Broback's Blog

Great EconTalk interview. Katherine Newman of Princeton and her case studies of fast-food workers in Harlem. http://bit.ly/aBGIs1 # @cbarger “GM scouring Twitter, Facebook to reach unhappy customers” http://bit.ly/9lJq10 # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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@billfishkin @24k @chirp indeed looking forward to meeting you in SF! # @TechFrog are you around tomorrow? # Converting two days of the wsj to audio. Using clipboard to mp3 http://www.manythings.org/mac/ # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Post office accidentally delivered to our house the neighbor’s census paperwork to fill out. Sigh. #ourhealthcarefuture # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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On Wall St Wk: @mattbish says Dodd “the worst person to lead a reform program.” Dodd responsible for failed policies in the first place. # Apparently AIG was watched over by 400 regulators in 150 countries and all 50 states. @mattbish #governmentfail http://bit.ly/aUWzmG # @cbarger Glad to hear you are on the mend! Let’s talk […]

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The Economist: “…financial firms make far bigger campaign donations than any other industry in America.” http://bit.ly/96muuC # USA = duopoly = lousy connectivity. Chicago, our best-performing city, ranks 26th — below Sofia and Bucharest. http://bit.ly/cJDkwn # Economist: “Fairness” in society is driven by frequent engagement in market exchange and organized religion. http://bit.ly/9ApcTZ # @dacort Yes […]

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Just had @CloudContacts.com transcribe/enter scanned sxsw business cards into a downloadable csv. Fast, easy, and data looks solid…. # @ChadBrownRVA sure thing, let me know what dates work for you. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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How law enforcement agencies use social networking sites to gather data for investigations: http://bit.ly/aXut0X # @yush I’ve been using Quickeys since the late 1980’s to automate my Mac. What was that app you were going to show me? http://bit.ly/Vr5Qz # @yush let’s grab coffee next week… # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Glad @moniguzman graciously tolerated my opinionated ramblings about supply and command curves today… # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Back at the FileMaker Booth at SXSW. Come see me!#1219 # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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At the FileMaker booth (1219) at SXSW. Showing off how to import tweets from the Twitter API into desktop Database. Come see me! (till 3:30) # “SpeakLike” is twitter translation service. Article from the economist mentions it @briancrouch. http://bit.ly/apZv6Z # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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