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HelenWalters

@LangeAlexandra um... hello?! you can make me a crown of suspended pineapple chunks any time you like! :) about 7 hours ago via web in reply to LangeAlexandra
I have been infected by Diamond Jubilee-ness, it's true. But a jelly mold in the shape of the Queen's head? Oh ok then: creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2012/a… about 10 hours ago via web
@johnthackara @atomiota I should say so! about 14 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to johnthackara
"We cannot eat coffee." I have a feeling Seeds of Freedom will be a devastating film: vimeo.com/30792307 via @johnthackara 6:06 PM May 29th via Twitter for iPhone
big difference between the heroes who fight a war and the cause for its being fought. @paulxharris via @janinegibson bit.ly/KQ8u5s 5:00 PM May 29th via web
Perhaps the best opening to a non-fiction book ever? c/o security technologist, Bruce Schneier: thoughtyoushouldseethis.com/post/240125275… (via @tysst) 1:09 PM May 29th via web
@Gartenberg better in safari than chrome... 12:43 PM May 29th via web in reply to Gartenberg
brilliant! $1mm endowment for CMU and @golan to support "arts at the frontier." bit.ly/JLc1EK via @FredCollopy 12:40 PM May 29th via web
Two exciting packages today: @fchimero's book and poster, and a pencil and sharpenings from @letsgetshort. Happy day 11:20 AM May 29th via web
@ahess247 @LaurenGoode it does, it does! but i hereby bequeath the term to anyone who cares to use it, anywhere, in any context :) 10:26 AM May 29th via web in reply to ahess247
i love twitter. in a matter of moments, @johnthackara schools me on african agriculture and misguided economist chart: farmlandgrab.org 9:08 AM May 29th via web
beautifully written RT @apolaine My memories of Andy Cameron: pln.me/andycameron 9:07 AM May 29th via web in reply to apolaine
@johnthackara ah. i did not get that from the piece, but yes, that sounds terrible. african crops for african people surely another matter 8:49 AM May 29th via web in reply to johnthackara
@johnthackara insane for economist to run a cargill-sponsored chart. but i'm lost. does the world *not* need an agr. revolution in Africa? 8:16 AM May 29th via web in reply to johnthackara
I keep finding myself signing off work-related emails with an exuberant "xoxo." Who do I think I am? Gossip Girl? 7:59 AM May 29th via web
um, what? RT @johnthackara "Christine Lagarde, scourge of tax evaders, pays no tax." bit.ly/KpFy57 You couldn't make it up 7:50 AM May 29th via web
this is really sad. man steals $1600 to pay debts: fulltimewithdental.tumblr.com/post/235537682… via @ellmcgirt 7:10 AM May 29th via web
My 3 month old nephew is in 99th weight percentile. "You can't totally ignore that it's one way of calling him fat," says my proud brother 6:27 AM May 29th via web
"You can't enter the competition if you are the manufacturer or my daughter." I heart you, @stanleydonwood, and your jigsaw contest and all 5:09 AM May 29th via Twitter for iPhone
Love Michelle Obama's fresh food push, but she should avoid saying a mum with 5 kids and a fixed income would get a cab to the supermarket 5:03 AM May 29th via Twitter for iPhone

Name Helen Walters
Location New York/London
Web http://www.though...
Bio Innovation and design writer/editor. Once at BusinessWeek, then Bloomberg, now at Doblin, part of Monitor. Write for Core77, Creative Review, Fast Company, etc