David Roessli (@roessli)

Geneva, Switzerland → you'll find me on Mastodon now.

The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @roessli ever until April 15th, 2023, date at which my Twitter API access was suspended.

May 2009

Landed in Istanbul and letting go. I love this place :)

via Birdhouse

LX1800 Defrag in progress.

via Birdhouse

has just ordered a virtual Mao Tai while gently sipping memories of real #shared moments

via Birdhouse

Oh… how I ♥ the :first-child pseudo-class

via Twitter for iPhone

sticking with iBiz (which turned 4 yesterday) over Billings after all - switching is too much of a hassle http://www.iggsoftware.c…

via Twitter for iPhone

Phew! I don’t need to keep quiet about this any longer! :D Announcing Typekit: http://bit.ly/OE2Rq (via @Malarkey)

via Twitter for iPhone

@enrique yes.. I was just exploring that area when your reply popped up :) Putting the lot aside for a rainy afternoon… Hmmm…

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to enrique

@jackspencer yes, well.. I don’t run after this kind of app. Once I’ve got one setup and working I tend to stick to it :/

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to thegayguitarist

has just discovered Billings and is liking it. Will certainly give this one a run http://www.billingsapp.c… #marketcircle

via Twitter for iPhone

@jackspencer Yes, but justice eventually prevailed! I managed to get everything talking with the same collation. Bliss. Time for lunch.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to thegayguitarist

has just witnessed a feed of creative technology in the wild and was NDAed seconds after… #waow

via Twitter for iPhone

@lynxman tks :) Deleted the db and started from scratch with the correct collation. Wish there was an ‘ALTER TABLES’ (w/’s’ at the end) cmd…

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to lynxman

fighting with character sets and MySQL imports. Booo.

via Twitter for iPhone

Blimey! I almost want to buy more copies of Coda at that price… Pity I don’t need any! http://bit.ly/TB5Lb (via @AlunR)

via Twitter for iPhone

short URL previewing seems to be broken in Tweetie v1.2 - bummer http://tr.im/mDHh #tweetie

via Twitter for iPhone

believe it or not, the bug was (apparently) linked to the browser, not the service or the format: Camino’s file transfer fails #badmood

via Twitter for iPhone

debugging the Poste’s cryptic OPAE error messages and slowly loosing it… #badmood

via Twitter for iPhone

@enrique Damn. You’ve uncovered my lair…

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to enrique

http://yfrog.us/7dn7vz Tweetie v1.2 does video? How does one preview it before publishing it? #tweetie

via Twitter for iPhone

laughing (and drinking) wirh my neighbours..#fetedesvoisins

via Twitter for iPhone

is having trouble focusing - caffeine or music not helping today #fragged

via Twitter for iPhone

chilling out at the Maison Rouge with the panel and old friends #bancpublics

via Twitter for iPhone

Gee, look where the power of friendship got me.. http://tr.im/mjA1

via Birdhouse

coding bearfeet and openhearted

via Birdhouse

Crack! Crunch! Ouch.. Aaaah.. She’s got steel fingers, but my back is back where it should. Let’s respect it now..

via Twitter for iPhone

What is the point of online tracking if the status never gets updated? #swisspost

via Birdhouse

requires new spare parts.

via Twitter for iPhone

renewing with the joys of trying to apply sun tan lotion on little bodies running away

via Twitter for iPhone

after viewing Chris Milk’s film, I wish I had a Lensbaby to film with.. #feteducentre

via Birdhouse

Ouch. Realising I can’t coach, support, film and take photos (and tweet) all at the same time - send in the clones! #feteducentre

via Birdhouse

all geared up for Emma’s show - even managed the hair bun :) #feteducentre

via Birdhouse

@AlunR Hey, wish a very happy birthday to little Alex :) - enjoy every moment of it, time flies…

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to AlunR

@enrique Damn. Maperture Pro (updated today) works fine for me. I’m tagging by batches of 50-200 pics at a time. No crash.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to enrique

housecleaning in view of this weekend’s guests. Tired of fighting with the vaccum cleaner, I decommissioned it in favour of a Dyson #g33k

via Twitter for iPhone

busy day ahead and not feeling up to it. Yet.

via Twitter for iPhone

Hot and sticky. Bailing out for an ice cream. http://tr.im/m6xD

via Twitter for iPhone

@gorund Haappppyyy biiiirthday to youuuuuu!!! Have a great one pal ;) http://twitpic.com/5ofub #mathiascurrat

via Twitter for iPhone

loves the children’s chatter just before school

via Twitter for iPhone

“the answer my friend is blowing in the wind” Gee, there must be loads of them out there with the kind of wind that is blowing right now..

via Twitter for iPhone

trying out Andy Clarke’s “Universal Internet Explorer 6 CSS” approach on a couple of websites in progress http://forabeautifulweb….

via Twitter for iPhone

loved Chris Milk’s “Last Day Dream” http://vimeo.com/4155700

via Twitter for iPhone

there’s nothing like an evening with an old pal redesigning the world - Geronimo!

via Twitter for iPhone

@parsifalron yes I will marry you if you ask me ;)

via Twitter for iPhone

Gee.. it {can} hurts to be alive. But then you know you’re alive..
http://bit.ly/NGo5k

via Twitter for iPhone

Bourse, tartare, red wine, catching up with real reality. Feels good.

via Twitter for iPhone

Waow. Delivery Status support the Swiss Post now. Awesome. http://tr.im/lTIK

via Twitter for iPhone

looking forward to spending the eve with my old pal @parsifalron

via Birdhouse

is blinded by the sun, and enjoying it.

via Twitter for iPhone

“[..] There is nothing better.
Save,
perhaps,
the cry of a seagull
ripping the air apart.”
— http://tr.im/lL7G

via Twitter for iPhone

“If they [Twitter] continue to grow at this rate - they will run out people on planet Earth by the end of the year” http://tr.im/lK5S LOL

via Twitter for iPhone

“The toughest thing in web design isn’t about aesthetics. It’s about problem solving.” Jamie Dihiansan (@asisanmack) (via @37signals)

via Twitter for iPhone

“Echoes, silence, patience and grace” - perfect fit for the afternoon ahead http://twitpic.com/5f6da

via Twitter for iPhone

good vibes your way cowboy. I’m sure you’ll ride into the sunset with a smile painted across your face ;)

via Twitter for iPhone

Ouch. Hanging on a rope at 39m and wishing there was more of a bird in me..
http://bit.ly/4pPjA

via Twitter for iPhone

has just discovered BubbleTweet http://bbltwt.com/vgosd

via web

queuing at the 2009-10 school lunch registration. All laughs and smiles.

via Twitter for iPhone

@enrique Nat raconte une histoire qui s’adresse à qqun, et elle en partage un bout. Je trouve ça sympa, non? C’est pas un mashup..

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to enrique

@lynxman toes crossed for you… { Sun? Adobe? NASA? }

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to lynxman

@enrique les deux ne sont pas incompatibles, les points de vue sont différents, non? et puis comme dit Zeldman: http://tr.im/lq0F

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to enrique

is downloading Coldplay’s latest live album for free http://tr.im/lq3L #lrlrl

via Twitter for iPhone

#whyitweet because part of me suffers from ADD. Or to leave micro virtual white pebbles behind. Or both. Why not?

via Twitter for iPhone

has completely let go. Shia Tsu.
http://bit.ly/QQxkV

via Twitter for iPhone

Boo-thought-of-the-day: days start to get shorter in a little over a month time. Gasp. Aarrgh. Boooo

via Birdhouse

gets the feeling he’s spent way too much time in telcos these last few days.

via Twitter for iPhone

turning a sleepless end of night into an early rise full of fresh code.

via Twitter for iPhone

has just been asked in marriage by the special grace of God via Skype. Gasp.

via Twitter for iPhone

Damn. Locked out. Left the office too fast.. oh well, let’s take it as an omen of a quiet lunch
http://bit.ly/3yyUq

via Twitter for iPhone

writing a script to fix my gpx files, and filing yet another bug report to a developer. Need caffeine now please.

via Twitter for iPhone

OpenStreetMap is picky on its timestamp format, and rightly so. RFC3339 states that the time offset be formatted as +02:00 and not +0200

via Twitter for iPhone

was somehow hoping that the 10.5.7 update might support DMC-LX3 RAW format. Wishful thinking…

via Twitter for iPhone

finding there are lots of beautiful people walking the streets this morning…

via Twitter for iPhone

rediscovering Jack J. I didn’t realise I was missing his soothing vocals..

via Twitter for iPhone

has just got enrolled as a panel member of the next Café Scientifique “Envie de… vacances?” http://tr.im/l88X #bancspublics

via Twitter for iPhone

renewed acquaintance with badmington after a long fallout. Gee, I don’t move half as fast as I used to, or the game as dramatically sped up.

via Twitter for iPhone

trusting that I can communicate what I believe is right in words that they will relate to. This is so much more than a commercial pitch…

via Twitter for iPhone

restored access to Happytogether’s 7th floor… refrain from editing text files with TextEdit in RTF - especially .htaccess files… :/

via Twitter for iPhone

Ouch. The dreaded “/usr/libexec/hidd[26]: IOHIDEventQueueEnqueue: Error enqueuing memory. (0xe00002e8)” error is back. #macbookpro

via Twitter for iPhone

cmd-shift-Q What is your favourite keyboard shortcut? #favkeyshortcut

via Birdhouse

today’s bootstrapping requires additional caffeine.

via Twitter for iPhone

there is something to the smell of grilled bread that takes me back to my childhood. Smells empower a kind of instant time travel - love it

via Twitter for iPhone

@premasagar congrats for the great idea and cool implementation. Would liked to have been there :) #openfreecycle #openhacklondon

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to premasagar

A Google result has nothing on a recommendation from a friend or reputable authority. — @bokardo (via @zeldman)

via Twitter for iPhone

has just discovered Last.fm radio turned into a subscription service for listeners out of the USA, UK or Germany http://tr.im/kXy1 #lastfm

via Twitter for iPhone

Happy day and more to all you fab Moms around the World and beyond xoxo

via Birdhouse

@loronet Hey - I’d love to, but I’m picking Em’ up at the same time :/ Back to reality.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to loronet

@jm_ch LOL :) Come to think of it, I think I saw you - at the terrasse? Possible? Carouge as gone RFID this year…

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to jm_ch

Waow. Three hours just for me and myself. Luxury. How shall I spend ithem

via Twitter for iPhone

on his way to the Carouge swimming pool to register for the summer season

via Birdhouse

Basking in the sun setting up a long weekend break. I miss the days I use to flee to Greece end of May free of school constraints

via Birdhouse

explaining to a friend how to check the shutter count (Camera Actuations) before falling for a second hand SLR body {ab}used by a pro…

via Twitter for iPhone

has just discovered Moments “Your one stop for remembering small pieces of information or events” http://tr.im/kNQ4 (iTS link)

via Twitter for iPhone

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream and yes she loves

via Twitter for iPhone

@cess you’ve been tagged ;)

via Twitter for iPhone

Oh. Zernest soon to have a terrasse. http://twitpic.com/4nizo

via Twitter for iPhone

uploading my first OpenStreetMap GPS trace exported from RunKeeper - exciting :)

via Twitter for iPhone

Oh dear.. installing yet another VM http://twitpic.com/4lhq6

via Twitter for iPhone

enjoying this week’s single: “Who will comfort me” by Melody Gardot http://tr.im/kwfY (iTS link)

via Twitter for iPhone

has adopted Tweetie for Mac. Hasn’t been back to Twitter’s website in days, nor does he miss Twitterrific. Nice entry at http://tr.im/kw8e

via Twitter for iPhone

getting increasingly annoyed by the number of blocked phone numbers trying to reach me… my voicemail is doing overtime lately.

via Twitter for iPhone

@00006480 hey, _that_ is why you were supposed to go there…

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to 00006480

RT @emmanuelvivier: Your Facebook Fans can now receive your updates by SMS http://snurl.com/hbh9f /* shame Twitter can’t manage it */

via Twitter for iPhone

RT @cess Life is a serie of small victories

via Twitter for iPhone

feels like a miserable old git as he poors cold water on his client’s grandest plans, somehow spoiling their should-have-been happy day.

via Twitter for iPhone

needs a bit of hairy music today. “Language. Sex. Violence. Other?” will do… http://tr.im/kp9B
http://twitpic.com/4ja4o

via Twitter for iPhone

My chiro sessions are like web design. The last 5% are the trickiest.

via Twitter for iPhone

My first tweet was “Having breakfast” 838 days ago. What was yours? http://tweet1.com

via web

RT @swisstweets: Everyone! Please follow @swisstweets so we can follow more Swiss Tweeters! Thanks!

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to swisstweets

@twequency let me know when I can get to http://tweet1.com/roessli good man

via web

Yes! The latest version of the Google iPhone App recognises my British accent :) http://twitpic.com/4c1s6

via Twitter for iPhone

@gorund life in the country can be rough… LOL

via Twitter for iPhone

is playing around with Revolution http://tr.im/kbCZ and having fun. One language for server-side, client-side and desktop :)

via Twitter for iPhone

Found the printed copy of “Designing for the Web” + 2 teasers in my letterbox - perfect for a 1st of May :) http://twitpic.com/4bmht

via Twitter for iPhone