Does *your* tech conference have an organist who plays Queen while you wait for the morning keynote? No, I didn't think so. #awesome #osb12

OH @bryanl: "Before I dumped the data into NoSQL I had one problem; now I have lots, like figuring out if my data is still there." #RubyConf

The best part of @hackweek may be the hard deadline w/no external commitments; focus on getting something out the door.

I met Steve Jobs at the Apple Store opening in Palo Alto. I joked about meeting fellow Reed dropouts everywhere, and he laughed. RIP, Steve.

Hanging out in Oakland with @hannahkapell. Who, in a fit of obvious insanity, has agreed to marry me. Photo evidence: pic.twitter.com/Np0rf6mn

I love that the nicest guy in programming (@yukihiro_matz) is trolling all of us @twitter about how Ruby is fast enough for other companies.

People ask me what it is that makes working at Twitter so great; I tell them it's the trust + support of my colleagues: http://t.co/70RciQoK

I'm reminded over and over again that the best way to actually understand something is to be required to clearly explain it to someone else.

Perhaps the best drink-related line in the Mad Men to date: "make it simple, but significant". I may use this as a new call drink order.

Oh man do I wish this movie was real: http://bit.ly/d6wan2

New Thinkpad is happily running Ubuntu w/custom xorg.conf, Firefox set up w/@duckduckgo as search provider..."neckbeard" status verified.

Current status: drinking Johnny Walker Blue in the office at 3:30 on a Thursday. /cc @jointheflock

A: "I still can't hit that endpoint in staging." B: "Don't worry, it'll be in production in a minute."

Meeting bingo card (thanks @x5315) pic.twitter.com/dW4oyAMs

"By the way, I like coal." Um, yeah. Great plan.

'Some of the best engineering minds in Silicon Valley, like @kevinweil...work on the “revenue engineering” teams...' http://t.co/7lmL1voE

Trust me, it's even funnier if you know the backstory. (/cc @matasar @esbie) http://t.co/bnce8cEM

Why yes, I *am* putting Base64-encoded JSON data into a hidden form field. You got a problem with that? #hackweek

I love the "notepad" joke implicit in Apple's name ("A4") for the new processor in the iPad.

This came up as a hypothetical project idea during a lunch conversation at work this week. I'm glad it already exists.  http://laughingsquid.com/supercut-of-motivational-training-scenes-in-movies/ …