Yep ...

Been there, done that.

I love my new IPad ...

... and if it had a real keyboard and a screen at a 90 degree angle, it would be perfect.

autotune and science guys .. bi'atches

Sagan and Hawking with the flow ...

The Cowboy Mix

One of my favorite mixes ever, was received from my friend and personal DJ @true .. inspired by the movie Brokeback Mountain and a host of other big-time thoughts I'm sure.





1. The Wings -- Gustavo Santaolalla
2. Sweet Jane -- Cowboy Junkies
3. Evening Sun -- The Strokes
4. Teenie Weenie Boppie -- Free Kitten
5. Stevie -- Royal Trux
6. Early In the Morning -- The Gories
7. Mississippi Goddam -- Nina Simone (live)
8. Isadora Duncan -- Vic Chesnutt
9. New Slang -- The Shins
10. Life on Mars? -- Seu Jorge
11. 21 Questions -- 50 Cent
12. My Michelle -- Guns N' Roses
13. Strange Loop -- Liz Phair
14. Curly Locks -- Sinéad O'Connor
15. Coffee and TV -- Blur
16. 9th & Hennepin -- Tom Waits
17. Can Our Love... -- Tindersticks
18. Pack Yr Romantic Mind -- Stereolab
19. Lebanese Blonde -- Thievery Corporation
20. Light My Fire (Live) -- Massive Attack

My Suggested User List

A few posts ago I wrote why I think Twitter should build a #followfriday feature into the site in the form of a personalized Suggested User List and drop the Favorites feature. I mentioned that I was going to build My Own Suggested User List which would be updated regularly and then refer people to it. So I better get started ..

(* denotes recently added)

Varied and interesting ...
@common_squirrel Run, Eat, Stare, Sleep
@arjunbasu Perfect Short Stories, One Tweet at a Time
@ecoblips Green Super Heroine
@drOid Director, Editor, Geek, Day Dreamer, Make Believer
@jessicareeder Eco-Travel Blogger Extraordanaire
@realitysandwich WebZine for the Far Out There
@newyorkology What's happening in NYC
@true Writer, DJ, Philosopher & creator of FTW Shirts
@warhol_diaries Andy Warhol's diaries
@JQAdams_MHS John Quincy Adams' diaries
@thekelliejane Best thing in Nevada, even better than Vegas.
@bobbybobbybobby He's typing.
@theloveartist Because love is an art.


The Family & Friends Plan
@ktazzi
@justazzi
@mygrl29
@true

@pissyrabbit

Work peeps ...
@feker
@schang76
@apkat
@atlantic
@Ciaranb52
@rvans
@lorh
@sclevine
@07thking
@rahsaankhalid

@kzut
@dkim1386
@garalog


Tech related ...
@mashable
@scobleizer
@davewiner
@jeffpulver

Politics, Non-profits and Philanthropy ...
@p2173
@craignewmark
@kanter
@nerdette
@ukprogressive
@tactphil
@cashel
@pourmecoffee
@rootwork

Celebrities (both big and small)...
@the_real_shaq
@yokoono
@greatdismal
@unclerush
@diplo
@patkiernan
@danny_devito

More to come another time ..

Why would MJ thank a baseball player?

Here is my obligatory Michael Jackson post.

I remember watching MJ accept all those awards back in the early '80s on the American Music Awards and as I watched he thanked, "Jackie Wilson" -- who I mistook for Jackie Robinson.

I thought to myself, that's odd, what does the first black baseball player have to do with the king of pop, but figured I just didn't get it (maybe it was a black thing).

Then by chance I came across a street cd salesman on the 34th st and 8th avenue a few weeks later and noticed a "Jackie Wilson's Greatest Hits" cd -- made the connection and purchased it. I listened to it and fell in love with Jackie's voice and understood Michael's musical roots.

"My" Suggested User List - Part I

I've noticed that each time I convert a person into a brand new tweeter I often end up sending them an email with a small group of people to follow for starters -- my own "suggested user list" if you will.

This is not an uncommon happening for many I am sure, since that is the first complaint for those who "don't get it". They join Twitter, follow me and then say something like, "I don't get it."

So two things happened recently.

Firstly, a few family members have joined the twitterverse (see above link) and secondly, I saw the on-going debate between tech superstars @scobleizer , @davewiner and @timoreilly with regards to the Official Twitter Suggested User List.

So, the first thing made me think to myself -- I will write a blog post with my very own suggested user list that I would keep up to date, and then refer new friends/family/colleagues to as they came online.

But then the debate I mentioned above made me think -- why doesn't Twitter have this feature. Instead of the Favorites, which no one uses -- why not be able to flag a certain number of people as your Favorites (or suggested) and even have a small line of text (maybe 140 characters) where you can describe why they are suggested -- kind of a permanent #followfriday.

If this info was then hosted on Twitter -- Twitter could even aggregate and basically crowdsource that info into a second type of Official Users Suggested User List.

Does anyone know if they are planning a feature like this?

Enough for now .. part II will actually be my list ...