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@addisonjake some interesting thoughts there. Not convinced this is needed. Also agree with @benriga that it's very busy. about 5 hours ago via rowi for Windows Phone in reply to addisonjake
I'm at Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge (Seattle, WA) w/ 3 others 4sq.com/JvF6CG 6:30 PM May 27th via foursquare from Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge, Seattle
@keshwar u deserve it. Fingers crossed! /cc @ClintRutkas @nokia @windowsphone 3:24 PM May 26th via rowi for Windows Phone in reply to keshwar
I'm at The VERA Project (Seattle, WA) 4sq.com/L1exlJ 7:38 PM May 25th via foursquare from Vera Project, Seattle
@LuciusLaw where are you based? i can hook you up with one of our Phone Champs /cc @BrandonWatson 2:18 PM May 25th via MetroTwit in reply to LuciusLaw
@Cyruss1989 I just ignored the OS issue and went with overall impression across various models from an OEM /cc @LidiaLuettin 8:12 AM May 25th via rowi for Windows Phone in reply to Cyruss1989
Pls help @LidiaLuettin get her masters degree! Spend 7-9 min on this smartphone survey(~22 questions): edu.surveygizmo.com/s3/934255/mast… 7:39 AM May 25th via rowi for Windows Phone
@LidiaLuettin done 7:37 AM May 25th via rowi for Windows Phone in reply to LidiaLuettin
@ilybr I didn't expect you would:-). Thx for the info 1:21 PM May 24th via rowi for Windows Phone in reply to ilybr
@bgoldy will try to come by 1:21 PM May 24th via rowi for Windows Phone in reply to bgoldy
@bgoldy so i went back thru ur tweets and see you left MSFT last week. all the best in what's next! 10:06 AM May 24th via MetroTwit
@aharpaz i totally agree. it's an amazing pic today /cc @bing 10:00 AM May 24th via MetroTwit in reply to aharpaz
@bgoldy did i miss something? did you move? 9:57 AM May 24th via MetroTwit
@ilybr congrats :-) starting to look at your user auth features. is there a good explanation of how passwords are stored/hashed? 9:50 AM May 24th via MetroTwit in reply to ilybr
new @facebook app is now available for @windowsphone bit.ly/nNPqxS like comments, threaded messaging, better friend tagging & more 9:44 AM May 24th via MetroTwit
@scottnonnenberg @kavla thx. Will the co valuation also look like twitter ;-) 12:58 PM May 23rd via rowi for Windows Phone in reply to scottnonnenberg
sad to see @facebook, a co focused on changing the way ppl connect & share allowed inside info only for a few investors businessinsider.com/exclusive-here… 9:32 AM May 23rd via web
@scottnonnenberg thx for the tips & help this weekend. did you say the framework to checkout was bootstrap, blueprint, other? /cc @kavla 4:49 PM May 22nd via web
@ChevonChr oh yes :-). And that is a big upgrade from her last phone. 3:53 PM May 21st via Microsoft in reply to ChevonChr
@ilybr thank you so much for your help this weekend @ #swsea. CloudMine is really slick and it made it so easy for us to rock :-) 8:18 PM May 20th via web

Name Ben Lower
Location Seattle, WA
Bio innovator, geek, and fan of awesome. i work on the Windows Phone developer ecosystem team at Microsoft. email me: phoneninja [at] microsoft [dot] com