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why, hello Monday, you magnificent jerk.

>"Eventually we'll say we need to use the full depth of the oceans, not just their surfaces, and then of course there's only one solution to our new URLs-as-geodata problem:..." -- Anil Dash

Read it for the punchline (nerd alert)!

@adactio what's in PHX? Or is it just a layover?

He was so deadly, that his enemies would go blind from exposure to Pure Awesomeness.

My iPhone has been incredibly laggy since I installed 3.1. Bummed. (via @ccgus) << Ditto

@chrismessina which app?

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family snow-boot-trying-on time

Man, i need some seriously BOMBASTIC music today.

The fact that Anil publishes his thoughts for free sometimes astonishes me. He should be receiving honoraria for every blog post he writes. This whole post on the future of the now de-facto-standard Twitter API is quotable, so go read it, but here are a few excerpts:

>Now, the first meaningful efforts to support Twitter's API on other services mark the maturation of the API as a de facto industry standard and herald the end of its period of rapid fundamental iteration.

On the password anti-pattern:

>This is usually where I'd insert a dozen examples of how sharing passwords screws users, services, and the ecosystem, but I know that developers often just use shared passwords because they're lazy. Do the right thing, guys. The client devs will follow along.

On service discovery:

>Instead of reinventing the wheel, developers should look at supporting RSD and looking for something like a "tweetsapi" endpoint for these new services.

On standards bodies and committees:

>Here's my recommendation: Don't. Don't do any of that shit, and don't run off to make membership badges for the Treehouse Club quite yet. Instead, just iterate and ship. Keep making new apps and see what you can do to stretch the limits of the existing methods and structures.

Fellow web nerds and countrymen, please go read it, think on it, take it to heart.

Update: I was remiss to not mention Anil's shoutout to Dave, who definitely deserves credit for his long-time evangelism of Twitter's API as a service backbone:

>Finally, thanks a lot to Dave Winer for essentially inspiring a lot of players in blogging to move towards embracing the Twitter API.

Official Coffee Times now commencing: http://officialcoffeetimes.com

too many ideas for LEGO builds, too little brick. And time.

#dropbox is my new best friend.

@anildash Haven't seen it yet, but Clooney seems to be maturing nicely.

@monkchips a "haze of predictions"?

nothing says christmas like peppermint jojos #tradejoesismynewbicycle

.@gowalla is giving away 100 Limited Edition Gowalla iPod nanos. Because I never win anything: http://gowal.la/gift

we have a signed contract on a house #omg they want to move quick, so we could own in 30 days!

@apgwoz my fingers can't learn emacs. perhaps with a personal tutor... no, it is impossible.

I don't mind Textile, but the Textmate plugin blows chunks.