Twitter Shenanigans – #ecmband

It’s been a while (too long!), but a couple of days ago another of these ECM / pop culture crossover memes hit the twitterverse, with some very funny consequences. Given that the meme seems to have died down I thought I’d capture it for posterity – too many of these memes (remember #cmspickuplines?) have been lost due to Twitter still not offering the ability to find all tweets with a given hashtag, irrespective of when they were originally posted (<irony>I’d tag that with #fail but Twitter wouldn’t preserve it so what’s the point…</irony>).

Without further ado, here’s the list of #ecmband tweets up until 10am US-Pacific on September 4th, 2011 (note: for brevity I’ve removed retweets, meta-comments about the meme, etc.):

Who / When	What	Editorial Comment by Moi
@pmonks 2011-09-04 09:45:35	#ecmband Silly IDOL (with tip o the hat to @CherylMcKinnon for inspiration)
@pmonks 2011-09-04 09:36:38	#ecmband (traffic) INXS
@pmonks 2011-09-04 09:34:57	#ecmband The Niggles
@pmonks 2011-09-04 09:33:19	#ecmband Justin Timetobreak
@pmonks 2011-09-04 09:09:24	#ecmband Madness
@CherylMcKinnon 2011-09-03 17:56:04	#ecmband Building IDOL
@pmonks 2011-09-03 17:52:35	#ecmband New Bids are a Shock
@CherylMcKinnon 2011-09-03 13:44:48	#ECMBand OASIS	Very nice!
@raresva 2011-09-03 09:58:29	#ecmband Weird Al Freskovic cc @pmonks
@raresva 2011-09-03 09:56:02	#ecmband K2
@raresva 2011-09-03 09:38:15	#ecmband Frank Seedata. late to the meme
@pmonks 2011-09-03 08:00:46	#ecmband Arrested Development (schedule)
@pmonks 2011-09-03 07:57:07	#ecmband Megadearth (of good content)
@pmonks 2011-09-03 07:55:29	#ecmband FUD Fighters
@pmonks 2011-09-03 07:53:12	#ecmband Vanilla ICE (In-Context Editing)
@pmonks 2011-09-02 20:15:53	#ecmband Routines of the Stone Age
@pmonks 2011-09-02 20:10:30	#ecmband Midnight Toil
@pmonks 2011-09-02 20:07:52	#ecmband Daft Junk
@pmonks 2011-09-02 20:07:16	#ecmband sCream
@pmonks 2011-09-02 20:04:19	#ecmband Paper Jam
@pmonks 2011-09-02 20:04:09	#ecmband No Order
@pmonks 2011-09-02 20:03:54	#ecmband Linkedin Perk
@pmonks 2011-09-02 20:02:44	#ecmband Cloudplay
@ldallasBMOC 2011-09-02 19:53:38	#ecmband Dolly Partition (disturbing country trend)
@ldallasBMOC 2011-09-02 19:52:30	Conway Twitter #ecmband
@CherylMcKinnon 2011-09-02 19:51:54	#ecmband Johnny Cache
@pmonks 2011-09-02 19:49:29	#ecmband Jackedup Drive	Bit of a stretch from the real band name…
@pmonks 2011-09-02 19:49:09	#ecmband Dolly Partition
@pmonks 2011-09-02 19:48:03	#ecmband Tina CD Burner
@ldallasBMOC 2011-09-02 19:26:55	This is weird even for me – Lyrics to Losing My Revisions http://t.co/GktLhhf #ecmband – blame @pmonks	I think someone needs some therapy!
@sutrosoftware 2011-09-02 19:26:25	The 5-Year Commitments #ecmband
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 19:20:04	@pmonks #ecmband Elvis pRESTley
@c_d_stephenson 2011-09-02 19:18:03	#ecmband Johnny Cache
@c_d_stephenson 2011-09-02 19:17:29	#ecmband Java Jars of Clay
@c_d_stephenson 2011-09-02 19:16:51	#ecmband St(r)ing
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 19:11:48	@pmonks #ecmband Men At Work-flow
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 19:11:05	@pmonks #ecmband WebDAV Lee Roth
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 19:09:55	@pmonks #ecmband Rod SteWAR
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 19:05:32	@pmonks #ecmband ClassPath Benetar
@CherylMcKinnon 2011-09-02 19:04:42	#ecmband The VERS Pipe
@CherylMcKinnon 2011-09-02 18:57:19	Oh dear lord. Home after 4 hours of dinner out and see almost 100 new #ecmband name tweets. Pouring another glass of vino…	Hangover much?
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 18:51:16	@pmonks #ecmband Ozzie Onbase
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 18:49:56	@pmonks #ecmband Depeche Model
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 18:47:51	@pmonks #ecmband Url2
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 18:45:11	@pmonks #ecmband A FileLock of Seagulls	Highly commended!
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 18:43:40	@pmonks #ecmband David Lee Rootnode
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 18:42:16	@pmonks #ecmband Red-Hat Chilli Peppers
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 18:35:06	@pmonks #ecmband N.W.A (Not Without Alfresco)
@dustinv 2011-09-02 18:34:05	@WillieGonzalez @pmonks #ecmband Workflow Rida
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 18:32:07	@pmonks #ecmband L.D.A.P Cool J
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 18:30:10	#ecmband The Pretenders … (you know who they are)
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 18:26:30	@pmonks #ecmband Adam AMP
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 18:25:01	@pmonks #ecmband 10,000(MB) Maniacs
@pmonks 2011-09-02 18:14:39	#ecmband Simple (file) Plans
@sliewehr 2011-09-02 17:44:05	the Monk-eys @pmonks #ecmband
@parapadakis 2011-09-02 17:03:18	Distro’s Midrange Scanners #ecmband
@fmaul 2011-09-02 16:30:57	#ecmband CMIS Non The Richer
@sutrosoftware 2011-09-02 16:24:20	The Search-and-Replacements #ecmband
@sutrosoftware 2011-09-02 16:23:06	@CherylMcKinnon Legal Hold Play #ecmband
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 16:20:50	the Police – Every little thing she scans is magic #ecmband
@fmaul 2011-09-02 16:15:43	#ecmband DJ PDF and the Fresh Prints
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 16:15:33	George Michael & Aretha Franklin – I knew you were waiting #ecmband
@pmonks 2011-09-02 16:11:24	#ecmband Living in a Box (is claustrophobic as all get out!)
@WillieGonzalez 2011-09-02 16:10:22	@pmonks #ecmband Bad Company (EMC Corp)
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 16:07:42	Tears for Years #ecmband	My favourite – perfectly captures the vibe of ECM!!
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 16:06:22	SEO Speedwagon #ecmband
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 16:05:55	The Pixels #ecmband
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 16:00:05	The Crash #ecmband
@pmonks 2011-09-02 15:56:24	#ecmband Buena Vista Social Business 2.0 Club
@pmonks 2011-09-02 15:50:19	#ecmband Deep Trouble
@whitneytidmarsh 2011-09-02 15:49:05	Rockumentum! #ecmband	Trust the marketeers to throw in some fanboi-ism!
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 15:47:22	The Transactional Hip #ecmband
@pmonks 2011-09-02 15:46:42	#ecmband Springclean Day
@piewords 2011-09-02 15:43:47	The Backscan Boys #ecmband
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 15:36:46	Ace of Base64 #ecmband
@parapadakis 2011-09-02 15:36:07	Sonny and Sharepoint #ecmband	Very clever!!
@adeforsan 2011-09-02 15:34:31	#ecmband CEVA lovitch
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 15:33:15	Rendition of the Orphan #ecmband < must be doom metal
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 15:29:33	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Cloud #ecmband
@piewords 2011-09-02 15:28:38	Monkloaf #ecmband cc @pmonks
@pmonks 2011-09-02 15:26:56	#ecmband Scott and the #Crapronyms cc @sliewehr
@pmonks 2011-09-02 15:24:50	#ecmband Adriaan and the Analysts
@adriaanbloem 2011-09-02 15:24:16	I think Peter and the Chipmonks is enough of an #ecmband by himself @pmonks
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 15:24:06	R.E.M. and their Document LP… too obvious #ecmband
@adeforsan 2011-09-02 15:18:57	#ecmband led zipfiles
@piewords 2011-09-02 15:18:42	The E. Files Band #ecmband
@parapadakis 2011-09-02 15:16:58	Credence Capture Revival #ecmband
@piewords 2011-09-02 15:16:27	Steely Scan #ecmband
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 15:12:56	Limp business #ecmband
@adeforsan 2011-09-02 15:12:39	#ecmband iron mountain #metal
@pmonks 2011-09-02 15:12:14	#ecmband The B-5015.2s
@adeforsan 2011-09-02 15:11:34	#ecmband the shadow (files)
@piewords 2011-09-02 15:11:27	Run-EMC #ecmband	No thanks!
@ldallasBMOC 2011-09-02 15:09:39	Toner-Loc #ecmband
@piewords 2011-09-02 15:09:31	Contellica #ecmband
@pmonks 2011-09-02 15:08:10	#ecmband Jesus Jones… …Documentum is down *again*?!?!
@pmonks 2011-09-02 15:07:40	#ecmband The Jesus and Money Drain
@ldallasBMOC 2011-09-02 15:07:14	Alans Microsoft Project #ecmband
@piewords 2011-09-02 15:07:06	Tommy Duplex #ecmband
@pmonks 2011-09-02 15:06:51	#ecmband Nick Cave and the Bad Feeds
@ldallasBMOC 2011-09-02 15:05:43	Kenny Login #ecmband	In a large and carefully conducted survey (i.e. I asked some friends), this one came out as the crowd favourite. Oh, and we all got written off as “hopelessly geeky”… you win some, you lose some…
@ldallasBMOC 2011-09-02 15:05:25	Dire Straightedge #ecmband (weak I know)
@pmonks 2011-09-02 15:03:42	#ecmband Extreme… …frustration with this archaic, monolithic, proprietary PoS CMS!
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 15:02:42	ZZ Pad – Gimme all your content #ecmband
@ldallasBMOC 2011-09-02 15:02:37	Ink Supply #ecmband
@adeforsan 2011-09-02 14:57:41	#ecmband benny and the gets
@CherylMcKinnon 2011-09-02 14:57:05	#ECMband COLDPlay
@adeforsan 2011-09-02 14:56:40	#ecmband super stamp
@jeffpotts01 2011-09-02 14:56:14	Dexy’s Midnight Publish Job Runners #ecmband (how retro)
@adeforsan 2011-09-02 14:55:56	#ecmband the rolling store (and retrieve ) courtesy @PhilippeLaval
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 14:55:05	OpenText – ‘Managing content loud’ #ecmband
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 14:53:20	The Offline – Punk; always against what is common #ecmband
@pmonks 2011-09-02 14:50:33	#ecmband Simply Read
@ldallasBMOC 2011-09-02 14:50:11	#ECMBand songs “Loosing My Retention” by E.R.M. (think this has been done before)
@pmonks 2011-09-02 14:49:39	#ecmband The Cure (is open source)
@adeforsan 2011-09-02 14:48:02	#ecmband rage against the machine #extendedITmix 🙂
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 14:45:23	The New Datamodel Army #ecmband
@CherylMcKinnon 2011-09-02 14:43:02	#ECMBand New Rendition
@tpeelen 2011-09-02 14:35:34	The Hummingbirds #ecmband
@pmonks 2011-09-02 14:34:11	#ecmband Ready, #AIIM, Fire!
@adeforsan 2011-09-02 14:33:03	#ecmband Flows runs and the machine
@pmonks 2011-09-02 14:31:04	#ecmband Laurence and the Hart-ons cc @piewords	I know that this is @piewords secret favourite, but he’d never admit it because he’s suppressing his inner lunatic.
@ldallasBMOC 2011-09-02 14:30:50	Peter and The Requirements @bduhon @cherylmckinnon @pmonks @piewords @jessewilkins @juliecolgan #ecmband
@pmonks 2011-09-02 14:27:51	#ecmband Irina and the Seven Devs cc @irina_guseva
@adeforsan 2011-09-02 14:27:38	#ecmband siouxie and the brand sheets
@pmonks 2011-09-02 14:26:17	#ecmband Lee Dallas and the Textans
@adeforsan 2011-09-02 14:24:23	RT @CherylMcKinnon: #ecmband names… Katrina & the Forrester Waves, New Kids on the Numeric Block, Shania Twain…	(note: not sure why the original is no longer showing up in my twitter search, so I’ve included this RT instead)
@pmonks 2011-09-02 14:24:15	#ecmband The (Style) Police
@pmonks 2011-09-02 14:24:09	#ecmband Spandex Ballet
@pmonks 2011-09-02 14:02:30	@CherylMcKinnon I can see it now “The ECM Mullets present Business Up Front, Party in the Back!” #ecmband cc @piewords @ldallasBMOC	The tweet that kicked it all off.

Footnote: although I used the Twitter API to retrieve these tweets, retrieving all tweets for a given hashtag is still a bit of a crapshoot. As a result I’ve probably missed some of the entries – if you notice any that I have missed, please let me know and I’ll manually add them.

Signs You’re at a Geek Conference

I’m currently attending Google I/O 2010, and while the technical aspects of the conference are being well covered elsewhere, what I’ve enjoyed more is the “people watching” aspect, specifically the differences between a “geek” conference such as this one, and “non-geek” conferences such as the various CMS conferences I regularly attend.

While most of my observations have been made on Twitter, I thought I’d capture them here for perpetuity. Without further ado, I present to you “Signs You’re at a Geek Conference”:

Sign #42 you’re at a geek conference: the line for the men’s is out the door & the women’s is vacant.

Sign #117 you’re at a geek conf: presenter with European accent says “shart” & no one laughs – they know he’s talking scalability.

Sign #13 you’re at a geek conference: 87% of attendees are using Macs, and 47% of those have “Powered by Ubuntu” stickers on them.

Sign #1 you’re at a geek conference: you make lists of geeky things you see there and share with everyone you know 🙂 (from my good friend BRob / br524 on Twitter)

Sign #73 you’re at a geek conference: there are lots of attractive young ladies… …but what’s with the “staff” t shirts?

Sign #37 you’re at a geek conference: rickets is the most commonly discussed health issue.

Sign #64 you’re at a geek conference: you overhear “their PL/1 code wasn’t up to COBOL standards” (tip o’ the hat to LuisSala).

Sign #51 you’re at a geek conference: lots of tender loving talk about babies… …but 99% referring to stealth mode startups.

Sign #82 you’re at a geek conf: pool tables are empty but 5 of the last 7 foosball world champions are duking it out in the rec. area.

Sign #90 you’re at a geek conference: you compliment someone on their period costume, and they give you a death stare.