Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2012-07-08

Sunday, July 1, 2012

• #DailyBlogTip Headlines, tags, categories, photo names, repeated terms, keywords: Every bit helps SEO. #
• What are you reading? What should you read? Let’s share on Sundays. #sundayread #
• #sundayread Celebrating Social Media Day in Birmingham: http://t.co/a3JeAU60 #
• #sundayread My pal @TomBriscoe has new Kindle book, “99 Reasons to Hate Cats” ($2.99): http://t.co/JDrBDAWR [aff. link] #
• #sundayread US violation of intl human rights abets enemies, alienates friends, by Jimmy Carter: http://t.co/DHeuqEIt #
• #sundayread Three hacks to access your site’s Pinterest statistics: http://t.co/fcNvKG91 #
• #sundayread Flowchart guides high schoolers to 101 books for summer reading: http://t.co/EyPGWnZS #
• #sundayread How the Modern Olympics Got Their Start, by Frank Deford: http://t.co/OTvLSoqC #
• #sundayread Flashback: A review of “An Inconvenient Truth,” compelling and frightening. http://t.co/P26RQklc #
• #sundayread Underground New York Public Library @UNYPL, featuring reading subway riders: http://t.co/iE45pR7c #
• #sundayread A Writer’s Introduction to Google+, by @GiselleMinoli: http://t.co/rKXuo1Jb #
• #sundayread Why are American children so spoiled? By Elizabeth Kolbert: http://t.co/lgHj3Q1e #
• #sundayread Why Libraries Are a Smart Investment for the Country’s Future, by @elizabethjdias: http://t.co/P8p1NSRz #
• #sundayread The Surprising Truths About Income Inequality in America, by @JonRonson: http://t.co/rfNhQ108 #
• #sundayread How local is “local news”? A shocking report from @ThisAmerLife. http://t.co/CAVjywht / http://t.co/F76Px0qN #
• The big stories, as told by you. On my Storify page. http://t.co/XyUzSTFX #
• #sundayread For Independence Day, these poets form a chorus of many Americas. http://t.co/0ALbmEu4 #

Monday, July 2

• #DailyBlogTip Your blog community’s leaders: the most frequent commenter, the sage or the one keeping others engaged. #
• Thanks to @JClyde_Bham for sponsoring our Saturday tweetup! The recap: http://t.co/a3JeAU60 #bham #
• MOBILE WEB: Great example of simple, smart mobile site for @JClyde_Bham: http://t.co/cLcBuiW9 #
• SOCIAL MEDIA: Crazy: LinkedIn will no longer publish Twitter updates (which Facebook now does): http://t.co/pt29ApMd #
• FACEBOOK: Custom email switcharoo has created disappearing message crisis: http://t.co/8z5NL8fK #
• A Top 400 newsletter. Sign up for the free Bham Blogging Academy newsletter: http://t.co/Z6BKE3Lx #
• Soon, science will replace Sorkin with MadLibs-style algorithm, recombining his past work in new more entertaining combos. #

Tuesday, July 3

• #DailyBlogTip Keep idea lists not just for topics, but for types of posts, design, promotions and more. #
• IDEA: @OrlandoSentinel promotes its patriotic pics to use as Facebook Timeline cover photos: http://t.co/KXYOWiii #
• Bad: Pinterest board shows wrong follower count. Worse: My service ticket has gone unanswered for over a month. #
• CHART: Stain removal basics, from @MS_Living: http://t.co/UZ1kXTnI #
• PHOTO ESSAY: Hostel, a trip to the Cabana in downtown Birmingham: http://t.co/Drp68dPa #bham #
• Please pin this to Pinterest, because I cannot. http://t.co/K1sHg4F9 #
• WeFollow no longer updates its site, but at least I’m going out on top … http://t.co/YZdMH35W #
• RT @AP: Andy Griffith, beloved “The Andy Griffith Show” star who also excelled on film, dies at 86. -PP #
• It’s a bad time for newspapers when Peter Parker in “The Amazing Spider-Man” *never* sets foot inside the Daily Bugle. #
• Have a happy and safe Independence Day! Be careful on the roads and with fireworks. #
• NEWSPAPERS: Anonymous group seeks to unionize Chattanooga @TimesFreePress, by @ChloeNooga: http://t.co/bgzcZWN7 #
• REVIEW: “Amazing Spider-Man.” Oh what a retread we weave, when first we find nothing new to perceive. ★★☆☆ #
• My Facebook profile has more than 200 subscribers. Are you next? http://t.co/0IDcuzJb #

Wednesday, July 4

• #DailyBlogTip A blog can be ultimate freedom. Use it responsibly, but use it! #
• a little bit behind: Later turns into / next week, which becomes sometime / eventually. #haikuhumpday #
• Happy Independence Day, y’all! http://t.co/xSYORqhE #
• The Bham Blogging Academy e-newsletter. Usually Mondays, sometimes Tue/Wed. Always weekly. http://t.co/Z6BKE3Lx #

Thursday, July 5

• #DailyBlogTip Sometimes, the best way to write a post is on a new document or a sheet of paper. Minimize distractions. #
• Hundreds read my free Bham Blogging Academy weekly newsletter to become smarter. Sign up: http://t.co/Z6BKE3Lx #
• BLOGGING: Important lessons Sandra @letters_of_muse learned from her first 100 posts: http://t.co/2tAe47Cs #blogging #
• FACEBOOK: A primer on EdgeRank, which comes down to 4 words: Fan engagement is everything. http://t.co/adgXvTEo #
• JOURNALISM: Washington State U proposes training citizen journalists to help bridge information gap: http://t.co/WZ4nNQhs #
• If event marketing is part of your strategy, do your recaps look this good? http://t.co/cVAwrPLc #
• Weird. Poll: Nearly 75% of US says Earth is warming, but no longer top enviro prob: http://t.co/tuTHJUZm (via @atompkins) #
• Gulf Shores, Ala., has two of NRDC’s twelve 5-star beaches: http://t.co/CdeNwscS (via @ginny_thomas) #
• VIDEO: Tuscaloosa nurse Danielle Murphree to compete on “Big Brother”: http://t.co/z5zRttoM #
• Birmingham Blogging Academy and @ObjectivityRach, as seen on @BlogHer! http://t.co/xGwTun2s #blogging #
• We’ve got to hold on to what we’ve got, cause it doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not. #
• New rule: Movie sequels and reboots will use version numbering: “Madagascar 1.3,” “Judge Dredd 2.0,” “Total Recall 2.0.” #

Friday, July 6

• #DailyBlogTip Why attend conferences? Learn, network, share, teach, stretch, brag, shop, ask, laugh, dream. #
• TV: It’s been almost 10 years since Alabama banished a citizen to the “Big Brother” house … http://t.co/z5zRttoM #
• Me: I demand a regular meeting of dudes to discuss “My Little Pony”! Universe: http://t.co/UQiMywhf. Me: I wasted my wish. #
• SCIENCE: What’s the Higgs Boson and Why Do We Care? By @ChrisHiggins on @Mental_Floss: http://t.co/AfxmKu5g #
• The future is brighter than ever for thrice-weekly newspapers! http://t.co/ZBOAL78R #
• ALABAMA: And God said, “Let there be white,” and there was … http://t.co/r33kj4nY #
• Sending Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann @8en a letter in the desperate attempt to get my service issues resolved. #
• I wonder about this daily … http://t.co/8cF2GShY #
• Your Inbox tutorial on blogging and social media. Free Bham Blogging Academy newsletter: http://t.co/Z6BKE3Lx #
• We could still put a man on the moon if we wanted, but the baggage handling fees would be … astronomical. #

Saturday, July 7

• #DailyBlogTip Without goals, you have no action steps. Without action steps, you remain trapped in place. Goals first. #
• Bham voters shot down 1998 MAPS 1¢ tax; Oklahoma City passed it *3* times. The results: http://t.co/uHphneF3 #bham /via @strebel @tammyhart #
• Latest @APTV drama: @TheAUPlainsman‘s anonymous source: Pizzato investigated for ethics violations: http://t.co/tszXVY53 #
• To the party guest I told dryer sheets might stop insects: I have no idea what I’m talking about. http://t.co/Q416AXA2 #
• ADVANCE CRISIS: Saddest part of NJ·com content editor’s defense? He doesn’t know how Facebook works. http://t.co/YkvwiCgD #
• MAGAZINES: The hunky guy guaranteed to boost newsstand sales is … http://t.co/kxvgNtub #
• Free Bham Blogging Academy newsletter – your weekly guide to blogging, social media: http://t.co/Z6BKE3Lx #

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