March 27, 2010

The moments of life

Johnnie Moore

I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

I couldn’t resist trying out tweetnotebook.com. Enter your twittername and it creates a notebook. At the foot of every page there’s a randomly selected tweet from you entire twitter history.

I leafed through the preview. It’s an interesting experience being reminded of these little fragments of my life many of which bring back a series of memories of people I’ve met, places I’ve been, rants and raves of various kinds. It’s a reminder that life is made up of these little moments.

Hat tip: Dom Campbell’s Delicious Feed

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The moments of life

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