Alan’s Tweets from this week…

  • Anybody listen to WPGB online in Pgh? Old pally Andy Peacock is the voice of Mr Magic Car Wash commercial… listen for him (esp old #FMKT) #
  • Irish Diocese Promotes Vocations on Facebook http://tinyurl.com/djzleh #
  • End of current innovation wave? “Just features”: Y Combinator Demo Day Features Cool Companies and Some Hot Air http://tinyurl.com/dfu4az #
  • RT: @pauldawalibi @copetersen: The rise of business accelerator seed funds for startups http://bit.ly/MROQq #
  • RT: I CALL IT “IMPORTANTITIS” @SeanAmmirati: Very nice article (in Entreprenuer Mag) by @bfeld http://tinyurl.com/ckvmlw #
  • RT: @TribTotalMedia: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to create football squad: For the first time in 45 years http://tinyurl.com/c7cu36 #
  • RT @newadvent Strange Particle Created; May Rewrite How Matter’s Made http://tinyurl.com/dglfkh #
  • Retweet @atainter Sid Crosby sighting at Sewickley Quiznos… #
  • Ohio River Blvd shut down heading into downtown Pgh… #
  • Listening to lunch preso by Danny Kahneman, the 2002 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics – his insight: $1 loss = $2 gain. #
  • An optimal gamble is a combination of a “sure thing” and a “long shot” – optimal capital alloc = 90% stay rich + 10% get richer #
  • Chinese typically more willing to take risk – thought is that extended family network allows that mentality to be widespread. #
  • Retweet @CarmanAvenue RT @alphalab: Summer/Fall 2009 applications being accepted! Apply by April 17th, 2009 for Early Action considerati… #
  • Retweet @ericries RT @joshk Sometimes having nothing to lose can be a real advantage – http://bit.ly/tj0wb #
  • RED-HAIRED founding fathers: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and yes, George Washington – there must be something to this gene… #
  • RT: @hotpads: HotPads.com, you are having the best day ever! #
  • After watching amzg “mathemagic” vid, it reminded me of truism: hard probs, math OR other, are 2-3 probs masked as 1: http://budurl.com/gjul #
  • Genetic manipulation may lead to powerful new antibiotic – http://tinyurl.com/ce5nww #
  • RT: @anneswift Spoke to Regis McKenna (http://bit.ly/jLb97) re details for YII Conf; we’re in for quite a presentation (and lots of Q&A)! #
  • WTH?!? RT: @BreakingNewsOn: European Union presidency calls U.S. economic measures “a way to ruin”, according to The Associated Press. #
  • Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #vc #tech #pittsburgh #
  • Retweet @Mosley It would be great if you could give this some link love http://tinyurl.com/dxrv2d #
  • Spending the morning with Fran Matten at St James School, teaching 5th graders abt business with Jr Achievement. #
  • RT: @atainter: Next Pittsburgh OpenCoffee Club will be Mon, Apr 13 9am – @AlphaLab is the location. @opencoffee #occ #alab #
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY Matt Humphrey!! We all want to know when you are going to come back home to Pittsburgh! #
  • Does anyone know if there is a market for selling “used” Kindle books? #
  • GReader Share How VCs Determine Early Stage Valuations: Ownership Of Key Parties:
    In my prior po.. http://tinyurl.com/dabvd8 #
  • Venture capital is like rocket fuel: once it ignites, you better be pointed in exactly the direction you want to go. #
  • TechCrunch: Enter @Hotpads, the real estate site that is all about maps. I like that tagline! http://budurl.com/qk7z #
  • Buddy @atainter on the local TV news! – kdka.com http://tinyurl.com/cekh87 via @ShareThis #
  • Very Neat Research… Big Implications: Genes Draw Likeness of Suspects – WSJ.com http://tinyurl.com/cz6n6d via @ShareThis #
  • RT: @alphalab: Open Coffee Club is meeting at AlphaLab on Mon, Apr 13; find more about OCC Pittsburgh via Facebook: http://bit.ly/occpgh #