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Glenn hotel @mashable meet.

Stephen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:47:27 +0000

Last night was the mashable meet celebrating their anniversary on the rooftop bar of the Glenn hotel. The scene was great, open air above the CNN signs, with people mingling too.

I also got to meet some other entrepreneurial people with rankem, ehire.com, apartments.com and some developer friends (sam).

I didn’t know about it until I went on Twitter after dinner, and last minutely decided to go.

Not Every Company Needs a One Liner

Stephen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:48:47 +0000

Last night I went to a tweetup at the Glenn Hotel, and somebody asked me for the one liner pitch of both Pardot and TAG, but

I’m not on a sales or business development team
I’m not looking for angel or VC funding.

While I appreciate that sales people or most CEOs need to be able to pitch their product if they are looking for investment, there is very much a category of ‘boot strapping’ and company development where, frankly, advertising isn’t needed (with the right strategy). Of course, maybe my dreams are too limited, because my TAG projects will likely never bring in a multi million dollar buyer, and that’s not really the growth strategy.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

Stephen — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:42:00 +0000

Guy is supposed to come get my #rx7 today. The ferocious sounds it makes in the drive way make it hard to sell. #
I am so emotionally attached to my #RX7 it still looks beautiful, even though it's 20yrs old. #bloodsweattears #
I love watching RX-8 GT and Prototypes racing. It's on Speed right now, ~4 minutes left of the Rolex #
Washed the new bummer today. Made the control arms shiny. Cleaned engine grease off. I feel more proud @Gomeler in reply to Gomeler #
If all cars had mpg displays we'd see an immediate 10% reduct. in gas use. Also rise in ocd ppl hyper miling. http://twitpic.com/26pj1i #
You can overclock old hardware cheap.In a 1.5ghz world I was pushing a cyrix 133mhz to 266mhz. RE http://bit.ly/d2oSX1 @Gomeler @mattstech #
Wednesday, @flickson5th is playing Hot Tub Time Machine on 5th St @ dark . Going? @GoKTGo @sadpandasean @ajaimk @arball @gtryan @Bahnzai #
The AMC 4l Straight 6 produced 190hp. A BMW 3L straight 6 produces 225hp. #
I'm at phipps arena to watch this new inception movie #
Got a headache during inception. About to make my own fun dream. #
Summer sand volleyball! #
Great place to work! Dm me. RT @david_cummings: We're hiring for sales, engineering, and also need a technical trainer. Pls rt. #
A comma separated value (.CSV) file is a simple database / spreadsheet text file with comma delimiters. #really #
Can't decide if I should go democrat or republican for the GA Primaries. Wish we could do both. #
The elevator at work covers 33 floors in just under 33 seconds, down. #
First week owning a car with valves, and I already need to replace a valve gasket. #RX7 never needed a valve gasket. #novalves #
When I break into my engine this weekend, I'm going to make sure that I'm running ngk or bosch 4 prongs. @Gomeler #
Manual transmissions ftw. You're too drunk to drive when you can't heal toe. I just solved a world problem. #
Nowadays, it's seeming like futures are just absolutely ailing at prediciting the stock market. the $f earnings were supposed to boost! #
I told myself that when I moved I'd work out more. Other than a few bike rides to l5p, I haven't worked out in the 3 weeks. #
While driving somebody around yesterday they asked 'what kind of magic did you just do with your feet?' He drives a manual too … #
@Gomeler If GDM keeps messing up, switch to KDM or the lighter weight options. #
@sanjay Use a no/limited sql database like MongoDB if you're already slowing down, you need to ditch some relationships in reply to sanjay #
@sanjay All languages should use "else if". I hate python bc of elif, perl for elsif, etc. Also, javscript requires space, others dont in reply to sanjay #
Realizing that I don't feel liek going out on friday bc I have had no free time all week. Movie, Vote / Move, Brickstore / flick, Poker #
I'm at rira and a girl is buying me the drinks.;) #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

Stephen — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:42:00 +0000

http://twitpic.com/24h9i7 watching worldcup at neighbors in va high. That goal was so close #
HDTV Shopping. If I get a 1080p screen will the native resolution thing make 720p look worse than if I have a 720p screen? #
http://twitpic.com/24nvxr keg had to go back to work. Surprise weekend benefits! #
@Gomeler Gear oil smells disgusting and greasy ; engine oil smells… almost good. Don't taste and don't get it in your eye! #
@Gomeler if you taste the different oil types, the sample size is lower in reply to Gomeler #
#work Yay! I decided to sideline my major project to get a few easy ones out of the way. Measurable progress feels good. #
@mattstech Do you brake or do you break; for properly indented code? RE http://bit.ly/cUM2mf #
Wow! RT @themotleyfool http://bit.ly/9edwID 1/4 of smartphone users consume 0mb/mo data #
Looks like #evo4g wireless sharing caps at ~50KB/sec. USB Tethering is much much faster. #
Stocks look really positive for options expiration date. Support proven by Municipals down $MUA. #
@rmpenguino @aceonline The number is surprising higher than expected. Apparently they never even email sync or map RE http://bit.ly/9OJGNN #
i could officially be carless by this weekend. I've been unofficially carless since last september. #
@Gomeler The sad thing is that my #evo4g clear beats your work 384kbit uploading in reply to Gomeler #
#poll Thinking I should buy a new car w/ RX-7 selling; what should it be? RX-8, BMW 330i, Audi A6 T http://twtpoll.com/p8sn4a #
@rmpenguino re: NoCar. Bike 4mi to Marta (work is at a Marta) / Carpool / Borrow car. in reply to rmpenguino #
@jwage steviep: i miss jwage :: We miss our open source developer when we have ORM feature requests #
@jwage An issue tracker is not the same. It's more awkward to make fun of you there. in reply to jwage #
@sanjay The first programming I did was modifying Gorilla in basic. But really understood loops with TI-basic on the ti-80 @ 11yrs in reply to sanjay #
Just played the most ridiculous game of ping pong ever. Each side wall hit increased pint value by 1, each back wall hit, by 2. #
@CLEAR I need to blog since USB tethering. Consistent 4mbps+. Battery hasn't been affecting use. #
@Bahnzai I would never wakeboard behind a boat that doesn't have a center pylon or tower. in reply to Bahnzai #
Pro Interview Tip: Take off the Croakies, wear a suit/ #
Working test http://bit.ly/9m3mIr #
@pfreet Why would you buy a phone that doesn't have a front facing camera in today's time? (droidx) @keithmcgreggor #
Who do you have your car insurance through? Leaving the parents plan. Thinking progressive? Used car worth < $7k #
AAPL Current return rates of teh iphone 4 is 1.7% versus 6% on the 3gs. But how many more now that a recall is dismissed. #
Braves are losing 6 to 2. At the Ted for @arball bday w @bahnzai #
At tie red at Cobb galleria watery. Social entrepreneurship. W @jennbonnet #
@jungledave is talking about cloud saas entrepreneurship at tie tes. 'Profitable from the day we started charging' #
printing insurance cards through progressive is a pain! Had to boot into windows, install bloated REAL Adobe Acrobat Reader, and now printer #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

Stephen — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:42:00 +0000

@technosailor for fireworks, lens is. 2 sec shutter. High f stop in reply to technosailor #
Shot a 4 minute 720p video on my Evo 4g last night. Took forever to upload via 4g… and wifi. Guess 88mb still takes a while. #
Moving is really complicated. Tempted to sell everything on craigslist, buy new. And it's only 35 miles lol. #
I'll be there for sob. @mattstech @stephenfleming @gtryan @keithmcgreggor in reply to mattstech #
Is anybody going to TiE in 2 weeks? Will it be worth going? @david_cummings @StephenFleming #
Just used promo:freedom @ restaurant.com Need to eat at Fontaine's Fox Sports Grill, Piola, Vickery's, and Copelands soon. Join me. #
@glengordon .Net is probably less likely to be used for a Startup bc its helpers (datatable) are based on windows, not Web 2.0. #
@glengordon Why don't more startups use Oracle for their db? Anybody in their garage can use mysql /postgres for crazy fun (re: .net) #
@StephenFleming @pfreet (friend posted yesterday, rel : sob) RT @aceonline: Why aren't today's cars smarter? http://bit.ly/cKWAGO #
What was the piece of paper on the iphone that convinced you to stay on ATT 'unfortunately' @AndyBorgmann #
I get 5mbps through @CLEAR @Sprint at my new apartment; Slow enough to be annoying; fast enough to feel like @Comcast / @gatech spoiled me. #
Lock the doors @jeffhilimire http://bit.ly/aWeLGZ #atlgunman #
I first connected to bbs'es on a 9600bps and now I'm wondering if 5mbps is enough or if I need to pay for additional service. #
@Gomeler Businesses can scan checks in. You **could** just copy the routing number and account num and do ach; 95% of ppl prob wouldn't ? in reply to Gomeler #
Me: "Wow Microsoft is really trying to get people. " then DOH. @jeremylikness http://yfrog.com/j1mlup #
"I never ever met a woman who liked Jules Verne before." #
I've only managed to use 453mb on my Sprint EVO 4g. Even with that world cup watching. Tethering should take that up next month:) #
@Gomeler You can get the emissions test done anywhere; since it's newer than 96 (OBDII) they just have to plug the computer in to check. #
I want to consider some android evo4g hacking to round robin between the 4g and 3g. Parallelism would be greater benefit than speed gain #
#FF4B1 has placeholder text, required validation, and autofocus .. bout time #firefox #
LOVE ANTITRUST RT @mattstech: @jeffhilimire I'd say Antitrust is a little better than Hackers. #
@jeffhilimire @mattstech Antitrust was free on Comcast HD Ondemand a few weeks ago. check and see if it is still there. #
@katiemanderson re: NYT a 24 yr denying job; What ppl aren't saying is our gen may more realize the scams of insurance and financial reps in reply to katiemanderson #
@katiemanderson No matter being unemployed, you should not do something that you see as potentially ethically wrong. insurance or fncl advis in reply to katiemanderson #
@katiemanderson @nytimes Of course, these were my thoughts on high commission, low knowledge workers in these fields; not nec. Scott. #
@Bahnzai New boat is ready? Should be fun! #
Just got broken up with over a facebook message; So glad I have rules against that. #
'A hack', or 'working code' that *should* be refactored Re @MahoneyOne: What do you call ugly code that works? #
I'm not sure that I understand how one person can be so jaded. #
@sanjay @timdorr InnoDB actually has data integrity with foreign keys. MySQL 5.5 is in beta; and multiples faster. #
Courteous mass bike ride around Atlanta tonight. Coming? @stephenfleming #
@colinake @Gomeler They know that revenues won't increase with tv/beer/lounge in designer store bc the women already have more power. #
@Gomeler @colinake Besides, half of what guys do at the designer store is keep the women from spending all of the money. #
@sanjay @timdorr You're not going to find a repo with mysql 5.5 For speed, are you super indexing? That speeds up innodb quite a lil. #
@sanjay Instead of MySql could you use a NoDB option like MongoDB? #
Rain in buckhead @andrewwatson . Thunder too, It's supposed to stop before critical mass #
@Gomeler Is X starting / can you start it? Ubuntu X should be on f7, for f8 #
@whitaber Whats up at 4th ward in the am? #atl #
Sweetwater 420 @ 4:20(30) day at work today. Party on. Wash away all of those server errors. #
missing #courteiousmass because my phone says lightning, even though I don't see any. Also, Sweetwater 420 at the office. #
Got a mini keg of 420 through work. Who wants to come over? #
Went to rira near my new apartment; appears to be all fratastic ppl <22 #
#midtown where are you watching the world cup from #
I'm at taco MAC midtown on their @wanderingwifi. It's so slower than 4g…. and really close to 3g #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

Stephen — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:42:00 +0000

New evo 4g OS too re:@keithmcgreggor new iOs tomorrow in reply to keithmcgreggor #
Evo 4g just got an OTA update on Sprint…. supposed to be faster, have better wifi, and have better battery life #
This is going to be an economic disaster RT @zerohedge: Anadarko is evacuating non-essential workers from western GoM #
So. Stopped by the Apple store at penic today after lunch. They still have iPhone4s. Why did you wait in line? #
fixed typo RT @smileysteve: So. Stopped by the Apple store at lenox today after lunch. They still have iPhone4s. Why did you wait in line? #
@PittsJay @derekspringer Guys, I have some real life exp w/ the EVO4g. http://bit.ly/cMfjUE :: The iphone4 flat back not as comfy as 3gs. #
No clear winner? RT @nathansmith: Photo + video quality comparison of iPhone 4 + Evo 4G: http://bit.ly/cGHoYH #
#marta needs a new CEO like grady hospital has. Budget cuts not effect rush hour train service. Automate the trains! #
#marta needs a new CEO. Braves shuttle is when buses get best return on investment (highest ridership.) Boost profitable activities! #
http://twitpic.com/20zi8m camera 360 for Android has hdr, manual focus, and software is #evo4g #
@nathansmith You should try taking that phone photo comparison again with Android's Camera 360. http://twitpic.com/20zi8m #
@unrevoked I have an evo 4g running all stock stuff with the latest OTA in reply to unrevoked #
productivity 0. #
I don't understand how you don't understand html, containers, loops, and divs. I really don't. It's so logical. #
Somebody got FIRED RT @technosailor: ROFL…. Apple is hiring an Antenna Engineer. HILARIOUS! http://is.gd/da4R4 #
I hate myself a lot inside right now. Been trying to resolve conflicts for a week; coworker wrote a sweet new merge script that … worked #
http://twitpic.com/21cx8c at #smdayatl w @mattstech and @jennydevaughn #
#smdayatl hub spot is cool. Presentations starting. Good ppl here. #
Drinking a girl looking fruit cocktail at #smdayatl yeah so what if it's 2 weeks in a row #
Don't try to sell overtime you go on Twitter / facebook. Send more on sm campaigns. #smdauatl #
Sms use the only universal mobile way @research #smdayatl #
@tessa sms is the universal mobile 'app' @mashable #smdayatl #
How do you decide which handle to use for your diverse sm. #twitter @tessa #blohger #
Separating your 'saturday night' and rant from your brand is tough. Get diff handles. #smdayatl #
Fantasy aNd have you heard of 4 square are the new sm #smdayatl #
Huge number of blackberry users here. Slightly fewer android. More iPhone. #smdayatl #
My friend w/o Twitter just had me look up his friend @jeniferv #
#marta http://twitpic.com/21dqol waiting.g on some of the last buses. 30 minutes btween seems so slow. Get the new gray CEO to fix marta #
I was surprised how many people didn't recognize the evo 4g at #smdayatl inc @mikeschienkel #
Application discovery :: don't name your administration divs #ad_wrapper anybody running adblock won't see it. :: true story #
Wow, with 10k random values, array_diff takes 9.8s; cool idea on php.net, .024s. #
Looks like I'll be moving to Midtown soon. About time. #
Just read a sentence "Well constructed of MDF"…. laughed. #fiberboard #lies #
Turning off 3g (making a smart phone a dumb phone) makes a phone battery last forever. #evo4g going 1d5hr, 46% left. #
Just taught my dad how to crop and edit photos with Paint.net #
My dog is barking like crazy now RT: @andrewwatson: dear idiot neighbors: 1. today is the 3rd. 2: thanks for waking up my kids. 3. bite me. #
@GTPeach No, I'd say only if 4g will be your sole internet. re:Is the EVO enough better than iphone if you have a super discount fam plan. in reply to GTPeach #
@GTPeach how will you get the iphone for only $15/month. You know they add a $30 fee for iphones over family plans. #
#gtpeach I've only used ~ ATL so far. Map suggests 3g coverage is worse; but it roams on verizon's great net re: How is sprint cov. rel ATT #
@GTPeach ATT discriminates Iphone from other data plans, adds $30; just like sprint adds $10 for evo. #