Meh chosen for 30th anniversary of Collins English Dictionary – Times Online

10 People to Follow on Twitter

@javajive asked this question today: If you had to make a top 10 list of ppl to follow on Twitter, who would you include?

I follow over 300 people, many of whom are my friends pre-Twitter, some I met through Twitter, and others are people in my industry, news accounts, or people whose values, opinions and views I respect. I also follow funny people. A guy’s gotta have his funnies to stay sane, right?

Having to come up with a top 10 is not easy so I’ve decided that the 10 Twitter people will be those that I think people might enjoy following. I’m not going to recommend non-people Tweeters, that is accounts such as @macworld, @twitter, @tuaw, @cnn, @bbc because arguably it’s not much different to subscribing to RSS feeds of their respective websites.

This list is about people. Some respected people either have stopped tweeting or don’t tweet much to be of good value so I won’t recommend them in the list but you can find and follow them if you wish. Quantity is by no means quality, but Twitter is not so much about what you are doing anymore, it is about sharing useful information, being funny, being conversant. So here are ten of those people.

1. @guykawasaki
Founder of truemors, alltop, and Garage Technology Venture, public speaker, writer. Guy Tweets links to interesting news, some of which via truemors, promotes new alltop channels, his travels, activities.

2. @problogger
Darren Rowse is a professional blogger who dishes out tips and tricks about marketing, blogging, photography, tweeting, and just about everything else that might be useful for your online activities.

3. @gruber
John Gruber is a professional blogger who writes thorough analyses of issues regarding Apple, Inc., their products, marketing, and designs. A passionate liberal who pulls no punches, he also tweets gems such as “Old political skeleton: I once smoked marijuana. New political skeleton: I once wrote something dumb on my MySpace page.”

4. @wilw
Wil. Freakin. Wheaton. If you’re memory of Wheaton is Wesley Crusher, you’re missing out on a lot.

5. @jowyang
Jeremiah Owyang. A tech maven who works at Forrester research. You’d be wise to follow this man on Twitter and read this post about how he uses Twitter. I’m learning a lot from him.

6. @hotdogsladies
Merlin Mann has teh funnies

7. @grammargirl

MIgnon Fogarty helps your English. Also wrote a book.

8. @moltz

John Moltz used to run the always entertaining Crazy Apple Rumors blog until he decided not do do it anymore. He still dispenses the funnies on Twitter

9. @warrenellis

Come on, it’s Warren Ellis. Not that many people cooler or more awesomer than him. Yes, I just said awesomer.

10. @presentationzen

Garr Reynolds. Master of presentation with style. No Virginia, presentation does not have to mean suffering 100 slides full of 16 point text.

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Apple Online Store T-Shirt

Apple is giving away T-shirts to commemorate the opening of Apple Online Store for South East Asian countries. On November 11, Apple opened the stores for Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Singapore already has its own store for quite some time now.

Got a coworker to don the shirt for these pics.

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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[Twitter] Imaginary Tutorial Books

leonnie:

@patvandiest : “Cinderella’s Guide on House Cleaning and Reducing Family-Oriented Work Stress”

@patvandiest : “Sleep 101: How to Have a Good Quality Sleep. By: Princess Aurora”

@patvandiest : @LeonnieFM, actually we have only 1 book that wasn’t good in terms of sales & reviews “On Growing up. By: Peter Pan”

@patvandiest : and oh! this just being printed moments ago! “Appropriate Diet”. Author: Hansel, Co-Author: Gretel

@kapkap : @patvandiest – ‘Your Guide To Get Perfect Shoes’ by Cinderella?

@neofreko : @kapkap i thought Cinderella’s best seller was Time Management?

@patvandiest : @asil oh certainly dear! Snow White only wrote a book yet: “Bad Apples”, it’s about finding out your natural antibody

@budi : @patvandiest “ROSE IN A GLASS SHELL – Gardening Guides” by Beast from Beauty and the Beast

@patvandiest : @budi yeah I love that one! Beast is such a witty writer (despite, well… his obvious appearance)

@budi : @patvandiest OH, HAVE YOU READ ARIEL’S “How to Drag Men With Your Legs” GUIDE? IT’S AWE-SOMEH

@patvandiest : @budi I heard the review on that book is bad. Never quite read it yet though. I heard it sold very good only in bay area.

@budi : @patvandiest YES IT IS SOLD MORE THAN THAT “Monster Book of Monsters” AND GUESS WHAT? IT IS WATERPROOF!

@patvandiest : okay we started again! just got a call from the printing, “Carpet Buyers Guide 2008” By Aladdin has been postponed 😦 … but on the contrary “Enhancing Tourism Through Exotic Creatures” by Lilo (of Lilo & Stich) shows good sales. @anima still sleeping eh? how would you like to buy our “25 Kissing Tips To Awaken The Princess” by Prince Charming?

@neofreko : @patvandiest i’m looking for ‘The Art of Extinction’ by Dodo B. Got any?

@patvandiest : @neofreko my friend have an ancient copy of that! very pricy in the market, Since it hasn’t finished written by the author. He died. 😦

@budi : @patvandiest “Self Confidence and How To Put Trust on Everyone” by Giselle, Enchanted.

@patvandiest : @budi and her other masterpiece “Problem Solving Using Songs” by Giselle

@fajarjasmin : @patvandiest And let’s not forget Cinderella’s “Art of Homemaking”. She’s an authority on that..

@fajarjasmin : @patvandiest “Sibling Rivalry Management” by none other than Bawang Putih…

@patvandiest : @fajarjasmin @budi @kapkap @neofreko, you guys are our true customers! you all get 25% discounts on all the ITBPublishing Inc. catalogue!

@fajarjasmin : @patvandiest “Growing and harvesting monster crop” by Jack.

@fajarjasmin : “The Danger of Incest” by the one and only Sangkuriang. Oh, my titles are so twisted..

@fajarjasmin : “Pathfinding in the wilderness” of Hansel and Gretel…

@patvandiest : @fajarjasmin the hansel and gretel book is a series, after that one it’s this one that was just released this afternoon:”Appropriate Diet”. Author: Hansel, Co-Author: Gretel

@budi : @patvandiest IT THOUGHT THEY ARE WRITING “XHTML VALID BREADCRUMBS”, HANSEL AND GRETEL?

@kapkap : @patvandiest – Oooh, how about this: “How-tos in Communicating With Animals” by Disney Princess Gank? Ah, any book about “Maintaining Relationship With Your Kids” by Darth Vader?

@budi : @patvandiest “How to Mimic Wolves – Make Up and Costumes” by The Little Red Riding Hood.

@fajarjasmin : @patvandiest My last : “Verbal Defense 101 : Talk Your Way Out of Problems”, from Kancil of Kancil dan Buaya

@spruiked : Transgender issues for the new millenium: a cross-species analysis, by Little Red Riding Hood

@fajarjasmin : And may God bless @spruiked’s mind abundantly for a flagship scientific essay on the

@rikaokd :@patvandiest “How to dress like a man” by Mulan

@patvandiest : and finally! last one for today from our catalog, introducing “Healthy Eye Care in a Toxic Environment” by Sauron

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and finally this imaginary tutorial book tweeting brought us two jobs opened for two twitterers:

@patvandiest : and oh! here she is! say hello to our intergalactic self-help books publisher: @LeonnieFM!

@patvandiest : @fajarjasmin LOL! … psst! you’re deeply considered by the company to be our local folklore tutorials editor, don’t tell anyone, okay? 😀

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Joke of a Travel Warning

Before their loss, the conservatives publicly expressed hope that their loss would trigger revenge attacks in the United States. Although the Embassy has no specific information about potential conservative attacks, demonstrations by groups opposing the elections may take place with little or no public notice. The Embassy would like to remind Indonesian citizens that even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and violent and may spread in unpredictable ways. Eastern interests can become targets of random attacks by groups of demonstrators such as these, and targets can include individuals identified as Eastern or places where Easterners shop, work, live, study, recreate and worship. Indonesian citizens are urged to exercise caution, maintain a low profile, to stay current with media coverage of local events, and to be aware of their surroundings.

Read here for the joke of a warning by the US government for Indonesia.

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