Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2012-07-22

Sunday, July 15, 2012

• #DailyBlogTip For a series, link the parts together so readers can jump to the parts they want easily and quickly. #
• What are you reading? What should you read? Let’s share on Sundays. #sundayread #
• #sundayread The complete Freeh Report on Penn State: http://t.co/CCnkbgqk #
• #sundayread From coast to coast, readers berate Advance news sites for a terrible redesign: http://t.co/VPGOUVbJ #
• #sundayread Fall of Journatic 1: @RyanSmithWriter‘s inside account: http://t.co/2A3xD5Wh #
• #sundayread Fall of Journatic 2: Selling plagiarized, outdated, low-quality stories to newspapers: http://t.co/39aZDXYd #
• #sundayread In Soviet Russia, ebook reads you! And (ahem) also in America: http://t.co/DZVGexaO #
• #sundayread Throwing $100m at Newark, NJ, schools, and struggling: http://t.co/3pFJZgYh (via @davidfolkenflik @pesmou) #
• #sundayread Christian bookstores, and their chokehold on the industry, by @RachelHeldEvans: http://t.co/qEyltuqj #
• #sundayread Everything you need to know about getting some … attention. http://t.co/oj4dHica #
• #sundayread How Big Food co-opted and corrupted the America organic movement, by @ssstrom: http://t.co/jve0ExxR #
• #sundayread Ode to fandom 1: A “Community” love-fest at Comic-Con: http://t.co/wrrFrbQU #
• #sundayread Ode to fandom 2: Happy 10th anniversary, “Firefly”! http://t.co/wv2BWAMC #
• #sundayread The Worst Marriage in Georgetown, by @FranklinFoer: http://t.co/fqIHVb5g (RT @jgrovum) #
• #sundayread Disappearing act: This anthology book’s ink fades after 60 days once exposed to air: http://t.co/dq5hCrC6 #
• #sundayread The two sweetest words in fund-raising: We’re done. http://t.co/FLXlDHeH #
• The Bham Blogging Academy e-newsletter. The one your mother warned you about. Sign up: http://t.co/ydfRgeWc #

• #DailyBlogTip U.S. copyright is automatically in place once published, even without stated copyright notice. #
• Always suspicious when a Twitter account adds 50,000 followers in 2 weeks … http://t.co/e4I1GlFa #
• VIDEOS: 20 funny clips to ease you into Monday morning: http://t.co/x5kmrCxP #
• EMAIL MARKETING: Love MailChimp’s new mobile preview! See your message as your subscribers see it. #
• CRIME: Company wants guaranteed 90% occupancy rate for 20 years to manage America’s prisons: http://t.co/TwRBXBuB #
• SOCIETY: Best response to Daniel Tosh’s “misquoted” rape jokes, by Curtis Luciani @sinisterball: http://t.co/oQC0ySlA #
• Trying to reconcile that my favorite Apple products for four decades came from a dirty hippie named Steve Jobs. #
• North, south, east, west, these news sites are far from best … http://t.co/yJ5IR6q8 #
• How an open records law would’ve stopped sex abuse sooner at Penn State, by @atompkins: http://t.co/OZ6xEgL3 #
• One of Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks, Russell DeBusk [http://t.co/iVp8G8Ek], out of prison early: http://t.co/spXyEJOX #bham #
• ADVANCE CRISIS: NOLA Media Group un-fires several Times-Picayune reporters, by @The_Gambit: http://t.co/UxIVWnff #
• Pinterest is my playground. See what I’m sharing today: http://t.co/Axgqqy1o #

• #DailyBlogTip Can a mobile version of your site provide functionality of app at lower cost? Consider audience, goals. #
• Givers and @it_rockstars, your generosity to @ALsocme will not be forgotten! http://t.co/FLXlDHeH #ALsocme #
• WEATHER: Severe drought covers more than half of continental US, threatens crops: http://t.co/vU2BW1fM #
• My hot pants are itchy. #
• BIRMINGHAM: Gourmet includes city on 10 hot spots for music/food (but Idols count wrong): http://t.co/B4rVyLUk #bhameats #
• Holy crap, I finally got my Pinterest protest up. http://t.co/sTLEOEgU [Last pin from this account before rebooting?] #
• CRIME: Five of Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks, http://t.co/WghxJ3vH, discuss prison life: http://t.co/QtWiTeDP #bham #
• ADVANCE CRISIS: John Paton @jxpaton, Digital First Media CEO, awkwardly defends Times-Picayune plan: http://t.co/h9JkfSqB #
• My Pinterest pledge: no wedding dresses, end tables, motivational posters or kittens. http://t.co/Axgqqy1o #
• Wow: Thanks to @liz_gorman for sharing her story about being sexually assaulted on a DC street. http://t.co/w9BXC6BV #
• NY Times features Mt. Brook moms’ image consulting service Rushbiddies for sorority pledges: http://t.co/hYxBCyZP #bham #
• I gave a pint of my most precious bodily fluid yesterday. You should, too: http://t.co/cKEkvgVA #

• #DailyBlogTip A private blog can serve as company intranet, newsletter, forum, training center, support system and more. #
• a credit card offer or two: The mysterious / stranger who once lived here still / receives his junk mail. #haikuhumpday #
• If people give up on Birmingham, this is one of the clearest reasons why: http://t.co/extggF1v #bham #
• LEADERSHIP: Bad bosses keep people from making progress; good ones help, get out of way: http://t.co/u5QCalVf (via @shaftedus) #
• For the record: I love watching the Olympics for hours on end. I tolerate NBC’s mawkish presentation of it. #
• My winning entry for @B_Metro Technology & Innovation Awards? “How to put entry forms on websites.” http://t.co/k9jj7Pie #
• Next step in Birmingham school board’s Koresh-style plan? Set fire to headquarters, taunt government agents. #bham #
• ELECTION: GOP pres. candidate @MIttRomney to hold 8/15 fund-raiser at The Club: http://t.co/ecmdtCHX #alpolitics #bham #
• ADVANCE CRISIS: Times-Picayune loses legal notices, ad revenue worth $7 million: http://t.co/pLYyoP8V #
• Arc Light Stories presents stories about fame, 7p Saturday at @Urban_Standard, $5: http://t.co/lmKmqh1l #bham #
• Follow-up: Better living through snark – @B_Metro Tech & Innovation Awards now has embedded form: http://t.co/k9jj7Pie #
• RT @solentgrn: If you read “50 Shades of Grey” backwards, it’s about a stern older man removing a bunch of stuff from a young lady’s vagina. #
• If we know each other, you should be in my special LinkedIn network: http://t.co/GdMSzYWt #
• How many readers have to complain about al·com and other sites to get Advance’s attention? http://t.co/VPGOUVbJ #

• #DailyBlogTip A marketing plan can help your blog by focusing on audience, determining action steps and tactics. #
• IDEA: Develop the 8.5-inch tablet. Steal all customers from Google and Apple. Then, buy the moon. #
• If we know each other, let’s connect on LinkedIn: http://t.co/GdMSzYWt #
• JOURNALISM: One of the most popular channels for news? YouTube. http://t.co/ksSyFZF8 (via @Romenesko) #
• If you’re still using Apple’s Dashboard, what widgets would you recommend? #
• Lettuce skip Burger King for lunch. Forever. http://t.co/70iQo2p8 (via @BABJ_NABJ) #
• Latest @APTV drama: Former exec. dir. Allan Pizzato, sues commission over dismissal: http://t.co/Rn6ZTgEF (h/t @WBHM903) #
• ADVANCE CRISIS: On its 3rd day of being printed in Birmingham @HsvTimes missing entire section: http://t.co/sNcQOehd #
• Proud of @mareejones, @kristaconlin, @brainscientist2 who wrote a social media guide for @PRNews: http://t.co/zrm03Q5Z #
• SOCIAL MEDIA: Auto-tweeting to Google+ http://t.co/4aYLAXRK, with @JeremySarber‘s help. Me on G+: http://t.co/Fdn4irHE #
• BIRMINGHAM: I have no idea why our water utility is having a Linn Park festival on Saturday. http://t.co/nqootjcI #bham #
• Countdown to “Dark Knight Rises”: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About “Batman Begins”: http://t.co/U668LsrF (RT @ariksokol) #
• Facebook company pages: The hamster wheel powered by you that makes Zuckerberg rich(er). #
• TV: TBS sitcom “Sullivan and Son” debuts in 30, featuring Birmingham’s @RoyWoodJr: http://t.co/ctGSXHZQ #bham #
• TV: Bham provides missing blonde women overseas for Lifetime movies: http://t.co/9yQkitds #bham #starringHarveyKeitel #

• #DailyBlogTip Trying to get unstuck? Write the first line. Then keep going. Edit later, but keep the words flowing. #
• YOUTUBE: New feature allows face blurring when footage requires anonymity: http://t.co/0X0IqZ81 (h/t @Genuine) #
• Prayers for Aurora, Colo. #
• Chilling to read eyewitness accounts via Twitter of midnight shooting at Aurora, Colo., movie theater. http://t.co/fNVlYwaV #
• FOOD: “How you make it pay is to get closer to customers.” The rise of small farmers: http://t.co/a149tKuw (via @tferriss) #
• My most-read story this week: America hates Advance’s news sites: http://t.co/VPGOUVbJ. Featured on Poynter, Romenesko. #
• Good time for a reminder: Look at your own Facebook profile About page. If your email is ___@facebook·com, fix it. #
• Fired Oxford American founder/editor Smirnoff admits to giving alcohol to minors, foot touching. http://t.co/8zrEsMTf #
• RADIO: Cox Media to sell top-rated 98.7 Kiss FM, 95.7 Jamz, other Birmingham stations: http://t.co/pLsKe6Tz #bham #
• Birmingham schools: Nothing a state lawsuit can’t fix. http://t.co/rizpDvXj #bham #alpolitics #
• BLOGGING: How Should Students Approach Blogging? By @JohnTSpencer. http://t.co/gg0Ianka #blogging #
• Bham’s @RoyWoodJr talks about his TBS sitcom “Sullivan and Son,” which debuted last night: http://t.co/9boW3Za2 #bham #
• Subscribe to my Facebook profile, and win a pony.* http://t.co/0IDcuzJb (*Pony not included.) #
• TWITTER: Study says news seen as tweets less credible than other forms. http://t.co/SwDzF2GN #
• LINKEDIN: 5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do: http://t.co/SdYUZRPX #

• #DailyBlogTip As long as you’re willing to do the absolute bare minimum, you will not get very far. #
• ENVIRONMENT: Offices, restaurants help triple Birmingham glass recycling program in 2012: http://t.co/My08tOiw #bham #
• RT @natabroad: There isn’t one book in my apartment that hasn’t been used to kill a centipede. See, an English degree IS useful! #
• VIDEO: Birmingham’s @RoyWoodJr in first two episodes of “Sullivan and Son”: http://t.co/ugVZQFF0 #bham #
• MARKETING: The growing importance of thinking visually. http://t.co/TcNu1bbP (via @markwschaefer @ShellyKramer) #
• My Google+ page has longer takes on what I share. Because I care. http://t.co/vRY1PzrJ #
• FOOD: Birmingham Restaurant Week @bhamrestweek expands statewide for Year of Alabama Food: http://t.co/0HXtrRq3 #bhameats #
• Nick Offerman of “Parks and Recreation” on having an “incredibly beautiful, satisfying life”: http://t.co/rlIokxSb Warning: giant penis. #
• Latest @APTV Drama: Executive Director position now open to applications: http://t.co/XyzdukkV #
• Checking out @ArcLight stories. #bham (@ Urban Standard) http://t.co/MkIxwceW #

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