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  - Listened to 11 songs.
    
    — 30m ago via Last.fm
  - @KarlSydow but #wxwtf likely to be in full swing for several months. [mikeorren]
    
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  - @KarlSydow I believe interactive over by then. All music, probably largely sold out. [mikeorren]
    
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  - @wmhartnett I prefer #teamdiscoverychannel. [mikeorren]
    
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  - @jefftruitt how crowded at this point? [mikeorren]
    
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  - Wow. Sounds like #sxsw is trapped in the same msm v. New Media session I attended four years ago. Glad to be at a no-repeat #wxwtf. [mikeorren]
    
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  - Um, @jasonisbell is performing in town tonight? How'd I miss that. [mikeorren]
    
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  - Clyde & Landy debate death of tennis balls as fetching medium at #wxwtf. Hoping for no fire alarm interruption. http://twitpic.com/18ejj6 [mikeorren]
    
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  - Shared mikeorren: http://twitpic.com/18ejj6 Clyde & Landy debate death of tennis balls as fetching medium at #wxwtf. Hoping for no fire alarm interruption..
    
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  - Announcing launch of new frisbee during my #wxwtf puppy keynote. Won't sell to AOL any earlier than Wednesday midafternoon. [mikeorren]
    
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  - Seats are only available @LevelTen_Colin, to those with wristbands or collars. [mikeorren]
    
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  - My #wxwtf keynote on impact of global warming and aged scotch on duration of puppy swimming sessions is beginning in my backyard now. [mikeorren]
    
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  - Published Stream o’ consciousness for March 13th.
    
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  - Remedial learning day for clan OrWell. Two-dog training this morning and now heading out to make up the improv class I missed a week ago. [mikeorren]
    
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  - Posted Theater review: Talk of the Town at The Eisemann Center.
    
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  - Great. Illiterate SMS spam: http://twitpic.com/1873dv [mikeorren]
    
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  - Shared mikeorren: http://twitpic.com/1873dv.
    
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  - Impressive. Rt @DC9AtNight 15 posts today on DC9. No big deal... http://bit.ly/9KdD9T [mikeorren]
    
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  - @sarah_crisman Sounds great. Would love to read about it on @pegasusnews. [mikeorren]
    
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  - @johnrobinson And... Don't leave us hanging! [mikeorren]
    
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  - Listened to 5 songs.
    
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  - You're missing out if you're not following all the hot tech action at #wxwtf [mikeorren]
    
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  - Published Stream o’ consciousness for March 12th.
    
    — 1d ago via orrenmedia.com
  - Like watching online video to not suck? http://www.youtube.com/html5 Much faster. [mikeorren]
    
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  - UhOh. My attention just became more fragmented. WARNING: Addictive timesuck. Twitter Trendsmap http://trendsmap.com/local/us/dallas [mikeorren]
    
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- Fleeting wisdom
  
  Switching it over to AM, searching for a truer sound. Can’t recall the call letters. Steel guitar and settle down, catching an all-night station somewhere in Louisiana — It sounds like 1963, but for now it sounds like heaven.
  
  May the wind take your troubles away. May the wind take your troubles away. Both feet on the floor, two hands on the wheel, may the wind take your troubles away. — Jay Farrar
- Best of…
  
  Banjo, The Best Dog Ever™
  There’s an old saying that “I wish I could be half the man my dog thinks I am.” That’s a good one. But someday, I also hope to become half the man my dog was.
  
  The Wedding Toast
  I encounter far too many people in this world who are dead behind the eyes — Houston isn’t one of them. He is a real man in the greatest sense, and his powers of perception and his constant search for what is real and genuine in a fast-food world will continue to enrich both your lives.
  
  Why I think the economy is even scarier than I thought
  Pegasus News: "Square Pegs" 10/9/08
  Peter is at the door. He's broke and pissed and Paul is off on one last exotic resort junket before he goes into court-ordered rehab.
  
  Multimedia: Ferguson Road Initiative celebrates ten years of changing neighborhoods for the better
  Pegasus News: 10/2/08
  For me, the history of Pegasus News will always be intertwined with the Ferguson Road Initiative (FRI).
  
  Search, data and the responsibilities of news orgs
  Pegasus News: "Square Pegs" 6/16/08
  Technology is allowing us do things that seemed a pipedream three years ago. Along the way, we need to reflect on the downsides of the upside.
  
  Why I love local
  Pegasus News: "Square Pegs" 1/27/08
  ...if local is a sentence, lock me up and throw away the key
  
  The State of Journalism
  Duke Magazine 9/10/07
  [Kevin] Sack might be surprised to see our database of every candidate, official, and contributor in our region-something the newspaper does not provide. He might be appalled to learn that mere citizens reported on elections in towns that journalists eschew. When we cover mundane things, we get hundreds of responses and thousands of eyeballs-partly because of technologies Sack fears, delivering unique and wanted information to each individual.
  
  Mud starts flying in Dallas District 9 Council race
  Pegasus News 4/21/07
  When we put up our political database, we certainly hoped to generate thoughtful discussion and debate about local elections. We didn't expect to become a battlefield of leaked information, mis-information and confusing whodunits.
  
  Lessons from the launch Online Journalism Review 1/17/07 ...we launched a prototype entertainment site; won an EPpy award; nearly fell to pieces; and made more mistakes than we can count -- But we’ve learned some invaluable lessons about local digital media along the way. Here’s a sampling of some of the things that we think we know now.

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