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@afternoon I find that with any process that takes more than a few minutes, having an ETA really helps with my impatience :) 1:16 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to afternoon
<3 pv (Pipe Viewer) — so simple but so good ivarch.com/programs/pv.sh… 1:09 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac
Actually, I'd prefer if you just didn't bother with the documentation. img.skitch.com/20120522-n3y8g… 10:49 AM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac
conradirwin Introducing `&X`, a library we use at @rapportive to write more readable ruby: cirw.in/blog/ampex 10:12 AM May 21st via web Retweeted by martinkl and 7 others
Google traffic cone caption competition instagr.am/p/K5Wi_6NstU/ 9:55 AM May 21st via Instagram
Solar #eclipse through pinhole camera (made from oat cartons) instagr.am/p/K3vaJ6tspU/ 6:55 PM May 20th via Instagram
Birds made from Lego. Adorable! guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/g… 1:49 PM May 19th via Twitter for Mac
@ffarnedi Thank you Franco! Glad you're enjoying it :) 1:41 PM May 19th via Twitter for Mac in reply to ffarnedi
@maccman wow, looks impressive! 10:32 AM May 19th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to maccman
@johngarbutt I hope you will be making lots of water droplet related puns! 8:17 AM May 16th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to johngarbutt
chendo @martinkl it's especially funny when some of them say 'don't reinvent the wheel' 5:48 PM May 14th via Twitter for Mac in reply to martinkl Retweeted by martinkl
@chendo Yes, that was my favourite part too :D 5:49 PM May 14th via Twitter for Mac in reply to chendo
Please stop reinventing the wheel! bsonspec.org ubjson.org bjson.org kaijaeger.com/articles/intro… github.com/voldemort/vold… 5:47 PM May 14th via Twitter for Mac
Apparently there are at least 5 different "Binary JSON" formats (not including Avro, Protocol Buffers, Thrift or MessagePack)… 5:47 PM May 14th via Twitter for Mac
This is how the @rapportive team rolls. “@conradirwin: Acheivement unlocked: Patch to libxml2 accepted :). mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2…” 2:35 PM May 14th via Twitter for Mac
ramcq Today I am entertained by: people who confuse trawl with troll, esp. when talking about finding information online. Trolled all the sites! 1:52 AM May 14th via web Retweeted by martinkl and 1 other
Be proud of your commit history! “git aliae to make you more awesome” by @conradirwin — cirw.in/blog/git-aliae… 7:28 PM May 12th via Twitter for Mac
@digitales Thanks, I'll keep it in mind when I'm next in the area :) 3:20 PM May 12th via Twitter for Mac in reply to digitales
Favourite Saturday morning routine -- making pancakes :-) instagr.am/p/KiTqzftssm/ 11:07 AM May 12th via Instagram

Name Martin Kleppmann
Location San Francisco
Web http://martin.kle...
Bio Co-founder of Rapportive. I specialise in being a generalist. Technology polyglot, product visionary, business builder.