Where (most of) our authors are (by postal code). http://mapalist.com/Public/pm.aspx?mapid=132723 — @pragdave

I'd like to just sit in my chair / and work on my faraway stare. #couplet #micropoetry — @ldwilkinson

And their words to the root and the rock would echo down, down and the magic would hear and answer, faint as a falling butterfly. — @TwitterFiction

your => you're .... we were just talking about remedial apostrophe training for programmers this morning. — @jimweirich

anyone know how to correctly escape air quotes within air quotes? — @markryall

After you broke up with me, I got a call from imaginary you. She's not afraid of commitment or my family. We're getting married in the fall. — @VeryShortStory

Marriage cast a spell. You were my warlock in wedlock; I was your hitched witch. Time killed all our charms. We became divorced of any magic — @DeadEndFiction

Sadly I found, in her cupboard, / the works of L. Ron Hubbard. #couplet #micropoetry — @ldwilkinson

Last night I dreamed I had to find a 1pF ceramic capacitor and some solder in time to save the Universe. I wonder what's in store tonight? — @undees

I might just be one of the geekiest people I know. Just help my wife setup a BaseCamp project for our home projects. — @tswicegood

It would never have occurred to me to outsource flirting on dating sites. The future is now! http://tinyurl.com/2a3x29s — @trevorburnham

Druidry recognized as a religion for first time in Britain http://on.cnn.com/d2MxQM — @cnnbrk

Isaac wants a new top level domain .arg in honor of talk like a pirate day — @bdudney

best. client. perk. ever. period. drove a 60-ton semi today at scania. awesome power. — @KentBeck

"Madagascar" and I both take credit for the fact that the toddler now refers to her mother and sister as "giant freaks." — @undees

it's so sad how Dr. Banner keeps getting run out of town, just for being different — @stuarthalloway

Sitting in a downtown coffee shop, doors open, listening to Dylan, sipping a hot steaming cup of "keeps me awake at night", slinging Grails. — @scottdavis99

Hanging in Starbucks working on article for prags upcoming October issue: http://pragprog.com/magazines — @jrasmusson

Don't ask me to fix your computer. I'm a software engineer; I break computers. — @unsaturated

Did #Jrubyconf5k in 33 minutes including < 1/2 mile of limping. At least it is a new type of pain. — @chadfowler

New Skin on road rash ... Stings; not recommended. — @mzarra

My wife just asked me if I've had my bike ride today, in the same tone a sitcom hubby would use to ask his wife if she's had her Midol yet. — @undees

Just realized why lifting the weights was suddenly so hard, they're in Kg and not LB, darn it. — @venkat_s

The Facebook movie (The Social Network) was well worth it. Seeing wget used appropriately in a mainstream Hollywood movie was nice. — @scottdavis99

Aaron Sorkin did a great job and made a movie which I thought I would despise interesting. Loved the @CoupaCafe reference and I am happy... — @dalmaer

The Social Network soundtrack is great, Nine Inch Nails chiptunes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yczul_609Gg — @codinghorror

The White House is proposing a way to spy on suspects while they're online. The plan is called "Signing them up for Facebook." — @ConanOBrien

If Scorsese makes a movie about Foursquare I'm going to kill myself. — @claytoncubitt

MYTH BUSTED: The average person does NOT swallow 8 spiders a year while asleep! Where did this myth originate? --> http://bit.ly/bi1SD3. — @OMGFacts

Ever have one of those amazing meetings where everything clicks, people are taking notes and stuff gets done? Me neither. — @shanselman

Personally, I think the user is a better starting point than "requirements". — @ambroselittle

"New Media" experts are just "Old Media" experts trying to survive. — @MrAlanCooper

There always seem to be more drunks in the first class cabin. — @mzarra

Looking through Ruby's standard libraries is like taking a tour around Unix ca.2000. Perhaps it's time gemify some of this stuff. #ruby192 — @pragdave

"When C++ is your hammer, everything starts to look like your thumb." — @focus

every message send in a program built of objects is a case statement waiting to happen — @KentBeck

Ruby's Enumerable module—so called because its methods are barely — @pragdave

(How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (in Python)) http://bit.ly/aX6aly – 90 lines of Norvig code, roughly equal to 5k LOC of mortals — @stilkov

On a related note, it seems 21 Peter Norvig Python lines equal 18 Rich Hickey Clojure lines: http://bit.ly/atOkM6 — @stilkov

Dr Dobbs review of iPad Programming: "quite a bargain, given the smart and concise way the authors demonstrate iPad-specific features" — @PragmaticAndy

Heh: The Pragmatic Programmer is the most popular book in the ACM "Programming" Online Bookshelf. Pretty cool... — @pragdave

Today, Pomodoro Technique Illustrated is 2nd in Time Management-Bestseller at Amazon.de. David Allen/GTD is 1st. http://amzn.to/9kKouE (Sept 22) — @staffannoteberg

Today, I'm the top story in CFO World magazine (in Swedish) http://cfoworld.idg.se/ (Sept 29) — @staffannoteberg

Wind in the sails! First review for Agile Samurai from Dr. Dobbs: http://bit.ly/alZMr2 — @jrasmusson

I didn't realize all of this talk about "unmanned drones" was actually referring to Congress... — @PragmaticAndy

I cannot express how happy I am that 'Little Bobby Tables' is gaining ground as a nickname for SQL injections — @bscofield

"Servers are melting from all the excitement"?! Not acceptable spin for "our devops can't predict/handle load." — @tswicegood

I'd suggest you stop shooting yourself in the foot, but I'd hate to take the one thing you're good at away from you. — @UrCodinItWrong