XML apologist. Erlang enthusiast. Currently JVMs & Performance stuff at @Netflix. Previously JVMs & performative stuff at @Twitter. He/him.

San Francisco, California
Joined September 2006
We’d only have to guillotine, like, one billionaire and then the rest of them would probably fall in line pretty quick.
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Here’s another angle I forgot I had that shows the X strobing. Also, my apartment building needs a bath.
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Ian Brown retweeted
Replying to @realchrisjbeale
Hackathon at your place to try and figure out all the ways to disable it?
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Imagine no more. This is my life now.
I would be fucking LIVID. Imagine this fucking X sign right across from your bedroom. #x #twitter
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.@gwestr you fucking legend! cnbc.com/2023/07/26/tesla-un… – at Bend, OR
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Simplify. – at Bend, OR
Replying to @lindayaX
X is the future state of unlimited interactivity – centered in audio, video, messaging, payments/banking – creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities. Powered by AI, X will connect us all in ways we’re just beginning to imagine.
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Like birds? Hate Elon Musk? Well, then, buddy, @ChazCasual has just the T-shirt for you! customink.com/fundraising/la…
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get this shit off my linkedin
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i’m sorry i can’t think of a joke funnier than twitter failing to get the necessary permits to change their building signage and the police shutting it down just in time for “er” to remain
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Imagine being one of the richest people on earth and being this fragile over a color
I wouldn’t wear pink if you put a gun to my head
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What idiot called it "X" instead of "Special K"? – at Bend, OR
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This is a really good question. 🤔 – at Bend, OR
Replying to @igb
So Linda is the ceo of the old company and not the new one?
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𝕏™ – at Bend, OR
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As a guy who has had a private email ABOUT me between two Twitter executives leaked during the Twitter Files fiasco because the new owner of this site falsely believed in an insane conspiracy theory... let's just say I do not recommend giving this company your banking info.
Replying to @zaimiri
9. Financial Institution "If done right, X would become half of the global financial system." The vision is to create the most efficient database for the thing that is money. Goals: • Least amount of fraud • Everything real time • Seamless integration
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Enjoyable to imagine Kendall Roy saying this to investors
Replying to @lindayaX
X is the future state of unlimited interactivity – centered in audio, video, messaging, payments/banking – creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities. Powered by AI, X will connect us all in ways we’re just beginning to imagine.
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If anyone out there is writing a book about this particular era of the company, the title "Twitter History X" is just sitting there.
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