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Entries from January 7th, 2009

Today is my 1 year anniversary on Twitter

January 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Twitter

That was my very first tweet, exactly 1 year ago today.

And this is exactly 1 year later.
So much has transpired between the two that it makes my head spin. I’ve told you how much I’ve changed in the past year, and Twitter has been a huge part of that. I think some people can’t stand [...]


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NY Tech Meetup — January 2009

January 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Community, Events, Twitter

Last night was the first NY Tech Meetup of 2009 and the first meetup since Nate Westheimer became the new organizer last month. I thought it was a huge success.
For the first time, at least since I’ve been attending, it had a theme: “Built on Twitter” — the seven presenters all have created products and [...]


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I’ll be speaking at An Event Apart 2009

January 3rd, 2009 · 5 Comments · Conferences

On January 1st, the 2009 lineup for An Event Apart: The Design Conference For People Who Make Websites was made public. AEA is run by Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer, the creators of A List Apart and pioneers in the web standards movement.
AEA is a two-day one-track conference in four cities throughout the year. As [...]


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In 2008, You Changed Me

January 3rd, 2009 · 7 Comments · Digressions, Pleasure

In the past year, my life has turned upside down. It was more than I ever wanted and everything I needed. And it happened because of all of the amazing people whom I just happened to cross paths with, whom I sought out, who sought me out, who were introduced to me, or whom I [...]


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