Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2010-06-13

By Wade Kwon

Sunday, June 6, 2010

What are you reading? What should you read? Letâ€™s share on Sundays. #sundayread #
#sundayread Youâ€™ve got tweets, part 1: http://itswa.de/dx1zNK #
#sundayread The Secret My Dad Carried, by @staceyhood: http://dld.bz/gens #
#sundayread Gulf oil spill shows challenges of estimating risks in unimaginable disasters: http://nyti.ms/anHOCA #
#sundayread The three or four white guys still running for governor of Alabama: http://itswa.de/ala-primary #
#sundayread Writers: Stop reading, start writing. #
#sundayread Photographer @CarolHighsmith‘s mission: Captures images of 21st-century Alabama: http://bit.ly/acQPzR #
#sundayread Are hippie squatters living next door? Here are the warning signs! http://nyti.ms/c8rNYL #
#sundayread Every day, I write 3 people in my @LinkedIn network, just to ask what’s new: http://itswa.de/LI-network #
#sundayread Tales from the recession: Once a newspaper restaurant critic, now on food stamps. http://bit.ly/cU3jw4 #
#sundayread A Birmingham-based news blog on the BP Gulf oil spill, by @evansmichaelj: http://bpoilnews.com #
#sundayread Why I Hate 3-D (And You Should Too), by @ebertchicago: http://bit.ly/blHVsv (via @OverCoffeeMedia) #
#sundayread Why Artur Davis lost. http://itswa.de/artur-davis #
#sundayread Hacking the Academy, a book crowdsourced in 1 week: http://hackingtheacademy.org (h/t @collirp) #
#sundayread 11 Inspiring Life Lessons from Bruce Lee: http://bit.ly/bjUcyy #

Monday, June 7

Second chances are blessings, and I am blessed. #
My pal Jeremy talks with @charlottedonlon and others about the fight to renew Woodlawn in Bham: http://bit.ly/cDHkMf #
AT&T changes its pricing to make us use its service less: “cynical and evil.” http://bit.ly/aWiwMK #
Helen Thomas, 89, 1st female prez of White House Correspondents’ Assn., retires after controversial remarks on Israel: http://bit.ly/bUsWHM #
I am a lapsed Vermont Catholic mag subscriber. Here’s why: http://bit.ly/anI80W #
Best aggregated search for Creative Commons content: http://search.creativecommons.org. (via @tgdavidson @dannysanchez) #
Journalists are communicators. When they won’t learn 21st-century communication tools, they have but 1 fate: obsolescence. #
Recommend you follow @televisionary for TV news, reviews and conversations. #
Do people know your company at all? How to Build Your Personal Brand: http://bit.ly/bw1f9c (h/t @tiltuned) #
“I got something that will knock all your pride aside.” Rufus feat. Chaka Khan â™« http://twt.fm/430251 #musicmonday #
Wait, you mean this isn’t the way everyone sees Calvin and Hobbes? http://bit.ly/b1eiqt #
Mac users: Do a Software Update to get Safari 5.0. (via @Stammy). Here’s the story: http://tcrn.ch/cVICgd #
205 taking over 404. I am blowin’ up in the A-T-L: http://bit.ly/bdAVOp #
Joran Van der Sloot confesses to Peru slaying: http://bit.ly/9XG9ng (h/t @jenciTN) [Will Natalee Holloway case be resolved next?] #

Tuesday, June 8

I updated BP’s website for 2010. You’re welcome. http://itswa.de/bp-redesign #
Every day, I write 3 people in my @LinkedIn network, just to ask what’s new: http://itswa.de/LI-network #
Fire Station 22 on Bham Southside may survive thanks to Facebook activism. Story by @MAJ_Chicken: http://bit.ly/99ibjx #
After 55 weeks and 22 episodes, Gaga and Madonna, guest stars and a fake pregnancy, “Glee” season 1 finally ends tonight. #
Alabama: trying to stop the BP oil any way we can: http://nyti.ms/dbwiVk #oilspill #
Learn about SEO at the SEC with AMP. @infomediajerry teaches at @AL_Media_Pros, 11:30a Thu: http://bit.ly/cENQhS #
Recommend you follow @TechDrawl for fresh and fun tech / entrepreneurial news from the South. #
Bham mayor Bell: “Weâ€™ve hit a brick wall on finances”; will run for re-election in 2011. @SecondFront: http://bit.ly/9rT6uW #
Make your presentation more social, easier to share and interact: http://bit.ly/9dwWuW (via @StaceyHood) #
RT @JesseNewhart: Study: Modest men seen as less likable: http://bit.ly/bvWU5J. Good thing I’m so awesome! 😀 #

Wednesday, June 9

Last night, someone told me she loves reading the free Media of Bham newsletter. 🙂 Sign up: http://itswa.de/bZW9Ga #
I recommend a Twitter user daily. Who should I recommend today? #
It’s your WordCamp, too. Please fill out the @wordcampbham Programming Survey: http://bit.ly/b0omm3 #wcbhm10 #
Stay classy, BP. Company never contacted brother of oil rig worked killed in explosion: http://bit.ly/amoJdG #oilspill #
Help save the Gulf Coast! @blakebritton‘s list of charities and organizations: http://bit.ly/aKPX4G #oilspill #
Free: “Small Business, Big Web Strategy” workshop at @infomediadotcom on 6/25, lunch by @ZoesKitchen: http://ow.ly/1VO1V #
Around the world, it’s / known as “football,” but in the / U.S., it’s “ignored.” #haikuhumpday #
Recommend you follow Laura Kate @MagicCity_Mama for her take on making a new life in Birmingham. #
Search all public Facebook status updates. Great for keyword / brand monitoring! http://youropenbook.org (RT @MariSmith) #
I’m applying to be on this reality TV show, because they truly get who I am: http://partydownsouth.com #
Only conferences I follow are SEC & Ivy League. If you can explain Nebraska-Big 10 move in those terms, I’d appreciate it. #
At Miss Alabama 2010, Shellie Street, cousin of husband of @erinshawstreet, wins talent preliminary: http://bit.ly/bwSnh8 #

Thursday, June 10

The one simple change that boosted my e-mail subscribers by 650%, by @MackCollier: http://bit.ly/93knNJ #
Interested in sponsoring BarCampBirmingham4? Packages start at $300 for the 8/28 unconference. Message me for details. #
Gone green: New Birmingham-Southern dorm project to save 300,000 gallons of water with rain tank: http://bit.ly/d9Hz5Q #
FREE: Interactive Marketing Strategy lunch and learn by @zeekeeinc, 11a Tue in Hoover. http://bit.ly/9aUmOL #
Digital royalties or song sweatshop? What music artists make online (chart): http://bit.ly/bjSA0V (via @vixy) #
I dare you to speak at Ignite Birmingham @ignitebham on Aug. 19. Do it. http://is.gd/cJuBv #
Bham schools dump successful HS principal, snapped up by Miss. HS: http://bit.ly/a9SljF [AEA will be 2010 election wedge issue] #
Recommend you follow @tanyaott1, news director for @WBHM903 for news from around town and the world. #
We probably shouldn’t tell the crying Indian about the Gulf of Mexico. #
Kisses are like tears: The only real ones are the ones you canâ€™t hold back. (RT @thequotewhore) #
Videos. BP spills coffee: http://youtu.be/2AAa0gd7ClM. Karate Kid comeback: http://bit.ly/9lscGo. Glee by cats: http://youtu.be/f21T8Hqcd8M #
“She whispered, ‘I knew you’d come but there’s nothing to be done. And if I were you I’d run.'” @PunchBrothers â™« http://twt.fm/431937 #

Friday, June 11

RT @bhamboxset: @WadeOnTweets won @PunchBrothers‘ Antifogmatic. More giveaways Sat. at @Urban_Standard: http://bit.ly/a4vjam #
Missed a link from me earlier? No problem: I keep all the good stuff archived on my site: http://itswa.de/tweet-logs #
Las Vegas paper aggressively goes after blogs, websites that use its content. http://is.gd/cII5V (via @romenesko) #
Help build WordCamp: 1st @wordcampbham planning meeting, noon Wed, @theredcat_bham. RSVP: http://bit.ly/azHptq #wcbhm10 #
Recommend you follow Carla Jean @bhamboxset for best music news, interviews and reviews in town. (And prizes!) #
Cool! Fly BHM to anywhere for $130 to $2000. You pick budget, climate, etc.: http://bit.ly/aUNppu (via @ramit) #
FREE movies tonight: ET (Alabaster), Alvin & Chipmunks 2 (Homewd), Cloudy w Meatballs (Hoover), Madagascar 2 (T’ville). http://bit.ly/biQHzP #
BP gave $1000 to @SenatorSessions, @RichardShelby: http://bit.ly/biYI5j / http://bit.ly/bHLMIM #alpolitics #oilspill #
Blog showcase: What’s Left of Birmingham, a photo site showing the city’s urban decay. http://leftbirmingham.blogspot.com #
Blog showcase: Hugh’s News, storyteller, proud grandfather (and father to @erinshawstreet). http://yanks7.typepad.com #
At this time, @CityStages‘ gates usually open w/ dozens trickling in. Now, George McMillan is somewhere enjoying his $$$. #
What drives tigers and jaguars wild? Calvin Klein’s “Obsession for Men”: http://bit.ly/bMAleX #

Saturday, June 12

Write for clarity, not ego. 50 words that stumped NYT readers: http://bit.ly/aI8ntI (PDF list: http://bit.ly/bnXUpl) #
When I recommend someone, I get pat on back. When @KristenHeptin does it, “Kristen is hot.”: http://bit.ly/9poNtT #
Shout out Saturday: Shout out to a fave Bham area, 2300 block of 2nd Ave. N. Great things happening there! #shoutoutsat #

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