Tech tweets of the week


24 Sep 2011

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

“Went running in Central Park this morning. Felt like the opening scene of a movie, where the music’s playing and the credits are overlaid.”
–      John Collison, entrepreneur, co-founder of Stripe

With the amount of disdain out there for the new Facebook design, perhaps a good time to launch a new social network? (That’s not by Google).”
–      James Whelton, tech entrepreneur and first person to hack the iPod Nano

The alarm is set for 4hrs and 30 mins from now. Still no sleep.”
–      Pat Phelan, director of products and innovation, MAXROAM

Oops, and a spelling mistake. This not my day.”
–      Jack Dorsey, creator, co-founder and executive chairman of Twitter; CEO of Square

What would an ethical framework for Internet governance look like?”
–      Ben Hammersley, editor at large of the UK edition of WIRED magazine

“The fb news ticker reminds me of the hate when the news feed launched, everyone will love/accept it in a few days.. watch.”
–      Kevin Rose, founder of Digg

“I just cooked a cheeseburger in 45 seconds. Microwaves truly are God’s gift to lazy people everywhere.”
–      Matt Cutts, Google engineer

“Of course I have to arrive in Dublin when it is Arthur’s day (World Guinness Day)”
–      Werner Vogels, Amazon.com CTO