The experiment has gone on for a few weeks, and mostly I have been pleased with the results of incorporating Twitter content into my LiveJournal.  I particularly like it when I interleave photos into the posts.

But to avoid a flood of E-Tech related tweets, for this week I am suspending the cross-posting. 

I am considering resuming the practice on a more permanent basis in a week, but before I do resume I would love to hear your thoughts on my experiment.  Please let me know...

Poll #1362751 To Twit or Not to Twit... That is the Question.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 33

Have you enjoyed reading my twitterings in LiveJournal?

Would you like me to continue cross-posting from Twitter to LJ?

If I created an LJ filter group for my Twitter cross posts, would you want to be on it?

I am in an experimental phase, trying to figure out how / if to integrate Twitter into LJ. Please let me know your thoughts on this experiment. You can also follow me on Twitter directly: twitter.com/radven

11:00 Enjoying some last moments of fast WiFi and stellar views at our cabin on Donner Lake. This was an amazing place to spend the weekend.

15:12 The nice thing about a snowball fight with @serolynne is that everyone wins. Now headed down from Donner Pass... twitpic.com/1xz1t

20:56 After a long day of driving, we are home at last. @kikinator was kind enough to share her tuna sandwich with me. twitpic.com/1y7wy

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11:25 One of the highlights last night - learning how to play Texas No-Limit Hold'Em. I at last understand the lingo of the game....

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17:50 Just wrapped up a great day skiing Sugar Bowl. The cat-ears hat that Lindsay loaned me got a lot of compliments! twitpic.com/1w4xf

17:52 Now we are settling into our AWESOME cabin for the weekend - right on Donner Lake! Great group of people here. twitpic.com/1w50j

17:58 This cabin has everything - WiFi, fireplace, stocked closet full of games, and a lake-side hot tub!!! twitpic.com/1w56b

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15:32 Fantastic meeting this morning with @matthewcashmore at Lonely Planet. Lots of fabulous conversation.

15:46 Matthew convinced us to stick around SF to attend the Lonely Planet Travel Blogger Awards on March 26th. Very worthy delaying a few days!

16:21 Now visiting Robynne for another fitting on our custom outfits. My vest with tails is looking awesome! twitpic.com/1vg8g

16:22 Cherie's corset is shaping up (literally!) nicely too. Yum! twitpic.com/1vg9t

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10:53 It is easier and quicker to look up directions and driving times on my iPhone than on my laptop. Less buttons to press & knows where I am.

10:55 I really wish my laptop (and through it web apps like Google Maps) were location aware. Every gadget should know "where am I"...

10:58 On the other hand, the iPhone lacks cut&paste or data detectors - making looking up an address in an email or calendar entry a royal pain.

16:30 Went to Kragen to try and get snow chains for our ski weekend, and they were sold out of our size. *ugh* Better luck in Sacramento??

17:07 My iPhone has been auto-deleting old voice mail messages lately. Is this a new "feature", or a sudden enforcement of AT&T policy? *grrr*

17:23 @ifixitlive Take a look at the Mac Mini power supply brick too please. Is it identical to the old Mini brick? Compatible? More efficient?

20:32 Wow - repo men with a flatbed truck going door-to-door looking for an Expidition. Never seen that before other than on TV. Sign of times?

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14:44 Egads - just a week until #ETech! @serolynne and I are looking forward to all the cool speakers and sessions on the agenda next week.

14:48 Our #ETech presentation on technomadic living is "Tales from Technomadia" - Thursday morning at 9:40am. bit.ly/GE9p

15:36 Driving rain intermixed with bouts of sun. Today's weather is ferocious!

15:39 I love the specs on the new Mac Mini. Particularly exciting to a solar driven nomad is the "world's most energy efficient" claim.

15:40 I doubt most (any?) review sites will do actual power consumption benchmarks comparing the new and old Mac Mini. Is it worth the upgrade?

22:21 @macminicolo Does the new Mac Mini use the same power supply as the old one? What are the differences in power consumption?

00:02 @SnappyTouch I'm curious what an ideal iPhone application publisher would look like to you. What would you most want from a publisher?

01:08 U2's new "No Line On The Horizon" is just $3.99 for MP3 download at Amazon. This price makes me happy to BUY music! bit.ly/14aTOh

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10:56 @adamjackson If you are going to focus on tweet quantity over quality for the next three weeks, I think I will be unfollowing you for now.

13:41 Apple on the Gates banned list. Melinda Gates: "Every now and then I look at my friends and say, 'Ooh, I wouldn't mind having that iPhone'"

13:43 I'd hate be forced to live with Windows Mobile too. Poor Melinda. Her kids aren't allowed to have iPods either. Grounds for divorcing Bill?

15:55 @hot_turkey WTF?!?! $1200 to repair a laptop keyboard?!? You need a second opinion. Was there motherboard damage too?

16:09 Just took @kikinator in to have her sutures removed, and her final immunization shot. She is such a good kitten! twitpic.com/1t5di

16:48 @karenbynight But did Juniper forbid their employees children from using Cisco / Linksys products? Forcing kids to carry a Zune is cruel!

23:31 @harrymccracken I think I was at the same Circuit City this evening. It is sad to watch these retail giants die. twitpic.com/1td13

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03:28 @tkrphoto I was planning to just take the HAM Technician test this time around, but I may consider jumping straight to General.

11:19 Lying in bed, listening to the rain, wondering what's next...

14:45 One thing really lacking on the iPhone is a standardized global search mechanism. I really hope the Palm Pre gets this right.

14:47 With the focus on searching the cloud, on device search has been ignored. I have yet to see anyone improve on PalmOS from 10 years ago!

14:51 As much as I love the iPhone, it is sad how many common tasks are still quicker and easier on an ancient Palm Pro with Grafitti 1. *sigh*

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11:01 I need to figure out what to wear to a "formal" party tonight. With this crowd, the creative interpretation of "formal" is encouraged...

16:13 We got a kitten in the mail today. The cuteness is overwhelming!!! twitpic.com/1rf44

16:30 @idarose If you ditch Vista, you will be removed from the pain of everyday people. You need to know their pain to forecast their needs.

16:39 HearPlanet: Broke through 80,000 downloads last week. Stay tuned for updates, new app soon. (via @HearPlanet) - Not bad for 2 months!

19:05 An amazing voice, gifted storyteller, and living legend has died. "Paul Harvey was the most listened to man in the history of radio..."

01:47 Just took an online practice test for my HAM technician license. 91.4% correct. "That was a great score! - You're ready!"

01:49 That was much easier than I expected. I barely studied. @serolynne has been passing the sample exams too. I guess we need to get tested!

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16:39 We are contemplating a redesign of Technomadia.com, using WordPress or Drupal. Anyone know of any skilled / cheap designers?

16:41 We have heard good things about using odesk.com to find people for quick web design projects. Thoughts?

18:26 Evening plans fell through, so tonight is suddenly undefined. Party invite in Oakland, but may just stay in and do taxes and web work...

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20:38 At the Abundance League talk on "Traveling on Purpose" - there are so many amazing and inspiring people here!

20:51 The General Manager of Lonely Planet is telling people how important it is to "just go" - and he used us as an example. Wow.

00:28 @girlpurple - looking forward to skiing with you next week! We are 4wd, but have no chains. Should we get some? Yay - snow!!!!

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17:32 Listening to @serolynne getting frustrated dealing w a BofA screwup on the phone. Sometimes I think the banking industry deserves to die.

21:25 At "Ask Dr. Hal" at Chicken John's place in SF. What should I ask the wise Sage of the Odeon tonight? twitpic.com/1p6s0

00:16 The Dr. Hal show was great. Wisdom, poetry, giant killer ants, and random hillbillies living in a trailer over the stage. Not bad for a Wed!

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08:49 Just picked up a rental cargo van. Going to spend today hauling a literal ton of Smart Power Energy Drink to our storage unit.

08:51 Smart Power is the best tasting soda and best feeling energy drink I have ever run across. It is a shame that they need to liquidate it.

22:52 Argh!!! Our kitten @ kikinator just managed to find a stapler and drop it on my head. She is learning to use gravity for evil. Egads!!!!

23:19 Spent a long day hauling Smart Power Energy Drink from Benecia to Sacramento, and then another run to Mountain View. Hauled two tons of it!

23:22 Ever wonder what a ton of energy drink looks like? Check out this photo of @TheThriveCoach loading us up. twitpic.com/1ojpt

23:24 We didn't have the luxury of a forklift to help with the unloading into our storage unit in Sacramento... twitpic.com/1ojq1

23:30 @lemketron We provided delivery service to Mountain View for two friends who are splitting a pallet. The second ton was not for us.

23:59 Is Yahoo now irrelevant? Overheard asking a Yahoo employee: "If I google Yahoo, will I find the address of your office?" bit.ly/EiwwQ

00:27 @lemketron I blogged about Smart Power several times in the past, but now the company is shut down. I will sell you a case though.

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19:21 Spent the afternoon replacing the guts of our Fantastic roof vent. Got it sealed up just in time. The rain sensor works now - yay!!!

21:14 Elgato EyeTV Hybrid we bought at Macworld was defective - came up as a USB 1.1 device half the time. Elgato sent a replacement - it is DOA!

21:15 I've tested the DOA EyeTV on two different machines, and it doesn't even show up on the USB bus at all. Do they do any QA on these things?

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11:50 Whenever I take photos of @kikinator, Cherie tells me "stop encouraging this behavior just because it is cute!" twitpic.com/1mx30

12:23 At last @kikinator has found her way into the trouble she has been looking for all morning! twitpic.com/1mxqe

12:47 @hot_turkey If you want to hear treasure hunt / The Game stories - I can go on for hours! I can let you know when I hear of another one.

12:54 @nhendin We missed playing with you yesterday Neil. The Palm pre is a harsh and demanding mistress, huh?

16:20 We are getting fitted for the custom outfits we are having made. Robynne is fitting Cherie's corset now. Yum! twitpic.com/1n40r

22:05 I just caught @kikinator drinking a beer! Kittens these days are out of control! What next, catnip?!? twitpic.com/1n9ou

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16:28 Spending the day running all around SF playing in the BATH4 puzzle hunt... #

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14:03 Having lunch at Google, catching up with an old friend. There is a T-Rex skeleton here! @ The Googleplex, Mountain... loopt.us/_I9efg #

14:18 Two dozen kids on a string were just led in front of the T-Rex. They are being blindfolded. T-Rex feeding time? twitpic.com/1lfro #

14:22 Ah - they are teaching kids to do a bubble sort by height - without talking. Those crazy googlers! I wonder were the kids came from? #

14:47 The food at Google is insanely good. Some of it is grown in an organic garden right here in the courtyard. Yum! twitpic.com/1lghu #

14:51 There is also a solar powered race car on display today. This place is like Disney's EPCOT without tourists. twitpic.com/1lgl1 #

15:19 @zoeythegreat @nerfduck No - I don't work at Google. Just visiting a friend who works there. Yeah - I guess I am the tourist.. #

16:20 At the Ham Radio Outlet getting books and info. Hoping to get a Ham license and some gear soon. Would like to volunteer in disaster areas. #

17:03 I like the idea of using our trailer as a ham-equipped mobile command center. But this van - wow - TEN antennas!! twitpic.com/1ljue #

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02:23 Girls who know their Rush music turn me on. *grin*

12:34 I am growing increasingly convinced that the Palm Pre will kick major ass. This summer I am expecting having to make a hard choice...

13:48 @lemketron Even if the pre does equal the iPhone, a lot of people (me included) have significant $$$ invested in purchased apps. And money invested in apps is a great way to lock in users to keep them from switching platforms. It amazes me how few mobile folks get this. Symbian even baked in the stupid assumption that users buying a new phone should need to re-buy all their apps. Lame!

Even at Palm/Source - we did a lousy job making device migration easy and really taking advantage of our app advantage. *sigh*

One thing Apple has done is to allow a family to all install the same apps on multiple devices without re-buying them. Nice!

18:52 About to head off for a movie night with friends to watch "The Call of the Wild" documentary about the Chris McCandless tragedy.

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11:26 Generate Kindness. Everywhere. @Gener8Kindness #

12:26 I never would have imagined in my life that I would be buying a beverage by the ton. But $300 for a pallet of Smart Power is an insane deal. #

13:41 Great independent bookstore Stacey's in downtown SF is going out of business. Yikes! twitpic.com/1k4k9 #

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