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    Recent Tweets February 2009

    1. DataWell> Site redesign: Texas Triangle industry clusters, entrepreneurs, megapolitan stats .:. http://tinyurl.com/texastri...
    2. *SacredCows> Is Football Good for Texas' Economy? http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...*
    3. Epic> Bar brawler Richard "Racehorse" Haynes [Houston] http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    4. Epic> Willie Nelson's drinking buddy, trial lawyer Joe Jamail [Houston] http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    5. FutureTex> Plan for mega-subways for Texas in stimulus package http://tinyurl.com/borpab
    6. Keep Austin Wired> AustinStartUp.com calls for nominations for Austin Emerging 100 competition http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    7. ForSale> Town of Albert, TX, 13 acres. Just minutes from Fredericksburg in Hill Country! Be you... Read more at http://tinyurl.com/asf6gy
    8. LoneStar2.0> Statesman.com [Austin] names Texas' top 25 social media entrepreneurs http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    9. Limelight> Inc. 5000 applications due by March 31 http://www.inc.com/inc5000a...
    10. GoodInk> McCombs B-School [Austin] featured in BusinessWeek re: MBA job hunting http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    11. U of Hardknocks> @door64_Texas reports QikCom [Austin] fails | http://door64.com/node/8286
    12. @DMagazine SciAm Mag says A-Rod's doping explained by game theory... sheds no light on Madonna thing http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    13. RoleReversal> Between 1982-85, Houston lost 82,500 jobs, while Detroit gained 53,000 http://harpers.org/x/1985/1...
    14. DoingGood> The Amish are Coming! The Amish are Coming! http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    15. DealFlow> TXCO Resources [San Antonio] reviewing strategic allternatives http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    16. Honchos> Billionaire R. Allen Stanford [Houston] possibly under investigation by SEC http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    17. Energy> Feast and famine for ethanol producers http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    18. Boom, Crash, Presto> Creative Class' Richard Florida envisions how crash will reshape U.S. and Texas http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    19. Who Shot J.R.?> Relive the glory days of the oil boom with a Ewing Oil ball cap http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    20. Energy> North Dakota could become the Texas of the Upper Midwest http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    21. *DealFlow> *MC Companies [AZ] acquires Encore Management [Arlington] * http://tinyurl.com/texasdea...*
    22. MicroCaseStudy> Clash of the Titans: Visualizing the growth of Wal-Mart vs. Target http://1link.in/texastriang...
    23. DealFlow> Arlington Neonatal Intensive Care, P.A. [Arlington] is acquired by MEDNAX, Inc. [FL] http://tinyurl.com/texasdea...
    24. NonSequitur> A-Rod's doping explained by game theory... sheds no light on Madonna thing http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    25. *NewCapital> **Money anyone?** Maverick's owner Mark Cuban [Dallas] makes open call for biz plans http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...*
    26. DealFlow> ROUND2 Inc. [Austin] acquires PolymerCycle, LLC [Grand Prairie] * http://tinyurl.com/texasdea...*
    27. DealFlow> Boundless Network [Austin] acquires Corporate Specialities [Dallas] *http://tinyurl.com/texasdea...*
    28. NewCapital> Austin tech firms OneSpot and 7 Billion People haul in combined $7.2M *http://tinyurl.com/texascap...*
    29. Energy> Texas companies galore mentioned in The Deal's take on state of the oil & gas and alt energy http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    30. Capital> UTIMCO's fund performance http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    31. Dude... Chairman of UTIMCO board Robert Rowling resigns during state senate hearing, PEHub has the video http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    32. Energy> Author Peter Schwartz says cleantech VCs don't GET energy and don't know what they're doing http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    33. Face2Face> Tech-related Networking Groups [Austin ] http://www.austinstartup.co...
    34. Dealipedia> Viverae [Dallas] raises $6.5M from Frontier Capital [Charlotte, NC] http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    35. Dealipedia> HomeAway [Austin] buys French Homelidays SAS based http://tinyurl.com/algers
    36. DealFlow> Texas Pacific Group [Fort Worth] ends 2 yr. talks with sov fund/pension funds to buy stakes http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    37. Dealipedia> IDC Westinghouse [Fort Worth] acquired by Sorenson Capital http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    38. Honchos> NY Times catching Dell fever from Wall Street Journal http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    39. Honchos> Mark Cuban [DFW] pursues offense as his best defense http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    40. Honchos> The many faces of Michael S. Dell... tech visionary... philanthropist... VEGETABLE CAPITALIST http://1link.in/texastriang...

    Recent Tweets March 2009

    1. Capital Capital> Austin's newest startup incubator .:. http://bitly.com/2alL5n
    2. Honchos> Even for billionaire Mark Cuban $500/word is spendy .:. http://is.gd/pW24
    3. TexasTriangle.Biz is born. The first dedicated business publication covering the Lone Star's megalopolitan area .:. http://bitly.com/t2biz
    4. Texas Triangle News: Updates on economy, industry clusters, C-level changes, deal flow & more .:. http://tinyurl.com/texastri...
    5. Border Situation> Thought-provoking debate by national security experts .:. http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    6. @texastriangle is ranked 109,913 (with 204 followers) on Twitterholic.com, and 1 in Texas Triangle! http://twitterholic.com/tex...
    7. W's X Factor>How Bush's re-lo affects Dallas, and spillover benefits of his popularity in India .:. http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    8. The Locus Years>DMagazine's Wick Allison argues Dallas will emerge first from recession .:. http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    9. CleanTech Stars> Wind energy clusters growing by leaps and bounds in the Lone Star and North Star states .:. http://tinyurl.com/windergy
    10. Bright Lights, Big Cities> Mapping mega cities from space .:. http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    11. Launching 2nd Blog> The Content Life... Down-in-the-trenches writing + glimpses of the sublime http://thecontentlife.blogs...
    12. By The Numbers>10-k annual reports for all Texas Triangle companies by MSA .:. http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    13. CleanTech> Oklahoma pitching windpower, Rodgers & Hammersten wondering what took so long .:. http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    14. Just in... Texas Triangle region posts monster gains in population... here's the breakdown of numbers .:.http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    15. Fresh Ink> Austin-based OtherInbox gets nice write-up in VentureBeat http://tinyurl.com/d58wez
    16. 15 Minutes> Statesman's Internet Editor Robert Quigley on social media strategy http://www.mediabistro.com/...
    17. St. Patty's Architects>Mapping "green" commercial real estate in the Texaplex .:. http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    18. By the Numbers>Just 23% of the state, Texas Triangle home to 70% of population and housing .:.http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    19. The Grass Ain't Always Greener> RT @Richard_Florida Charlotte's boom to bust economy http://www.wsoctv.com/news/...
    20. Newton's Third Law in Action> Energy companies among firms seeking Swiss tax haven .:. http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    21. CleanTech> Solar power forecast not so sunny for Texas .:. http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...
    22. BigPicture> Drug war escalating dangerously, what impact on Texas? http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    23. RT @statesman Whole Foods will sell 13 stores in a settlement deal with the FTC over its purchase of Wild Oats. http://budurl.com/2dra
    24. RT @TexasMonthlyITP: Edge of Seventeen (billion). Poll shows most Texans are against the bailout. http://tinyurl.com/c4qb94
    25. Shock and Awe>Houston and Dallas Top 5 for green buildings... yippee ki-yay! .:. http://tinyurl.com/b3kg5b
    26. RT @governorperry http://www.texaplex.com/ In honor of Texas Independence Day...
    27. Texas Guanxi> Mayors Thomas Leppert [Dallas] and Bill White [Houston] also corporate directors http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    28. Food4Thought> Everything you wanted to know about innovation clusters, but were afraid to ask .:. http://tinyurl.com/txtriang...

    Recent Tweets April 2009

    1. RT @NYTimesDealBook For Chesapeake's Chief, Some Big Money in Maps http://bit.ly/avQDY
    2. Anti-Hype> Some reasons not to worry about #swineflu .:. http://bit.ly/flu-antihype
    3. RT @Texaplex ...King Ranch in Texas bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island .:.
    4. Texas-Sized Puzzle Piece> Federal study shows how Texas Triangle fits into transportation big picture.:. http://bitly.com/t2biz-fhwa...
    5. Good Times> 5 Texas Triangle metros dominate Forbes best cities list http://bitly.com/texas-forb...
    6. RT @austinist: Colbert on Gov. Perry: "Oklahoma better get to work on that border fence” http://tinyurl.com/d4pml8
    7. Talk Ain't Cheap> Texans say "secession" and furor erupts .:. http://bitly.com/texas-sece...
    8. Braggin' Rights> Fortune 1000 rankings reinforce Texas' dominance in business http://bitly.com/texas2009F...
    9. Texas-Big Business> Exxon-Mobile takes coveted #1 spot on *Fortune 500* with $442.85B, 3 more Tex cos. in top 10 http://bitly.com/qhcdh
    10. Growing Consensus> University publishes 150-page report on Texas urban triangle .:. http://bitly.com/t2report-T...
    11. Deal Making> M&A is on the rocks, so joint ventures are order of the day... but beware of antitrust risks http://bitly.com/jointventures
    12. Don't Mess With Texas> 4 dog-killers randomly kill Houston Navy SEAL's lab... and he has them in sights .:. http://bitly.com/wFQa7
    13. Silicon Valley VCs learn, to their chagrin, that oil and gas industry is "high tech" too .:. http://bitly.com/boondoggle
    14. Is Texas' biggest export firearms? It depends on what your definition of "is" is .:. http://bitly.com/UuD7e
    15. Gun sales, border conflicts, war corresondents... Oh my! .:. http://preview.tinyurl.com/...
    16. Dear Earth, Your Welcome. Love, Texas .:. http://preview.tinyurl.com/...

    Recent Tweets May 2009

    1. What a Cluster, Part II> Everything you wanted to know about the Texas film industry, but were afraid to ask .:. http://bit.ly/vfGs5
    2. What a Cluster> Film board refuses grant to maker of Waco movie .:. http://bit.ly/W3yuV
    3. RT @NYTimesDealBook OpenTable Prices High, and #SolarWind Rises http://bit.ly/f8J0W
    4. RT @GregMitch NYT's "Idea of the day" is: "the long tail" theory on Web biz is dead and Chris Anderson of Wired is... http://bit.ly/c5VS2
    5. RT @NYTimesDealBook I.P.O.'s Offer Encouraging Signs http://bit.ly/l8MwA
    6. So It Begins> RT @NYTimesDealBook Hedge Funds Take in $15.4 Billion in April http://bit.ly/2esyD
    7. Things That Make Y'all Go Hmmm> #Solarwinds (AUSTIN) first VC-backed firm since Rackspace (SAN ANTONIO) to go public.:. http://bit.ly/qenM8
    8. RT @austinventures #solarwinds Q&A with Mike Bennett, CEO of Solarwinds, on their IPO today http://bit.ly/91enX
    9. RT @Texaplex Texas created more new jobs in 2008 than all the other 49 states combined.
    10. Just joined a twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/NEWSPAPERS to join
    11. Inevitable?... RT @agentjason I am now in a Dallas suburb called Oklahoma.
    12. RT @Inthehillsfish Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
    13. It's All Relative> Treemapping Fortune 1000s in Lone Star State.:. http://bit.ly/kiHMI
    14. New Report on Entrepreneurship> In tough times, Texans take risks and start businesses .:. http://bit.ly/bR79p
    15. Mysteries Revealed> Austin's secrets for economic success at NewGeography.com via Forbes.:. http://bit.ly/14tBSX
    16. Texas Triangle-Specific News> Tailor-made RSS feeds on the economy, industry clusters, firms, honchos & deal flow.:. http://bit.ly/SYHoq
    17. RT @lsteffy The myth of `green jobs’ ... study by law and economics professors http://tinyurl.com/d9gx63
    18. Eye Candy Part Deux> Google News Timeline Viewer, type in "Texas" and see headlines back to 1800s .:. http://bit.ly/Bo0kJ
    19. By the Numbers> Texas Triangle population auto-charted by county on Google.:. http://bit.ly/t2population
    20. Eye Candy> Cool Google data tool auto-charts Texas population growth... preparing for wolframalpha.com? .:. http://bit.ly/texpop
    21. RT @startuplawyer American Chupacabra Deaths = American Swine Flu Deaths = 0
    22. RT @bmccracken "The Austin Model" of economic development http://tinyurl.com/d5sufw - why this election matters.
    23. RT @footnoted $Nabors Industries "cuts" death benefit for 79 year-old CEO from $264 million to just $100 million: http://bit.ly/171tQw
    24. RT @GovernorPerry just met with "The Economist," writing a large article about why Texas is great place to live
    25. RT @mikemcguff Dr Pepper artifact may reveal soft drink's origin ... http://tinyurl.com/cdl2ad
    26. RT @austinstartup SolarWinds Prices IPO http://tinyurl.com/c95k6j
    27. RT @austinstartup Hall Martin :: Investment in Austin http://tinyurl.com/dyfrkr

    Recent Tweets June 2009

    1. Power to Peole> RT @mySA New nuclear plants estimated at $13 billion: http://is.gd/1itsA
    2. Physicians heal themselves > Houston Medical Center giants seek to mend past wounds, bring back breakthroughs.:. http://bit.ly/4ToXI
    3. Duty Bound> 3,500 Texas National Guard to deploy overseas, nearly all from Texas Triangle.:. http://bit.ly/gDGle
    4. RT @mySA Spurs great David Robinson enters private-equity field: http://is.gd/1hnzR
    5. Land of the Large - Part III > Texas used to be 30% bigger, sold land for 19 cents an acre .:. http://bit.ly/BO2qH
    6. Battle Royale> Giant chemical company squares off with global financial giants in small court north of Houston.:. http://bit.ly/mSiBw
    7. Think Different> Richard Florida tells Fort Worth to get creative to prosper .:. http://bit.ly/6PYRu
    8. Duuuude> Engineers propose massive dome to protect downtown Houston .:. http://bit.ly/3v8mh
    9. Black Gold Winners> Texas, along with OK and AK, should rebound first say economists thanks to energy's strength .:. http://bit.ly/YbIsE
    10. USA Today debuts slick new economic forecast engine .:. http://bit.ly/15dApZ
    11. RT @bruces Robots build future cities from trash. http://bit.ly/wxuD2
    12. Land of the Large-Part II> When it comes to private land ownership, Texas is a titan... Calif no bigger than Nebraska.:. http://bit.ly/rUXoV
    13. Land of the Large - Part I> Texas really is the biggest state in the Union .:. http://bit.ly/LtqWD
    14. Imperial Texas?> Texas - the country - once asserted claims far beyond its borders .:. http://bit.ly/13FEYp
    15. RT @TweetGalveston Plan would transform isle into 'Southern belle' of US - Houston Chronicle -
    16. RT @PhilipHotchkiss Just saw a Sprint TV ad: tag line: "track inventory, assets and people" a bit creepy
    17. Data Visualization> #Treemap of Lone Star state's counties, Texas Triangle v. Non-Texas Triangle.:. http://bit.ly/5Tr1P

    Recent Tweets 07/01-07/09

    1. Paring Pickins' Plan> Energy mogul's mega wind power project scaling back.:. http://bit.ly/5W5Vr
    2. Texas' Loss, California's Gain> US military strategy shift impacts stationing of Navy vessels.:. http://bit.ly/X5qiD
    3. Texas T-Bone Rail Link> High-speed rail funding may bypass Texas.:. http://bit.ly/AAVB1
    4. Urban Metabolism> Understanding cities as systems, fascinating video interviews with leading thinkers from Sputnik.:. http://bit.ly/Rorme
    5. Repost: What if Texas Got Nuked> With correct hyperlink! .:. http://bit.ly/BQaus
    6. Texas Mega Region Conference> Houston Tomorrow and America 2050 host "Mega Regions + Mega Prosperity" on Sept 24-25.:. http://bit.ly/dqXdu
    7. What If Texas Got Nuked?> Ingenius Google map shows direct effects and fallout of nuclear attack.:. http://bit.ly/yqcL3
    8. The One that Got Away> #AlamoCity losing AT&T's HQ really a good thing? Could be. .:. http://bit.ly/3lKnMs
    9. Focus for Foreign Investment> #AlamoCity lures investors, like Mexico-friendly culture and stable real estate values.:. http://bit.ly/Lg6ZX
    10. Aerospace Clusters> #AlamoCity fights for aerospace work, borne of Air Force presence, plenty of competition .:. http://bit.ly/AFDSe
    11. Alamo City Economy> S.A. public companies right the ship .:. http://bit.ly/1M3cfq
    12. Cluster Power> How a small California #industrycluster gave rise to the Information Age .:. http://bit.ly/D4hyv
    13. More Good News> Brookings Study shows Texas metros are among the 20 strongest economies in nation .:. http://bit.ly/cvkCE
    14. In the Black> Texas only big state to have a surplus in 2009, gap in 2010 just 10% of California's.:. http://bit.ly/ESbEr

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