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brianstorms

  1. @pkedrosky Joe talking about short-attention span. Heh. That's a good one. about 19 hours ago via Echofon in reply to pkedrosky
  2. @anildash @joshu Start by describing in neurological/musculoskeletal detail the actual physical process of kicking ass. 5:35 PM May 25th via Echofon in reply to anildash
  3. I see what you did there @firemansbrew. Your soc media tool saw I said "beer" so you auto-followed. Thing is, I don't like microbrewery beer 5:28 PM May 25th via Echofon
  4. @bradsucks Not at all. Be sure to include Joplin tunes. Don't forget "The Wreck Of The Old '97" and "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" 4:10 PM May 25th via Echofon in reply to bradsucks
  5. Is KPBS-FM off the air? Hello, paging @kpbsnews 12:19 PM May 25th via Echofon
  6. Trying to figure out how BetterWorks could blow through more than 10 million so fast. 8:01 AM May 25th via Echofon
  7. Rest in peace, Kathi Kamen Goldmark. You were an inspiration and the world is a lesser place without your spirit and energy and humor. 6:01 PM May 24th via Echofon
  8. @pkedrosky Stocks, schmocks: days after FB IPO, SecondMarket announces investments available in "gold and other precious metals." 12:49 PM May 24th via Echofon
  9. @lefsetz Fave songs on "Band to Run": Band to Run, Thunder Jet, Picasso's Last Freeze-Out, Mrs. Vandebilt Across the River, Nightbird 8:55 AM May 24th via Echofon
  10. Dear @Kickstarter - go to your site, type in garbage in search box, hit Enter. Result=empty failed search result page w/ no messaging. Bug? 9:10 PM May 23rd via Echofon
  11. @Techmeme GOOG: You have my Google! MSFT: And my Bing! [long pause, then...] YHOO: And my Axis! [Everyone stares at YHOO] 7:37 PM May 23rd via Echofon in reply to Techmeme
  12. @engadget Needs to be double that size to start being interesting. 1:40 PM May 23rd via Echofon in reply to engadget
  13. @ScottFilmCritic @GreatDismal It's time once and for all to end the War on Drums 12:25 PM May 23rd via Echofon in reply to GreatDismal
  14. @pkedrosky Yikes. Next stage is making incoherent presentations in front of the city council 11:11 PM May 22nd via Echofon in reply to pkedrosky
  15. @pkedrosky B-but that is an exclusive story, in all caps even, so it therefore is infallibly true, yes? Do you question BusinessInsider? 7:29 PM May 22nd via Echofon in reply to pkedrosky
  16. @pkedrosky @arbesman As someone within 40 pages of finishing Caro's 4th LBJ volume (total pages: 3200+) I have no sympathy for TL;DR whinges 5:23 PM May 22nd via Echofon in reply to pkedrosky
  17. Paging, @sfmnemonic your Law has been invoked by Krugman: krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/god… 9:25 PM May 21st via Echofon
  18. @pkedrosky @dickc Signore Kedrosky I look forward to seeing your frescoes, sculptures, reading your verse, and listening to your concertos. 2:34 PM May 21st via Echofon in reply to pkedrosky
  19. @waxpancake Now that is what I call a 2.0 release. 12:48 PM May 21st via Echofon in reply to waxpancake