As everyone knows by now, Jobs resigned yesterday because of health reasons. Here are my three favorite Steve Jobs quotes from the past few years.
“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”[BusinessWeek, May 25, 1998)
-Simple Good, Complex Bad
. Ironically an IBM slogan from the 90's.
“Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. … One is very fortunate if you get to work on just one of these in your career. Apple’s been very fortunate it’s been able to introduce a few of these into the world.” [Announcement of the iPhone, Jan. 9, 2007]
-Powerful and true statement.
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.” [Stanford commencement speech, June 2005]
-Happy to say that I’ve found this job several times. I consider myself very lucky to have worked with the products I have. PGP, CyberCop Scanner Ballista, Gauntlet and ExpectID IQ to name just a few. I loved working on all of them. And of course the product I’m currently working on that I’m not allowed to say anything about yet
. The feeling of accomplishment after a release and working with people as passionate as you are about the product or solution is what gets me to work excited every day of the week (and on weekends)
More Steve Jobs quotes available over at WSJ.
Weekly Life Digest for August 19th
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Published Weekly Life Digest for August 16th.
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I have Spotify invites for those interested in music. First come, first serve. Best music app on the planet.
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Back pain downgraded from "OMFG I can’t move" to "yay, I can get out of bed on the morning". #gettingoldsucks
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RT @ubrakto: Say what you will about Miami booster Nevin Shapiro. Dude certainly did his part to stimulate the economy. http://t.co/ApsdmkQ
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RT @mikeorren: Brilliant rebrand: RT @DanHarrelson: The logo for Hell has been redesigned with hopes of promoting tourism. http://j.mp/ …
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Most cruel word in the English language: "Lisp".
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Listened to 2 songs.
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Listened to 4 songs.
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RT @mikeorren: If no better reason to bulk email customer than to say "haven’t said hello in a while," then don’t. Spend time doing thin …
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(@ Microsoft Corporation (LC1)) http://t.co/B5Z3nBu
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Checked in at Microsoft Corporation (LC1)
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Information in isolation is useless. /Captain Obvious
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RT @html5: It’s 2011. Friends don’t let friends write Web applications in PHP.
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RT @MichaelDell: If HP spins off their PC business….maybe they will call it Compaq?
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My 4-year old thinks we should rename "Rules" and start calling them "CupCakes". I’m strangely ok with this idea. #toddlers
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Taking #casualfriday seriously today. http://t.co/4csm1y7
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Weekly Life Digest for August 16th
Weekly Life Digest for August 9th
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Published Weekly Life Digest for August 2nd.
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There comes a time post #vacation when "Mark All As Read" is the only option.
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Check out "Dallas Technology Summit" http://t.co/mSD5Fgn via @eventbrite
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RT @joshtaylormusic: @SportsSturm @tweetgrubes hey can you tell me what week is Cowboys Vs Aliens? I can’t find it on the schedule anywhere.
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RT “@dougluberts: Swede arrested for trying to split atoms in his home. http://t.co/o0Zfgpj "
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Listened to 11 songs.
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Listened to 6 songs.
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RT @alexgorbachev: Method R official announcement of MR Tools 2.0 http://t.co/q4UXEi4
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I love finding exactly what I’m looking for. #googlefu
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Queued Hobo with a Shotgun.
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RT @paulvallee: Pythian is hiring a Sales Director for the UK. Growing at ~40%, with an office & 6 delivery resources, time to get selli …
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Awesome teacher story by my good friend "@FlashCap72: A former student’s email… http://t.co/XlWJJdT”
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Queued Heavy.
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Queued The Pyramid Code.
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Queued Macbeth.
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Queued Pitch Black.
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Listened to 8 songs.
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Cool, I’m about to reach 200 followers! See the rest of my stats at Twitter Counter: http://twtr.to/pyx
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I can’t believe the #Thundercats fell for the old Trojan horse trick. #relivingmyyouthwithkiddo
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RT @dgouldin: . @dallas_news says nobody in the US is hiring. I think they must be talking about a different US than the one I live in …
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Listened to 5 songs.
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I’m smurfing looking forward to smurfing the smurfing smurfs this afternoon. </smurfing>
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Smurfs… (@ Cinemark West Plano and XD) http://ow.ly/1vpzc0
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Checked in at Cinemark West Plano and XD
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“@ramavan: 20 years ago today, the World Wide Web opened to the public http://t.co/yAZYttQ” #ifeelold
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Join me on Google+ – http://t.co/11Roweh
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Email server down at the office. I may just get some writing done this morning. #priorityfail
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eBook: The USB Villains Have Escaped – Data Protection to the Rescue! Chapter 1: The Nature of USB Villains – http://t.co/lj6HgZ6
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Looking for a Tango(!) version of @robynkonichiwa ‘s awesome Stars 4-Ever song for a wedding. Anyone? #Tango #Robyn #Music
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Mother Nature Doesn’t Give a Shit About Your Data. Best #Cloud #Headline of the day? http://t.co/QrwLeRC
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Vizualize.Me is launching soon! I’m spamming you to sign up, as it’s more likely I’ll get in: #launch http://t.co/TpMkGum via @vizualizeme
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Listened to Tomas Ledin – Dubbel Trubbel.
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Thinks that when your kid makes up a game, decide rules, changes them frequently and still loses, that said kiddo has no right to be cranky.
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Good morning Twitter. I wish I could spend more time with you today, but I’m in meetings all day. Talk to you tonight.
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Listened to 4 songs.
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Weekly Life Digest for August 2nd
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Vacation! #hopetheyhavewifiatthehotel
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Published Weekly Life Digest for July 26th.
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Listened to 4 songs.
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Listened to 2 songs.
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Hello from #cabo http://t.co/G6DTktX
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Sunrise in #cabo http://t.co/IerJcwu
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Queued Trainspotting.
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Weekly Life Digest for July 26th
Weekly Life Digest for July 19th
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RT @pheezy: Dante organized people he knew into circles, too.
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Published Weekly Life Digest for July 12th.
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RT @davepell: Dropbox is raising dough at a valuation of around $5 billion?
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I wish I had time to install iOS 5 beta 3 today
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RT @JohnKincade: Vegas says Aliens are a 3 point pick over the Cowboys.
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RT @DFW_Airport: CREDANT Survey Finds Consumers Left Thousands of Laptops and Smart …: … Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW… htt …
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RT @credant: iCloud’s ability to automatically sync information is not yet secure, especially for enterprise organizations http://t.co/v …
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Lunch & soccer (@ Buffalo Wild Wings) http://ow.ly/1s1RnK
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USA! USA! USA! (I expect all my American followers to return the favor in 90 minutes)
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RT @robynkonichiwa: 1-1 Sweden Japan is a really good game right now!!!!
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RT @robynkonichiwa: Fuck
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#spotify invite? Pretty please?
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Hiring, looking for a great Security PM here in Dallas.
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Listened to 4 songs.
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Beers (@ Flying Saucer Draught Emporium) http://ow.ly/5EVmt
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Checked in at Flying Saucer Draught Emporium
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RT @davidbeckerCFO: Cost of Laptop = $1,000; Cost of losing that laptop = $80,000,000; protect your data #credant
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#Spotify makes music fun again
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RT @mashable: 24,000 Pentagon Files Lost in Cyberattack – http://on.mash.to/pRSbUO
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TGIF! Only two more days of work to go
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Listened to 10 songs.
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Bday party (@ Bounce U) http://ow.ly/1uG2lq
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Checked in at Bounce U
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Listened to 9 songs.
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RT @FakeSarahPalin: I don’t understand why people are so excited about Google+. We’ve had big and tall stores in Alaska for years.
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RT @JustinFlitter: Wizards of bullshit: How Forbes turned $6.5 million into $20 billion – (37signals) http://t.co/wg6Jlnf
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10 day countdown to #cabo – can’t wait!
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Excellent @Spotify tips and tricks http://t.co/CMsk6QH
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Hey @spotify – iPad app?
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Listened to 15 songs.
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RT @ramavan: Story of Spotify….She Sings, He Streams – Bloomberg Businessweek+ for iPad http://buswk.co/mVFk8N
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Seven speakers in my car and I’m listening to #Spotify via iPhone speaker. #neediphonecarsolution
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RT @mverver: #Hiring Contract Recruiter Dallas TX http://t.co/r3Mfp78 #jobs #recruiter #dallas Please RT
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RT @IDology: An Out-of-Wallet Rose by Any Other Name http://t.co/2alBsvw #hottopics #fraudprevention #authentication
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Listened to 7 songs.
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Listened to 4 songs.
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RT @IDology: Is your favorite password (the one you use on more than one site) effective? Try it here: http://t.co/U4qTMiA #internetsecurity
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The #GooglePlus #iOS client would be a lot cooler if it didn’t crash consistently.
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RT @alexgorbachev: I’m looking for a talented software developer (Perl) to hire in Ottawa working on internal Pythian tools. pls RT
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RT @SativaBella: If you +1 something publicly, but your profile doesn’t show your +1′s to the public, does your +1 still count?
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Weekly Life Digest for July 12th
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Starting to like Google+ more and more. Mostly geeks on right now. Curious to see if they’ll convert the non geeks as well.
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Published Weekly Life Digest for July 5th.
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Should we tweet to Google+ or post our fb status updates? #toomanynetworks
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Posted AbsolutTexan’s Xbox – Jul 6 2011.
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My Google+ Profile Page: http://t.co/pf1uzHx – Don’t leave me hanging.
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RT @GeoffvWebb: Morgan Stanley breach "is a good reminder for consumers that not all breaches are the result of hacking" http://bit.ly/ …
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RT @mikeorren: Rolling eyes at breathless live posting on FB announcement makes me realize how deep my Apple addiction runs.
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Oh dear. Please don’t auto-populate my Skype contact list with my Facebook contacts.
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In the immortal words of Mark Zuckerberg: "um".
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Google+ Vanity URL: http://t.co/kueNvrv – create your own: http://t.co/7QxJaoS
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Dinner (@ Antonio Ristorante) http://ow.ly/5yjeb
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Checked in at Antonio Ristorante
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I just unlocked the "Explorer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/nJeYTt
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RT @badbanana: "He died doing what he loved, which was clinging to life and trying not to die, which he was very good at until recently."
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Posted AbsolutTexan’s Xbox – Jul 7 2011.
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#Sweden is trending. This makes me happy.
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RT @GeoffvWebb: Thoughts on smartphone security in my latest blog post. http://bit.ly/pDS9Z9 #smartphone #encryption #security
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4,000 mySQL shards? My brain just exploded a little bit. http://t.co/GjQNjRn
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Recovering hacked web site for free hair cuts for life.
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What Google+ needs to do to win: Add a -1 / Dislike button.
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Posted AbsolutTexan’s Xbox – Jul 8 2011.
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RT @mikeorren: Pretty spot-on: What Would Don Draper Do? – The Oatmeal http://flpbd.it/NfIv
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Robbers Steal $1 Million From Security Company. I’m thinking they should probably change their business model. http://t.co/9E7OEkS
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Looks like Google+ invites are back on. DM me if you want one.
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RT "@davepell: Instead of retweeting, I’m gonna start doing cover versions of good tweets by other people.” – irony RT of the day
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is using Job Change Notifier http://lnkd.in/vY7p6y
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Posted AbsolutTexan’s Xbox – Jul 9 2011.
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Clearly the only ones (@ IKEA) http://ow.ly/1usnRb
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Checked in at IKEA
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RT @gregorthecat: Total lifetime cost of space shuttle program was $196 billion. Seems like a pretty good deal, when AIG bailout alone c …
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Go #Sweden (3-1 vs. Australia)!!!
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RT @CancelledAgain: Check out this shiny #Firefly rap, "The Browncoat Anthem"! RT if you’re a #Browncoat! http://t.co/c4ZsEI6
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5.30am. Reading @flipboard because my 4-year old thought it’d be fun to wake me up at 5.
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Posted 2 items.
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RT @ImSeanPG: The question you must ask yourself is how will you manage the cloud’s move into your business … http://lnkd.in/BjJ6WN
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RT @God_Damn_Batman: If you’re not Batman, you’re part of the problem.
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golf clap “@mikeorren: Slowclap: "Google Voice Adds Global Spam Filtering for Unwanted Calls" http://t.co/GWr0EJ8”
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Weekly Life Digest for July 5th
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Queued Sports Night: Season 1.
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RT @IDology: The final FFIEC Guidance has been issued: http://t.co/HZrPaBm
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RT @MethodR: Show us some love—at least some ‘Like’—over at http://method-r.com/facebook
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Published Weekly Life Digest for June 28th.
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Queued American: The Bill Hicks Story.
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I feel the need. The need for #caffeine
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RT @GuyKawasaki Coffee may ward off Alzheimer’s http://t.co/LsJKR0W – Excellent, I’m safe then.
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RT @danprimack: MySpace: We’re still worth $34,999,999 more than Newsweek or BusinessWeek.
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Geez. "Too". I’m too tired to spell good.
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RIP Robert Morris – http://t.co/XNYLhxk
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Queued Let Me In.
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Queued Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black.
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Queued The Tudors.
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Queued X-Men: Evolution.
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RT @EricDBrown: To my Canadian friends – Happy Canada Day!
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Posted AbsolutTexan’s Xbox – Jul 1 2011.
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Lunch (@ Champps Americana) http://ow.ly/1uf3YL
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Checked in at Champps Americana
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RT @davepell: My wife accused me of quizzing her to make sure she’s following me on Twitter. Ridiculous.
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Checked in at Buffalo Wild Wings
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Posted AbsolutTexan’s Xbox – Jul 2 2011.
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Checked in at Stonebriar Centre
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Queued Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Posted AbsolutTexan’s Xbox – Jul 3 2011.
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RT @dannysullivan: "If Google+ offered a WordPress comment integration, I would give G+ my comments in a heartbeat." @chrisbrogan http: …
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Hey @HootSuite – Google+?
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Transformers (@ Cinemark West Plano) http://ow.ly/5vNrV
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Checked in at Cinemark West Plano
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Transformers (@ Cinemark West Plano) http://ow.ly/5vNsf
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Fixing the fence was not on my todo list today. Sigh. #texasweather
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Posted 2 items.
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RT @mikeorren: Amen. “@TudorGrrrl: How come I can get free wifi with a $3 cup of coffee but I can’t get it with a $150 hotel room?”
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Let’s play Hanging With Friends. My username is ‘Mstjern72′. http://bit.ly/l3W5fR‘ #GamesWithFriends
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Posted AbsolutTexan’s Xbox – Jul 5 2011.
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RT @dannysullivan: Hashtags are for Twitter. Let’s leave them in that environment, not in email subject lines or headlines, could we?
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