Comments on: Penguin at SF Zoo Unimpressed With Staff Twitter Effort http://spotsunknown.com/penguin-at-sf-zoo-unimpressed-with-staff-twitter-effort/ Under the skin of San Francisco Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:58:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Anthony Brown http://spotsunknown.com/penguin-at-sf-zoo-unimpressed-with-staff-twitter-effort/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Anthony Brown Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:16:53 +0000 http://spotsunknown.com/?p=674#comment-222 Hahaha! You have no idea how crazy Penguin Island is! The San Francisco Zoo was one of the first zoos to successfully manage Magellanic Penguins in captivity, and to this day has the largest colony in captivity at 54 birds. Since 1984 we've had over 200 chicks hatch, and for ~20 years Jane Tollini created what it is to be a Mag. Penguin keeper. Although retired, Jane Tollini is a fixture of the San Francisco Zoo's Penguin program. If you're not familiar with Ms. Tollini, this article is a decent summary: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/14/BA219942.DTL Hahaha! You have no idea how crazy Penguin Island is!

The San Francisco Zoo was one of the first zoos to successfully manage Magellanic Penguins in captivity, and to this day has the largest colony in captivity at 54 birds. Since 1984 we’ve had over 200 chicks hatch, and for ~20 years Jane Tollini created what it is to be a Mag. Penguin keeper.

Although retired, Jane Tollini is a fixture of the San Francisco Zoo’s Penguin program. If you’re not familiar with Ms. Tollini, this article is a decent summary: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/14/BA219942.DTL

]]> By: Jeff Diehl http://spotsunknown.com/penguin-at-sf-zoo-unimpressed-with-staff-twitter-effort/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Jeff Diehl Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:56:02 +0000 http://spotsunknown.com/?p=674#comment-219 Pippin? Sparkles?? you do realize you're not doing yourself any favors with that revelation, right? Pippin? Sparkles?? you do realize you’re not doing yourself any favors with that revelation, right?

]]> By: Anthony Brown http://spotsunknown.com/penguin-at-sf-zoo-unimpressed-with-staff-twitter-effort/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Anthony Brown Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:49:09 +0000 http://spotsunknown.com/?p=674#comment-218 I'm all about the casual nature of bloggy goodness, but I found the language kind of harsh and out of left field in this post. SFist sucks, Curbed focuses purely on real estate, and the micro-blogs (mission mission, etc) are way too niche. A little over a month ago I posted this to twitter: http://twitter.com/anthonybrown/status/4725185498 I appreciate your fondness for Penguins! Pippin and Sparkles are clearly the stars of this video! I’m all about the casual nature of bloggy goodness, but I found the language kind of harsh and out of left field in this post. SFist sucks, Curbed focuses purely on real estate, and the micro-blogs (mission mission, etc) are way too niche.

A little over a month ago I posted this to twitter:
http://twitter.com/anthonybrown/status/4725185498

I appreciate your fondness for Penguins! Pippin and Sparkles are clearly the stars of this video!

]]> By: Jeff Diehl http://spotsunknown.com/penguin-at-sf-zoo-unimpressed-with-staff-twitter-effort/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Jeff Diehl Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:38:34 +0000 http://spotsunknown.com/?p=674#comment-217 aw, c'mon, Anthony! that was just a little good-natured bloggy ribbing. i posted that video because it's cute (ok, so the penguins are slightly cuter than you, but you should be used to that by now). ah shit. i did it again. it's nothing against you; humans cannot compete with penguins! what were you thinking making that video with them? if you still feel bad, i'll buy you a beer sometime. aw, c’mon, Anthony! that was just a little good-natured bloggy ribbing.

i posted that video because it’s cute (ok, so the penguins are slightly cuter than you, but you should be used to that by now).

ah shit. i did it again. it’s nothing against you; humans cannot compete with penguins! what were you thinking making that video with them?

if you still feel bad, i’ll buy you a beer sometime.

]]> By: Anthony Brown (you may know me as big doofus http://spotsunknown.com/penguin-at-sf-zoo-unimpressed-with-staff-twitter-effort/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Anthony Brown (you may know me as big doofus Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:19:31 +0000 http://spotsunknown.com/?p=674#comment-216 So I randomly found this blog on the interweb, and at first thought to myself, "Hey, maybe there's finally a good blog about San Francisco..." Being born and raised in this city, I've always been frustrated by the horrible attempts different new media outlets have made. As I scroll down I see "Penguin" and "SF Zoo" in the title of a post and think, "That's something I know about" until I read a little more - not a very good way to make friends I must say. So I randomly found this blog on the interweb, and at first thought to myself, “Hey, maybe there’s finally a good blog about San Francisco…” Being born and raised in this city, I’ve always been frustrated by the horrible attempts different new media outlets have made.

As I scroll down I see “Penguin” and “SF Zoo” in the title of a post and think, “That’s something I know about” until I read a little more – not a very good way to make friends I must say.

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