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mikebrittain

Seriously awesome line-up of speakers for VelocityConf this summer. oreil.ly/KyUwWw 8:38 PM May 30th via bitly
@joshfng I think the Gimp fails the "lightweight" criteria. 8:29 PM May 30th via web in reply to joshfng
Any recommendations for a low-end/lightweight/free photo editor for Windows? (not for me.) 8:25 PM May 30th via web
@syntax_ Nice. Congrats! 8:23 PM May 30th via web in reply to syntax_
If I had a nickel for every one of those vertical lines... 1:12 PM May 30th via Twitter for Mac
I despise doing business by fax. 10:13 AM May 30th via Twitter for Mac
Welcome (for realz), @samhaskins! 7:20 PM May 29th via Twitter for Mac
Instapaper feature request: burndown charts for reading lists. I mean, c'mon. 7:17 PM May 29th via Twitter for Mac
Oh, the irony. 7:10 PM May 29th via Twitter for Mac
robspychala Don't get this whole "FB not being able yo make money on mobile" bizness. They haven't even tried. 9:02 AM May 29th via Twitter for iPhone from Munsey Park, NY Retweeted by mikebrittain
@marcprecipice In Irony We Trust. 4:23 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to marcprecipice
marcprecipice Had to take a camera phone picture of this. twitter.com/marcprecipice/… 3:01 PM May 27th via Photos on iOS Retweeted by mikebrittain and 293 others
I'm dying over this. :) “@focustrate: Haha - the comments made this "wikiwar" about "De facto dibs" so so great. twitter.com/focustrate/sta…” 6:56 PM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone
Highly entertaining talk by @ellenlupton on Doing Things with Type. livestream.com/etsy/video?cli… #etsy #codeascraft 5:15 PM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone
Line of Succession en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St… 1:24 PM May 25th via Twitter for Mac
Fascinating and entertaining talk by @noahsussman on the history of testing at Etsy and learnings over the past 730 days. Thank you, Noah! 1:22 PM May 25th via Twitter for Mac
@ericbogs How do you say, "put this on the Underhill's tab?" 5:55 AM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to ericbogs
@marcprecipice I didn't have the chars to wrap <sarcasm></sarcasm> around "different audience." Kind of a stupid argument. 9:20 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to marcprecipice
@MikeZ_NJ I read it. I disagree. 9:13 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to MikeZ_NJ
@jennjenn Weird!!! In my apartment (in Manhattan!) AT&T dropped 17% of my calls. Yes, that's a lot. Yes, I measured. 9:11 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to jennjenn

Name Mike Brittain
Location New York, NY
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Bio Dir. of Engineering, Infrastructure teams at Etsy. Founder of the recipe manager One tsp. (onetsp.com)