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Storified by katie moffat · Wed, Nov 07 2012 00:19:30

Four more years. http://pic.twitter.com/bAJE6Vom · Barack Obama

RT @TheMikeLawrence: I'd hate to be Clint Eastwood's furniture now.

— The Poke · Wed, Nov 07 2012 00:00:54

Tweets peaked at 327,452 tweets per minute overnight and there were 31 million #election2012 tweets

— Kate Day · Tue, Nov 06 2012 23:28:33

Look on the bright side, Mitt - at least Jesus is coming back soon, and as a lowly carpenter's son he'll get healthcare too.

— john v willshire · Tue, Nov 06 2012 23:11:04

We will refer to this day as "The Global Buttock Un-Tightening" #obama #phew #christimagineifitwasromney

— Caitlin Moran · Wed, Nov 07 2012 00:16:36

Have to say I'm slightly amazed that I've not got an Obama reelection iPad mini case related press release yet.

— Chris Brennan · Tue, Nov 06 2012 23:28:26

Now that the election is over, could someone sit down with Romney and find out what he ACTUALLY believes? Just, y'know, for the record.

— Dan Rebellato · Tue, Nov 06 2012 23:20:10

Watching Fox News. For sport.

— Dan Hon · Tue, Nov 06 2012 23:20:13

This is in the running for my favourite photo of the day #Obama http://pic.twitter.com/o3wtl8XS · Chris Davies

Cut to Obama and Biden silently eating schwarma.

— Scott Kurtz · Tue, Nov 06 2012 23:19:55

Dear Rest of the World, you're welcome...

— John Perry Barlow · Tue, Nov 06 2012 23:12:35

Storified by katie moffat · Thu, Jun 14 2012 03:32:47

Seems lots of folk are being tempted out of self-employment back to employment @stedavies @jopkins @brendancooper Talent is in short supply?

— katie moffat · Thu, Jun 14 2012 01:28:15

@katiemoffat @stedavies @jopkins For me, the sole trader gig was just proving very tough. I needed to feel part of something, not a stopgap.

— Brendan Cooper · Thu, Jun 14 2012 01:35:54

@katiemoffat I'd agree that talent is in short supply. I know a number of clients who are struggling to find the right calibre of candidate

— Calista Marketing · Thu, Jun 14 2012 01:36:41

@katiemoffat interesting trend wonder if it's do personal branding, if self employed you can get a great sense of their talent from distance

— kelvin newman · Thu, Jun 14 2012 01:37:01

@kelvinnewman Another possible reason is that potentially you have the opp to work on bigger/higher profile projects?

— katie moffat · Thu, Jun 14 2012 01:38:32

@katiemoffat an idea I've toyed with recently too. Decided it wasn't right though.

— Matt(H)Booth · Thu, Jun 14 2012 01:32:24

@matthbooth @katiemoffat It would need to be one helluva position for me to go back to being employed by someone else.

— Ric Roberts · Thu, Jun 14 2012 01:52:50

@BrendanCooper @katiemoffat @stedavies Great opportunity with a lovely team coupled + bit of itchiness to really get my teeth into something

— Jonathan Hopkins · Thu, Jun 14 2012 01:38:37

@BrendanCooper @jopkins @katiemoffat Got lonely after almost 4yrs working on my own (usually in PJs). Wanted to be part of a team again. :)

— Stephen Davies · Thu, Jun 14 2012 02:33:18

Check out what I did, who I met, where I went in Austin today.

Storified by katie moffat · Wed, Mar 14 2012 02:00:49

<strong>katie moffat</strong> checked in to <strong>The Austin Convention Center/Neal Kocurek Exhibit Hall</strong> · katie moffat

Really looking forward to seeing 'We Are Legion, The Story of the Hacktivists' later http://t.co/0ODOFo0L

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 07:31:05

@johnnyLander you too :)

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 07:31:16

@willmcinnes yes! It seems to be happening more & more

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 07:49:12

“Johnny Cash” by Walk The Line is my new jam. http://t.co/iS7zpTiT

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 08:08:32

@SavvyJustine that looked like a very stellar panel you were on, what was the event/topic?

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 08:28:24

@jemimah_knight congrats! TNW is one of the few tech blogs still covering the sector well.

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 08:31:06

Wow, the crowd very excited about Ben Silbermann, he gets a massive welcome onto the stage #pinterest #sxsw

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 09:04:45

@tom_may GaryV? Crush-it! Count how many times he says "awesome".

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 09:09:01

Silbermann:"I still keep in contact with the first 5000 uses, they have my cell phone number, I talk to them about the platform" #pinterest

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 09:21:40

Silbermann talking about future; a new profile will be up next week, adding Vimeo, working on iPad, looking at the API #pinterest

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 09:39:16

@joshr time for a quick audioboo josh?

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 09:41:45

@joshr ok. I'm watching We Are Legion, hacktivists, early afternoon so after that? 4ish?

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 09:46:02

Silbermann (advice): "It's easy to overthink things, sometimes it's best to just build things, ship it and see how it works out" #pinterest

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 09:53:01

@joshr me neither. Let's say 4 in hilton lobby.

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 09:53:59

Silbermann saying that he wants to hear from great designers & developers, they're actively building the team cc. @netmag #pinterest

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 09:56:54

@ellielovell he was great wasn't he, so often founder interviews are dull.

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 09:59:29

<strong>katie moffat</strong> checked in to <strong>Vimeo Theater</strong> · katie moffat

I'm at Vimeo Theater for WE ARE LEGION: The Story of the Hacktivists (Austin, TX) w/ 19 others http://t.co/lGBNWJIV

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 11:10:56

@exsanguinator OK :)

— katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 11:15:21

Check out what I did, who I met, where I went in Austin today.

Storified by katie moffat · Tue, Mar 13 2012 02:00:38

@herbkim @vikkichowney @wadds Bacon is clearly the food stuff du jour. I was hearing about this last night http://t.co/RD1mJaBe

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 05:17:18

@wadds @vikkichowney @herbkim And this dev was telling me that yesterday at sxsw they had a bacon cooking competition. It's all very odd.

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 05:34:08

@Dr_Black hope you got back to hotel safely, @emilybell great to meet you. I proudly carried my meat box all the way home!

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 06:07:34

The press release is dry but Amber Case's news yesterday about Geoloqi is interesting. She demoed some very cool stuff http://t.co/v0hPhES7

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 06:10:48

@benjaminellis did you manage to get food last night?

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 06:13:11

@benjaminellis I know, when we left, the entire place was empty! See you later :)

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 06:20:04

First panel of #sxsw with 'storytelling' in the title, this is either going to be really good or...

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 07:26:06

<strong>katie moffat</strong> checked in to <strong>Omni Austin Hotel Downtown</strong> · katie moffat

@cyberdees yes I've been meaning to go and have a look

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 07:34:20

@MHSuleman hi, you around today for a chat about foodsplore?

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 07:39:01

Today kicks off our epic adventure in #Austin! Swing by the #SpotifyHouse presented by MSN on Cesar Chavez - http://t.co/M4PmBgIA

— SpotifySouth · Mon, Mar 12 2012 07:46:31

@caseorganic thanks Amber, it was a fascinating keynote.

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 08:15:48

More on the Amber Case geo fencing & location apps story: genuinely innovative http://t.co/w2uUVJqm #sxsw

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 08:18:22

@spirals it was a fail. Nothing you wouldn't already know :)

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 08:18:40

@cyberdees do you know opening times? I can't find find them anywhere.

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 08:19:27

@EbA http://t.co/4ksbs36g

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 08:26:10

@cowbird is someone from Cowbird at sxsw? I would love to do a quick audio interview?

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 08:26:52

@dominiccampbell When's that? (good to meet you last night btw)

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 08:34:30

@dominiccampbell ignore me, found it.

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 08:36:22

@Foodsplore perfect, will come by

— katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 08:43:21

Check out what I did, who I met, where I went in Austin today.

Storified by katie moffat · Mon, Mar 12 2012 02:00:28

Skywards #sxsw #architecture · katie moffat

@richardayers yes sure, noon is good for me.

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 03:57:20

@benjaminellis @Dr_Black yay! You must be exhausted, see you later :)

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 03:59:25

'Famous Last Tweets - death in the twitter era' http://t.co/FyQsZt8v cc. @deadsocial

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 04:33:43

@heyitsnoah hi Noah, great panel yesterday, any chance I could do a quick interview with you at sxsw, for .net (@netmag)?

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 04:35:50

@richardayers we said the lobby of the hilton didn't we?

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 04:39:32

@richardayers great, see you at 12

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 05:57:50

@heyitsnoah will do, thanks

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 07:53:40

@dirktherabbit anything interesting?

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 08:32:50

<strong>katie moffat</strong> checked in to <strong>The Austin Convention Center/Neal Kocurek Exhibit Hall</strong> · katie moffat

@DigiShoreditch yes have that in my diary so will definitely see you there.

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 08:45:56

The job title 'Senior Vice President' confuses me; surely you're either the Vice President or you're not.

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 08:49:31

@danoliver {cough} ;)

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 08:51:23

@malcolmcoles @dirktherabbit but you can see what people you have followed have liked? In the news bit.

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 08:58:06

@dirktherabbit is he? Which one?

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 08:59:32

@danoliver LOL. Panels, a couple of interviews, beer :)

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 09:01:04

@dirktherabbit great, thanks

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 09:01:59

@danoliver that would be good, later this afternoon or tomorrow lunch?

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 09:04:58

@robbrown you're here in Austin Rob?

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 09:20:41

Is there a risk that focusing on data from social conversations you lose professional judgement in relation to great content? #SXsocialweb

— katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 09:31:31

Check out what I did, who I met, where I went in Austin today.

Storified by katie moffat · Sun, Mar 11 2012 01:00:41

Absolutely brilliant reporting from The Guardian on the #stopkony campaign http://t.co/yilY9W7V

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 03:09:30

@Dr_Black thank goodness you're safe. You driving up today?

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 03:14:32

@AlexBalfour2012 hi Alex, I'd love to grab a quick 5 min interview with you while you're in sxsw, for .net mag.

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 03:19:46

@pollycurtis brilliant reporting Polly.

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 03:24:24

Couple just went past. He was jogging, she was cycling behind him singing 'Eye Of The Tiger'. Now THAT is true love.

— The Media Blog · Sat, Mar 10 2012 03:26:53

Wow, "The campaign raised $5 million in the first 48 hours, according to Jason Russell, the group's co-founder." http://t.co/gPlO06RJ

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 03:28:11

RT @DoLectures: "I worked for no pay, just love, and I loved it". Interview with Co Founder of the Do Lectures: http://t.co/0JztQFLG

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 03:28:30

@DigiShoreditch Can I grab one of you for 5 mins today/tomorrow, at sxsw, for a quick interview re: digital shoreditch (for @netmag)?

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 03:43:30

@ThinkingDigital Sunny? You're in the right place. It's pouring down in texas.

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 03:58:55

@ThinkingDigital Monday looks good.

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 04:02:40

'The Curators & The Curated': really looking forward to this panel today, an incredible line up http://t.co/7tUsM5o0 #sxsw

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 04:23:21

Neat: 'The web developer's interactive cheatsheet for SEO & the open graph' http://t.co/0zE6Dd4e

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 04:53:24

@ladydotty maybe see you tonight at the Ireland@sxsw event :)

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 04:59:00

@JimmyTLeach or possibly he's just inherently stylish

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 05:15:21

Collaborative noting with Hackpad and Lanyrd http://t.co/VNHbvPyL (brilliant idea for conferences)

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 05:45:30

@JimmyTLeach obviously fashion forward :)

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 06:29:01

@vero that and Glancee, Banjo et al

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 06:29:17

@vero @aral there's lots of interesting stuff to debate around social discovery apps idea and credibility of data source is one of them!

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 06:36:14

@davelee call them now.

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 06:36:27

@tom_may and 4. one shot for complaining about rain 5. one shot for hearing 'social discovery apps are so the next big thing'

— katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 07:38:49

Check out what I did, who I met, where I went in Austin today.

Storified by katie moffat · Sat, Mar 10 2012 02:00:26

@mcfontaine thanks Mark

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 02:40:52

@Dr_Black T-mobile do a $2 PAYG deal apparently (for an unlocked phone). I might try an hunt out a shop later.

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 03:07:51

@evarley feel free to pass those invitations over ;)

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 03:08:14

@Dr_Black bring a coat!

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 03:10:39

Worth keeping an eye on the sxsw tumblr from New York Times this week http://t.co/HEZvs2A9

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 03:12:15

'The women of the future': http://t.co/BcHAt2u6 (personally I'm going for Pompier)

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 03:23:29

@herdmeister have you read 'Grouped'? It's heavy on the FB examples as he works there but that's his premise too http://t.co/mKbrD4l5

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 03:32:27

@litmanlive @herdmeister Yes I really enjoyed it too.

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 03:35:47

@herdmeister an ok, great, will keep an eye out for that, thanks.

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 03:39:37

@evarley yes I am, writing for @netmag. Would be happy to have them if they're not named. katie at prandsocial dot com :)

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 03:58:23

Be quick if you want to be the new Digital Project Manager for @ANDfestival http://t.co/OlIlSPWe Deadline is today at 5pm folks.

— Cornerhouse · Fri, Mar 09 2012 04:09:37

@jaffejuice now can you just sort the weather out please.

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 04:17:51

@jaffejuice good plan.

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 04:22:23

Playing around with @localmind, looks really good.

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 05:03:29

@danoliver Congrats Dan but sorry that you're leaving .net. New project sounds interesting.

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 05:05:12

@tom_may yes all good in the end thanks, but what's with the weather?!

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 06:02:46

<strong>katie moffat</strong> checked in to <strong>Elizabeth St. Café</strong> · katie moffat

Delicious espresso cream puffs for breakfast (@ Elizabeth St. Café) [pic]: http://t.co/vq1ZblTI

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 06:36:49

Espresso cream puffs. Yum. · katie moffat

I'm getting inundated with notifications from Glancee and highlight, now to figure out what to do with them...#sxsw

— katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 07:40:17

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Storified by katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 05:52:24

Arrived Austin, tired but happy #sxsw

— katie moffat · Thu, Mar 08 2012 19:43:59

Check out what I did, who I met, where I went in Austin today.

Storified by katie moffat · Fri, Mar 09 2012 02:50:35

Arrived Austin, tired but happy #sxsw

— katie moffat · Thu, Mar 08 2012 19:43:59

Storified by katie moffat · Thu, Oct 27 2011 01:08:28

Seeing an increasing trend for people declaring love for instagram as like the old days of twitter (I agree) http://is.gd/xbpa7v

— katiemoffat · Mon, Jun 27 2011 00:16:21

@katiemoffat I can't stand instagram. Bored stupid of poor pics with the same filter on them.

— katebevan · Mon, Jun 27 2011 02:12:17

@katebevan re Instagram, maybe like twitter it's all down to who you follow ;)

— katiemoffat · Mon, Jun 27 2011 03:20:00

@katiemoffat I think they're the antithesis of creative - they're cookie-cutter and they make any snap look ok & so discourage thoughtful

— katebevan · Mon, Jun 27 2011 03:51:13

@katiemoffat picture-taking and editing. Sorry. Really dislike it!

— katebevan · Mon, Jun 27 2011 03:51:28

@katebevan @katiemoffat But like it or not, it's where people are. If I were Burberry, I'd be using it (sans filters!) for product shots...

— megpickard · Mon, Jun 27 2011 03:56:24

@katebevan oh go on, you love those filters really. TBH it's the general 'atmosphere' I like, rather than the pics themselves.

— katiemoffat · Mon, Jun 27 2011 03:43:52

@katiemoffat @megpickard I think it's potentially very good for sharing, but I really really hate the sodding filters.

— katebevan · Mon, Jun 27 2011 03:57:53

@megpickard plus you want your pics to stand out: with the filters they all look exactly the same @katiemoffat

— katebevan · Mon, Jun 27 2011 03:58:41

@katebevan Don't have to use filters. Think Twitter + Flickr + Tumblr and it makes sense. Plus as @katiemoffat says, it's who you follow

— megpickard · Mon, Jun 27 2011 03:59:55

@katebevan I don't disagree - the filters are like Hipstamatic, which as @Documentally says, is the comic sans of photography...

— katiemoffat · Mon, Jun 27 2011 03:59:57