Selection of My Twitter Favorites, Edition 14

Twitter is a microblogging service where people answer the question "What are you doing?" via 140-character messages from their cellphone, laptop or desktop. You can select the messages you find useful, amusing, or both. Here is the 14th edition of My Twitter Favorites (the oldest post is at the bottom, the newest at the top):

	fredwilson Just wrapped up a meeting with someone who lit up a cigarette during the meeting. That hasn't happened to me in maybe ten years 1:55 PM Nov 12th from txt
	AllergyNotes Video: Google Trends predicts flu activity better than CDC data? http://www.google.org/about... 1:50 PM Nov 12th from web
	steverubel Google Flu Trends is totally awesome (note the CDC is a client) http://ff.im/-1ZTI 1:32 PM Nov 12th from FriendFeed
	AllergyNotes Considering data mining Twitter for "allergy" -- we may see some interesting trends: http://tinyurl.com/5b39vo 12:56 PM Nov 12th from web
	AllergyNotes Twitter has just passed the one-billion Tweet mark. I helped a bit w 2k posts http://tinyurl.com/6plxuy 12:15 PM Nov 12th from web
	pkedrosky @fredwilson the absence of "hedge" in hedge funds has been true for decades. name is a misnomer. always has been. 11:52 AM Nov 12th from twhirl in reply to fredwilson
	fredwilson Hedge fund manager: where is the 'hedge' in hedge funds? 11:47 AM Nov 12th from txt
	steverubel I wonder if Gmail video chat will become video email next. Bet it will. http://ff.im/-1FBi 9:26 PM Nov 11th from FriendFeed
	progressnotes ...and anxiety about getting "pimped" by my attending when I present the patient... 6:43 AM Nov 11th from web
	progressnotes Woke up well before my alarm. Probably anxiety about seeing my first patient at the VA Hospital today. 6:37 AM Nov 11th from web
	JasonCalacanis how does oil go from 140 a barrel to 60 in three months? $2 a gallon gas a couple of months after $4? http://www.wtrg.com/daily/c... 5:32 AM Nov 11th from web
	Stammy "According to the numbers, for every year a person worked past the age of 55, he/she died two years earlier." #retirementfail 1:27 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
	steverubel Sprint is tracking the global zeitgeist http://ff.im/-16Sf 3:32 PM Nov 10th from FriendFeed
	chrisseper Random Clinic doc walked up to me, called me Bill Gates, snapped my picture & walked off. 12:31 PM Nov 10th from txt
	KidneyNotes Drug reps taking pains to ensure I understand their drug is called "Lovaza" -- not "Lavaza," which is a type of espresso. 12:19 PM Nov 10th from TwitterBar
	KidneyNotes Patient just explained to me that his previous doctor smoked a cigar during the physical exam... 12:16 PM Nov 10th from TwitterBar
	steverubel Gmail is like the Swiss Army Knife of the Web. Now I am using it as a feed reader. http://ff.im/-UgZ 6:47 AM Nov 10th from FriendFeed
	davewiner I have 38725 emails in my inbox. I gave up a long time ago on going through all of them. Amazed some people try. :-) 8:54 PM Nov 9th from web
	ruraldoctoring @chrisseper @rlbates Jenny McCarthy is doing more harm than any dozen inept doctors could achieve in a lifetime. It's criminal. 11:01 AM Nov 9th from web in reply to chrisseper
	chrisseper Consistently disappointed at how quickly Jenny McCarthy's autism group is becoming so trendy and popular. 10:43 AM Nov 9th from twhirl

Micro-blogging on Twitter is easy, fun and can be very useful and educational if you follow/subscribe to interesting people.

You can read more here: A Doctor's Opinion: Why I Started Microblogging on Twitter and
visit my account at Twitter/AllergyNotes.