Tech tweets of the week


15 Oct 2011

A compilation of this past week’s Twitter messages – from the serious to the whimsical – from some top names in technology.

“After taking up cycling to work I realise the next Irish civil war will be fought between cyclists + motorists. Why can’t we all get along?!”
–      Mark Little, founder of @Storyful

“More ‘media is unfair’ tripe from #aras11 candidates: @MiriamOCal was superb as moderator. Boo-hoo if candidates dislike tough questions.”
–      Adrian Weckler, digital editor of The Sunday Business Post

“Protip: Don’t mention you can do the worm in a slideshow. 200 students pressured me into doing it at a talk today. They were served.”
–      James Whelton, tech entrepreneur and first person to hack the iPod Nano

Government minister dumps documents in park bins http://bit.ly/pa9pCN “Hello Mr Letwin, let me introduce you to a shredder.”
–      Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos

“Reviewing final plans for #NokiaWorld … very excited about October 26th!”
–      Stephen Elop, CEO, Nokia

A combination of theft and begging has accidentally given the dogs a second dinner of chili and wine-gums. They’re rolling around in bliss.”
–      Ben Hammersley, editor at large of the UK edition of WIRED magazine

In Istanbul – 12:50am and still on my BlackBerry. Now I sort of wish there was another BlackBerry outage so I could go to sleep.”
–      Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of AOL Huffington Post Media Group

Great to see the UK Prime Minister joining LinkedIn and our 6M+ members in the UK.”
–      Jeff Weiner, CEO, LinkedIn