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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 18 Dec 2014

    Nearly everyone I talked to at #BigBrotherAwards told me I should be at @ccc’s #31c3 — what do you folks think? Who else is going?

    1:28 AM - 18 Dec 2014
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      2.  🐿 Vesna Manojlovic‏ @Ms_Multicolor 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @aral

        omg you were not planning to?? @aral OF COURSE you should be at #31c3 @ccc

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Ms_Multicolor

        @Ms_Multicolor Hah, thanks, Vesna. Looks like we probably will be popping by :) +@ccc

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Matthias Weber‏ @checkdisout 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @ccc Morning Aral. I'm going. Please, do too. Just the date is a bit. well, unchristmas-y.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @checkdisout

        @checkdisout @ccc Morning, man. Looking into making it happen now. And that’s ok, I’m also quite unchristmas-y :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Jan Lehnardt‏ @janl 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral you should go, but beware of the toxic culture.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @janl

        @janl Ping me a quick email if you have time? aral@ind.ie — what do I need to watch out for? :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Jan Lehnardt‏ @janl 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral if you can score a ticket, I’ll write you a handbook :)

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @janl

        @janl Oh, is it hard to? @ExactlyJo is looking into it now… ah, apparently you can only get them at the door :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Jan Lehnardt‏ @janl 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @ExactlyJo yeah, so I hear too, now. Go for that. It was harder in previous years when they were at a smaller venue.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. ExactlyJ‏ @ExactlyJ 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @janl

        @janl @aral Of course I won't hold you to it, Jan, but would you be confident that they'd have tickets left on the door?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Jan Lehnardt‏ @janl 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @ExactlyJ

        @ExactlyJo @aral my contacts say yes.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. André Höche‏ @ecblack 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I'm not going but you won't regret it if you will. The CCC events are always very good and you will meet awesome people there!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @ecblack

        @ecblack Thanks, André — the overwhelming response appears to be “GO!” :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Leigh Honeywell‏Verified account @hypatiadotca 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral if you go, make sure to hang out with @mjg59 :)

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @hypatiadotca

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

        @hypatiadotca That’s not going to happen: https://twitter.com/aral/status/514707387383836672 … +@mjg59

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        Aral Balkan @aral
        Replying to @mjg59
        @mjg59 I didn’t ask you to be. I enjoyed, agreed with, and shared your article. +@shanley
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      2. Jessica Rose‏ @jesslynnrose 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @ccc I'm going, it looks really valuable/interesting.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @jesslynnrose

        @jesslynnrose Thanks, Jessica, looking into travel, etc., now. Want to if we can manage it :) +@ccc

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Jessica Rose‏ @jesslynnrose 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Give me a shout if you do make it, if you feel like grabbing a coffee and/or chat

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Tessa Kersten‏ @TniTessa 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I'm not going but I agree that you should. Or if not this year then go for the bigger event that happens in summer every 4 years.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @TniTessa

        @TniTessa I’m going to try and make it if I can :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Tessa Kersten‏ @TniTessa 18 Dec 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I'm sure you wont regret it. Have some drinks with @rejozenger for me, though I'd rather have him at home ;)

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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