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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 9 Jul 2012

    I just bought a watch and I’m going to wear it (and here’s why)—Breaking Things http://www.breakingthin.gs/2012-07-09-i-just-bought-a-watch.html … #fb

    12:38 PM - 9 Jul 2012
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      2. Natalie D Kane‏ @nd_kane 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I wore one of those for years! Now I've got my eyes on uniform wares watches, simple and gorgeous!

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @nd_kane

        @nd_kane You gotta show it to me sometime soon :)

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      2. Richard Knights‏ @dknights 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral very cool watch and nice post #infinitescrollisevil

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @dknights

        @dknights Thank-you, Richard :)

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      2. Dave Martin‏ @product_warrior 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral great point about the watch - thinking of getting my broken watch mended

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @product_warrior

        @mobile_dave Let me know how it goes :)

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      2. Peter Holmberg‏ @peteholmberg 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral and that's why you disable all notifications. Simple as that :)

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @peteholmberg

        @peteholmberg Oh, but I want notifications sometimes, just not all the time :) Maybe some next version of the OS will help with that ;)

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      2. Alex Jegtnes  ✨‏ @jegtnes 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Excellent post, especially in regards to getting up. Bought a cheap alarm clock to replace my phone – thanks for making me think :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @jegtnes

        @jegtnes Aw, you’re welcome dude, happy to hear it; let me know how it goes :)

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      4. Alex Jegtnes  ✨‏ @jegtnes 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Will do!

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      2. Alex Reid  🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈‏ @alexcreid 10 Jul 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Your new watch is (allegedly) a favourite of al-Qaida. They’ve good taste in very functional objects, evidently. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/28/casio-f-91w-watch-design-hipsters-al-qaida …

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      3. Alex Reid  🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈‏ @alexcreid 10 Jul 2012
        Replying to @alexcreid

        @alexcreid @aral Which you’ve already been informed about, of course. I should probably achieve min. caffeine levels before using Twitter.

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      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 10 Jul 2012
        Replying to @alexcreid

        @alexcreid lol, no worries, Alex, I do the same thing sometimes :)

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      1. Jon Hocking‏ @jonhocking 9 Jul 2012
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        @aral really enjoying reading these so far. Thank you.

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      1. Steve Lacey‏ @stevelacey 9 Jul 2012
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        @aral this is exactly why I never stopped wearing my watch, interesting thoughts about phone as alarm clock, defo a time sink for me.

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      1. Andy Davies‏ @AndyDavies 9 Jul 2012
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        @aral My phone stays downstairs when I go to bed - only ecer take it upstairs when the Mrs is away

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      1. Cole Henley‏ @cole007 9 Jul 2012
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        @aral hear hear, I am increasingly moving towards task-specific tools. Both on- and off-screen. Sign of old age? 😥

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      1. Ian Mackay‏ @maniacyak 9 Jul 2012
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        @aral It's got quite a reputation, that watch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Guantanamo_Bay_detainees_accused_of_possessing_Casio_watches …

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