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Twitter updates for 2010-02-20

Just imagine how bad it will be after Comcast buys NBC http://k9.vc/ad6qyA RT @jrpowers: tried to watch olympics. NBC+Comcast=total failure. #
Testing @leonardspeiser's fun new site http://society.me . Ask me anything anonymously here: http://www.society.me/manukumar #
Like Laguna's tweets 🙂 RT @LagunaArrington: I'm glad @arrington takes out his anger on PR people instead of puppies. http://tcrn.ch/acliNS #
Cooley Godward's Q4'2009 Venture Financing Report shows signs of optimism, better terms. http://k9.vc/cy5Nql #
V-day flowers in full bloom today http://twitpic.com/145zm6 (smell great too) #
RT @venturehacks: List of Y Combinator style incubators, their locations, and deadlines: http://j.mp/9AUQuE. By @jkaljundi. #
.@ev Do we get one more character for our tweets for every new employee twitter adds? 🙂 #
RT @fredwilson: Software patents are the problem not the answer: Brad Burnham responds to Nathan Myhrvold's HBR piece http://bit.ly/9S79X5 #
RT @tseelig Stanford Entrepreneurship Week is NEXT week. Follow the action at #StanfordEWeek Check out the program http://eweek.stanford.edu #

Great day of back to back meetings w/new startups, tho it was uncanny to hear the exact same idea twice in one day! #
Funny 🙂 RT @othman: Where have you been?? http://yfrog.com/35nxbp #
RT @BillGates: The #TED folks have posted video of my talk on energy and environment here – http://bit.ly/c3xIji #
RT @nntaleb: The avg of expectations is typically > than the expectation of avgs. ("Don't cross a river because it is on average 4 f deep") #
Awesome timezone conversion utility by @jonathanberger http://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ (Great blog post too: http://k9.vc/cogBcb) #

RT @JessicaMah: Any startups looking to recruit CS/EE students, Berkeley is hosting a startup fair on March 4th. DM me for details! #
An email I received today reminded me of Aesop's fable of 'The Tortoise & the Hare.' http://k9.vc/aJIKG5 Motto: Slow & steady wins the race. #
Don't know about the 'addicted to oil' but we are most definitely addicted to electricity! #
We were in the middle of dinner by candlelight http://twitpic.com/13vmyk when the power finally came back. ~11hr outage, no phones/Internet. #
RT @TeslaMotors: “We lost 3 empls in a plane crash today. We're a small co & this is a tragic day. Our thoughts go out to their families.” #
Wow, just read that the plane that crashed was owned/piloted by a Tesla exec. 3 fatalities reported. #
So this is what a vacation feels like! No electricity in most of Palo Alto due to a small engie plane crash near airport. Even AT&T was down #
Catching up with Eli — at University Cafe http://gowal.la/s/8P3 #
According to NPR/KQED a small engine plane crash near Palo Alto Airport caused the power outage in Palo Alto. Crazy traffic w/lights out. #
A beautifully foggy drive down Sand Hill Road http://twitpic.com/13se07 #
Okay, so I wan't having breakfast at the Cleaner's but at Buck's… Would help if I point to the right location 🙂 #
Wrapping up breakfast meeting — at Canada Cleaners http://gowal.la/s/2n2D #

RT othman: RT @stop: "Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent." –Joe Sparano #
I'd estimate that 90% of posts on my Google Buzz are from Twitter. Now I get to see the same stuff on FB, Twitter *and* Buzz! #redundancy #
That lawyers bill using decimal fractions instead of minutes (0.10 hrs : 6 min) must say something about the profession ?? #
Before building a product, ask: Who is your customer? What is their pain? Do they have $$s? Will they pay? Can you solve pain? #

Interesting article about how Amazon gets around collecting sales tax in some states in which it has subsidiaries NYT http://k9.vc/cEszfr #
One of the advantages of using an Ad-Blocker is not having to wait for crappy ads to load. Much faster browsing experience. Esp w/Chrome. #
Will be in DC for #StartupVisa RT @om: Open angel forum all set for SF on March 4, 2010. Startups, start ur engines http://bit.ly/cWSg3x #
Contrary to what this BW article (http://k9.vc/d5CWlv) by @sachinag , I believe you should 'Incorporate yesterday' http://k9.vc/aZZphk #
RT @twilio: Introducing Trails (Twilio on Rails) contributed by Hemant Bhanoo http://bit.ly/cPiXKS #
Lunch with @Ross — at Thaiphoon http://gowal.la/s/BVX #
'Apple does not exhibit at trade fairs, only at its own staged events.' Though Absent, Apple Permeates Barcelona Fair http://nyti.ms/aS1Q53 #
RT @mikeyk :RT @ilovetypography: Wonderful optical illusion: http://tweetphoto.com/11480105 /via @sigurarm #