Category: Tweeting
Blogging my tweets
MacBlaze’s Weekly Tweets for 2010-11-21
- Sigh, that killed that idea. @ElectDanielle: And for the record, my political inspiration comes from former British PM Margaret Thatcher… #
- Jeezus H Christ! @scalzi: MFA folks: Do your programs have classes on publishing contracts? Because, DAMN. (Context: ) #
- @TheReadOnion Ha Ha. And no, you'll never learn, no one ever does unless they are rich enough to have a staff to learn for them… #
- Enjoy Centre much more than a plant shop! @EdmontonJournal reprints Steve Whysall's article: #
- #Facebook email ()… Doesn't this remind you an awful lot of Compuserve (and AOL) as it started to fade? #
- "It is times like this that make me happy the word “douchebag” exists. Otherwise, I might be lost for words." From #
- That douchebag quote was originally by @kwnewton Awesome! #
- Awesome pic! RT @HolesOnline: 1st event in 5 days; just needs a coat of paint @EnjoyCentre http://yfrog.com/775r4j #
- WTF! @Yendi: Just found out that Def Leppard's Joe Elliot is now fronting a Mott the Hoople cover band. #
- May the force be with you… Star Wars typographical geekery! #
- Finishing touches on the Enjoy Centre events space… http://yfrog.com/7edj5qhj Looks awesome! AND the first booze ever is in the house! #
- Photoshoots involving food make me really really hungry! http://twitpic.com/38ah8v #
- Post Sparkle sleeplessness. Yet another reason to have multiple synching ebook readers. Your book is always where you are… #convert #
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MacBlaze’s Weekly Tweets for 2010-11-14
- @jmaxsfu: SFU's Master of Publishing program: an information session held tomorrow night (at Harbour Centre). See #
- L's in Switzerland at The International Conference of the Book and just delivered her first international paper! W00t! #
- @TheReadOnion Alas, we were supposed to be moving… #
- “@Marty_Chan: Trying to explain to my cats how daylight savings changes their feeding times, but they're not buying it.” #
- “@absolutebodo: Did you know?: Edmontonians recycled 51,753 tonnes of material in 2009.” #
- Sigh. @pjmartin: My last Kodachrome slides arrived in the mail today. Someone should reinvent this film. Thanks, Dwayne http://www.dwaynesphoto.com #
- Why does #eia #yeg's 'free' Internet want me to join facebook? #
- @EarlJWoods: Lois Hole's 2003 Remembrance Day remarks: http://earljwoods.blogspot.com/2010/11/november-11.html #
- Love and Human Remains… Why did he change the name? Anyway, amazing play still but maybe a bit too much play for the young 'uns #yeg #
- @rmbooks: Welcome to Book Industry 101: http://yfrog.com/0gel4fj #indentitycrisis #
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MacBlaze’s Weekly Tweets for 2010-11-07
- Should we add foursquare to our marketing strategy? Getting spread a bit thin keeping up as it is… #
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MacBlaze’s Weekly Tweets for 2010-10-31
- Just realized that the "Editial" rewet I just made wasn't a joke. Can we spell 'irony'? #
- And now my stupid spell checker thinks 'retweet', should be 'rewet.' Of course when I typed 'rewet', it tried to make it 'reset' #spellcheck #
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MacBlaze’s Weekly Tweets for 2010-10-24
- NAITs NET or CET programs: anyone have any impression on quality of grads? There are too many IP based systems in our new building! #
- Giving Zinc a try for lunch. So far so good, mmmmmmmm. #
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MacBlaze’s Weekly Tweets for 2010-10-17
- Slow Twitter week. Seems the harder I work, the less time I have for social media. Maybe I should rearrange my priorities 😉 #
- A plus for ebooks "Without the ebook option, I would likely have bought those books used, which I prefer not to do" #
- The year of the Oilers Suite tickets… Offered to date: 3; accepted: 1 #
- "Children are innocent and love justice," wrote Lucas. "While most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy. #
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MacBlaze’s Weekly Tweets for 2010-10-10
- It was a charity tasting event. But not in Corfu, so really not worth too much at that. Kissed any goats yet? (after the ouzo I mean) #
- Off to Billy Bishop. Will try very hard not to hate it just because it's not the original (or because it's the Citadel…) #yeg #
- Reading #epubs is there a technical reason they don't have double spaces between scene shifts. Because this book has had some brianbenders! #
- The first 25 to buy one of two special Thanksgiving arrangements get them delivered free (locally) Fri, Oct 8. #
- @lavermeer who's the raccoon in this scenario? in reply to lavermeer #
- A beautiful fall-coloured panorama of the Enjoy Centre. It's actually pretty magnificent http://twitpic.com/2v72gx #
- @Lindapalooza But it's Alfie Zappacosta! Canadian music legend… in reply to Lindapalooza #
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MacBlaze’s Weekly Tweets for 2010-10-03
- Long Monday. 2 beer wind down… Wait… Doesn't that make me an alcoholic? Ooooh, maybe I should have another! #
- There are no moose outside my house. Why am I not back in the Kananaskis? #
- Office 2010 for Mac brings Outlook to to OSX. Talk about your mixed blessings! #
- Reading ARCs from @baenbooks Kinda disorienting to see the errors but absolutely thrilled by the opportunity. #awesomemarketing #
- I honestly don't get why major frontlist publishers are so hung up on drm. Fiction is going Hollywood: the $$ will be all in the first weeks #
- Yes the economic model is changing. Yes the age of $million advances is ending. Yes the long term health of certain business models is shaky #
- But book publishers need to #getoverit it's information publishing now; let's start working in those new paradigms/models #
- Most every show I worked @StageWest! @Marty_Chan: If you're familiar with backstage theatre antics, enjoy this http://youtu.be/fjD4nzEj3EI #
- Hmm perhaps a biz challenge 2 add 2 websites? @mastermaq Most events give parking info but rarely mention transit We need 2 change that #yeg #
- Just won 48 bottles of wine at #RobustReds W00t! #
- @Lindapalooza Oddly enough, you're not the first to mention the joy of sharing with friends in reply to Lindapalooza #
- Dies it have free wifi? @scalzi: Fun fact about Gliese 581g, the newly discovered "earth-like" planet: There's already a Starbucks there. #
- Awwwwww… @jdarrah: I expect we will hear a collective "awww" for this event: http://j.mp/d6tAMx #
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MacBlaze’s Weekly Tweets for 2010-09-26
- A literal Gayroller! rotflma! http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally #
- On #ebooks I have multiple copies of books now, all synching up using #Calibre a 'real' paper one, iPad, iPhone, a Sony ereader. Satisfied! #
- Staff Meetings – Huh! What are they good for? Absolutely nothing… Say it again! #
- Tilt -shift Van Gogh! Awesome stuff… #
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MacBlaze’s Weekly Tweets for 2010-09-20
- @stephenfry Not in Canada? #anotherlostsale sigh. in reply to stephenfry #
- Information is the source of all happiness and pain in a society based on self-determination rather than predestination and I am unhappy… #
- @GPBuzz: Mobile fashion truck. How about a mobile garden truck w/baskets, combos/annuals drvg thru neighborhoods http://tinyurl.com/3xmawzp #
- Rules to live by! @OHnewsroom: Photographer: “I don’t need anger management; you just need to stop pissin’ me off." #
- At the optometrist. No I don't need glasses, no I don't need glasses, no I don't need… #
- @Lindapalooza isn't transporting alcohol over provincial borders illegal? I guess you better just drink up before you come home. in reply to Lindapalooza #
- Vote Turnip! "Rumors of affair w parsnip intern “@MargaretAtwood: The Turnip is thinking. Will it run for PM?" #
- @akemimats Screw you… Grumble, grumble, grumble (he mutters to himself) ;-( in reply to akemimats #
- @akemimats it takes more than a prescription to motivate some; t takes catastrophic failure. And I'm still limping along… in reply to akemimats #
- Cutting back with libraries isn't good for anyone! "New Calgary library might remain unopened…" #
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