Pleasure and Pain

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Using Twitter for Friend Advice

January 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Twitter

I ask questions on Twitter all the time on a wide variety of topics, and I usually get really useful responses — but never as many as when I ask about interpersonal issues.
A little while ago I posed this question:

“What do you do when someone you really care about won’t respond to your emails & [...]

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Take our Twitter survey for a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card

December 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Twitter

It would mean a lot to me if you could please take a moment to complete the survey below. I’m helping to design a new Twitter client and your input will be invaluable. Thank you.
Survey link: http://bit.ly/4mMZWJ
Fill out my Wufoo form!
Tweet this survey!
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Whit Hour – Week 6

September 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the 41 people who showed up for the sixth week of Whit Hour — my weekly one-hour video chat to answer any and all of your questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you throw at me.
I really appreciate everyone’s flexibility in moving over to Ustream at the [...]

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Whit Hour – Week 5

September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the 20 or so folks who showed up for the fifth week of Whit Hour — my weekly one-hour video chat to answer any and all of your questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you throw at me.
I particularly appreciate your patience and determination to stick with me [...]

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What I did while Twitter was down today

August 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Pain, Twitter

Twitter had a Denial of Service Attack this morning, which affected its uptime all day today. Therefore I was forced to figure out what to do without it. Here’s what I came up with:

I noted my frustration on Facebook
I actually looked at my friends’ pages on Facebook
I reached Inbox Zero in Google Reader and reorganized [...]

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