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jamesurquhart

  1. @Wh1t3Rabbit That as exactly my reaction to that post. Definitely a non-intuitive concept. about 2 hours ago via YoruFukurou in reply to Wh1t3Rabbit
  2. @Wh1t3Rabbit See bit.ly/KO0Ur8 /cc @jeffsussna about 2 hours ago via YoruFukurou in reply to Wh1t3Rabbit
  3. Heading out the door to see my old friend, @swardley at Blue Bottle. Bliss. about 5 hours ago via YoruFukurou
  4. @botchagalupe @adrianco @Beaker @matthewsmall Announcing enStratus partnership with Hefty to deliver "cloud management with no-slip elastic" about 20 hours ago via YoruFukurou in reply to botchagalupe
  5. @jayfry3 One really fun thing to do is to translate an english blog post to korean to english again. Now try english-korean-japanese-english about 20 hours ago via YoruFukurou in reply to jayfry3
  6. RT @lynxbat: @jamesurquhart There is a Cheech and Chong joke in everything < One word: Ajax... about 20 hours ago via rowi for Windows Phone
  7. I have a preso and a blog post to finish by tomorrow…ain't gonna happen. about 22 hours ago via YoruFukurou
  8. Yoru Fukurou translations are awesome sometimes: "[Vendor's] instances become stranded, wrapped in the pleading sadness why is…" about 22 hours ago via YoruFukurou
  9. RT @lynxbat: Time to go buy some meat for smoking this weekend < There's a great Cheech and Chong joke in there somewhere… about 22 hours ago via YoruFukurou
  10. Owen is getting his first filling today. This ought to be interesting... 9:58 AM May 30th via rowi for Windows Phone
  11. RT @RFFlores: Long day on API common models for multiple clouds with the architecture team. < Here's one: bit.ly/L3GYQe 11:13 PM May 29th via YoruFukurou
  12. bit.ly/JsrZgW < This (HT @Ecotrust) 2:39 PM May 29th via YoruFukurou
  13. @lloyddewolf Just saw that earlier this weekend. Awesome stuff. Thanks for re-referring, though. ;) Keep 'em coming. 2:35 PM May 29th via YoruFukurou in reply to lloyddewolf
  14. RT @dturkenk: So it's a little green outside right now. I think I'll postpone the drive home. < Probably wise. Stay safe. 2:10 PM May 29th via YoruFukurou
  • Name James Urquhart
  • Location iPhone: 37.761204,-122.228493
  • Web http://gigaom.com...
  • Bio Father, husband, technologist, contributor to GigaOM/cloud, former author: The Wisdom of Clouds (CNET), cloud SME. VP of Product Strategy at enStratus.
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