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My Twitter updates for week ending 2009-06-28

  • just used the new iphone 3.0 search function for the first time. saved me ages trawling through diff apps looking for something :) #
  • Link: Top 10 Firefox 3.5 Features - Good overview of some of the new features available in Firefox 3.5 http://tumblr.com/xtz247uqt #
  • Can’t decide on favo iphone game. Frenzic, Tetris & Flight Control good for quick fix. Tiger Woods & Real Racing great when more time #
  • RT @TomHarrisMP (via @ShaneMcC): Sneak preview of today´s ballot paper. http://tiny.cc/qmndB #
  • Margaret Beckett favourite to be new Speaker? Surely this alone sums up just how out of touch MP’s are with the public!! #
  • RT @mattgemmell Acer recommends Windows® for everyday computing. I recommend Mac OS X for fucking extraordinary computing. #
  • It’s Monday, it’s June, it’s overcast, warm & slightly muggy. It must be the first day of Wimbledon! #
  • Link: Mac360 - How Many Utilities Do Mac Users Really Need? http://tumblr.com/xtz249krt #
  • really finding iphoto a pain on my mac but can’t decide on what else to try. any suggestions? #
  • Off to final ever Management Team meeting at OppLinks :) #
  • Tiger bread - although I know its v bad for me and packed full of salt, I just can’t resist it! Yum yum! #
  • Desk & bag cleared. Just need to clear down my laptop and then (as they say) my work here is done! :) #
  • It’s all well & good Cambs shuting schools to protect kids from swine flu. But now the citys full of them spreading it to the rest of us ;) #
  • busy un-installing software off my work laptop in preparation for leaving … #
  • Worked way to hard at circuits tonight & running there & back wasn’t the cleverest of ideas either. Shattered, must have lost 5lbs in sweat! #
  • thanks to all at #opplinks for a great send off. now its onto #sitekit and exciting times ahead! :) #
  • Flash backs to my uni days watching Blur at #glastonbury #

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By Giles Thurston
June 28, 2009

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By Giles Thurston
June 23, 2009

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My Twitter updates for week ending 2009-06-22

  • On the 0654 from Ely to KX. Yawn! #
  • Enjoying last Fighting Talk podcast of the season to make up for early start. Really looking forward to Danny Baker’s new show on 5Live! #
  • Calling all Mac coders. Version 2 of Textmate, the number 1 code editor is on it’s way - yay! http://bit.ly/cSpjc #
  • Link: Videopress - new video hosting service - Dave Briggs points the way to a new video hosting service http://tumblr.com/xtz21pp71 #
  • Mac FTP client Forklift adds folder synchronization - http://bit.ly/2Jt1H #
  • Documents to Go now available in the App Store for special intro price. Read review here - http://bit.ly/rYdbI #
  • Just seen a tourist videoing wife pushing a pushchair though the commuter crush at Kings Cross - OMG! #
  • Just finished 10 elevator pitches to various VC’s and business leaders. Good fun but knackering! :) #
  • Ah a hotel offering skimmed milk at breakfast, a rare but v welcome thing! #
  • Day 2 of Sales Strategies for Ambitious Entrepreneurs at Chicago Booth Business School. Looking forward to results of elevator pitch comp #
  • Mobile & data signal is terrible in this part of London #o2fail #
  • Although I suspect it’s more likely to be the building I am in to be honest! #
  • OMG, I’ve come 7th out of 50 people in the pitching competition. Not bad for a techy in a room full of sales people & entrepreneurs! :) #
  • On the v busy and hot 1644 to Ely from KX. Got a train thank god. #uktrain #
  • RT @hubmedia: Just got to say the Solspace’s Freeform for EE rocks! #expressionengine - I’ll 2nd that, got me out of a real bind recently :) #
  • Looking forward to meeting Mrs T & baby boy shortly for walk home through Ely in the sun :) #
  • Am downloading the new tweetdeck app for the iPhone to try. Sounds pretty impressive from the reviews I have read so far. Will report back! #
  • Heading to sunny (or not) Torquay on #uktrain for what is likely to be last client meeting for opp links. Kind of sad really. #
  • Keep going over my SiteKit elevator pitch in head trying to refine the value proposition. Need to start so i can get some juicy numbers :) #
  • RT @pinkun: Norwich 2009/10 fixtures are go… http://bit.ly/KWjjY #
  • slopped coffee over leg on #uktrain, popped to loo to wash jeans and now look like I’ve wet myself. Oh well at least guaranteed a seat :) #
  • Oh dear first time I run #tweetdeck for the iPhone it crashed. Not giving good impression so far :( #
  • Ok up and running with #tweetdeck now. UI looks pretty good, let’s take it for a spin and see what it’s like … #
  • RT @PVE67: Ok all iPhone pricing details and press release material will be available at 2.00 this afternoon.. (via @Talk2O2) #
  • Guy in front of me on #uktrain is running win2k on his laptop. feel like i’m on antiques roadshow ;) #
  • Government now turns it attention to UK broadband as next target for stealth taxes - http://bit.ly/bB3X1 #
  • 10am PDT predicted time for iPhone 3.0 available for download. Glad offline till tomorrow pm as will miss rush & allow dust to settle :) #
  • Here cones the rain! Glad I managed to find the time to go for a run this morning now #
  • I can see the sea! :) #
  • The great British seaside - cold, wet and windy! :( #
  • iPhone battery almost dead, time to dig out the #powermonkey! #
  • Watching with interest to see how iPhone 3.0 upgrades are going. Not going to be able to do mine until tomorrow evening at earliest #
  • Waiting for @Barry_Porter to arrive before sampling the delights of torquay nightlife! #
  • Got the strangest room in history. In one corner a lovely strong 3g signal, in the other a weak GPRS. V strange! #
  • RT @johngalpin: IPhone OS 3.0 definitely feels faster, keyboard more responsive. Copy and paste very easy to use. #
  • RT @fraserspeirs: The Wimbledon iPhone app looks really nice. #
  • RT @appiphany: More secrets & features of #iPhone OS 3.0 http://is.gd/14Sb7 #
  • Hope everybody has great time at SiteKit User Conference over the next few days. Gutted I can’t make it & hope to see u all soon #sitekit #
  • Morning from a v sunny Torquay. Annoyingly the tv in my room has the pictures & audio out of sync, makes me feel drunk! #
  • RT @johngalpin: Text MMS to 1010 if you O2 haven’t set up MMS on your iPhone 24 hrs after upgrade to OS 3.0 #
  • RT @jedc: Cambridge Demo Night TONIGHT! 4 Cambridge startups will be demo-ing. http://bit.ly/Y9hmw (#camdemo is hashtag.) Please RT. #
  • RT @MacFormat: O2: We’ll disconnect ‘free’ iPhone tetherers http://www.techradar.com/609253 #
  • Heading home on #uktrain after successful client meeting in Torquay. #
  • On 1715 KX to Ely #uktrain. Looking forward to getting home quickly after hold ups on tube #
  • Loving Real Racing from the makers of Flight Control. It’s like Gran Turismo for the iPhone!! #
  • Ok worked out how to do searches in tweetdeck on the iPhone. Slightly happier with it now :) #
  • Really impressed with 1715 KX to Ely #uktrain. Ely in just over hour - v quick!! Off to meet wife & son who have walked down to meet me :) #
  • Torquay to Ely in exactly 5 hours. Top service by #uktrain. A+ #
  • Pulling together final expenses claim at Opp Links #
  • RT @chriseckl #sitekit v9 looking good: cross browser, all tree centric, new editor, ribbon based. #
  • Busy updating my Linkedin profile & making connections with all the great people I met on course earlier this week - http://bit.ly/VKZoO #
  • Oh & if anybody who follows me on Twitter would also like to connect on LinkedIn, then here’s my profile - http://bit.ly/VKZoO :) #
  • nice, after telling graze that I’m not a great fan of pineapple what do they send me? yes pineapple!! #grazefail! #
  • RT @Soccer_AM Canaries swoop for Nelson http://tinyurl.com/lymlnz #
  • even though am happy with my iphone 3G & the soon to be applied iphone3.0 upgrade. Am still v jealous of all those who got new 3Gs today! #
  • RT @pinkun VIDEO: Michael Nelson NCFC press conference… http://tinyurl.com/nxsvbd #
  • Can anybody recommend incubator/innovation centre office space in Cambridge or Ely area? Have found a few but looking for recommendations #
  • Calling @alexmatheson & @chriseckl. How did the #SiteKit awards go last night guys? #
  • Just ordered my new car, can’t wait for September to arrive now :) #
  • Keep forgetting to upgrade my iPhone 3g to os3.0. No time like the present! #
  • enjoying my first ever fathers day, although with all the nappies and bottle feeds is no different to any other day if I’m honest ;) #
  • busy writing a proposal for a new #expressionengine project. hopefully this one should be fairly straight forward #

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By Giles Thurston
June 22, 2009

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My Twitter updates for week ending 2009-06-14

  • Back in the office after two weeks off. With only a few weeks to go at OL & new structure in place can be refreshly ruthless with emails :) #
  • looking forward to hearing about the new iphone video later today & poss the launch of iphone os 3.0 via itunes :) #
  • Looking forward to attending Global Sales Strategies for Ambitious Entrepreneurs in London next week - http://bit.ly/hekSs #
  • RT @DonMcAllister Twitterfall has set up a great dashboard for following WWDC. Live-tweeters and select public tweets. http://bit.ly/41wXw3 #
  • RT @matthewpennell Penny Lane, the literal video version: http://bit.ly/4LQNS #
  • 2:40 until the keynote speech at WWDC 2009! #
  • After day of drastic slashing of my inbox, I’ve only 3 emails left! Its amasing how leaving a company can have a positive impact on GTD :) #
  • RT @DonMcAllister Ok, here are some of the links I´ll be following the WWDC 09 keynote on. http://bit.ly/Blwes #
  • RT @waugaman: looking for folk who have something to say about disabilities+rights+perceptions+social inclusion. please get in touch #
  • Link: 50 Fresh Useful Icon Sets For Your Next Design - Great list of icons from the lovely people at Smashing… http://tumblr.com/xtz1zfoq2 #
  • RT @macslash: Scott Forstall now on stage talking about the iPhone. Sold more than 40,000,000 iPhone OS Devices. #
  • RT @macslash: iPhone Tethering: wired over USB or wireless over bluetooth. Avail in 42 countries. #
  • At last can tether my iPhone on o2 with OS 3.0! #
  • RT @twittelator: #wwdc iPhone 3.0: Safari performance update: 3x faster javascript. HTTP streaming audio and video, autofill, HTML 5 support #
  • Find my iPhone using MobieMe & ability to send a remote wipe to erase all your data if it’s lost - great for corporates #wwdc #
  • RT @macslash: iPhone 3.0 is free for iPhone users, $9.95 for iPod Touch users. Available worldwide June 17 #
  • RT @macslash: Camera on the iPhone 3GS also captures video. Video is auto-focus, auto-xposure, auto-white balance. See ya’ Flip. #
  • All in all iPhone 3Gs looks like a pretty good upgrade but suspect os 3.0 will be enough for me in the short term #wwdc #
  • installing evaluation of Aperture on my Mac as find elements of iPhoto UI really frustrating, especially when importing and editing images! #
  • RT @iconfessimageek: No upgrade route for existing UK iPhone users! We have to wait until contract is up! #
  • had forgotten how much fun a deisel engine with nearly 200k miles on the clock can be to drive. warm memories of my student days! :) #
  • RT @pinkun: Norwich City’s first summer signing on his way shortly…. #
  • RT @NeilDavidson: Cambridge Tech DEMO night - http://bit.ly/2Z85OQ. Please RT if local and interested. #
  • RT @simon: Lool at our new Amazon #AWS Security Center and AWS Security White Paper: http://aws.amazon.com/security/ #
  • RT @NeilDavidson: Stackoverflow dev days coming to Cambridge, UK (and Austin, Boston, LA, Amsterdam) http://bit.ly/eCUgM #
  • uploading lots of photos to flickr #
  • right going to leave this flickr upload running overnight and hit the sack, night all! #
  • just got used to the tabs at the top in safari and then they decide to move them back to the old position in the final build - bugger! #
  • RT @mikebutcher http://Graze.com freebie - just use code HW36MBVT #
  • RT @DonMcAllister Unbelievable footage of a 1/10th scale Saturn V rocket that flew this weekend: http://bit.ly/14p7io (via @stevensande … #
  • Just downloaded the wwdc keynote in hd, all 1.2Gb - killed my machine but here now #
  • just logged into friendfeed for the first time in months, really like the nw interface. still don’t appear to get much out of it mind #
  • get much out of friendfeed as a service that is #
  • Moved stackoverflow dev day ticket from London to Cambridge. Worried won’t be as good after feedback from fowa tour but saves on train fare! #
  • Billings 3 has won an Apple Design Award. Great app, congratulations guys thoroughly deserved! #
  • can’t wait for mac osx snow leopard to arrive, some nice cool features for rock bottom price. plus an extra 6Gb disk space after install! #
  • thinking about going for lunch and then it starts to rain - bugger! #
  • RT @peeebeee Big bang in Whitehall. Gas main, apparently. Nobody hurt. (second-hand) #
  • Right off to my last ever ISO27001 Security Forum - hurrah!!! #
  • mad panic last night as realised wifes car mot was overdue! panic over as in getting it done right now #
  • Sitting down to do some Sitekit training & handover here at OL. Sad to be leaving but can’t wait to start new role #
  • three guys playing frisbee down by the pond on the vision park. nice thing to see, reminds me of holidays in my youth :) #
  • final meeting of the day coming up, need more coffee … #
  • RT @michaeljbailey Getting hushed tones of more Norwich City transfer activity - both in and out. #
  • love the exchange integration with ical. find next available timeslot when scheduling group meetings looks like a life saver! #
  • thats the upcoming exchange integration in snow leopard I should say :) #
  • Decided to run to and from circuit training tonight. Seemed like a good idea but now body is demanding calories! #
  • Mmmmmm marmalade on toast should sort my bodies cravings out! #
  • Comprehensive speed tests of chrome 2, safari 4 plus others http://bit.ly/bhBfw #
  • Need to go to bed but am enjoying question time too much! #
  • RT @alexmatheson: Recruiting, need great front-end developer skills. role will appear on site soon. contact me if you know anyone… #
  • busy debating the merits of hosting CMS system on amazon ec2 #
  • Loving my boxes of healthy snacks from http://www.graze.com - use code M2MMQM3H to get a free one (delivered!) #
  • It’s the weekend which means Dad’s responsible for the night time feeds #yawn! #
  • Dam, put on 6 pounds since baby was born, time to crank up the exercise and watch the calorie intake! #
  • Dell generates millions in business through it’s twitter account. Most successful use of twitter yet? http://bit.ly/ztWE0 #
  • Link: Review: FTPOnTheGo and TouchTerm SSH for iPhone · The Watchmaker Project http://tumblr.com/xtz2113qy #
  • Safari 4 sees huge demand with over 11 million downloads in first few days http://bit.ly/ZYBrM #
  • Latest flightcontrol highscore over 14,000, that’s more than 20 hours playing time - OMG! http://bit.ly/ZU2CH #
  • Link: iPhone 3G S: What is Missing? http://tumblr.com/xtz2116wp #
  • Hot sweaty car journey + traffic jam = 1 unhappy baby!!!!!!! #
  • Sitting doing my homework before tomorrows Global Sales Strategies workshop #

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By Giles Thurston
June 14, 2009

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My Twitter updates for week ending 2009-06-07

  • local lib dem candidates in #ely are acting like spammers, after had 5 copies of the same blooming flyer through our door in the last week! #
  • finally got round to watching the last ever episode of ER with Mrs T. v sad, feel like we’ve lost a old friend :( #
  • RT: The Cloud gets monitored! - EC2 US, EC2 EU, CloudFront, GoGrid. http://www.cloudclimate.com #AWS #EC2 #GoGrid (via @Chr15murray) #
  • Link: Fixed vs. Fluid vs. Elastic Layout: What’s The Right One For You? http://tumblr.com/xtz1xt9ma #
  • RT WOW loving Adobe BrowserLab https://browserlab.adobe.com/ (via @chriseckl via @andyhey) #
  • Any e-mail with a link to twitter.com in it is getting blacklisted by url blacklist services - http://twitpic.com/6j4f9 (via @NeilDavidson) #
  • Right boy fed and watered, emailed checked now off for a quite stroll down to the polling station to exercise my democratic right :) #
  • Right finally heading to the polling station … #
  • In the polling booth … #
  • And voted! :) #
  • Just toooo much choice when voting for European elections. What’s the attraction? Do they have better expenses or something? #
  • RT @pilky: To all those in the UK, make sure you get out and vote, if only to keep the BNP out: http://bit.ly/19ZFJX (via @DonMcAllister) #
  • Escorting Mrs T to vote then off to get Baby T’s first jabs, which I suspect he won’t enjoy! #
  • Really excited about joining Sitekit next month & working with @alexmatheson, @chriseckl and @campbellgrant :) #
  • Link: 18 Wonderful IDEs for Windows, Mac, and Linux http://tumblr.com/xtz1y8usm #
  • Just taken son for first jabs, cried the place down and broke my heart #nastydaddy !!! #
  • right time for circuit training me thinks, need to sweat out come cals. May run there as have some time … #
  • wondering how many more cabinet resignations I’ll wake up to? They’re currently all queuing up to support the PM - give it time! #
  • Really enjoying watching first practice for the Turkish Grand Prix. One of the benefits of not being at work today :) #
  • Link: 30 Must-Have Tweaks For Your Mac - Great list of apps and hacks forall those new to the Mac http://tumblr.com/xtz1yhbpu #
  • Running a stall on Ely Market tomorrow promoting the first responder services we provide through Magpas. Pop by if you’re around #magpas #
  • Time for a nice long run to make space for the curry and beer later #
  • On the Magpas stall on Ely Market, enjoying the sun #magpas #
  • Off to garden party to celebrate parents 40th wedding anniversary. So much rain I doubt we’ll be seeing much of the garden today though :( #
  • Thanks all who visited Magpas stall in Ely yesterday & thanks for kind donations, will help keep valuable service running in the community #

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June 7, 2009

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My Twitter updates for week ending 2009-06-01

  • haven’t used it in months but @dopplr has just updated my friendfeed to say I’m going on a trip somewhere I’ve never heard of before! #fail #
  • Photo: Lazy lunch in the grounds of Ely Cathedral http://tumblr.com/xtz1wcfdk #
  • Photo: Lazy lunch in the grounds of Ely Cathedral http://tumblr.com/xtz1wclzk #
  • Sitting in the Wiltshire sun with friends, cooking a BBQ, drinking warm ale and pondering on one of the biggest decisions of my life! #
  • Actually biggest makes it sound like a life or death decision, most difficult would probably have been a more accurate phrase ;) #
  • Thanks @pheater, the beer is also a real help ;) in reply to pheater #
  • Hiding after hour of playing ball with hyperactive 5 year old in the sun - knackered now! If anybody asks you haven’t seem me ;) #

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June 1, 2009

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My Twitter updates for week ending 2009-05-24

  • Heading into office to try and clear the decks before going on holiday :) #
  • Twitterfon Pro now available in the App Store - hurrah!! @TwitterFon #
  • RT @mza: New from #aws: the legendary elastic load balancing, auto scaling and monitoring services: http://bit.ly/aZ9ar Very cool indeed. #
  • Just been moved to write my first review on the app store. Yes you’ve guessed it, it was about the new pro release by @TwitterFon :) #
  • not sure if you’ve seen this article @jamierumbelow but may prove useful in your hunt for apps to install on your mac http://bit.ly/L8wtE #
  • RT @elliottkember This is what I aspire to: http://bit.ly/11pjUA - very funny! #
  • just been helping the guys with a CSS coding issue. Kinda nice that you still have the magic when required :) #
  • right off home for hour of baby duty before heading to circuit training #ely #
  • RT @appiphany Poll: What´s your Favourite Twitter App for the iPhone? http://poll.fm/z08m #
  • catching up on emails etc before battening down the hatches before my wife brings our son into the office to meet her work mates! #
  • need to sort my blog out, currently populated by twitter updates and delicious bookmarks. a very dull read! #
  • but what to write about? #
  • thinking of dusting off my programming skills and writing an app, might be worth a post or two #
  • plus my experieinces of moving to the Mac as well … #
  • its that time of year again where we kick off the annual appraisal process. paperwork, paperwork, paperwork! #
  • RT @OCBreakfastShow Now have 497 followers. Told the boss the show would be at over 1,000 by the time he gets back from holiday. Eek! #
  • one appraisal down, a whole load more to go #
  • trawling through cv’s yet again. seem to have been recruiting tech people on and off for months now :( #
  • making final amendments to a clients #expressionengine site prior to launch on Friday #
  • Cambridge folk, Who was it I spoke to at the fowa tour drinks about Feed/Stream stuff & couchdb? please RT (via @matclayton) #
  • so the Speaker resigns because he represented the views of the majority of MP’s and the MP’s didn’t like that cos it made them look bad!!!! #
  • A full day of business continuity and ISO27001 meetings today - oh joy! #
  • that’s it, another #expressionengine project done and dusted! #
  • Agreed to play round of golf at posh course on mon. Now panicing as 10 mnths since last played - down to driving range tomorrow for me then! #
  • Version 2 of Google Chrome is now available, claiming 30% speed increase on Javascript - http://bit.ly/RqFSN #
  • Interesting list on AppStorm - 50 iPhone Apps for Web Designers & Developers - http://bit.ly/Mrun7 #
  • RT @chriseckl: Calling all Sitekit CMS users for nominations for the Sitekit Web Excellence and Innovation Awards 2009. http://tr.im/m4YC #
  • nice weather this weekend, time to get the running shoes back o. fancy entering a 10km race next month so really need to get skates on #
  • RT @AlexCraven: sitekit v9 looking very sexy!… exciting things to come! #
  • happy birthday @ennui2342, kept that one a bit quiet in the office! So where are the cakes? ;) #
  • Not liking new star func on the timeline in @TwitterFon, keep accidently marking tweets as favs while scrolling :( apart from that it’s fab! #
  • Watching golf highlights on BBC, checking email on iPhone, sleeping baby in arms & beer on side. This is the life! #familylife #

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May 24, 2009

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My Twitter updates for week ending 2009-05-17

  • Baby with colic = screaming hell! Really sorry neighbours but at least the insulation takes the edge off for you :( #
  • Have a safe flight @DonMcAllister in reply to DonMcAllister #
  • Tempted to treat myself to ticket to Stack Overflow DevDay in London. Will make a pleasant change to FOWA London http://bit.ly/OfTqN #
  • Right baby all fed & watered. Back to bed before another day of fun & games in the office at #opplinks #
  • Oh and that, as they say, is my 1000th tweet!! Thanks to @thomasmike for the suggested format ;) #
  • Quite frustrated by how much leg hurts after running, 18 months after breaking leg. Maybe it’s time to get the metal work taken out? #
  • Just subscribed to the Stanford iphone developers podcast - looks pretty good http://itunes.stanford.edu/ #
  • RT @ryancarson: Holy heck, the Stack Overflow team is launching ‘Server Fault’. A site for Sys Admins and IT pros: http://bit.ly/b6eBP #
  • Love the fact that FogBugz offers free accounts to start-ups, really useful. http://tr.im/ldne #
  • Just booked my ticket for Stack Overflow in London - be quick there are only 10 left! http://tr.im/ldwz #
  • And with that Stack Overflow London was sold out! #
  • RT @NeilDavidson & @camgerknights: Cambridge Geek Nights sign-up is live - http://bit.ly/zx5gk. Love the website! #
  • All you ExpressionEngine/CodeIgniter users, keep the 22-23 Oct free for their European conference in the Netherlands - http://tr.im/le3u #
  • RT @peeebeee: #fixreplies. ’nuff said? definitely worth saying twice ;) #
  • Oh dear Bryan Gunn confirmed as NCFC manager next season. Much as I love the guy, not sure its the right decision :( http://tr.im/lf56 #
  • Enjoying the new I’m a Mac ads - http://tr.im/lftw #
  • Heading to clients site in bucks for a web design meeting … #
  • Colleague running late, so back into office for coffee and to read the paper until he turns up! #
  • I find not using IE a good work around for that kind of problem :) #
  • Why do ducks sleep standing on 1 leg? How do they find it restful? Random thought I no but am sitting here looking at 2 of them & am curious #
  • Oh no now they’ve sat dow. Maybe they’re just practicing synchronized standing? More updates from the duck pond as I have them :) #
  • Twitterfon Pro is on the way, without ads plus loads of other features incl support for multiple accounts. Look out Tweetie!! #
  • really looking forward to @twitterfon pro becoming available in the app store. The best iphone twitter client is about to get even better! #
  • busy writing references and linked in recommendations for people #
  • Just cleared my backlog of linked recommendation requests. Sorry to all for delay on those, no excuse really #
  • looking to start a development project to keep my hand in but cant decide mac only or cross platform using MONO or AIR? #
  • tiger woods golf on iphone currently crashing every 4th shot #bigfail #
  • reboot of iphone appears to have help with tiger woods pga :) #
  • Think I’ve caught man flu from @KingGorilla - cheers mate! ;) #
  • Great day yesterday at Rob & Helens wedding, followed by reception at Norwich City FC. They may play crap football but the food was amazing! #
  • Survived first night in a hotel as a family. The little fella was v good and did us proud! :) #
  • All you can eat hotel breakfasts are good but not great for the waistline! #

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By Giles Thurston
May 17, 2009

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My Twitter updates for week ending 2009-05-11

  • RT @campbellgrant: Sitekit User Conference and Highland Games - all twitter followers welcome - put 19/20th June 2009 in your diary now #
  • Having a clear out of iPhone apps I no longer use or have found better alternatives. Who needs 4 twitter clients & 5 rss readers anyway? #
  • morning all, another day another dollar. heading to office to try & clear backlog of emails from paternity leave - don’t hold out much hope! #
  • Am really liking ByLine on the iPhone. Yes I know, another RSS reader. I think this is starting to turn into a fetish! #
  • RT @macpowerusers: All About Email Part 1 is posted go get it: http://bit.ly/ouE1O (iTunes) or http://www.macpowerusers.com #
  • Like the revised new follower emails from twitter. Just wish they’d included the bio as well, at only 140 chars it’s can’t be that difficult #
  • iPhone has to be the ultimate baby feed accessory for one handed middle of the night email, rss & tweet checking :) #
  • now heading into a client meeting, time to get that sales head on … #
  • making some final changes to a clients #expressionengine website before going live next week #
  • Happy 8th birthday @OmniGraffle! Congrats on all your success :) #
  • Babysiters on way. First time on own for 5 weeks, celebrating our 11th wedding anniversary. Tempted to get hammered but maybe not ;) #
  • Sitting down to watch the Spanish grand prix qualifying from earlier today. #f1 #
  • Ooo just realised I’ve only got 8 more tweets until I hit the big 1000. Best think of something suitable to say then, any suggestions? #

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May 11, 2009

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My Twitter updates for week ending 2009-05-04

  • last day of paternity leave before heading back to work. looking forward to speaking to grown ups for a change #
  • loving the web inspector in Safari 4 beta, very firebug like :) #
  • Oh, had 3 people un-follow me following last tweet about safari. Didn’t realise it was that offensive :) #
  • Norwich are looking well & truely buggered. League 1 here we come :( #ncfc #
  • Heading to amazon web services workshop at British museum, followed by meet up with guys from sitekit at iw09. #
  • Forgotten what an impressive building the British museum is! #
  • Sitting in lecture room with 25 other people, slides bring projected and presenter on audio only. V strange but teach me being 5 mins late #
  • 52 billion objects currently stored on amazon s3 - pretty impressive. #
  • Grand central court at the British Museum. The ultimate conservatory! http://twitpic.com/45qc8 #
  • Great presentations at #aws28, lots of food for thought. Now heading over to Internet World to meet up with the guys from Sitekit #
  • On #uktrain heading home after partner night out with Sitekit guys. Great to see everybody, knackered now & told Thurston Junior wide awake #
  • Have drained my iphone battery today, now on powermonkey battery backup to see me home #
  • Just seen a milkman out doing his rounds. He’s either super keen or has a very very long round! #
  • gutted I couldn’t make #fowd design today but duty called in the office. sounds like a great conf and hopefully make it next year #
  • congrats to all @ #opplinks for top effort getting major evince release out the door tonight, lot of blood sweat & tears went into this one! #
  • For all Norwich City Fans out there, some great views on where it all went wrong http://tr.im/k9sE #ncfc #
  • Link: Pinkun - Whatever happened to Norwich City? http://tumblr.com/xtz1oqmyi #
  • Since using tweetie on the mac I’m finding I’m now using tweetie on the iPhone more & more. Could this be the death of twitterfon for me? #
  • Taking the boy to watch his first rugby match this pm. At 4 weeks old I doubt he will take much in, still have to start them young! #rugby #
  • Squeaky bum time for all Norwich City fans. Last day of championship, can Norwich win & Barnsley loose? Can’t say I’m v confident :( #ncfc #
  • Bugger! Barnsley loosing but so are Norwich #ncfc #
  • Come on Norwich! #ncfc #
  • Norwich now loosing 3-0. That’s it, well done Barnsley & hello league 1 #ncfc #
  • who’d have thought I’d live to see the day where Peterborough is in a higher league than Norwich. Its a dark day for us Norfolk boys! #

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By Giles Thurston
May 4, 2009

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