Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2012-02-19

Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

• #DailyBlogTip If you don’t know your blog’s focus, blog more. The focus will come. #
• What are you reading? What should you read? Let’s share on Sundays. #sundayread #
• #sundayread Why French Parents Are Superior, by Pamela Druckerman @pameladruck: http://t.co/49RK1itF #
• #sundayread The making of gay marriage’s top foe, by Mark Oppenheimer @markopp1: http://t.co/2c2xt1TJ #
• #sundayread How companies can use blogging to tell their story: http://t.co/bp9Qqcdg #
• #sundayread Can a world class musician cut through the fog of a DC rush hour? By @geneweingarten: http://t.co/TkGaWkOT #
• #sundayread The Search for Uncle Sam, by Alton Ketchum: http://t.co/ttnjlcOW #
• #sundayread Building a Successful Social Media Plan: http://t.co/Hr2zaVxo #
• #sundayread You Won’t Kill Online Piracy, It Won’t Kill You, by @paultassi: http://t.co/W2FrfX9z (RT @piercingwit) #
• #sundayread 10 Content Marketing Goals Worth Pursuing, by @soniasimone: http://t.co/Q32YqIEJ #
• The free weekly Bham Blogging Academy newsletter – I sometimes even change the subject line! http://t.co/Z6BPbDUH #
• #sundayread Connecting to a troubled 8-year-old stepson through reading, by @tkthorne: http://t.co/A1LIRsfV #
• #sundayread Are gamers (and other consumers) loving games to death? By @rotational: http://t.co/8cyedNmA (via @jthrashr) #
• #sundayread FLASHBACK: 1 year ago, Krista Klumpp of Fairhope, Ala., started her Survivor run: http://t.co/NEslE6VV #
• #sundayread Tiananmen Square, two decades later, scrubbed clean and home to a KFC, by @JGourlay: http://t.co/FZny2KPM #
• #sundayread End of the affairs: the dangers of Internet dating, by Margaret Overton: http://t.co/mO1GL6YB #
• #sundayread “I relish moments of discomfort, however bizarre or painful.” By @nomadicchick: http://t.co/t6krY0V0 #

• #DailyBlogTip Take time to edit your posts before hitting send. Reading it aloud helps tremendously. #
• John Legend covers “Rolling in the Deep” ♫ http://t.co/Q4AlB2AM #musicmonday (h/t @sheatsb) #
• Could you survive 48 hours without your phone? @jennwarren85 shares her harrowing tale: http://t.co/p2wu3N50 #
• Making your site pinnable on Pinterest, by @RedheadWriting: http://t.co/tIh0MPfX (via @ShellyKramer) #
• Singer India Ramey, author Gin Phillips, Jefferson County Sound and more on @WBHM903‘s “Tapestry”: http://t.co/kZs2zVWw #
• Why are old news media websites so awful? One look at AP’s site says a lot: http://t.co/nE36Ggzs #
• Bear McCreary reveals physics behind your favorite science fiction theme tunes: http://t.co/azfXJNEp #musicmonday #
• RT @ALsocme: Our chair @jvreeland is featured in the @shelbycreporter! Check it out: http://t.co/G1f2vYIq [superstar!] #
• News sites could monetize, but do poor job in landing advertisers in growing market: http://t.co/5Z28mNYU (h/t @poynter) #
• Your meme. http://t.co/VfjjFy6N #
• YATL = Yet Another Twitter Layout … http://t.co/5ntpee2v #

• #DailyBlogTip Send a Valentine to your readers by telling them how much you love them. #
• My pal and former colleague @shermikad and her lifestyle blog @artblt profiled: http://t.co/qRsDqvOs (via @MBDinBHAM) #
• New Twitter keyboard shortcuts chart: http://t.co/VhN8BEVI #
• Taco time! (@ El Barrio) http://t.co/LXTvAG14 #
• My free Bham Blogging Academy newsletter is where you get exclusive info and access: http://t.co/Z6BPbDUH #
• What I Think About Valentine’s Day, by Daria Morgendorffer: http://t.co/ti8Pplk0 #

• #DailyBlogTip Make sure your podcasts feed into iTunes for another free channel of distribution. #
• fields of green: Rolling hills calm the / soul, gliding along on a / bicycle for one. #haikuhumpday #
• Weird when George Will sticks up for convicted Ala. governor Siegelman. What’s his take on Rove? http://t.co/RXwA2Spw #
• Gonna try to squeeze in a G+ Hangout after 3p CST today. What’s on your mind? http://t.co/3Muaz0wM #
• What’s wrong with tech “journalism”? Follow the money. By @realdanlyons. http://t.co/nZnLotBQ (via @jeffbercovici) #
• RT @ItsTripp: .@JennWarren85 is Bham famous for giving her smartphone to a stranger for 48 hours: http://t.co/p2wu3N50 #
• 4 Critical Mistakes that Cost Me 1000s of Subscribers, Fans, Followers by @skooloflife: http://t.co/ROJj4mjJ (RT @JasonFalls) #
• THURSDAY: @bwcitypaper Thursday Club Cinema ends with “The Limey” at @ALTheatre: http://t.co/LtjIB5mi #bham #
• Come spend an hour with me on Google+ in my weekly Hangout. All questions and topics welcome. http://t.co/3Muaz0wM #
• Best part of going to the Jefferson Co. (Ala.) courthouse? Knowing you’ll have to come back again and again … #
• The Wade Kwon Daily is out! You’re not in it. I checked. #

• #DailyBlogTip Consider Creative Commons licensing to spread your work while maintaining your ownership rights. #
• Teller’s secret to magic? “Surprise me.” http://t.co/fzkrZ7Bn (h/t @jenbarnett) #
• That Jeremy Lin chap sure knows his way around the basket and ball … http://t.co/TWNyrbEJ #
• TONIGHT: @bwcitypaper Thursday Club Cinema ends with “The Limey” at @ALTheatre: http://t.co/LtjIB5mi #bham #
• Your daily fix of Birmingham news, videos, photos and more: http://t.co/9uThYXde #bham #
• Are we the masters of technology, or does it enslave us? http://t.co/p2wu3N50 #
• RT @ALsocme: FREE: Our partner @techbirmingham‘s TechMixer is at @innovationdepot on 3/13. RSVP: http://t.co/e861WHo3 #
• Dang, found the perfect Valentine’s gift 2 days late (and yes, aff. link): http://t.co/IwVSSu6S [read the reviews] #
• VIDEO: Do you ever feel flawed? Watch this: http://t.co/xPDK5Gtz #
• Newspapers: It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World. http://t.co/wHlxyTTA #

• #DailyBlogTip Write the headline first. It can guide you in writing a tight, focused post. #
• Your Friday time-waster: Pick your favorite “Simpsons” episode. Only 500 from which to choose … http://t.co/QoRdLddE #
• If the bull’s-eye turns pink … The Target pregnancy test is surprisingly accurate: http://t.co/UnEVto40 #
• I love helping people find better jobs and careers. Here are a few I’ve helped so far … http://t.co/kdc8Xpvv #

• #DailyBlogTip Reach out to other bloggers you read with a kind e-mail. Build your network. #
• If you could pick any words to describe me, they would be … (Don’t hold back, please.) #
• 5 tips for TV interviews, from a former NBC News producer: http://t.co/kVagz0cB (RT @MarkRaganCEO @chancaldwell) #
• I am laughing reading everyone’s all-time favorite “Simpsons” quotes. They’re perfectly cromulent. http://t.co/118YpnAo #
• I give away great advice on communication in the free Bham Blogging Academy newsletter: http://t.co/Z6BPbDUH #

Also:

• Past Twitter logs
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