Monthly Archives: January 2009

His­tory Tweets: Abra­ham Lincoln’s rare tweet about tweeting.

Spend­ing so much time on Twit­ter has cer­tainly changed the way I look at things. I’m start­ing to see more and more of the world through Twit­ter lenses. It got me won­der­ing what some great quotes from his­tory or from … Con­tinue read­ing →

A lot of times the tough choices in life aren’t between good and bad; they’re between good and bet­ter. Plan­ning involves set­ting pri­or­i­ties and choos­ing one path means let­ting go of all the oth­ers. Here’s how E.B. White would have … Con­tinue read­ing →

Here’s Twit­ter cofounder, Jack Dorsey, talk­ing about how the instant tweet con­cept evolved from mes­sen­ger ser­vice track­ing to a ver­sa­tile tool to con­nect peo­ple in real time.  He offers sev­eral inno­v­a­tive exam­ples of how this appli­ca­tion is being ultilized. Jack … Con­tinue read­ing →

Here is a word cloud of his “I Have a Dream” speech on wordle.net. YouTube has sev­eral videos of him giv­ing speeches, var­i­ous trib­utes, and plenty of inter­views with pun­dits talk­ing about him. This one is a brief clip from … Con­tinue read­ing →

There is an ongo­ing argu­ment between my two sons. Jack (14) swears by cheat codes, action replays, and power saves to advance his lev­els in var­i­ous video games. Henry (11) thinks that’s cheat­ing and insists that the only way to … Con­tinue read­ing →