Writer Courtney Reimer's overshare left us highly uncentered.

Scott Rosenberg, formerly of Salon, called Mediaite's Power Grid "idiocy," but took three tweets to do it. So if he's right, he lost to the troll. HAND?

Twitter did not allow the Wall Street Journal's Julia Angwin the space to define what she meant by "hookup" in this context.

Time's Karen Tumulty found she was denied even her maternal martyrdom.

Vlogger Veronica Belmont got a fond reminder of the days before she ever learned who "Jason Calacanis" was.

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Actress Diablo Cody is so badly addicted to cultural references, she can't stop dropping them, on Twitter even, about her own therapy, even. (We'd suggest counseling, but that would apparently just feed the cycle.)

CNET's Rafe Needleman scolded his inner geek, via his outer geek.

News anchor Rick Sanchez actually apologized for the lack of savage physical violence on CNN. ABOUT TIME.

Joe Randazzo, Onion editor, questioned the ethics of New York Times, actual serious newspaper. And he had a point!

LA Weekly's Alexia Tsotsis, recently of Gawker, found Nikki Finke's tech coverage highly inappropriate.

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Tweeting from the Michael Jackson memorial service, geeky actor LeVar Burton took umbrage at another celebrity mourner's wardrobe choices (below, via Getty Images).

The New York Times newsroom was no haven from the Jackson telecast, according to reporter Stephanie Clifford.

It was also no haven from live tributes, Timesman Brian Stelter added.

Branding whiz Tim Siedell was all the way out in Nebraska, so he had to imagine the Jackson memorial, if only for Twitter's sake.

At Allen & Company's annual retreat in Sun Valley, Idaho, the nation's financial press pretended it was transgressive, according to the Wall Street Journal's Julia Angwin. Adorable.

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MSNBC's David Shuster lamented the lack of a spectacular and public end to a high-speed car chase.

After chatting with actor Ben Stiller, cyclist Lane Armstrong confirmed to a grateful public the existence of Dodgeball 2.

Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis explained to TechCrunch's Mike Arrington exactly how grating Arrington is; the positively scientific observation included a citation.

Business Insider's John Carney discovered financial politics had made heiress Lydia Hearst his strange bedfellow. He didn't seem particularly annoyed.

Time's James Poniewozik spent basically all day trying to pronounce the name of Dan Abrams' blog, Mediaite.

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The Twitterati were discerning customers today.

Gizmodo associate editor Adam Frucci's outgoing voice mail message is about to get really interesting.

AFP's Olivier Knox stumbled onto a fascinating interview.

Gakwer contributor Melissa Gira Grant wrote up a gadget review, on spec.

The New Yorker's Susan Orlean doesn't see Mark Sanford shooting the breeze with, say, Eliot Spitzer; the adulterous politician would apparently run with a more southern crowd.

When it comes to conference proliferation, Air America's Ana Marie Cox really does hate freedom.

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Some of the Twitterati, it seems, were cranky. Others just overheard cranky people. And still others managed to laugh things off.

You know what's a "tragedy?" The way Food Network chef Tyler Florence's publicity tour is shaping up!

You know what sucks about taking a private jet to the resort town of Aspen? If you're motion-sick Mahalo founder Jason Calacanis, everything.

John Gruber of Daring Fireball found someone who actually finds the New York Times too timely.

The Hollywood Reporter's Matt Belloni posted a facetious nightlife review.

Chris Anderson recognized that Free publicity was the silver lining in Condé Nast colleague Malcolm Gladwell's not-so-friendly review of his book.

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New York's Jessica Coen knew how Michael Jackson would have wanted to be remembered.

ABC News' Jake Tapper, the White House correspondent, was basically just watching Michael Jackson videos all day Friday.

Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow blamed Americans for killing Michael Jackson by not paying enough attention to him, and thus never learning that they were paying way too much attention to him.

This would be Kurt Andersen's moment, if only he'd pursued his morbid dream.

BlackBook's Tricia Romano made her own fun.

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The lesbians just love Kurt Andersen, according to Kurt Andersen.

The Associated Press is still mad as hell at the internet, and isn't going to take it any more, but in the meantime Lauren McCullough would like the internet to please send free content kthxbai.

Joining the day's crowdsourcing trend, the New York Times' Brian Stelter asked for fact-checking help.

Ryan Block of gdgt found some slipping standards at a Steve Jobs-less Apple.

The Times' Jennifer 8. Lee found an ethical issue with her coworker's choice of Twitter application.

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Daring Fireball's John Gruber felt the swearing went without saying.

The Wall Street Journal gave interview-hating Lance Armstrong something to disintermediate, all right.

Miles Kahn of the Daily Show exposed a deep schism within the Church of Jon Stewart.

Casting aside any worries about access, Technologizer's Harry McCracken said Apple's acting CEO marketing VP is boring with boring sauce. (UPDATE: Corrected Schiller's title. What were we thinking?)

PBS' Mark Glaser was so over the Economist.

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After a quick glance to make sure the accident victims were still breathing or whatever, domestic mogul Martha Stewart focused on the important stuff: her poor grasses!

The Wall Street Journal's Alan Murray either confused direct messaging with Tweeting, or intentionally offered to buy lunch for 2,400 followers.

NBC's David Gregory had to explain he isn't really a Twitter star, he just plays one on this old thing called "television."

Jeff Jarvis, media revolutionary, declared former MSNBCer Dan Abrams his own, personal Trotsky.

Nicholas Carlson said the revolution will, in fact, be Twitterized, but we suspect he didn't mean it.

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(Top pic via Martha Stewart)

Craigslist's Craig Newmark sought what we can only imagine are replacement parts.

Ina Fried reminded her CNET coworkers that gender is analog, not binary.

Writer Touré didn't appreciate being called "a whitey-lover" over Shift-key usage.

Caroline McCarthy's white whine is OK, because she disclosed it.

Web producer Annemarie Dooling ended her screenwriting career before it began.

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Finance writer Lyneka Little divulged her history with MC Hammer, so no one could ever use it against her.

Amanda Carpenter revealed she doesn't watch nearly enough L Word (granted, since she works for the Washington Times, this was kind of implied).

The Awl's Choire Sicha provided a glimpse into the process of editing Alex Balk, or at least that's our guess.

Alan Meckler of Web Media Brands concurred with our sources on the future of the Huffington Post.

Marie Claire's Lea Goldman was tied in knots over tubes.

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The virtual mouth of MSNBC's David Shuster congratulated Rachel Sklar, but his short url told a different story, linking to a video of... David Shuster.

The Washington Times' Christina Bellatoni took a moment out of the day to shoot and upload a candid picture of fellow conservative-media White House reporter Major Garrett, of Fox News. Jake Tapper was, naturally, thrilled.

Micki Maynard gave fellow New York Times reporter Brian Stelter some advice on dodging tornadoes.

Dan Frommer of Silicon Alley Insider finds Robert Scoble a bit hyperbolic.

Blogger/entrepreneur Loic Le Meur wished Eric Hippeau success on his freaky takeover of the Huffington Post.

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PBS' Mark Glaser watched helplessly as a thief ruined his Amazon recommendations for the next 18 months.

Digg's Kevin Rose tried to bait Steve Jobs into a swordfight.

Six Apart blogging pimp Anil Dash opened up a second, linguistic line of attack against the mainstream media.

Revision 3's Patrick Norton was officially called a frightening gadget freak by the Feds.

Celebrity gossip Bonnie Fuller gleefully took credit for one of the most obvious casting decisions in reality-TV history.

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Evan Williams doesn't want you to be worried about the intersection of his face with liquid nitrogen. He isn't! But he secretly knows it's kinda badass.

Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg had a rainy day. Cheer her up with a lipdub.

Page Six's Neel Shah spotted Ron Burkle with his hands full, as usual. No word on where his friends' hands were busy.

Peter Kafka of All Things D was hit by a clueless emission from the Washington Post.

FishbowlNY's Hunter Walker made a sacrifice play that showed how desperate Gotham journalists had become.

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John Perry Barlow, the Grateful Dead lyricist and Electronic Frontier Foundation founder, discovered that denizens of Google's hometown don't like being called brutes. They probably also don't like being called wimps, but, hey, that's free speech for ya.

India's Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, told his detractors to "chill."

The New York Times' David Pogue, who is writing a book about Twitter, had trouble working... Twitter.

NPR's Andy Carvin had his iPhone stolen, but found the whole situation slightly amusing, all things considered.

Jim Long watched the Feds working on the Holocaust Museum case.

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Peter Kafka of All Things D knew it wouldn't be the Mirror Awards without relentless heckling and/or inside joking.

New York's Jessica Coen inadvertently stumbled into Rite Aid's obfuscated products aisle.

Ryan Seacrast eagerly devoured on opportunity to reassert his heterosexuality.

Engadget's Ryan Block recontextualized himself.

Toure was robbed of a simple, formerly non-racist pleasure.

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Six Apart's Anil Dash made a joke for people who remember 1986.

Tech writer Glenn Fleischman seemed to enjoy his heroic service in the peanut gallery.

Professional Twitter compiler Nick Douglas immediately grasped the real-world implications of Apple's shiny new toy.

Engadget's Joshua Topolsky made us wish we were more up to speed on Gawker Media gossip.

Xeni Jardin had a surreal CNN experience not involving Lou Dobbs or Anderson Cooper.

Jake Tapper engaged in passive-aggressive tweeting.

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MC Hammer sent a tweet from his pocket, which we tried not to think too much about.

Kirstie Alley and Perez Hilton had the most unholy sort of flirtation.

MacWorld's Jason Snell delivered a lesson for writers in four parts.

Ryan Seacrest was secure enough to show a little emotion.

Tech pundit Andy Ihantko discovered the secret, slightly masochistic reason the Twitterati love free WiFi.

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Salon's White House correspondent Mike Madden got some free fact-checking help from President Obama.

Welsh journalist Debbie James asked the omnivores how they keep from lapsing into wanton cruelty.

Videogum's Lindsay Robertson kinda liked being condescended to.

Leering at a cooperative car-accident victim turned Wired's Brian Chen on.

O'Reilly's Mark Drapeau, Ph. D., contemplated the intersection of sociology and meteorology.

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Wailin Wong of the Chicago Tribune lamented the knuckle-draggers reading her paper.

Washington, DC local TV reporter Brian Bolter pulled what is now known in the industry as a "Chris Matthews." Must be contract time!

Comedian Heather Gold
practiced her non-sequiturs.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom reminded everyone he practiced gay marriage before it was cool. Or technically legal, actually!

Onetime pajama blogger Ana Marie Cox, presently of the Daily Beast, took a suspiciously personal-sounding stand in support of the half naked.

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CNET's Caroline McCarthy came under attack from angry fans of the Dave Matthews Band. Would no one Back Her Up?

Salon's Joan Walsh did not appreciate having to watch Fox News Channel.

ABC backup anchor John Berman was not-so-silently praying for technical difficulties.

Web producer Annemarie Dooling grew tired of flaky renters.

The New York Times' Brian Stelter ate a depressing dinner.

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Digg founder Kevin Rose is sorry he forgot you don't have a magical VIP Web browser like he does.

Chris O'Brien of the San Jose Mercury News noticed a Yahoo profanity policy was kind of fucking hypocritical!

Oliver Knox's vacation to Paris began with some quality American customer service. Being an AFP man, he reported it.

Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin found the Ugly American, in Guatemala.

Writer Tricia Romano quietly cursed the blogger who revealed her happy secret.

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Venture Beat's Eric Rosser Eldon implied his computer might perform better with a little therapy.

Camera-loving blogger Shira Lazar explained how she sizes up men in Hawaii.

Wired's Adam Rogers placed his title at the center of a ven diagram involving sci-fi, tech journalism and hard-core narcotics.

Twitter made new-media whore Paul Carr especially #belligerent.

Kristie Alley found she could not escape the papparazzi, even on Twitter. This did not make her happy.

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CNET's Caroline McCarthy discovered her attire was inappropriate.

Inked magazine editor Jason Buhrmester reveled in his own sacrilege.

Boing Boing's Joel Johnson had a good question to ask about D.

The Guardian's Jemima Kiss could hardly contemplate what she'd become.

Kirstie Alley became acquainted with the less happy side of Twitter.

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RedState.com's Erick Erickson was apparently not ready for his closeup.

Joshua Benton, of Harvard's Neiman Journalism Lab, joined the citizen paparazzi at the very top, bypassing reality TV stars and going straight into stalking a sovereign.

Technology helped the Times' Brian Stelter retain his dignity.

Business pundit Paul Kedrosky documented someone else's Freudian slip.

The Onion's Joe Randazzo had a not-so-magical New York moment.

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After reclaiming her Twitter name from a fakester, Tina Fey apparently had stage fright.

The Times' Jennifer 8. Lee was awesomely geeky, although she could have worked some kind of "SIGHUP" joke into this one.

British freelancer Louise Bolotin denied a friend request with extreme prejudice.

Wired's Chris Anderson not only gives away his content online, he throws in sassy rejoinders as a bonus.

Blogger Chris O'Leary had a few too many.

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The New Yorker's Susan Orlean wasn't about to let social pressure keep her from blogging about suicide

Salon's Glenn Greenwald pulled his punches with regard to the White House Press Corps, as usual.

The Daily Show's Tim Carvell was not impressed with the Times' sales pitch.

David Carr found himself easily distracted from his work for the Times.

But his colleague Patrick LaForge seemed to relish his new job: Assuring New Yorkers of various things that will not, in fact, kill them.

CNN's Larry King is documenting your sexual harassment and doesn't have to take it, crazy View lady!

Jimmy Fallon took the fate of his iPhone way too personally.

Paul Carr edited our copy (someone should!).

The liberal mayor of San Francisco bragged about a new form of taxation he invented, and about handling butts. Typical.

The Telegraph's Edmund Conway was reduced to gibberish by his blogging system.

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Extreme-dieting Scientologist Kirstie Alley explained who is first against the wall in the vegetable revolution. Ha... ha?

The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza wondered if it was him or the White House stonewalling he was livetweeting that scared away so many followers.

Time columnist James Poniewozik basked in the glory of Kiefer Sutherland's bar-assault joke.

Jezebel's Megan Carpentier had neither penis envy nor penis guilt.

The Onion's Joe Randazzo pseudo-lamented a tweeter's pseudo-fame.

Investor and pundit Paul Kedrosky contemplated his own vision of hell.

Which makes a best-of collection problematic. Twitter is beloved by wordsmiths because the 140-character limit requires a careful crafting of messages. But that same restriction has a flattening effect, making the smartest writers seem as stupid as your average oversharer. Twitter is the future of news, of media, of advertising, of personal communication, we're told. Oh, so we're headed for Idiocracy? Take this sampler not as some awarding of laurels, but a harbinger of impending doom.

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Washington Post dork Chris Cillizza admitted it.

CNET Newser Caroline McCarthy did not have to see a man about a horse.

Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback attempted to rent a car from a shoe store.

New Yorker Twitter controversialist Susan Orlean complained about an inanimate object, for a change.

Wired research editor Joanna Pearlstein rapped her job applicants' knuckles with a Twitter-shaped ruler.

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Rule:

Don't recruit friends or family to promote or defend your work.

Tech editor Julia Angwin retweets fans of her new book, Stealing MySpace.

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Never misrepresent yourself using a false name when you're acting on behalf of your Dow Jones publication or service.

Gadget columnist Katie Boehret may use her ink-dot portrait, but she goes by the highly suspicious "kabster728" on Twitter.

Rule:

When soliciting information from readers and interview subjects you must identify yourself as a reporter for the Journal, Newswires or MarketWatch and be tonally neutral in your questions.

Let's hope writer Mary Pilon was being rhetorical. If not, she really botched this one!

Rule:

Base all comments posted in your role as a Dow Jones employee in the facts, drawing from and citing your reporting when appropriate. Sharing your personal opinions, as well as expressing partisan political views, whether on Dow Jones sites or on the larger Web, could open us to criticism that we have biases and could make a reporter ineligible to cover topics in the future for Dow Jones.

Amy Schatz reveals a career-killing bias against Uhura on Star Trek.

Rule:

Don't disparage the work of colleagues or competitors or aggressively promote your coverage.

Who's going to tell WSJ.com life and style editor Marisa Wong to ease back on spamming Twitter with headlines?

Rule:

Don't engage in any impolite dialogue with those who may challenge your work — no matter how rude or provocative they may seem.

Sharp-tongued AllThingsD mommyblogger Kara Swisher must have carved out an exemption in her contract on this one.

Rule:

Business and pleasure should not be mixed on services like Twitter.

WSJ.com Europe editor Neil McIntosh reveals entirely too much about his outside interests.

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Time media critic James Poniewozik experienced intra-Time Warner corporate stupidity.

Chicago Tribune schadenfreude beat reporter John Keilman bragged about his marriage.

Wired editor Danny Dumas did not pimp his ride.

Financial-advice yeller Suze Orman Twittered at her girlfriend.

Senator spawn Meghan McCain represented the filthy-mouthed, sleepless future of the GOP.

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Boa-bedecked media horror Laurel Touby was stymied in her real-estate quest by husband Jon Fine's raging metrosexuality.

Bicoastal tech execuwrangler Brooke Hammerling outed Gawker alumnus Lockhart Steele as a non-porn star.


TechPresident blog blowhard Micah Sifry waxed Foucauldian.

Brazen divorcist Penelope Trunk contemplated barter.

Technology Review Twitterer-in-chief Jason Pontin thought about the poor, but only for 140 characters.

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Social media enthusiast Adam Jackson embraced the new medium.

Valleywag commenter Matt Ghali dryly noted Twitter's new maintenance routine.

Los Angeles tech scenester Sean Percival suggested a new hangout.

CNET News reporter Ina Fried had a straight-up freakout.

Search Engine Land editor Danny Sullivan pondered his options.

How did you survive the great Twitter blackout? Report your experience in the comments. 140 characters max!

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Wired UK editor Ben Hammersley had a meltdown in Heathrow.

Time media critic James Poniewozik pointed out the obvious flaw in the great Kindle swindle.

Improbably named Chicago blogger Blagica Bottigliero flaunted her City Hall connections.

Martha Stewart had to call 911 when the power went out, and declared it not a good thing.

Insincerely sarcastic Guardian columnist Paul Carr put the "college" in "collegial" when he went off on colleague Seth Finkelstein.

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New York Times Detroit bureau chief Micki Maynard pursued her love of U2 to absurd lengths.

Ultrapretentious startup consultant Chris Sacca got excited about a nude wedding.

Marie Claire features editor Lea Goldman contracted the Blueprint Cleanse flu.

VentureBeat snooper Eric Eldon listened in.

Fast Company writer Ellen McGirt made an obscure Blueprint Cleanse reference, we think.

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Timesman-in-chief Bill Keller shilled for the Gray Lady.

Mahalo funtrepreneur Jason Calacanis offered a metaphor for his career.

AllThingsD daddyblogger Peter Kafka experienced technical difficulties.

Rachel Nixon discovered there are media jobs to be had in Canada. (Let's all move north!)

Videoblogger talent rep George Ruiz blended in with the suits better than he thought.

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Huffington Post legacy hire Matthew Palevsky defended uniformly innocuous Timesman Sewell Chan's Twitter honor.

Nation correspondent Ari Melber captured the sad sadness of a sad politican's sad press conference.

Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl felt the consequences of auctioning herself off to the highest bidder.

Chicago Tribune leisureblogger Bill Daley became the guy who complains about the copier.

Fox DC anchor Brian Bolter felt a false sense of relief.

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