Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2009-06-14
By Wade KwonSunday, June 7, 2009
- At h.s. reunion picnic. Semi-functional. #
- How Libraries (and bookstores) Can Serve Book Groups: http://bit.ly/11MrJp (via @tsutrav) #
- Tons of social media, Bham exclusives and “Free the Uteri” in the @WadeOnTweets weekly twitter log: http://is.gd/S971 #
- Alabama 49th in Internet access. 55.3% have home access: http://is.gd/O8se (via @mshelton_bpl @alabamaBNN) #
- Bad week for Bham media. @Birmingham_News salary cuts: http://is.gd/NuiT. @southern_living job cuts: http://is.gd/Pl5O. #
- Garden & Gun story on Bham. Plus: Hits usual high spots. Minus: Except BCRI, NO mentions of black contribs. http://bit.ly/fxzdP #
- E-mail invitation to journalism workshop for high schoolers misspells “writing” and “help.” Indeed. #
Monday, June 8
- The future (or present) of your blog: http://is.gd/T5i3 #
- a woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets. (RT @bikeskirt) #
- Find your cause at the YP EXPO! 5:30p Thu, Bham Museum of Art, free: http://bit.ly/DC6L0 (via @mmdavidson) #
- Heading downtown for meeting, then lunch. The week is off and running … #
- Lunch surprise: 29-year-old friend tells me Dr. A says operable cancer, Dr. B says 6 months to live. Um, wow. #
- Here’s the sanctity of marriage in Alabama: http://bit.ly/scFMt (RT @timlennox) #
- Off to dinner w/ old friends Joe and Amber, plus L., at the fab GianMarco in Homewood. #
- “I run for hope, I run to feel.” -Melissa Etheridge ♫ http://twt.fm/152332 #musicmonday #
Tuesday, June 9
- My iPhone displays a map to nearest Apple Store, has added 6/19 appt “Replace me,” wants my Visa number. Weird. #
- “Social Media & Biz: Can it work for me?” workshop by @socialmediabham, 6/25, $16, Homewood Lib: http://tinyurl.com/l6rj9g #
- “Next time you feel like complaining, remember your garbage disposal prob eats better than 30% of the world.â€~Robert Orben(RT @Foodimentary) #
- To Bear or not to Bear? Alabama Shakespeare Festival to do Bear Bryant play in Bham: http://is.gd/VbjX (via @govtrust) #
- Bham’s Southern Living @southern_living lays off 6 Fri, posts help wanted ad today. Job security? -5. http://is.gd/Pl5O #
- Everyone will want your blog. 6-hour class from Birmingham Blogging Academy, 6/27, at @shiftworkspace: http://is.gd/VtUH #
- Sex replaces dating (NPR): http://is.gd/VDgt. Marrieds go w/o sex (NYT): http://is.gd/VDkf. Hmm, Spidey-sense tingling … #
- Third best high school in America? My alma mater in Birmingham: http://is.gd/VVoE #rlc #
- US News & World Report ranks Auburn, Ala., in Top 10 Best Places to Live 2009: http://is.gd/W9EC (h/t @rdfrench) #
- “Good news, everyone!” … Futurama returns! http://bit.ly/G4aAV (via @EWAusielloFiles) #
Wednesday, June 10
- Drawn together: Meet the Salty Ham Cartooneestas http://saltyham.org (via @glennybrock) #
- My Wednesday experiment: Nothing but praise and compliments from me today. Sincere praise, not “drive-by praise.” #
- Hooray for @BottletreeCafe, feat Bham bands Circuitree, Dog Tree Party, Bonejackal, Janys Joplyn, Come Up for Air, 7 tonight, 18-up, FREE. #
- Reporter’s question to me: Give examples of Bham businesses using Twitter effectively. (All feedback welcome.) #
- Hooray for @Myscoopus, a Bham-based fashion site expanding into Nashville. A triumph of good content, marketing savvy. http://myscoop.us #
- Hooray for my friend Pat, helping to launch a new Bham-based gay magazine this week. (She called looking for praise! Ha ha!) #
- Hooray for community activism! One example: Crestwood residents fight Trinity Medical Ctr’s move to 280: http://trinitystayhere.com #
- Hooray for Jones Valley Urban Farm, so much happening this month: http://jvuf.org/events.html. And pick up fresh produce from 4 and 6 today. #
- Hooray to our 4-legged friends. My pal Ben lost his pal Boots to kidney disease Mon.: http://is.gd/XTs5 (You will cry.) #
- [Praise all day from me.] “I had a two-wolf shirt for a while and I didn’t think life could get any better. I was wrong.”: http://is.gd/Y2fI #
- Hooray for best in business, as named by @bhambizjrnl, incl. Cayenne Creative, Hoffman Media, Vulcan, CVB, more: http://is.gd/Yany #
- Hooray for @hulu, which now has season 1 of “The Mole”: http://hulu.com/the-mole. (I am not the mole.) #
- Hooray for Chuck Norris, endorsing Roy Moore for Ala. gov.: http://bit.ly/hgf9z. (The Bible was originally titled “Chuck Norris & Friends.”) #
Thursday, June 11
- What’s worse for fetuses: crack, alcohol or tobacco? (Hint: not crack.) http://bit.ly/HqdP6 (via @maggiekb1) #
- No more h.s. journalism talks for me. I’ll play this 5-min Daily Show clip instead: http://is.gd/YOlP (h/t @romenesko) #
- When chatting with @bhamboxset about blogs, we discussed best topics for Birmingham. What blogs could succeed right now? #
- This day in history: @gdouban has her first Chick-Fil-A chicken biscuit. http://twitpic.com/74baf #
- It’s been a busy day. Lunch w/ pal Cary at @bottletreecafe, then meeting, then gossip w/ @vulcansmuse. Good day, not done yet. #
- At Birmingham Museum of Art for YP Expo. Come on by! #
- The good day continues: Saw old friends at Expo, caught up with honeymooners, made a few pitches, sowed a few seeds. Downtime for awhile. #
- Hi-Grav Beer Unable to Quench Local Man’s Thirst to Not Be in Alabama (RT @Birminghamster) #
- Condos! Cheap! Convenient downtown Bham location! Everything. Must.Go. (maybe) http://tinyurl.com/nsgw6p #
- Recapping Wed. praise experiment: Think positive, say good things, be specific, anyone can do it. Try it! #
Friday, June 12
- My son says Twitter is lame. Then I find out he’s on Twitter. Only one thing to do. Beat him with a 2×4. (RT @grumpy_gardener) #
- Take 10 min at Brookwood Village to sign up for Marrow Donor Registry till 6:30. Endorsed by me and @gdouban! http://yfrog.com/05lk0j #
- Giving blood at 10 a.m. Mon at UAB N. Pavilion Red Cross. If 2 people contact me and donate w/ me, I’ll buy them lunch. #
- Amazing Post-it stop-motion animation: http://is.gd/ZZgy (via @StaceyHood @charlottehrb) #
- At late lunch with Pat, the birthday girl, at Kobe. #
- Men welcome opportunity to work as sign walkers, make $, rain or shine, during bad economy http://tinyurl.com/m3cst4 (via @Birmingham_News) #
- Bham’s first digital art show Paint the Town Red, 6p Sat., 2nd Ave N: http://bit.ly/Fw2p5 (via @zoomoutnews) #
- Run 4 miles to help Big Brothers Big Sisters! Night Run and Fun, 6p Sat, Veterans Park, Hoover, $35: http://is.gd/10e5r #
- Focus on @shiftworkspace. 1st newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bJJz. Story (mp3) on Tapestry, @WBHM903: http://is.gd/10gQh. #
- And the power’s out in Crestwood, storm starting to come down hard. Rock Band party at friend’s house by generator? candle? #
Saturday, June 13
- Power back on late last night. Trying out Dance Dance Revolution with L. on a rainy Saturday. #
- the 7 types of bookstore customer http://bit.ly/1ampWx (via @largeheartedboy) #
Also:
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