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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-20

  • First twitter libel verdict in the UK http://bbc.in/gu5cRp #
  • Aero engineers versus quants – is math talent being rewarded fairly? http://bit.ly/eVN2iW #
  • TCD’s Eoin O’Dell blog post questions the legality of the #ecf11 http://bit.ly/dGoKNI (via @thenext50k) #
  • @stephenkinsella totally agree with http://bit.ly/hOV6ie this ridiculous framework will hamstring our unis in competing for eu funding #
  • @stephenkinsella got called to 2 FP7 proj. funding hearings. #ecf11 creates a prob for those who are bringing funding INTO ire frm eu #
  • @stephenkinsella never anticipated we’d be held back by our own government. Knowledge Econ my ass #ecf11 #
  • @brianmlucey thanks for the RT #
  • Many of us “contract research” types didn’t want the pension. Pointed this out to dep fin a few times but no comprehension #ecf11 #
  • @aidankane Most contract researchers don’t anticipate 40 yr pub-sec career. Did the dep fin ask ANYBODY about #ecf11 #
  • @stephenkinsella well, it will be quite embarassing if Ire research groups hv to pull out of hi-profile eu projects due to gov interference #
  • @liamgarvey agreed #
  • RT @Suw: RT @gnat: The week of #sxsw sees the Internet emit less interesting and significant tech but significantly more retweets of wank πŸ™‚ #
  • How dumb thinking leads to poor decisions. Common mistakes in reasoning http://bit.ly/g0PTsZ #
  • @stacyherbert totally agree. He couldn’t be any less electable for most developed world electorates but not Italy. It’s disturbing #
  • Listening to a bit of alison krauss while I wind down from hiking through a few hundred pages of technobabble http://youtu.be/axhLruo9SqA #
  • Noonan gives France his deux centimes on their ultra low effective tax rate http://bit.ly/gcMEtf #
  • @fmacconghail The #imf builkding is our home away from home #
  • .@Caterina Fake’s neat blog post on why social media is driven by the fear of missing out http://bit.ly/gsPoqN #
  • A bit like google wave, the most widely used tools to talk about social media are twitter, facebook etc. A per… (cont) http://deck.ly/~sSgGV #
  • @normanwyse kids are only profitable if you give them a trade (e.g. chimney sweeping) & a cockney accent πŸ™‚ #
  • RT @normanwyse: The complexities and contradictions of being an Irish academic: http://wp.me/pgntC-14e <totallly agree but few “get it” #
  • @normanwyse classic developed economy problem. Lifestyle overrides biological imperative to reproduce #
  • @normanwyse lifestyle is our short-termist reward system for stressful yet not obviously useful existence #
  • @normanwyse somewhere deep in our minds we perceive the futility but lifestyle+products keep us docile. Opium of the ppl etc. #
  • @cgallagher vodafone, magnet, digiweb, clearwire, 3 broadband, think o2 still do business DSL #
  • @cgallagher upc. It’s not perfect but the broadband connection is undeniably speedy #

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