The Berkeley High Principal's Twitter page, launched on June 28 Students may be still enjoying long lie-ins and hours of minimal activity, but for Berkeley school faculty, the vacations are all but over as they prep for the new semester. Witness Berkeley High Principal Pasquale Scuderi who has opened a Twitter account (@bhsinfo) and is […]
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A councilmember takes to Twitter, other officials lag
Kriss Worthington's Twitter page: the councilmember sent out 15 tweets on his first day in the Twitterverse Councilmember Kriss Worthington took to the Twitterverse on Thursday, and he did so with a vengeance. Worthington signed up for Twitter in the morning, and began sending out a steady stream of tweets. “Congratulations to Berkeley High RISE students […]
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Alice Waters goes to Twitter HQ, to tweet
Keeping us guessing: Alice Waters at the Berkeley Edible Schoolyard. Sitting in front of a laptop nursing a herbal tea at the Chez Panisse Café, or perhaps pulling up a chair at the kitchen table or even a straightforward desk, is not the way Alice Waters intends to use her brand new Twitter account. Instead, […]
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Alice Waters joins Twitter, in a tasteful way
Alice Waters has joined Twitter, and in a way only Waters can: with style and a splash. Her brand new Twitter page – apparently launched on Thursday – is decorated with red chickens daintily pecking the ground for food. How Alice. And even though she hasn’t sent out a single tweet, and is only following […]
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UC Berkeley student proved pivotal in the rise of Twitter
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. Photo: Joi Ito/Creative Commons. It was a one-word tweet that did it. The word was “Arrested” and it was posted on April 10, 2008 by UC Berkeley J-School grad student James Buck who was in Egypt photographing anti-government protests, and ended up getting detained by the police. Unwittingly, Buck played a pivotal […]
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Homeless in Berkeley, one tweet at a time
Twitter novelist Doug Sovern “Sat on grass right under sign that says ‘no sitting on median’. No1 seems to care as long as u have asiago/roma/arugula slice in hand.” Most Berkeleyans can probably pinpoint the reference in that Tweet to the median strip on Shattuck next to the Cheeseboard. What’s more surprising is those 134 […]
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Berkeley tweeters part 2: They’re out there
Earlier this month we took a look at well-known Berkeley tweeters. We identified those who do — among them Dave Winer and Markos Moulitsas — those who sort of do, such as Michael Pollan, and then we compiled a wish-list of noted Berkeley people who we hope will take to the Twitter-waves. Of course, our readers […]
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William Wurster homes on both sides of the Bay
A home designed by William Wurster is always going to be worth a second look. Wurster, the co-founder, in 1959, of the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley, created eminently livable homes with the sleek aesthetic and early 20th-century modern design touches so beloved of a current generation of architectural enthusiasts. So beloved for […]
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To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question
Blogger extraordinaire Dave Winer does it many times a day and nearly 30,000 people follow his every word. Sustainable food guru Michael Pollan thought he was going to do it, but probably found he was too busy and has only graced us with his 140-character apercus 15 times since he launched himself into micro-blogging. Few […]
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Ruth Reichl grabs a Berkeley bite
Ruth Reichl, the editor of the now defunct Gourmet Magazine, is on her way to Napa for a street food fest. But as she swung through Berkeley half an hour ago she found time to stop and grab something to eat — and to tweet about it: Stopped in Berkeley for soft, spicy, lime-rich pork […]
