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• Apple should expose SMSs in iTunes – backed up, but inaccessible. 'Text Messages: Digital Lipstick on the Collar' http://k9.vc/bBPWSj #
• Awesome talk — worth watching. 'How to Motivate People: Skip the Bonus and Give Them a Real Project' http://k9.vc/a6gQ7k (h/t @moraveji) #
• Guess doing it IRL wasn't enough! RT @mpapakipos: Game combines "fun" of parenting newborns with Wii – http://arst.ch/kk1 via @arstechnica #
• RT @anand_raj: Hottest summer on record in India since the 1800s; hundreds dead. OMG. http://gu.com/p/2hbt9/tw #
• Hmm, really @Skype? RT @newsycombinator: Skype lies, breaks "Skype-to-Skype"calls are free promise http://bit.ly/9bjbfo #
• RT @golan: is surprised more people aren't tagging BP signs with black paintball guns. #
• Wow, that's huge. Esp. for International calling. RT @Skype: Make and receive calls over 3G with our new iPhone app http://bit.ly/9yMLwm #
• Early Sunday morning meeting for portfolio company — at Peet's Coffee & Tea http://gowal.la/v/c/QecY/tw #

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• RT @CarnegieMellon: Pres. Obama to visit Carnegie Mellon on Wednesday! We'll let you know when we have details. #
• RT @fredwilson: Why Taxing Carried Interest As Ordinary Income Is Good Policy http://bit.ly/ab0p3D #
• .@j_lin Gestural UIs need built in training to help users understand the designer's way of thinking, to expose features & help user remember #
• RT @j_lin: Today's gesture UIs are like command-line interfaces in that you have to memorize them. Here's more: http://ignco.de/290 #
• Maybe swap ad UI w/ privacy UI? RT @jboutelle: Facebook ad interface so much easier to use than adwords it's not even funny. #
• Cool. RT @newsycombinator: Perfect email regex finally found http://bit.ly/dnDzJa #
• RT @danprimack: Breaking: House okays carried interest tax hike. Now onto the Senate… (well, when they get back from break) #
• Twitter needs to take a lesson from Facebook and not expire my login cooike as often as they do. #
• RT @todfrancis: What BP does not want you to see. Nasty. http://bit.ly/c1et41 #
• I've said it before and I'll say it again: Stealth is overrated. Startups should use every opportunity to get their name out. #
• Bunker around the green was giving me a stiff upper lip: http://twitpic.com/1s7g4a Conquered: http://twitpic.com/1s7gb6 cc @salimismail #
• Golf w/@salimismail — at Palo Alto Golf Course http://gowal.la/v/c/PTxe/tw #
• Hoping @Twitter doesn't mess w/ @BPGlobalPR & @SarahPalinUSA acounts. Can verify real ones, but there is a place for satire. #
• RT @RobGlaser: Has "We Report, You Decide" become "We Distort, You Try To Catch Us"? Fox has been caught in a whopper: http://j.mp/8YT6xv #

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• RT @newsycombinator: Top kill animation from BBC – how BP oil well is being plugged http://bit.ly/9fNgHw #
• 'It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings' http://k9.vc/chubb0 Deal's not done till money's in the bank. #HoldYourHorses #Don'tCountChickens #
• I'm at Madera in Menlo Park, CA http://gowal.la/v/c/Pxqd/tw #
• RT @jtoeman: RT @fontosaurus: BP wants Twitter to shutdown fake account mocking BP. Twitter wants BP to shutdown leak that’s ruining ocean. #
• +1 RT @newsycombinator: Gmail has become unusably slow http://bit.ly/bEPlsk #
• Signing docs/wiring funds for @k9ventures and it's not even 7:00 AM yet! #
• Officially fried, can no longer compose coherent message. Fighting a losing battle with inbox. #LiveToFightAnotherDay #

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• Any startups in the Bay Area looking for an Office Manager? Have a candidate who I can recommend. Email/DM me for more info. #
• Glad to hear this: House Votes to Allow Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Law – http://nyti.ms/bZO40E #
• Met some great people at the Motwani Mentors / Rajeev's Circle get together. Prof. Motwani's impact reached far & wide, continues even today #
• RT @moraveji: For mundane mechanical tasks, more rewards=better perf. Not w/creative tasks: autonomy, mastery, purpose. http://bit.ly/c2yblI #
• .@rkteck1245 I rank referrals based on their source. Entrepreneurs >> Angels >> VCs >> Network >> Direct Email/Twitter >> Brokers/Bankers #
• When I receive a Seed or Series A pitch through a middleman (Investment Banker/Broker), that in itself is enough of a sign. #ZeroChance #
• The best days are when I get to spend time with some super smart and passionate founders. #FiredUp #
• Ha! RT @newsycombinator: Is it possible to jump over the flag pole in Super Mario Bros? YES http://bit.ly/aHjbOD #
• Way cool. RT @bfeld: if you like space launches, this shuttle launch video is amazing – http://bit.ly/9CJa8k #
• Congrats @jrpowers & @vikasreddy! RT @occipital: New Blog Post – Announcing ClearCam 1.0! http://bit.ly/dyCif2 #

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• Why the iPad changes media/magazines RT @sarahintampa: Can't afford the Wired iPad app? Watch the video instead: http://youtu.be/Wrzkl03dBG0 #
• Thank you to the folks who responded to my tweet re insurance. Appreciate the great advice from folks on Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn! #
• Helping a startup figure out options for business insurance (Commercial General Liability). Any recommendations for firms/agents? Thanks! #
• Kids got style, crazy! RT @raanan: hard to watch RT @gruber: Two year-old in Sumatra with two-pack-a-day habit: http://youtu.be/EHJqwwXkD4E #
• Thanks to @golan for clueing me in to The EyeWriter project. http://www.eyewriter.org/ #
• lol RT @bussgang: What do Tony Blair and Rob Glaser have in common? Trophy hires for VCs this week. http://mee.bo/8WXymV #
• Right on. +1 RT @chchien: why is the #linkedin product so painfully hard to use? it has so much potential, yet unfulfilled! #
• Found several people to follow on Twitter by using the LinkedIn Tweets application http://k9.vc/a1JSDG Too many to follow! (h/t @dpatil) #
• About time. Too bad it's only 18 months. NYTimes: Ex-Police Chief Is Sent to Jail for Molesting Indian Girl – http://nyti.ms/c3TMIc #

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