Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2009-07-26

Sunday, July 19, 2009

• This story is impossible to read on phone while I’m weaving through highway traffic: http://bit.ly/uo7MZ (via @GregMitch) #
• Media news galore, work strategy and mischief managed in the @WadeOnTweets weekly twitter log: http://bit.ly/Y9Pk6 #
• Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (at @RedMtnTheatre): Fun, corny, energetic. Jacobs’ sons, Pharaoh really rock. Grade: B+. #
• Star Wars: Retold by someone who hasn’t seen it: http://bit.ly/n2IWV (via @jenbarnett @tehpwnshop) [Spoiler: Lando dies!] #
• Huntsville, Ala., native @stewartcink wins British Open, beating Tom Watson in 4-hole playoff: http://bit.ly/15t8s8 #
• Join the Bham to BlogWorld group in Oct! Southwest has really cheap flight/hotel packages: http://bit.ly/23ZmZJ #bwe09 #
• Looking for a good brew? Welcome to Beermingham: http://beerminghamal.com #FTH #
• RIP FRANK McCOURT. Author of Pulitzer Prize-Winning “Angela’s Ashes” Dies at 78. (via @jasondcooper @nytimes) #
• Clever! Update your Twitter bkgr w/ Flickr pics: http://t.wist.it. Example: @mshelton_bpl‘s page, http://bit.ly/DqdaH #
• “On [the moon] are 12 sets of footprints…abandoned. For 1st time in history, [it] is a nightly rebuke.” http://is.gd/1Chnx RT @RichMiller #
• “From the Earth to the Moon” theme ♫ http://bit.ly/D9u8w #

Monday, July 20

• What is @shiftworkspace? @CBS42 vid w/ @filsofunk @jasonmccay: http://bit.ly/SiTqq. @BWcitypaper story: http://bit.ly/tabC6 #
• Our pal @jessicavance says to come to the Media of Bham free mixer, @roguetavern downtown, Tue: http://twtvite.com/5ujbpi #
• July networking event for @bhmentrepreneur, Tue 6p at @shiftworkspace, free: http://bit.ly/14uCqz #
• Teaching fun class on using social networking for your job hunt. First of two. #
• Big @ipsaonline networking event, Thu 6p, Dreamland BBQ, beer. Msg me to win spare ticket by 4p CDT: http://bit.ly/2shY2G #
• “America can, should, must and will blow up the moon.” (with special guest @SarahKSilverman) http://bit.ly/K9fsY #
• Updating last week’s report: Fox 6 @myfoxal lays off 14, including today’s casualty, Tiffany Bittner: http://bit.ly/63nNS #
• ESPN debuts “local” sites today for Los Angeles, New York, Dallas: http://bit.ly/l3fjn (via @madshrew @scoopingthenews) #
• Interview with Bham native @amber_benson about her first solo novel, “Death’s Daughter”: http://tinyurl.com/l24338 #
• Ala. girl Shelby Lynne kicks off Hoover Library Theatre season in Sept: http://bit.ly/LyqIs. ♫ http://twt.fm/218336 #musicmonday #

Tuesday, July 21

• Take 2: @ipsaonline networking event, Thu 6p, Dreamland BBQ, beer. Msg me by 11a to win spare ticket: http://bit.ly/2shY2G #
• All Hail the Queen of Mean: Lisa Lampanelli, 9/18, Ala Theatre: http://bit.ly/B9aSV. Roast video: http://bit.ly/Anzg #
• Get your discount @SocialSouth tix now. 8/21-22, Bham, premier social media conf: http://bit.ly/eP6Da #soso #
• (demoing Twitter) Without checking, can you tell me the unemployment rate in Ala? In Jefferson Co.? #
• Just had a sweet Chilton County peach right from the source. Yummy! Thanks @anthonycrumley! #
• BUDGET PERIL: Bham council delays budget 4 more wks: http://bit.ly/pxcST. 1000+ JeffCo staff could be on admin leave: http://bit.ly/Gb1kC #
• It’s a triple Tuesday: meeting at @roguetavern, then Media of Bham, then @bhmentrepreneur at @shiftworkspace. At least drinking’s involved. #
• Ready for down time w/ dinner. Great to see new & old faces at Media of Bham and @bhmentrepreneur. Love meeting my online pals in real life. #
• Pray/hold good thoughts for our friends who’ve lost jobs, and for my friend fighting for life against cancer and chemo. #

Wednesday, July 22

• Learn to build a Web site using WordPress in just 6 hrs, w/ @tammyhart. Sat. @shiftworkspace, $225. http://tr.im/tpan #
• Top Bham BBQ by @iloveuab: 5>Johnny Ray’s 4>Golden Rule 3>Dreamland 2>Full Moon 1>@jimnnicksbbq. http://shortna.me/235fb [Discuss.] #
• Back-to-school deal: Compaq Presario laptop $298, Walmart, 8a Sun. 10 per store: http://bit.ly/ElCkO (via @BhamBargainMom) #
• HEY YOU GUYS!!!! The original “Electric Company” now on Hu. Lu. @Hulu! http://bit.ly/1p8S9 #
• BarCamp Chattanooga on Sat. FREE. Come w/ Bham carpoolers: http://bit.ly/49WDQY http://bit.ly/Lx6to #barcampchatt #
• 10 More Cool Things You Can Do With YouTube Videos: http://ff.im/-5ovq6 (RT @WeKnowBooksETC @MLx) #
• City Stages vendor bailout, Day 31. @WBHM903 story: http://bit.ly/10wwyb. McMillan gives to ACME: http://bit.ly/4mfNcu #
• Fox 6 drops Tiffany Bittner, says News Blues today, then Bham News, http://bit.ly/109nVO. Who had it Mon? Media of Bham! http://bit.ly/63nNS #
• “Thank you, @edsbs. Reporting live from SEC Media Days, I’m @dennispillion. Back to you in the studio.” http://is.gd/1I5nM #
• “I feel good when things are going wrong. I only listen to the sad, sad songs.” -Garbage ♫ http://twt.fm/220948 #

Thursday, July 23

• Bush’s secrecy? Bad. Obama’s secrecy? Just as bad. Which health industry execs meeting w/ Obama?: http://bit.ly/26krq1 #
• RT @2fishweb: White House released names of health industry execs who visited. http://bit.ly/19dW4d [Thanks. Sad it took threat of lawsuit.] #
• Action items. Reaching out to bloggers. Meetings to “touch base.” Things Marketing People Love: http://bit.ly/VBaKH #
• Bham zombie flick “Hide and Creep” spec ed preorder at Amazon! Filmed by @crewless, starring me: http://bit.ly/X0T54 #
• Win Bham BBQ lunch w/ @skipinbhm. Comment on fave Ala. BBQ spot or memory (12 hrs to enter!): http://bit.ly/4LkXG #
• 2 vids. Dibs on choreographing divorce: http://bit.ly/4mRn61. Erik Estrada has seen “fair share of child pr0n”: http://bit.ly/txTVW #
• Sale: 25% off everything at Doree in Homewood’s Soho Square. (via @Myscoopus) #
• Instrument w/ craftsmanship, tone, old-time appeal & portability of 6-pack? @HomewoodMusic in WSJ: http://tinyurl.com/lohp8q #
• Five hours of networking and meetings? Done. Me? Almost done. #

Friday, July 24

• Behold the Astounding World of the Future!! http://bit.ly/vt5E9 #
• Good: @Amazon buys @Zappos. Bad: Zappos now has power to delete purchased shoes right from your closet. #
• In SEC, Tenn spends >$1m / year for recruiting; Auburn spends twice as much as Alabama: http://bit.ly/ndFgr #
• Top Bham Wefollow Twits: 5>@ceocutressa 4>@ScottSchablow 3>@griner 2>@ikepigott 1>@STATEFARM_SUCKS: http://bit.ly/sSfJb #
• [Bham for the WIN] Govt agencies avoid booking conventions in “fun” cities: http://bit.ly/8P70y (via @atompkins) #
• Bham’s Hunter Films follows Oscar-nominated short with new project, feature-length “Lifted”: http://bit.ly/12v7LW #
• Tom @dartdog on @wordcampbham: “Great opp to learn about blogging from best minds in the industry”: http://trunc.it/127k5 #
• The 15 most annoying films of 2009: http://bit.ly/L8jbY (via @popcandy @largeheartedboy) #
• Squirrel Genealogy: http://bit.ly/4imQGc (RT @squirrelnbc13hd) #
• Tonight, dinner in James and Emily’s new house w/ L. Sat., Chattanooga for #barcampchatt! Sun., rest and fun. Go, go, weekend! #

Saturday, July 25

• Almost to #barcampchatt with @jvreeland and @acnatta. #
• Chattanooga is beautiful on this July Saturday morning. And yet, I’ll be inside w/ BarCampers all day. Waiting on sched. #barcampchatt #
• In the Hyperlocal Blogging Panel, with @acnatta representing Bham among TN folks. http://twitpic.com/bkiga #barcampchatt #
• Many hyperlocal bloggers: eschew banner ads, writing w/ voice but w/o journo bkgd, know their territory intimately. #barcampchatt #
• Presenting Market the Right Way w/ Facebook & Twitter, Room C54, 1:30p EDT: http://bit.ly/2IIjM4 #barcampchatt [Everyone gets a free puppy!] #
• It’s one session down, and we’re already behind schedule. Ah, BarCamp. http://barcampchatt.com/schedule #barcampchatt #
• At Social Media Roundtable led by @socialmediabham and @lalunablanca. (Missed them in Bham, had to come to TN!) #barcampchatt #
• Watch #barcampchatt live! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/barcampchatt (RT @DonaldSayers) #
• Marketing w/ Facebook / Twitter by @WadeOnTweets in 90 min. … SNEAK PEEK: http://snurl.com/bba-bbc #barcampchatt [Show up, get a plan.] #
• Lego Robotics? The class I should’ve taught at #barcampchatt: http://twitpic.com/bl367 #
• At Technology and the Vote by @joelance. (TV camera just arrived!) #barcampchatt. #
• FYI: My slides for “Market the Right Way w/ Facebook & Twitter”: http://snurl.com/bba-bbc #barcampchatt #
• Recommended voter sites from @joelance: #barcampchatt http://twitpic.com/blqs3 #
• #barcampchatt Having a great time here – lots to learn there is. (via @s0cialm3diaj3di) #
• Looks like daytime part of #barcampchatt is winding down. Time for prizes, dinner at Tony’s, then par. tay. #
• Winner, winner, BarCamp, dinner! Thanks Griffin and #barcampchatt! http://twitpic.com/bm616 #
• Great dinner at @terminalbrew for #barcampchatt. A lovely day on the Tennessee in Chattanooga: http://twitpic.com/bn08u #
• Great debut for BarCamp Chattanooga. Back home in Bham, savvier and sleepier. My thanks to @dryan and crew! #barcampchatt #

Also:

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