 : Harnessing the Buzz of the Crowd — at IBM Almaden Research Center http://gowal.la/c/2K2JC?137 #
• Moderating panel today on The Business of Crowdsourcing at #NPUC 2010 w/ @l2k, @sidviswanathan, @rodtwitzky, @yoonster & Jim E. (@pixazza) #
• RT @adrianagardella: 3 days 'til @Failcon! Hv Qs 4 @edyson, @GuyHirsch, @manukumar, or @IlluminateVC? Send via twitter & include #FailCon #
• RT @adrianagardella: 3 days 'til @Failcon! Hv Qs 4 @edyson, @GuyHirsch, @mankuumar, or @IlluminateVC? Send via twitter & include #FailCon #

Twitter

Twitter updates for 2010-10-22

October 22, 2010 sneaker

• Dear @Twitter, can you just grow up & start serving more than 200 tweets in an API call — even in your own app! http://twitpic.com/2zodt9 #
• Founders Showcase — at Microsoft Building 1 http://gowal.la/c/2JL7F?137 #
• #plan VC Connect: Ask a VC (2 Palo Alto Square) Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 6-8:00pm http://planca.st/F9K #
• #plan Canaan's Web After Dark: The Official Web 2.0 Summit Opening Night Party (The Bently Reserve) Mon, Nov 15, 2010 http://planca.st/F9C #
• Thanks Atul. Figured it was some political big wig 🙂 RT @atul: @manukumar This is the event in Palo Alto – http://k9.vc/95piqw #
• Wondering what 'special event' is 4 which Palo Alto police is notifying residents of road closures this evening on Embarcadero & MiddleField #