Beware disciplined people who live in a fantasy world. — @marick

Android vs iPhone is like command line vs Windows. IPhone: wysiayg-what you see is all you get. Android: "you get what you can find" — @pragdave

Give someone a program, frustrate them for a day. Teach someone to program, frustrate them for a lifetime. — @excid3

The Yoda Methodology: "Do, or Do Not. There is no Try." Note that "Do Not" is a perfectly valid, if underutilized, approach. — @PragmaticAndy

The first tweet from a new computer is like first light for a new telescope, if a telescope was a vuvuzela. — @daiconrad

the problem with categories is that often what i'm looking for isn't one of them — @emilychang

Thinking about creating DoICapitalizeTheWInMacworld.com (or maybe IsTheWInMacworldCapitalized.com?). Plz, tell me someone's already done it — @dori

Rmove a sngle vwel frm ech wrd n headlnes t sty currnt wth technlogy trnds lke flickr nd tumblr. — @FakeAPStylebook

Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the internet. — @NigelFenwick

Sigh. iPad spell correct turned "eval" into "veal". #nothelpful — @PragmaticAndy

Sitting in a quiet zone. There's a guy talking to both his son and on cell phone. His voice goes: whisper LOUD whisper LOUD. — @Marick

Just explained TCP/IP metaphorically to a 6 years old -- including packet loss and resend. Now we're at the same knowledge level. — @staffannoteberg

When you think about it, humans must have co-existed with dinosaurs otherwise how would we know what they were called? — @haruki_zaemon

We're the first generation in history to deny our own culture to ourselves. #ORGcon — @elmyra

I have faith in my logic. And the dot product of faith and logic is 0. — @schuchert

My dog was born in Washington of Australian ancestors. When she wants to lie down she doesn’t know whether to turn clockwise or counter-clockwise. — @pragpub

Considering whether to cook The Pit of Unbearable Stench when @testobsessed comes by to pair. — @marick

I think one of my teammates is on drugs. Related: it's fun to make someone say "muscle relaxants" who's on them. — @mtnygard

by not solving problems people bring up, i collect frustration energy that i can use to motivate development — @KentBeck

The problem with a band showing up with ukulele and accordion is that expectations are set unreasonably high. Guaranteed disappointment. — @chadfowler

Sometimes I think the chinchillas only love us because we give them *r*a*i*s*i*n*s* — @marick

"You run like a blogger" — @ginatrapani

Hey Appple, bad idea starting off your press conference by saying your competitors are flawed, too — @freddavis

BP's capped the well and Apple's giving away free iPhone sleeves. I sure picked the wrong week to invest in duct tape futures. — @pragpub

Increasingly, I'm valuing my unit test suites most for their ability to make me rethink settled decisions. Must see that frm end-to-end tsts — @mariock

I found a huge design flaw in my new iPhone. People get angry when I talk on it during a funeral. — @ConanOBrien

99 percent of the way to #polio eradication. Learn why we cannot lose this battle. http://bit.ly/9iNjef — @BillGates

Can't wait for the semantic web (aka Web 3.0) so I'm building some of it now. We must find the meaning lost in the vast sea of information! — @freddavis

Planning on making a light gun controlled pinball machine tonight. Nintendo zapper with IR emitter and photo transistors near each flipper. — @jeriellsworth

Copyright office makes clear it's legal to jailbreak your phone & circumvent DVD encryption for fair use http://bit.ly/9BI3uU — @mkapor

Geeks rejoice! Original MacPaint and QuickDraw source code now up at Computer History Msm. Congrats BIll & Andy! — @stevenjayl

15 Developer/Hacker Women to Follow on Twitter. Please follow me too :-) — @priscillaoppy

Wanna buy my old Prius – hacked for MAX mpg? $ go to Welcome Back Veterans. Auction. http://tinyurl.com/3ahnu2d — @tomhanks