Wordle visualization of my Tweetstream

Inspired by Tim O’Reilly’s post, I created a wordle visualization of my Tweets. Tweets were retrieved using this python script. Then I ran the output through this sed filter: sed s/\<[^\<]*\>//g tweets > tweets.txt The result:

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Reading List (2009) – April

Title, (Author Last Name, Date of Publication) – Date Completed Lexus and the Olive Tree (Friedman 2000) – 4/6 The God of Small Things (Roy 1997) – 4/12 Development as Fredom (Sen 1999) – 4/30 Page count for March: 1,095 (36.50/day) The list of books read in 2008 struggled its way to 66, I’m aiming [...]

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Reading List (2009) – March

From the list below I would highly recommend: Pollan’s In Defense of Food and Friedman’s The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth. Title, (Author Last Name, Date of Publication) – Date Completed Beyond Bullshit: Straight-Talk at Work (Culbert 2008) – 3/2 The Age of Heretics (Kleiner 2008) – 3/9 The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth (Friedman [...]

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Verifying search bots with forward and reverse DNS in PHP

The following function returns true if the current user is one of the bots we consider “good.” (Not that they are better than other legit bots, but ones that we provide a special service to) This code can be used to allow search engines to index content that is normally behind a registration form. For [...]

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Business Insight article downloads from MIT Sloan Management Review

MIT Sloan Management Review (where I work) jointly produces a special report in the Wall Street Journal called “Business Insight”. It’s published in print and on WSJ.com & MIT SMR’s site. For further reading on topics raised in Business Insight articles we include links to work SMR has published in the past. As part of [...]

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MIT Sustainability Summit

Taking a break from the usual today and attending the MIT Sustainability Summit The MIT Sustainability Summit, Discovering New Dimensions for Growth, brings together students, engineers, business leaders, academics, environmental activists, and public servants to discuss how we can most effectively support each other as we face the opportunities and challenges of transitioning to a sustainable [...]

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Wall Drug, South Dakota

Seen on South St., Jamaica Plain MA

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Evernote – an example of “voice”

“…. Or just relaxt and wait for everything to happen automatically sooner or later.”

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Where in the World is John Adams?

Show your love for Adams and his travels by becoming a fan of “Where in the World is John Adams” on Facebook or Twitter. Get up-to-the-minute postings on recent sightings of Adams as he appears in the most unexpected places, as well as recent news and information about the national tour of Adams Unbound. via [...]

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Boston Symphony Orchestra Set B22

Friday night’s seats were in the second row right in front of the first violinist’s chair and right next to the soloists. The picture doesn’t show the phalanx of teen agers that surrounded us.

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