Selection of My Twitter Favorites, Edition 15

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 15th edition of My Twitter Favorites (the oldest post is at the bottom, the newest at the top):

	KidneyNotes Little two minute hourglasses with colored sand -- shockingly helpful. 1:29 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck
	KidneyNotes Still here: writing, and consuming a lot of Nespresso capsules. 1:00 PM Nov 16th from TwitterBar
	firstaidteam Hello and welcome to the first ever attempt at USMLE Step 1 board prep through Twitter. 12:13 AM Nov 16th from web
	pkedrosky All day I've been desperate to get home and plant carrots. Something trips in my brain to agriculture In response to feeling over-scheduled 9:43 PM Nov 15th from twitterrific
	chrisseper Son just turned to me and said: "I'm the decider." 2:57 PM Nov 15th from twhirl
	davewiner Watched the first weekly address from Obama. There are two Obamas, one that drones and that other that's fired up and ready to go. 12:53 PM Nov 15th from web
	wheezemd @AllergyNotes Great work at the ACAAI meeting. Definitely enjoyed your commentary on Twitter. 12:47 PM Nov 15th from web in reply to AllergyNotes
	Stammy It's @garyvee's birthday and all he wants is 97 more followers to hit 20,000. help him out!! http://twitter.com/garyvee 4:04 PM Nov 14th from TweetDeck
	DrGourmet Obviously a bit slow in clinic but when it rains in New Orleans people don't go out. 3:39 PM Nov 14th from web
	johnbattelle Just did change of address on usps.com. Smart site, easy to use, good marketing integrations. Did I just say that about a govt site?! 2:33 PM Nov 14th from web
	ev First - "listen." Second - "be confident, but not certain." (Madeleine Albright, via @bfeld http://twurl.nl/llptgk (via @timoreilly) 12:28 PM Nov 14th from web
	AllergyNotes Twitter works well for creating a searchable, "no login required" archive of notes. A bonus: You can use later it for blogging ideas. 10:55 PM Nov 13th from web
	steverubel What would the Romans say if they visited in our offices in a time machine and saw us pecking away at computers all day? http://ff.im/-2uKe 3:39 PM Nov 13th from FriendFeed
	atask Fail Whale! Couldn't get on Twitter for at least 15 min. Disoriented. Short of breath, lightheaded. Barely functioning... 3:27 PM Nov 13th from web
	AllergyNotes Google Trends: searches for "suicide methods" show a steady increase in the same time period (scroll right to see) http://tinyurl.com/5g36ab 11:48 PM Nov 12th from web
	AllergyNotes Google Trends shows searches for "Obama hope" went way up in Q4 of 2008 (scroll right to see): http://tinyurl.com/5bvdqt 11:46 PM Nov 12th from web
	HowardKurtz Google stock has dipped below $300. On other hand, GM stock is $3.08. And one actually makes things. 9:14 PM Nov 12th from web
	pkedrosky people. i'm kidding about the $GE boardseat. We taxpayers are all GE boardmembers now. I should learn to be less opaque/sarcastic. 2:39 PM Nov 12th from TweetDeck
	pkedrosky Awesome. I'm now a GE board member. This has been such a good year for me getting on marquee boards. 2:32 PM Nov 12th from TweetDeck
	pyknosis The last time I bought gas, it was $4.10 per gallon. Now, it's $2.45. Crazy. 2:21 PM Nov 12th from Hahlo

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.


Obama: "Fired Up? Ready To Go!"