Jason Pontin

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“Technology Review on the extensible Obama: http://tinyurl.com/56wbp8”

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posted five messages on Twitter

“Off to bed - and the Chapter on "Late Antiquity" in Paul Veyne's magisterial "History of Private Life."”

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“It's vulgar to link to blogs about one's self or things one writes: but this was flattering: http://communicate.os3.sg/?p=4...”

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“What sort of madman would invent a bananna-scented carpet cleaner? It's madness, I tell you!”

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I can only guess, someone who has a one-year-old and who has grown accustomed to the carpet smelling like banana anyway. - Eric Roston

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“One can always work harder, until one can't.”

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“@praeburn I do not defend Freud (in fact, dislike him), but he thought his years of analysis provided a kind of experimental database.”

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“@netzkobold Thanks, muchly!”

Wednesday at 1:54 pm - Link

“@guykawasaki Who should I speak to these days about speakers/programming at the Churchilll Club?”

Wednesday at 1:54 pm - Link

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“Any one know who makes the decisions for programming/speakers at the Churchill Club these days?”

Wednesday at 1:37 pm - Link

Karen Tucker is the one you want, Jason... she's the CEO. ktucker at churchillclub dot org - Sam Whitmore

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“And: I will never read a novel by Thomas Mann. Life's too short. There are many other, better things to read. He was a wanker.”

Wednesday at 12:26 pm - Link

that's a bummer. I think I'm saying a lot to a few:-) - Francine Hardaway via IM

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“@whiteafrican Well, @chrisalden is just buying the talent; just as Six Apart was only buying Chris when they acquired Rojo, Chris's startup.”

Tuesday at 11:00 am - Link

“Technology Review asks: What is the business case for shuttering Pownce? http://www.technologyreview.co...”

Tuesday at 10:29 am - Link

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“At work in Cambridge.”

Tuesday at 7:55 am - Link

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“@ToddGailun ooh, Baudrillard. Now, that's an interesting idea. Who, however, to pair him with?”

Monday at 8:17 pm - Link

“At home in Boston, reading Cicero.”

Monday at 7:59 pm - Link

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“On balance - on balance, mind you - the Duke of Edinburgh is more elegantly dressed than that conscious dandy, the Prince of Wales.”

Monday at 6:27 pm - Link

“Watching "Monarchy" on PBS with tremendous interest in the Duke of Edinburgh's suits.”

Monday at 6:21 pm - Link

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“@leahculver I'm very sorry about Pownce. It had real promise! But you'll like Chris Alden, who was my CEO at Red Herring.”

Monday at 4:09 pm - Link

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“I'm sorry, Leah! Pownce closes: http://tinyurl.com/5mgdrk”

Monday at 2:59 pm - Link

“@SexySEO I really do. I thought it weird to announce Hilary, Gates, and the NSC advisor and not mention the 2 other people who matter.”

Monday at 2:56 pm - Link

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“Do we know yet who will be CIA director and National Intelligence Director? Is the betting still Lake and Adm. Blair?”

Monday at 11:18 am - Link

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“Tech Review explains how to make old brains young again: http://www.technologyreview.co...”

Monday at 8:34 am - Link

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“At work in Cambridge on a rainy morning.”

Monday at 6:08 am - Link

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“Is mildly irritated that Google Chrome only works on PCs. Why must he use Safari?”

Sunday at 7:54 pm - Link

“My wife is watching the "Sex in the City" film. As Tony Lane wrote: repulsive. 4 hobbits in search of a ring. But it's also quite racist.”

Sunday at 7:14 pm - Link

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“But I think I should ask at this point: What *is* so funny about peace, love, and understanding?”

Sunday at 3:03 pm - Link

“At home in Boston with Alonzo and Ferdinando the Bulldog, editing Robert X. Cringely on Multi-core computing, listening to Elvis Costello.”

Sunday at 3:00 pm - Link

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“A famous Latin epitaph: sum quod eris, fui quod es. "I am what you will be; I was what you are." Gloomy, man. Real gloomy.”

November 29 at 9:58 pm - Link

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“At home in Boston, catching up with email, listening to Django Reinhardt.”

November 29 at 1:14 pm - Link

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“Happy Thanksgiving, all, from Boston. Jason, Anne, Alonzo, and Ferdinando the Bulldog.”

November 27 at 5:30 pm - Link

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“Oh my God. #Mumbai The Taj Hotel is on fire. This feels so tragic: http://tinyurl.com/642jme”

November 26 at 2:54 pm - Link

“#mumbai Retweeting @shefaly The Mumbai Wiki is now up and being updated: http://tinyurl.com/5pbnde”

November 26 at 2:34 pm - Link

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“I have stayed at the Taj in Mumbai many times - including my honeymoon. It feels very surreal to be reading about these attacks.”

November 26 at 12:23 pm - Link

“Editing a review of Lord Renfrew's book, "Prehistory," for the January issue of Technology Review.”

November 26 at 12:05 pm - Link

“Retweeting @techreview: New research explains the mechanism of how cells age: http://www.technologyreview.co...”

November 26 at 11:06 am - Link

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“At work in Cambridge on a bright morning on the border between Fall and Winter.”

November 26 at 8:10 am - Link

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“Heading over to the MIT campus.”

November 25 at 1:46 pm - Link

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“Hey, all! @techreview has 1,200-something followers? Are you, one? No? Why not?”

November 25 at 10:24 am - Link

“@SexySEO Except that John just lost the contract with GigaOm to provide "social media marketing." Om's off to IDG.”

November 25 at 10:23 am - Link

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“I can't even begin to describe how much I prefer working in Google's Chrome to any other Web browser: it's austere, elegant, powerful.”

November 25 at 7:48 am - Link

“At work in Cambridge, MA. on a rainy morning. Thinking about budgets for 2009... but who knows what ad revenues will be next year?”

November 25 at 7:26 am - Link

posted nine messages on Twitter

“To bed - and James Woods "How Fiction Works."”

November 24 at 9:39 pm - Link

“@saleemkhan Well, true. But, sometimes, one people would have to be saints not to hate another people.”

November 24 at 9:25 pm - Link

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“Heading home to cook fish stew on a chilly Boston evening.”

November 24 at 4:27 pm - Link

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