What I Tweeted, 2010-04-25 Edition

You should follow me on Twitter so you can read my tweet action as it happens.

Monday

• Booking @megabus for my guitar and I, and deciding how insensible of a shoe I can manage to walk around NYC in for 48hrs. #
• @AnneWeiskopf It's reasonable: price of one issue for full year access. Even as a lifetime subscriber I still need old articles for research in reply to AnneWeiskopf #
• I approach a state of NYC #140conf readiness: business cards & CDs printed, wardrobe selected, emergency cell #s written on thigh in sharpie #
• I am trying to convince myself to wear my most attractive/uncomfortable pair of shoes to walk around in NYC for two days. Narcissism>Comfort #
• @alexrolfe Definitely a bad idea, especially because I'm a v. aggressive walker. In Philly I usually carry dress shoes to their end location in reply to alexrolfe #
• @StephieMay @jennlyn81 I think logic will win out and cause me to dial down to a more reasonable pair. in reply to StephieMay #
• Tho, I'm still convinced that people were nice to me in Paris partially because I wore great shoes – so much so that I wrote a song about it #
• @avarielwings I know – I found my people! in reply to avarielwings #
• Installed comfortably atop a @megabus. I think it's a good portent of seeing more of my NYC folks over the summer :) #
• A brief living room run-through to make sure I remember how to play guitar while @wockerjabby computes away. Less than 12hrs until #140conf #
• @brimil I was just discussing the fame project over dinner, actually :) in reply to brimil #

Tuesday – #140conf, Day 1

• Arrived, registered, and queued at #140conf @mogulnick was nice enough to chat me up – I'm still a little dew-eyed from waking up at 6am. #
• As you all may have spotted, I'm @ a social media conference today! I'm going to try to tuck most tweets behind @s or just sum up on my blog #
• @rzklkng I'm at #140conf in NYC, trying to be both a geek and an extrovert :) in reply to rzklkng #
• This is a dorky thing to be excited about, but I've never seen a Ms. America in person before. Hello @maotravels! You're a wonderful speaker #
• Ugh, @CricketNation mobile internet is great in Philly, but blah elsewhere – no coverage in NYC. I'll be jumping ship shortly. #
• "The half-life of [the avg] tweet is 4mins," in terms of people interacting w/them. Consider in promoting links, products, content. #140conf #
• @wfenza just like radioactive isotopes – falloff continues to approach 0 value over time. 50% of the value of tweets is in the first 4mins. in reply to wfenza #
• @JMaultasch I felt that way as well, but I suppose if the pitch is part of illustrating the point it's still kosher? #140conf in reply to JMaultasch #
• #140conf is currently trending above a certain charming Canadian pop star. #
• @wockerjabby “When we passed the notes the teachers collected them, when they pass notes the world sees it.” #140conf #
• @chrislehmann That was so incredibly powerful! I'm proud to have you representing Philly here! (I'm a Masterman grad!) #140conf #
• I'm still heart-racing/near-tears from @chrislehmann's Social Media+Education talk. Must tune in to the politics panel, Joe Trippi! #140conf #
• “People talk about ROI, return on investment – throw that shit away. I talk to executives about, 'what's your return on ignoring?'” #140conf #
• Super-excited for the talk from Chris from @1000TimesYes, one of my favorite people to follow! #140conf #
• “It's not enough for a musician to be an artist, they have to be an internet hustler. They have to be keyboard cat.”- @1000timesyes #140conf #
• A not insignificant # of people have ditched the #140conf talks in favor of networking in the adjacent room. #
• @ItStartsWithUs Partially, but some of the best talks are the surprises, so they're missing good ones. Oh well, more air for me to breath ;) in reply to ItStartsWithUs #
• @140conf RT @Sandy3010: @jasontbedell They should have name cards in front of all panelists #140conf ala http://bit.ly/7oy6ZZ #140conf #
• @nateerickson I want to hear more about your music! Are you a panelist in that capacity as well? #140conf #
• Powerful talk about Twitter saving lives in Haiti as military and aid organizations cooperate with journalists. #140conf #
• @krisis hey, #140conf I have a huge extra piece of veggie kosher pizza in the lounge, someone please take it from me! #
• Gave away my extra piece of pizza to @NateErickson who I wanted to meet after the @anncurry / Haiti panel. Got to chat indie music! #140conf #
• Is this volume of tweets okay with you? I figure, some of these topics interest some of you some of the time, so I'll just blog most of it. #
• @hankwasiak I loved your talk! So many ideas, but you still told us a story. I hope you're around for a few more minutes to meet. #140conf #
• I have a recap of the two great biz/advertising panels, but first i'm braving the lounge to meet the panelists. #140conf #
• Received a signed book & a compliment on my energy and hair from the remarkable @hankwasiak, whose gave one of my fav talks so far. #140conf #
• I think my favorite hair on stage so far is @jw. Rocking a Gauis Baltar look way better than I am in my profile pic. #140conf #
• #140conf @jw: a truck @sxsw gave away a free taco for each @gowalla checkin, sold 12 for each they gave away! "Flashmobbed their own truck!" #
• @140conf I know the spirit of the event is brevity, but I think panels have needed 5mins more, or maybe just a warning? All best @ the end #
• Panels spend too long to intro – minutes down the drain to tell us stuff we could read in a program. Just put up some namecards! #140conf #
• @EileenOBrien @AllThingsGwen It's interesting that they frame "like" as a "softer" relationship than fan. I get that, but hard is good too. in reply to EileenOBrien #
• @EileenOBrien @gwenrecinto I agree. I'm sure data-mining told them more people would like than fan, but fans drive products, not likes. in reply to EileenOBrien #
• @Idomedia Indeed it has. I don't think I can manage any more live-blogging. I'm a little blown out. #140conf #
• Best quantified success story of the day from Elf cosmetics: show demand, got temp space w/Target, measure success, got perm space. #140conf #
• Total schmooze-storm around @mchammer in the networking room. Dude really knew his stuff. #140conf #
• The golf panel decimated the room – plus some of us have been here 8+ hours! Might be <100 folks left in the theatre right now. @ #140conf #
• @krisis Now only about 115 people in the room for the final few talks of the day. The networking room sounds like it's booming, tho #140conf #
• Good stuff from @alflamont about how local biz can band together to create a more vibrant SM community than they could alone. #140conf #
• @sarahcooley To be fair, brief lunch break, nothing (music? exercise?) to break up the talks, & no networking in here. #140conf in reply to sarahcooley #
• Amazingly, after 10hrs we are just two or three minutes behind schedule. There is so much about this that really works @sarahcooley #140conf #
• @cathybrooks Awesome to see you command the stage now after cheering and clapping in your ear all day! Full volume cheers for you! #140conf #
• @ElizBeskin My favs were @jayrosen_NYU @chrislehmann, the @anncurry panel, & @hankwasiak, but really all were terrific! #140conf in reply to ElizBeskin #
• @darenBBC Can't we get a remote version of you tomorrow? Certainly it's within our powers, yes? #140conf in reply to DarenBBC #
• I may have my differences with NYC, but even I cannot argue with two amazing vegan dinners in two days. I love my vegan big apple friends! #
• #140conf afterparty is intensely bustling with chatter, and people are still streaming in. A little beyond my threshold for saving my voice. #
• I feel like an intellectual wasteland after 9-6 absorbing talks & 7-10 networking. I want to do a Day 1 recap, but sleep beckons #140conf #
• At the moment there are 13 – yes, 13 – panel live-blogs to be read on https://www.crushingkrisis.com – more to come in the morning! #140conf #

Wednesday – #140conf, Day 2

• I cannot tell you the last time I awoke on two consecutive days at 5:45, let alone willingly and without an alarm. #140conf #
• Walked into #140conf midway through "The Twitter Kids of Tanzania," amazing story! Taught Twitter first (effectively!) on paper #twitterkids #
• @StaceyMonk Listening to you speak at #140conf right now! I'm excited to meet you at some point today. in reply to StaceyMonk #
• Awesome: "Will people who want to hire me look at my pictures on FB? Yeah, I hope so!" – @sarahcooley on <23 Panel @ #140conf #140conf #
• Staff for @twelpforce were sourced from participants on their internal social network. (Huge point; may blog on it later) #140conf #
• The @twelpforce uses an in-house developed app called "ConnectTweet" to track & respond. Similar to Co-Tweet, currently proprietary #140conf #
• @1000TimesYes Your speech fucking rocked – I should have spent more time to track you down yesterday! in reply to 1000TimesYes #
• @lizstrauss You are a phenomenal storyteller. I feel very privileged to have heard your tale! #140conf #
• @not_pele Hey, @syfy is going to be here! He's the one that retweeted our Six/Baltar Halloween photos. #140conf #
• @SaraTheFoodie We should have had a whole panel of you! ;) #140conf #
• @Agent_M I'm psyched for the comics panel! Can't wait. #140conf in reply to Agent_M #
• Some people are a character. Some people have a story. Some people teach a lesson. Some people just talk at us for 10 minutes. #140conf #
• @MissBeckala you can use the coat check on the far end of the exhibitor lobby, they checked my guitar yesterday in reply to MissBeckala #
• "The role of journalists and editors now is to form [news] into a piece of narrative and inform." #140conf #
• @TheKm I think it's interesting how little constructive negative commentary is turning up in the hash stream. #140conf in reply to TheKm #
• Having an awesome young networking lunch w/ @matthewray @colbywg @sarahcooley @joshshear @patrickbjohnson @davidspinks I'm ancient! #140conf #
• Totally kick-ass talk from Stowe Boyd on privacy, "publicy," and the future. I took expansive notes, coming soon. @stoweboyd #140conf #
• @E_Brunswick_BBY EB represent! That's where my wife is from – I have her EBHS varsity jacket in my closet ;) You guys were great. in reply to E_Brunswick_BBY #
• @AmyZQuinn @MichianaTweetUP I think that journalism quote is the #1 message of #140conf as a whole in reply to AmyZQuinn #
• @actionchrist I wish I could play it in meetings at work. I'm going to look into that. #140conf in reply to actionchrist #
• Is it different to memorialize on the SN where someone spent time? It's tying a yellow ribbon to a tree, leaving flowers by a grave #140conf #
• It is guaranteed that I am going to cry during @HarveyMilk's talk on Social Networks for the Dead. He is such a powerful voice. #140conf #
• Statistically speaking, "if a kid gets 4 credits of college, he doesn't go to prison." Break a dysfunctional cycle. – @andydixn #140conf #
• @JennyMack This portion of talks is so amazing. I enjoy this more introspective aspect of the day. #140conf in reply to JennyMack #
• For any who were prepared to scoff at Real Estate in SM, I think the intros on this panel alone show the intrinsic connect w/ RE&SM #140conf #
• @mayaREguru Experts say to find a RE who knows your specific target neighborhood. Does SM help you to expand YOUR physical reach? #140RE in reply to mayaREguru #
• @Benantij This is by far the most lively and participatory panel – love the crosstalk and challenging of each other. #140conf in reply to Benantij #
• @mayaREguru You ROCKED. That panel was awesome. Thanks for the answer ;) #140conf in reply to mayaREguru #
• @BoraZ @mbteach I love the center section's hesitance to moo along when told they weren't allowed to drink alcohol :) #140conf in reply to BoraZ #
• Sweet lord, we needed 8th graders singing songs about classical literature to @ladygaga tunes at least once every three hours. #140conf #
• @mayaREguru Absolutely. I'm trying to understand what sort of Realtors we should look for to cover the entire area of search! #140conf in reply to mayaREguru #
• @RickCartwright @adbroad I think that was only our second or third full-on standing O so far, yes? #140conf in reply to RickCartwright #
• @oline73 If I knew you were going to perform "Bad Romance" live I would have come up to play guitar for you! Great stuff. #140conf #
• @ChouiChoui @sarahcooley Agreed, all of the K-12 edu panels have been phenomenal, and they're frequently ones people plan to skip! #140conf in reply to ChouiChoui #
• @wockerjabby You would've loved the education panels here. All of them totally affirm what we talked about, all of them passionate. #140conf #
• @hankwasiak Thank you for the RT and the comment on my post! I'll definitely share your presentation when I get back to work tomorrow. in reply to hankwasiak #
• 50 SM envoys w/avg reach of 1mill followers ea can create more (& more persistent) reach for a social good message than a SBowl ad. #140conf #
• "Donate $10. Buy a bed net. Save a child's life." – @malaria_envoy & @adventuregirl http://www.malarianomore.org #140conf #
• @denisegass The music is absolutely painful. #140conf in reply to denisegass #
• @jeanettejoy @beebow I took a certain delight in conducting a full-group, Pulver-approved spamming ;) #140conf in reply to JeanetteJoy #
• Anyone else noting the slight undercurrent of the the labels somewhat agape at the success stories of the indie folks on the panel? #140conf #
• @amandapalmer You just got name-checked by the entire panel @ #140conf re: Music and the Real Time Web ;) in reply to amandapalmer #
• @amandapalmer The Global Digital Marketing SVP of EMI seems to know a lot about you ;) #
• Only at #140conf could I wind up kidnapped in a car full of twitter-friends / strangers listening to Jay-Z on the way to an after-party. #
• @catetv you were definitely right ;) thanks for taking care of me at the start AND the end of the conference ;) #
• Departing #140conf later than intended but having met many more people than I thought I would have! So much thanks to @catetv & @mayareguru! #
• Totally not how I thought i'd get home; way better! RT @Cecilyk Driving home with @mayaREguru & @krisis singing loudly to Lady Gaga. Sweet. in reply to Cecilyk #
• I'll blog in the AM w/recs RT @jeffpulver: Each of the individual sessions from #140conf NYC now available over at
  http://ippio.com/140conf in reply to jeffpulver #
• @iamkhayyam So great to get to meet you in person this evening! Thank you for a friendly, genuine hello. in reply to iamkhayyam #
• I would just like to point out that I was asking "WWMD?" way before Glee: http://bit.ly/9duIEf (That's, "What Would Madonna Do?") #
• I'm about to sleep in my own bed! Looking forward following even more of my newfound #140conf friends tomorrow. Send an @ to say hello! #
• @bglusman Constant talk, many topics, & vivid characters – but not ALL revelatory. Hard to know when to breathe & meet people, but do both. in reply to bglusman #
• @micah I really enjoyed your contributions to the comics panel. As a long-quit comics fan, I'm interested to see what you tweet about. #

Thursday

• It's awesome to wake up in my own bed & know I'll be sleeping in it tonight as well! Now to jump back into the quickly-moving stream of work #
• Alanis-style irony: I read every work email while I was away at the wedding & #140conf This morning I've read none – my work PC is dead. #
• @JustinKownacki I'm so happy we had the chance to talk at length on Tues! Thank you for being a friend @ #140conf (& see you for MrktgCamp?) in reply to JustinKownacki #
• @JustinKownacki I had my eye out for you all day yesterday, but I never spotted you! Sorry I didn't get to say a more definitive farewell. in reply to JustinKownacki #
• Meeting so many new people in the past week has my song "Regenerate" pasted on my brain http://bit.ly/Th3bP – I definitely feel regenerated! #
• @Krochmal Thank you for making me feel included at last night's party! I'm excited to learn more about ForTalent.com (& intro it to Philly). in reply to Krochmal #
• @JustinKownacki I think I only made it through w/out a crash due to the nutrition of my vegan hosts & very limited beer intake. Hardly slept in reply to JustinKownacki #
• Best lunch deal in Philly – $20 fixed price lunch at XIX @ Bellvue. Worth the price for the dessert buffet alone, let alone salads & entree. #
• At XIX, dessert is an entire course. http://twitpic.com/1hjr7y #
• @ColbyWG Whenever you're ready for that trip to Philly, man ;) in reply to ColbyWG #
• @alexrolfe There is no such thing, when it comes to dessert! in reply to alexrolfe #
• @carlalynnehall 2 music panels @ #140conf + MC Hammer but I thought the Book Authors Panel had the best Marketing ideas http://bit.ly/csOP83 in reply to carlalynnehall #
• Important change to FB privacy! RT @librarianbyday Protect Your Privacy: opt out of FB's new Instant Personalization http://bit.ly/dtAdSc #
• @feliciamoeis That was also one of my favorite talks! Thanks for all of the chatting at the after-event – tied up many themes of the day ;) in reply to feliciamoeis #
• @dculmone We need to get to the bottom of how you're related to my friend Matt! I had such a good time talking w/you; so happy to follow ;) #
• @JohnKremer Thanks for the RT. I thought your panel transcended authoring to be a solid discussion of how to promote any creative release! in reply to JohnKremer #
• @StayAKA Thanks for picking up my tweet! I walk by your hotel almost daily, always secretly hoping it also houses an outpost of AKA Music ;) in reply to StayAKA #
• @StarrGazr That was definitely one of my favorite quotables – I saw so many fingers fly to keyboards that I didn't bother tweeting it :) in reply to StarrGazr #
• @TheBloggess I would assume you made that up, but in combination with the glue & the mushroom boob it's not insane enough to have made it up in reply to TheBloggess #

Friday

• An awesome day – already beautiful, and I have half day in the office and half day at an outdoor photo shoot with colleagues (and my wife)! #
• @paullucci Yay! Twitter is definitely life-altering, and I'm happy I've been a witness (and a part?) to altering yours ;) in reply to paullucci #
• @Insomniac_Love One of my fav Cyndi Lauper songs. I wish the acoustic version didn't have the silly reggae part from Shaggy on it. in reply to Insomniac_Love #
• @gloriabell Ditto, plus people I have volunteered with, especially on semi-pro theatre/music in college. Not people I ride elevators with. in reply to gloriabell #
• @jptoto Ha! Wouldn't you say that would need a rare combination of both red and blue mana, given the locale? in reply to jptoto #
• @sarahcooley Good morning! I have reverted to my normal wake-up time now that I'm in Philly. Wish I was still hanging w/you, eating vegan ;) in reply to sarahcooley #
• @jptoto I still have all my 3rd edition cards, they're not even tournament-legal anymore. ;) in reply to jptoto #
• @brimil So, I'm in NYC bragging about how I am BFF with the perma-mayor of @mcgillins, only to check @foursquare AND NOT SEE YOUR FACE. wtf? #
• Wellpoint uses algorithm to find a way to drop the policies of women diagnosed with breast cancer. http://bit.ly/bdVon3 #
• I've been working on condensing #140conf to 5 most prevalent themes since the moment I left, and I'm happy w/the result http://bit.ly/90T3zy #
• Apparently I was retweeted by @mchammer the other day. Twitter has made my life surreal. #
• An #ff especially for my Philly friends: @mayaREguru. She's a smart Realtor, but she's also a genuine person, & it's reflected in her tweets #
• Off to manage a photo shoot for work that also happens to feature my wife. This is the song I wrote about marrying her: http://bit.ly/9IZI1Z #
• @hankwasiak Just scheduled a staff meeting with my department to watch/discuss your Madison Avenue talk from #140conf in reply to hankwasiak #
• Working remotely from the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge. http://twitpic.com/1ht2oc #
• @michellebranch I always get a laugh out of those sales/stores. "Going out of business … [eventually]" in reply to michellebranch #
• Apparently working remotely meant doing shuttle runs in the background of our shot. I am doing major character work to become a jogger. #
• @MOgulnick So, I just realized that I don't think I handed you either of my CDs that entire time! in reply to MOgulnick #
• The power of "hello" – @MOgulnick said hi to me in line on day 1 of #140conf and we wound up sitting & lunching together the entire time! #
• & proving everyone is a character: @MOgulnick is a sports fanatic & the new media strategist behind @HVRenegades, the Tampa Ray's SS-A team! #
• My shot is a wrap! I was legitimately athletic running in the background while @not_pele & @marykateruf were being gorgeous for the camera. #

Saturday

• An awesome day already in-progress: solid night of sleep, an early rise, & I'll be playing a set at the Earth Day block party @ 9th & South! #
• @SocialKwan Ha, you said it, not me. But, yes, I agree – I want to be involved because of the people, not necessarily the content. in reply to SocialKwan #
• @LindsayMAllen That drives me crazy. Video is great content, but it doesn't replace a concise list of information. in reply to LindsayMAllen #
• @mayaREguru That was really thought-provoking. 1 fear of mine re: having children is dispelling the perfect people myth I have about myself. in reply to mayaREguru #
• @Sheamus Oh my. I think I have wound up on Monday 2am on that very same wikipedia page! in reply to Sheamus #
• @zaneology Super-jealous that you are still ensconced in NYC! That was probably my favorite trip to the city, ever. in reply to zaneology #
• I was captured by @catetv giving an impromptu performance of "Like a Virgin" at the #140conf afterparty: http://bit.ly/btghJG #
• Hanging out w/@brimil and listening to the incomparable @dantebucci @ earthday on 9th & South http://twitpic.com/1i35j1 #
• Rocked a pretty lengthy set, including originals, Madonna, Gaga, & Smokey Robinson. RT @brimil: http://twitpic.com/1i3j22 – @krisis singing! in reply to brimil #
• @paullucci So very true. I am known to claim I will poison any such annoying tweeter, thanks to one long ago intruding on my first demo cd. in reply to paullucci #
• @ColbyWG @patrickbjohnson Ha. Sounds like something I'd do, reminiscent of walking into museums in Paris & asking of they had subway posters in reply to ColbyWG #
• I really need to lift some weights or something; my right arm was floppy on heavier strummers. Doesn't take much disuse for it to get flabby #