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• Agreed, Protovis rocks. RT @loggly: Woah. Check out the hotness that is Protovis.js: http://tr.im/TMm5 #javascript #graphing #
• #Metrics RT @brezina: This guy totally beat me to the homeless a/b testing experiment i've been wanting to do http://bit.ly/aNuug5 Awesome! #
• Wasn't @GMail supposed to get faster — it just seems to keep getting slower. #ComeOnGMailYouCanSendItNow #
• Didn't think I was very funny, but judging from @reachanika's reaction, I must be a clown and a standup comedian rolled into one! #crazykid #
• drool! RT @TechCrunch: Apple Posts A Boatload Of New iPad Footage – http://tcrn.ch/aXGut3 by @jasonkincaid #
• +1 RT @bfeld: RT @alleyinsider: If A VC Turns You Down, Don't Ask Them To Refer You To Someone Else by @Bfeld http://bit.ly/dDragg #
• Good post by @om RT @om: So here it is, my take on Quora's new funding: Is Quora Worth $86 Million? Or $100 Million? http://wp.me/p4P8c-slM #
• RT @SCSatCMU: Bill Campbell, chairman of Intuit, former exec at Apple, GO, Claris, speaks at 5:30 Tue at @CarnegieMellon's Tepper School #
• 'When you 'assume' you make an ass of u and me (ass-u-me).' scar wilde http://k9.vc/bcwTHP #
• Too many concurrent threads #RaceConditionsInMyHead Time to call Self.sleep(); and get ready for the start of the week! (it almost rhymes!) #
• RT @founderdating: Entrepreneurs, don't miss the window 2 find your co-founder. 4 days to apply 2 #founderdating on 4/6. #

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• Was about to order some books, but decided to wait for the #iPad to arrive and try getting eBooks instead. iBooks vs Kindle for iPad? #
• .@antonejohnson @shaig I always took the self-described 'visionary' to mean that they have hallucinations of their own grandeur. #
• RT @priyacmu: LOL. Now, THERE's a quote! "Life was much easier when Apple and BlackBerry were just fruits!" (via @iheartquotes @hanskkusuma) #
• Agreed. RT @mattmireles: My favorite thing about startup culture: the "Pay It Forward" mindset. #
• RT @stevejang: would be helpful if apple could create a pre-approval "beta tester" iphone app store rather than the UDID & file drop method. #

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• All this talk about #lean startups and #fat startups. I think I like my startups to just be healthy startups. (might have to do a full post) #
• Opted out! RT @othman: RT @kevinweil: See what Google thinks your interests are, as far as AdWords is concerned: http://bit.ly/4iC7O #
• Dear @GMail. I love you, but I hate having to wait for you. Would be so much nicer if you could try keeping pace with my feeble human speed. #
• RT @msuster: How to Improve Hiring at Startups http://bothsid.es/5gT #
• RT @eladgil: The 7 Types of Angel Investors – What is Good For Your Startup? http://bit.ly/cCZkN3 #
• Thought provoking post from the archives of @BillBurnhamCA: 'The Perfect VC: Operator or Investor?' http://k9.vc/ar0yAD (hat tip @Pitzburgh) #
• The original related article: In Bid to Sway Sales, Cameras Track Shoppers – http://nyti.ms/a1vhYC #
• This is like doing 'User Studies' but without the consent of the user. All kinds of ethics issues at play here. NYTimes: http://k9.vc/avptX9 #
• Shouldn't you be sleeping? #

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• RT @founderdating: Find your founder soulmate. 6 days left to apply to April 6th #founderdating http://founderdating.com #
• RT @dnanexus: Know someone looking to join a startup in a unique space? Engineer, UX, BD, PM DNAnexus is hiring! http://dnanexus.com/careers #
• Good to see eyetracking news! RT @TechCrunch: "Text 2.0" Eye-Tracking Reading Companion: Crazy Or Crazy Awesome? – http://tcrn.ch/dp8jCL #
• Wow. Guess there's DEMAND. RT @TechCrunch: What Lengths Will Cities Go To Be Google's Broadband Guinea Pig? – http://tcrn.ch/cpuysK #
• RT @venturehacks: Seed-stage investors don't like top-heavy companies: CEO, COO, CXO, CYO, VP of X, Y, and Z. It's almost an immediate pass. #
• RT @tseelig: RT @ihumera You're hired for skill, you're fired for attitude. Got to make sure you pick people w/the right attitude up front. #
• 'I don’t see this provision as a targeted strike on angel investors' RT @peHUB On That SEC “Review” of Angel Investments http://dlvr.it/M1Zp #
• .@quanza IMHO No. FB can add it in easily into their app and they don't have the location search component that GOOG and MSFT do. #
• Second. RT @dshen: ugh doing biz taxes. we need tax reform too! #
• I predict @foursquare will go to $MSFT and @gowalla will go to $GOOG. Crowdsourced location data is crucial for local search. #
• Creepy. RT @Rafe: Best, and pretty much only, swag from #Demo A thumb drive (get it?) from ThickButtons: http://twitpic.com/1au52o #
• Nice and short. RT @vhtalk: A lawyer's checklist for starting a startup: http://j.mp/cTELpm. Comments: http://j.mp/97o4L0. #
• Sometimes when you hit your targets, the best way to celebrate is to raise the bar. #RaisingTheBar #
• RT @mattcutts: Fantastic Gmail change: http://goo.gl/aUNh Suspicious IPs logging into your Gmail account trigger a big red warning message. #
• RT @Stanford: What's the #1 "Dream College" in the US, according to the Princeton Review's annual survey? http://bit.ly/9CEJeg #
• RT @founderdating: Q: do i need an idea to attend #founderdating A: NO! Just entrepreneurial drive! Apply by 4/1. http://founderdating.com #
• Congrats! RT @annimaniac: Thanks to all of the fantastic entrepreneurs for making it happen! Maples Investments is now FLOODGATE w/me all in #
• Congrats @m2jr & @annimaniac! RT @TechCrunch: Mike Maples Goes Pro As A Venture Capitalist, Launches FLOODGATE – http://tcrn.ch/a25C8P #
• 'Close up every company looks like Swiss cheese' ick Kramlich, NEA #
• 'The value of a partner is to save you from yourself' ick Kramlich, NEA #
• 'When in doubt, leave it out' ick Kramlich, NEA #
• 'You are one person away from a great company' (a CEO, a CTO, a sales guy etc) ick Kramlich, NEA #
• Dick Kramlich, co-founder of NEA (1978) talking about NEA, China and the state of VC at event earlier this week http://twitpic.com/1b1jje #

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• 'I could have had a third of Apple Computer for 50,000' : Nolan Bushnell. Everyone turned Apple down before Don Valentine #MoreThanMoney #
• 'these guys couldn't find their butts with both hands' Nolan Bushnell #MoreThanMoney #
• Sooo many quotables in #MoreThanMoney Loving it. Hilarious and down to earth. An absolute must watch. #
• 'INTEL went public the same day as Playboy Enterprises. It was memories over mammaries' #MoreThanMoney #
• INTEL's business plan was one page –double spaced. And with typos! #MoreThanMoney #
• 'Go west young man' : Arthur Rock #
• Watching #MoreThanMoney The Untold Tale of Risk, Reward and the Original Venture Capitalists #legends #
• Chance interactions and fun discussions w/Thomas Weisel, & Toni Rock (wife of Arthur Rock). #convertible cc @kentgoldman #
• Yes, was just talking about it today! RT @cdixon: The Valley is frothy!! #
• Sitting w/ @kentgoldman at amazing #WAVC event with lots of the legends of Silicon Valley in one room. http://twitpic.com/1axlmi #humbling #
• Wow, this event is like the oscars o the Venture Capital community. Everyone's here #WAVC http://twitpic.com/1axjgc #
• RT @twilio: have you seen our awesome new jobs page yet? We're hiring! http://www.twilio.com/jobs #
• Trying to fit in multiple events in one evening. WAVC Reception at the Computer History Museum and then on to #Startup2Startup #
• RT @eladgil: this Y-Combinator class: http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/23/y-combinator/ #
• RT @timoreilly: Important read: How the Tablet Will Change the (Computing) World (As We Know It) http://bit.ly/clqjl5 #

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