Brian’s Twitters this Week

June 28th, 2009

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

June 21st, 2009
  • One more year of elementary school for Sarah. One more year of high school for Julius. #
  • @ScottBourne UGH! Alex Lindsay just helped me buy a new HV30 - I should have asked if any of you TWIT folks had one to sell. Oh well! #
  • Making my world-famous (well, at least in my house) crunchy peanut butter pancakes. Yum! #
  • @ Jimmy Buffett @ south jersey!! Fins to the left! #
  • It’s 5 o’clock in south jersey! #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

June 8th, 2009

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

June 1st, 2009
  • On a full flight to PHL via Vegas. A nonstop flight that isn’t full is leaving 1hr earlier. And they still want to charge me $50 fee. What? #
  • Celebrating the dedication of The Robert Olin Niles Chapel of the Four Children today at the Methodist Home for Children in Philadelphia. #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

May 28th, 2009
  • Found a birthday present on my car this morning. A parking ticket. Grrrrrr! #
  • @bradjward Well, it should get better but I now have two parents in the hospital as of this morning. So someone must be messing with me… in reply to bradjward #
  • I have two patients on the 12th floor of Upenn Hospital at the same time - and I’m not a doctor. Who am I? #
  • On my way to 9,000 feet of R&R. Maybe when I come down I’ll shave. #
  • Arrived at the mountaintop. Off the grid until Tuesday. Call if you need to reach me. #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

May 18th, 2009
  • 10 years ago today at 11:43pm a baby was born and her name was Sarah. And my life changed forever. Happy Birthday! #
  • A baby grand. A martini. The porch. JT. Fresh cut grass. A clear sky. Frozen mango. Shaken, not stirred. Not necessarily in that order. Ah #
  • @bradjward Wait. You have a JR high schooler? #
  • @bradjward Whew! For a moment there I thought it was the vodka! #
  • @bradjward cough cough. Dork. Cough. ;) #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

May 10th, 2009
  • Looking for PC Laptop recommendations. 14-15″ screen, Intel processor, $400-600 range. (no, it’s not for me - I’m a Mac guy) #
  • @lougan Somewhere in the middle. in reply to lougan #
  • @lougan Pretty isn’t important. Talking about a basic business laptop. $400-600. Used to recommend Dell but quality has slipped. in reply to lougan #
  • Watching a competitor do a presentation I did 10 years ago. Wow! Dude is stuck in the 90’s! #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

May 6th, 2009
  • Peace is defined as sitting on the front porch, listening to music and birds, feeling the calm breeze & sipping a nice glass of cheap wine. #
  • If we ever needed an incentive to seriously pursue energy independence and energy alternatives, this may be it. http://tr.im/k2aq #
  • Where the jobs come and go in the US between 2004 and 2009 Very cool animation too! http://tr.im/k6bA #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

April 26th, 2009
  • Alone on an island with 1.6 million others :( #
  • Join me for the closing session this morning at NAGAP in NYC on “Managing Change.” #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

April 19th, 2009
  • Jailbraking my iPhone. Can I get a collective crossing of fingers? Thank you! #
  • Jailbroke my iPhone, tethered my MacBook to the Internet with 3G & broadcast the TargetX SRM from the iPhone to my Mac screen. Awesome! #
  • Blasphemy! It only has one use, should be up, very cold, with a twist (and no vermouth). http://bit.ly/8KFZZ #
  • After 23 years, I’ve lost my allure for Acura. Third time mine was damaged when in for service (and way too many buttons on th new models) #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

April 5th, 2009
  • Feeling a bit out of sync today. Woke up an hour late and I even forgot to shave. I blame my feline alarm clock - he’s off too. Tom-Tom! #
  • @donreisinger My cat slept in today - I don’t get it. (he’s crate trained too) in reply to donreisinger #
  • Sad fact: knowing how to get around (and helping others get around) a complicated hospital like UPenn because you’re been there too often #
  • @samanthawillard Hey Samantha! I’m the CEO of TargetX - let me know how I can help. in reply to samanthawillard #
  • @rmksgirl Tell me more - I’d like to get someone on it in reply to rmksgirl #
  • @rmksgirl Where did you used to work? Trying to place a client with a name :) And where does Samatha work? Haven’t met her before. in reply to rmksgirl #
  • @rmksgirl Most of what you’re talking about has been updated with our new SRM Email system - much better at newsletters and such. in reply to rmksgirl #
  • @rmksgirl @samanthawillard You can create a message, save to the library, then set up the group. Call us to get trained on how to do this. in reply to rmksgirl #
  • @HighEdMarketing Look at you retweeting! I’m so proud of you ;) in reply to HighEdMarketing #
  • @rmksgirl Probably not. Our contact there didn’t seem to want training g in reply to rmksgirl #
  • @rmksgirl … but also isn’t the user it seems - sounds like Sam is. We’ll reach out to her to help out. Thanks! in reply to rmksgirl #
  • RT @rmksgirl “I knew how to do that - just seemed painful I guess” Didn’t you say you wanted to set up the HTML first, then pick the group? #
  • When I thought I had finally heard it all, now I might just have. #
  • Guess I won’t be having that afternoon cup if coffee. Just spilled it all over the hospital waiting room floor. Oops! #
  • Preparing to introduce myself to a nice bottle on Pinot and the front porch. Ahhhhh. #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

March 29th, 2009
  • Proud of being ranked 262,037th in the CBS Sportsl NCAA Basketball Bracket Challenge :( #
  • Not sure my math is right. Four bottles of wine between three guys - is that correct? It’s certainly how I feel this morning. #
  • First biking of the season and a little time on the porch before the temperature drops tonight. Sweetness! #
  • @Mindpower_Inc For internal needs or for colleges? We’ve had a lot of experience with this, internally and with our SRM system. Call me :) #
  • Putting makeup on Sarah for the musical tonight. Fathers and daughters - the things we do (as best we can :) #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

March 22nd, 2009
  • Will be interesting to see how this one plays out. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/15/AIG.bonuses/ #
  • One of my favorite West Wing actors died today - Ron Silver (aka Bruno Gianelli) - at the young age of 62 http://bit.ly/dTGRK #
  • Up when the first digit on the clock is a 4. This isn’t a good start … #
  • Most dangerous place to drive: mornings at the high school (almost hit 3 times in 7 seconds today) #
  • While I don’t like taxes to fix a mistake, I like the creativity in this idea. http://bit.ly/19qPnq #
  • What happens on the Internet, stays on the Internet. http://bit.ly/g7GmV #
  • Hanging with Ron Jawarski, Carl Lewis and about a hundred other people. #
  • Keeping an eye on 18 of the men’s and 13 of the woman’s NCAA Div 1 basketball teams who are also TargetX clients. Good luck in the dance! #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

March 15th, 2009

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

March 8th, 2009
  • TargetX’s Jeff Kallay made the cover of the Chronicle of Higher Education this week! Sweet! #
  • Keep forgetting how good it feels to blast the music in the kitchen while dancing and cooking with my daughter. #
  • One way to get people outside on a nice day is to turn off the power throughout the town. Time to open the front porch! #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

March 1st, 2009
  • Steve Jobs running the auto industry? We’d have three cars to choose from - but they would be amazing! http://bit.ly/sr29K #
  • Xpert Summit Las Vegas hotel is sold out this week. And they say Vegas is having problems with tourism. Ha! Viva Las Vegas! #
  • Very early flight to Vegas for the TargetX Xpert Summit. (leaving my money at home) #
  • TargetX’s users conference finally comes to a close in Las Vegas. Thank you to everyone that came, interacted, shared, learned and listened! #
  • 4 days in Vegas without going to any casinos or shows. However, my colleagues more than made up for my lameness. #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

February 22nd, 2009
  • An evening with my step-son, wings and beer (the beer is for me;) #
  • Over 15 years of speaking and not one technical glitch … until today. It was long overdue. #
  • @thendrix I’m going to the TargetX Xpert Summit :) in reply to thendrix #
  • Awake since 2:30am. This can’t be good. Must. Get. To. Sleep. #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

February 15th, 2009
  • The wine making continues … this step, racking the wine (aka removing the sediment from the barrel) http://bit.ly/WZsU #
  • Making Arista al Latte (pork loin cooked in milk) for dinner (with a beer in hand, of course). Yum! #
  • Embark’s parent company files for bankruptcy. What does that mean for their college clients? http://bit.ly/JuGY #
  • Tennis match (after months since playing) … then figuring out how to “drive our competition crazy.” Might be a long night :) #
  • 6-3, 3-6, 1-3 … ugh! And I was doing so well. But I did live up to the “it’s going to be a long night” part #
  • @rspringall They were Embark, then The Princeton Review and then Embark (under MRU Holdings). Now, who knows. in reply to rspringall #
  • @AdrienneBartlet Definitely Fat Tire Amber needs to be on the list. And as CEO (hee hee) I put in a request for SmuttyNose :) in reply to AdrienneBartlet #
  • I may have to stop watching American Idol … thanks to Tatiana. OMG! #
  • On the left coast in SFO for a couple of days. Colder here than at home - go figure! #
  • Visit the San Francisco Apple Store: Done. Steve Jobs sightings: Zero. Purchases: Zero. (back to work) #
  • Just learned the $100 Westin room includes the hourly chimes of the St. Patrick’s Church next door. Oh great. #
  • TargetX welcomes Jill Duppler and Trent Gilbert - the newest members of the Team! Two other positions still open folks: http://bit.ly/Kb2fB #
  • I was born 7 miles from where the plane crashed tonight outside of Buffalo. Really shakes you when it hits close to where you once lived. #
  • I’m sorry. It just tastes like soap. Why not just shave some Safeguard on my meal? http://bit.ly/Dpfwc #
  • I want to thank the Westin San Francisco for giving me Internet access in the boardroom for $350 for two days instead of $350 per day. URR! #
  • I love this city, but I think I need to go home now. http://bit.ly/Nr94I #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

February 8th, 2009
  • Did anyone see January? It was here just a minute ago. I’m sure it was. Now I can’t find it. Have you seen it? #
  • @dmolsen It’s also on my Delicious list. Sorry about that! http://delicious.com/brianwmniles in reply to dmolsen #
  • Congrats to Sarah for making New Jersey Honor’s Choir! http://bit.ly/sZsl #
  • Tip: Do not spread salt on the sidewalk when you have open blisters on your hands. Ouch! #
  • @tsand … but I’m originally from Buffalo. I should know better. It’s in my blood, right? #
  • Home with a sick 9 year old. It’s going around folks! #
  • Home again with a coughing Sarah. A school in south jersey has closed today because of 90/200 kids being sick! #
  • Even on Hulu I mute the ads. #
  • Excited to watch my neice Cwistine compete for Ithaca College gymnastics at Temple U. event. #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

February 1st, 2009
  • My new favorite tool to help make life a little easier: http://www.tripit.com #
  • First day back from being on the road … well, you know how that goes. Lots of catching up to do. #
  • Team Niles welcomes the latest addition to the family: Julius’ baby project (when I was in HS, we only had to carry a raw egg around) #
  • Just demoed our SRM system on the iPhone for a client (thanks to Salesforce). Awesome! #
  • I believe our no-school bus town overestimated the plowing capabilities of our charming little town (2 hr delay and the roads aren’t plowed) #
  • I love coffee mugs! I want the camera lens one! http://bit.ly/yGPf #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

January 25th, 2009
  • I don’t care what they wear or what they say. I care what they do. And I’m very optimistic with hope. #
  • @AdrienneBartlet That would be Copland’s Appalachian Spring Symphony. One of my favorites! in reply to AdrienneBartlet #
  • Raining and 80 degrees in San Juan at 9am. In conference room all day. Not expecting any sympathy points. #
  • High expectations from the NAGAP Institute group of my presentation today called “Let’s Get Social!” on new media in graduate recruiting. #
  • Best use of Instant Messaging in Admissions - looking for examples if anyone has any to share. Thanks! #
  • @bradjward No slides yet - still making changes (as usual, last minute :) Where is your new office going to be for the company? in reply to bradjward #
  • My new favorite commercial to add to my stump-speeches. “Less meetings where no one communicates. I Will Survive!” http://bit.ly/Tkp7 #
  • Twitter thought during my 15 minute vacation at the pool in San Juan listening to A. Copeland and smoking a Cuban. http://snipurl.com/akaok #
  • @mherzber … and then it started raining. Oh well … #
  • iPhone pic from 767 approaching Cape May. Wow! http://snipurl.com/am7jx #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

January 18th, 2009
  • I think I picked almost all of the playoff games incorrectly. And I’m not that upset about it. Yea Eagles! #
  • Wasn’t expecting the Eagles to still be in it, but now hoping for an all-Pennsylvania Superbowl. Thank you Houston and Oakland! #
  • TargetX popular users conference in Vegas now open to non-clients (for a small fee). http://www.targetx.com/xpertsummit #
  • Recording podcast about “Facebookgate” with @bradjward, @mlynchclevenger and @adriennebartlet to be released online soon http://bit.ly/uSmk #
  • Oh great. Apple stock down to under $80 after hours with Steve Jobs news. Guess I should have sold at $200 (purchased at $8 though) #
  • @bradjward Sweet! $7.98! Maybe I can sell my Apple stock and buy some before it drops further :) in reply to bradjward #
  • @scottaparks Anyone that buys a stock because of one person is an idiot. Oh, let’s see, when did I buy that stock? Hmm, 1996. Opps! in reply to scottaparks #
  • Sent a team to a client in Vermont. It’s -8 right now there. Should I have packed TargetX long underwear for them? #
  • See Sarah and me on Comcast Sports Net at 10pm tonight for our Eagles prediction! #
  • @AdrienneBartlet PJ’s in Haddonfield. in reply to AdrienneBartlet #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

January 11th, 2009
  • Why do my days seem to be an endless series of To Do lists? And why are they allowed to be fluid and never ending? #
  • Finding the perfect To Do app for the iPhone is proving to be more difficult than I thought. Most are too simple & some are too complex. #

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Brian’s Twitters this Week

January 8th, 2009
  • TargetX is hiring! Two positions announced today: http://www.targetx.com/aboutus/jobs Spread the word! More to come… #
  • Last trip of the year. And of course it’s delayed. #
  • Oh, ok. This might be why my flight is delayed. Ok, I get it. http://snipurl.com/7sky3 #
  • I could get use to flying in a private Beachcraft to travel to clients. #
  • If I don’t get a haircut soon, people are going to start calling me Blagojevich. But then I could solicit bids for cutting my hair, right? #
  • Ahh … finally home after the last trip of the year. #

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Brian’s Twitters on 2008-11-28

November 28th, 2008
  • Wow! Congrats to the Haddonfield U10 Girls (ranked #18) beating the #3 and #10 ranked teams today! http://bit.ly/9D53 #

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Brian’s Twitters on 2008-11-27

November 27th, 2008
  • Thankful for going through hundreds of CD’s, giving them away (but first ripping a few to my computer :) Happy “Music” Thanksgiving! #

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Brian’s Twitters on 2008-11-25

November 25th, 2008
  • Congrats to Haddonfield’s U10 Girls for another successful championship game! http://bit.ly/PB2N #

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Brian’s Twitters on 2008-11-24

November 24th, 2008
  • George Bush, the CEO’s of the big 3 automakers and the coach of the Philadelphia Eagles should all be benched. We’ve suffered long enough. #

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Brian’s Twitters on 2008-11-23

November 23rd, 2008
  • @smeranda Congratulations!! A time you never forget. Seems just like yesterday (and for you, that also has the benefit of being true!) #

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Brian’s Twitters on 2008-11-22

November 22nd, 2008
  • Heading home to celebrate the past 10 years with the most wonderful, caring and passionate woman in my life. #
  • @WilHarris Free PHX wifi. A power outlet next to me. And iTunes podcast downloads on my iPhone. Awesome! #

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