Rob Pegoraro
Technology Blogger, USA Today, Discovery News
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Journalist covering/often vexed by computers, gadgets and other things that beep. Seen at @USATODAYtech, @DisCo_Project, @Discovery_News, @sulia, and elsewhere.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?
The first keyboard I used was on a manual typewriter, and now I own one myself... largely for ironic purposes.
How is social media changing news?
The conversation with readers about a story no longer starts after you publish that piece; it's now a continuum.
Twitter Feed
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followers 21,959
tweets 
@DougDougDoug My T-Mobile phone's working fine in the Clarendon station, and a Republic Wireless loaner has Sprint service here too.
@20002ist Oh, wow. Was Kermit better or worse than XTerm? Am I even using the right jargon here? (If so, shameful waste of memory!)
Latest phishing e-mail has an excite.com return address. Does it want to me to upload my passwords via FTP? #spammedfromthe90s
My Excite
excite.com — Excite is the leading personalization Web portal, featuring world-class search, content and functionality. From financial portfolios to sports scores, local weather forecasts to movie listings, Excite gathers what matters most to you every day. It's like your very own online personal assistant.
@trooperthornton @jwolman Correct, numbers only.
RT @jwolman: @robpegoraro I'd also like to see how many people have blocked a given Twitter user.
It would be useful to see how many people a given Twitter user has blocked--not that I expect to see this data point ever.
@samgustin @mattfwood @TonyRomm All the major carriers selling SIM-card phones already do that. Wheeler is aware of this, right?
Your tweets suggest Obama's nominee for FCC chair doesn't get the unlocking argument--he thinks it's a right only post-contract. #WheelerFCC
@jbrodkin Just for Calendar--I have the Gmail client installed for e-mail, but that supports two-step verification.
At some point after May 16, the app-specific Google password I'd set for my iPad mini stopped working. And I have no idea why.
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