Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2012-07-29

By Wade Kwon

Sunday, July 22, 2012

#DailyBlogTip My weapon of choice in marketing my blog? Email. Everyone has an address; metrics easy to use. #
What are you reading? What should you read? Let’s share on Sundays. #sundayread #
#sundayread The victims of the Aurora, Colo., shooting spree: http://t.co/QZtxwBG0 #
#sundayread Confessions of an Ex-Mormon, by @walterkirn: http://t.co/N32kRCGi #
#sundayread Flashback: Have Birmingham’s young professionals failed their city? http://t.co/46yQH7rt #
#sundayread Why Newspaper Beat Reporters Matter, by David Simon: http://t.co/DvPu6uDL #
#sundayread The iPad revolution in the NFL, by @JeffDarlington: http://t.co/jGiPVJ4f (h/t @Spann) #
#sundayread The $15 billion city of tomorrow is coming. To Alabama. Just 1 hurdle… http://t.co/o0A8RHHe (via @MCuthbert) #
#sundayread Flashback: A nation of beggars: the dark side of social campaigns. http://itswa.de/o69Kik #
#sundayread How Web Design Has Changed Print, by @CarrieCousins: http://t.co/4g0xOSYq #
#sundayread The haunting fame of the “Fudgsicle Kid”: http://t.co/inHTgDBq #
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#sundayread Oral History of 1992 US Olympic Basketball Dream Team (including Charles Barkley): http://t.co/gAkvjzhQ #
#sundayread Meet @CharlieLeDuff, who has thrown out the rules of how to be a TV reporter: http://t.co/bls3RVdO #
#sundayread One year ago today, a gunman dressed as a cop killed 77 at a Norway summer camp: http://t.co/XH7FekP4 #
#sundayread What Happens When We Don’t Teach Our Boys About Sex, by @JayGaddis: http://t.co/yrRnbOel (RT @ElementaryAP) #
#sundayread Happy 20th anniversary, Roger and Chaz! http://t.co/BMHh9TXd #

Monday, July 23

#DailyBlogTip Content is a great SEO strategy. Let ‘er rip on the posts and stick to a schedule for fastest results. #
RT @slmandel: NCAA hits for Penn State: 4-year bowl ban, 20 total/10 annual scholarship reduction for 4 yrs, $60m fine, vacate wins ’98-’11 #
RT @asterios: “I blogged about doing something dumb every day for a year — somebody give me a book deal!” —Everybody #
DESIGN: Where to find the story of the day on @aldotcom: http://t.co/oknwIDbz #
A primer on guns and gun control, by @atompkins: http://t.co/Xlt04uQX #
One of the brightest spots in Birmingham’s local food movement, PEER Inc. in East Lake: http://t.co/lcvgRYz0 #bhameats #
REVIEW: “Dark Knight Rises”: Pulls off (mostly) tricky balance of Bruce, Batman, Selena, Bane & 38 other characters. ★★★☆ #
RT @robdelaney: I recommend this book when people impulsively/incorrectly say today worse than other times in history: http://t.co/wfLsoNgQ #
BLOGGING: How Long Should Your Post Be? By @IkePigott. http://t.co/JSxS3piY #blogging #
RT @NBCNews: Sally Ride, first American woman to fly in space, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 61 http://t.co/4NY7ycWu #
RT @WolfpackAlan: It’s a recipe for disaster when your country has an obesity epidemic and a skinny jean fad. #
Sigh. Story of my life. http://t.co/vs5FEjzU #
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Tuesday, July 24

#DailyBlogTip What to look for in a platform: flexibility, cost, design, support, expandability, number of users. #
BLOGGING: Comment Marketing 101, by @SlavkoDesik: http://t.co/pMYD1Uka #blogging #
Is Birmingham getting its money’s worth on mayor and council trips? http://t.co/XcuHIofQ #bham #
Odd Paterno footnote: Bham’s Bobby Bowden is winningest FBS coach after JoePa’s vacated wins: http://t.co/5V4FqF9c #bham #
ADVANCE CRISIS: New Orleans’ competitors line up to take on Times-Picayune, nola·com: http://t.co/q0ytOFfD #
Birmingham school board, now with more state control, just getting started. Follow: http://t.co/3Ev3PWUv #bham #bhamboe #
Circle me on Google+. Your stream will thank you. http://t.co/vRY1PzrJ #
Latest @APTV drama: Network lost $25,000+ in donations: http://t.co/Fjkk7k0I. Letter to Gov. Bentley: http://t.co/Ybwazi6Q #
RIP Sherman Hemsley, star of “The Jeffersons,” dead at 74from natural causes. http://t.co/bAg0md58 (via @etbowser) #

Wednesday, July 25

#DailyBlogTip Follow the rule of the Internet for each post: Be interesting, be informative or be entertaining. #
circle of labor: Soon, new arrivals / take still-warm seats of those who / moved on to next jobs. #haikuhumpday #
Jefferson Co. commissioners to raise sewer rates, http://t.co/rWT2P0Ev / ask for Orange Beach trip $, http://t.co/KaukM4gD #
BOOKS: 75% off all unsigned books at Alabama Booksmith in Homewood: http://t.co/ZrcyG8FQ. Big changes on the way. #bham #
JOURNALISM: The hard truth of a hyperlocal news site is that it does not scale. http://t.co/Z2SS0fnK #
POETRY: Andrew Glaze, 92, Alabama’s next poet laureate. Post-Herald reporter, Pulitzer nominee. http://t.co/dvbjphI7 #bham #
ADVANCE CRISIS: al·com has a slipshod approach at highlighting important stories. http://t.co/oknwIDbz. Your thoughts? #
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PHOTO ESSAY: Metrocare. http://t.co/mbtVSM9I #bham #
REVIEW: Apple OS X Mountain Lion, even at $20, not worth the upgrade: http://t.co/SDENWXNW (via @lnweatherspoon) #
IDEA: Theater owners, I’ll hang on to 3D glasses from last movie if you’ll knock off $3 from future 3D movie tickets. #
AMENDED IDEA: Open world’s first Sunday-only Chick-Fil-A. New part: Serve only gay couples. #millionaire #
Can’t decide between My Little Pony tat of Princess Celestia eating an apple or a flaming Zecora. #bronyproblems #
Richard Scrushy’s a free man again — here’s hoping the new Dallas County Line album isn’t far behind! \m/ #

Thursday, July 26

#DailyBlogTip Higher purpose of your blog could be serving others, through fund-raising, volunteering, informing. #
Jenn Gibbons @row4row, rowing to raise $150K for cancer, raped during stop. Maybe tracked via blog: http://t.co/t85nqudU #
ADVANCE CRISIS: No Saturday papers for high school football scores? al·com says this page is for you: http://t.co/YUVSHxFT #
BY THE NUMBERS: The best fantasy football player ever was … http://t.co/UMwmhzsv #resultsmatter #
Birmingham13·com celebrates 50 years of civil rights movement. With Flash. And auto-play music. http://t.co/iBprDtGx #bham #
VIDEO: I’d love to see a reporter golf across Birmingham like @Charlieleduff did for Detroit: http://t.co/MC04NQQZ #bham #
MARKETING: When I asked what text SMS services you recommend, you said: Tatango, Twilio, Mozeo, Hungry Thumb. #
Overture, curtains, lights. This is it, you’ll hit the heights. And oh what heights we’ll hit. On with the show, this is it. #
ART: Alabama’s Thornton Dial and Gee’s Bend quilters featured in Nashville exhibit: http://t.co/uUbtxuns #
Latest @APTV drama: CPB ombud calls Ala board actions “improper, unethical, outrageous” http://t.co/aI1hPPP1 (via @WBHM903) #
Facebook page “I can find 1,000,000 people that still believe in newspapers” … just 998,000 more to go. #
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Friday, July 27

#DailyBlogTip One great way to make your posts better before publishing? Cut excess words. As many as you can. #
ADVANCE CRISIS: @LagniappeMobile “Downfall” parody casts Press-Register publisher Mathews as… Hitler. http://t.co/yt121B3k #
BLOGGING: How I Started Making $5K/Month w/ My Travel Blog, by @wanderingtradr: http://t.co/ly7Vy4Kc (via @JesseNewhart) #
Looks like Kyle Whitmire joined Ala Media Group/al·com, dumped @SecondFront, uses @WaronDumb. But what of @WeldBham? #bham #
OLYMPICS: Sydney … Athens … Beijing … London … Rio de Janeiro … Birmingham! http://t.co/cylCYVsp #bham (via @jonsol) #
POP CULTURE: Anne Hathaway: Best. Catwoman. Ever. http://t.co/ceqbYnci #
OLYMPICS: You’re probably sick of “Call Me Maybe,” so here’s the US Swim Team doing it: http://t.co/QVTPtynI #
FACEBOOK: Little-known feature helps uncover negative feedback on Pages: http://t.co/EjwVoCcY (RT @KristenHeptin) #
I give away great advice on communication in the free Bham Blogging Academy newsletter: http://t.co/ydfRgeWc #
Ladies, everything you heard about Asian men is true … http://t.co/XhglrOxK #
DESIGN: Looking for news in all the wrong places: http://t.co/mtTYp9p0 #
OYLMPICS: Historic … London 2012 is first time all competing countries have female athletes participating. #
OLYMPICS: Spoiler … Opening Ceremonies’ Mr. Bean segment takes a full 5 minutes. Plus, a salute to the World Wide Web! #
OLYMPICS: Spoiler part 2 … Opening Ceremonies in photos and animated GIFs: http://t.co/0nLJMbAf #
OLYMPICS: Historic … London 2012 is first time all competing countries have female athletes participating. [fixed typo] #
OLYMPICS: Watching Opening Ceremonies live on BBC > tape-delay on NBC. #sorrybobcostas #
Olympic history. http://t.co/nObHfHf8 #london2012 #

Saturday, July 28

#DailyBlogTip Experimenting with topics and approaches can be a way to expand your audience or escape a rut. #
RT @AlbertBrooks: Ted Nugent installed Mountain Lion and then shot it. #
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OLYMPICS: If you missed Opening Ceremonies (or watched it twice like me), read the ultimate recap: http://t.co/gFH3JuZS #
Latest @APTV drama: Bham pastors present petitions with 114K signatures against Barton propaganda: http://t.co/TgAjS6Qo #
RT @wthorn7: Some seem more upset our team uniforms were made in China instead of trillions of dollars of our debt they hold. #
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Biotech rising star Vaxin slips Birmingham for Maryland: http://t.co/CadZyB5y #bham #
COMICS: Doonesbury’s Jimmy Crow visited Alabama this week … http://t.co/xCVULcXi #alpolitics #
RT @juliasegal: I’ll never be an Olympic athlete, but I did participate in a Toyotathon once. #
ADVANCE CRISIS: NPR, Univ of New Orleans team up for nonprofit news org, NewOrleansReporter·org: http://t.co/JNoGreqY #
In China, it’s called “American Imperialist Harlot and Her Milk-Drinking Nerds.” http://t.co/Zoz34VcQ #
New slogan: The XXX Summer Olympics, the most erotic games ever.™ #