Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2012-08-26

By Wade Kwon

Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: What will your site look like to a mobile user? A tablet user? Design for them, too. #
What are you reading? What should you read? Let’s share on Sundays. #sundayread #
#sundayread We fail our vets: For every US soldier killed, 25 commit suicide. By @NickKristof: http://t.co/VP8ckQhV #
#sundayread Her son is a Marine, and she fretted. Now @TheGeekWife‘s youngest has joined the corps. http://t.co/doMQjIeV #
#sundayread The Joys and Hazards of Self-Publishing Books on the Web, by Alan Finder: http://t.co/PUgVwtce #
My free Bham Blogging Academy newsletter is where you get exclusive info and access: http://t.co/Z6BKE3Lx #
#sundayread Could Alabama embrace in solar power? Bham’s @BartSlawson has. http://t.co/GW5YmVoQ #
#sundayread The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2012 Winners: http://t.co/NoAvhSuc #
#sundayread @jayrosen_nyu lays out the ethos of citizen journalism ethos: http://t.co/XHjfItBJ (via @socsavvy) #
#sundayread The Mind of a Flip-Flopper, by Maggie Koerth-Baker @maggiekb1 in @NYTmag: http://t.co/G0VL2NeP #
#sundayread Twitter abandons the community that helped build it, by @mathewi: http://t.co/oJlb1Smq (via @shawnz) #
#sundayread Flashback: You’re so Birmingham if … http://t.co/oXoudNWI #
#sundayread The Making of the Sony PlayStation, by @DamienMcFerran: http://t.co/SHDxgTGi (RT @JesseNewhart) #
#sundayread On alienation and radicalism in “Office Space,” by John Kane: http://t.co/opLfsMX4 #
#sundayread New database of US voter fraud finds no evidence that photo ID laws needed: http://t.co/TqJ7Zd5n #
#sundayread The man who hid Saddam Hussein in a spider hole: http://t.co/ofxsZWvC (via @martyswant @sullivank) #
#sundayread Student asks Internet to read book for him. He gets busted … by author. By @griner: http://t.co/VF4eHdRF #

Monday, Aug. 20

BREAKING: Authorities say “Top Gun” director Tony Scott dies after jumping off Los Angeles County bridge. (RT @edsbs @AP) #
#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Determine the goal of your site. Will it be customer service, sales or ideas? #
Back-to-school haiku: The yellow monster / that devours children throws / them back up at school. http://t.co/7a3dbiAE #
Who wants to mow my lawn for some Facebook stock? *crickets* #
Beyond the numbers: Feedback from a friend « Birmingham Blogging Academy. http://t.co/5fww9DS0 #
Mountain Brook girl having lunch with Michelle Obama at White House today: http://t.co/Crp5koYq #bham #
365 blogging tips from Wade Kwon: http://t.co/AcG7jIFb #blogging #
PINTEREST: 6 things I hate about Pinterest, by @MCuthbert: http://t.co/3mRy2hee #
Latest @APTV drama: Commission picks @WVUATV‘s Roy Clem as replacement executive director: http://t.co/5uIZG77L #
ADVANCE CRISIS: Digital makeover ends w/ last site @LehighValley on Tue: http://t.co/UIgtwvKI / More: http://t.co/2HFeRKr9 #
“You know you’re old if they discontinued your blood type.” RIP Phyllis Diller, 95. http://t.co/Hk0UToWt (via @VictorBrown) #
PHOTO ESSAY: What’s Left of Birmingham: The Factory: http://t.co/OrZ6zhQG #bham #
How Not to Steal People’s Content on the Web: http://t.co/iT03cv8T (via @ednoles) Short version: cite, link out, think. #
JOURNALISM: Few news orgs adept at both depth and shareability on sites: http://t.co/lrG636WI #
“I stood up to the plate, I swung my bat as hard as I could.” —E.M. http://t.co/uHrcIAti (via @zacksyl @MarjieClayman) #
SPORTS: Bham native Condoleezza Rice 1 of 1st 2 women in Augusta National, done on its terns: http://t.co/VvRLl1gl #bham #

Tuesday, Aug. 21

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Spend extra time on usability. Make navigation and leaving a comment dead simple. #
MARKETING: How USA Today used headline testing to boost traffic: http://t.co/7f3a9FyN (via @mayerjoy) #
POP CULTURE: Awesome – 53 “Arrested Development” Jokes You Probably Missed: http://t.co/v2NK6TMe #
Fun fact: Enough bullets are manufactured annually to shoot everyone on Earth. Twice. #
JOURNALISM: Former Patch editor @whatburnsbacon shares lessons from the content factory: http://t.co/24HoGG3N #
These dogs have been bad. And now they’re famous, or infamous. http://t.co/rqGE233n #
530 restaurants in my Birmingham Facebook Restaurant Guide. Subscribe: http://t.co/jn4rBbAT #bhameats #
LINKEDIN: I don’t like how the new profile layout hides websites, Twitter accounts and email. Very important details. #
BLOGGING: @AnnistonStar profiles Birmingham blogger Ginger Brook of @DeepFriedKudzu: http://t.co/6LhxxIaU #bham #
I’m opening a special daycare. But are your toddlers tough enough to attend? ARE THEY TOUGH ENOUGH?? http://t.co/4PEZw2gN #
Pro tip: My personal pickup line for the week, “Ladies, I passed AP Biology, Chemistry *and* Physics.” #sciencefriction #

Wednesday, Aug. 22

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Ask colleagues and friends to test the site, and act on their best feedback. #
on to lacrosse: Football season won’t / go away, even after / stench overwhelms me. #haikuhumpday #
Tips, ideas, videos, links, how-tos, etc. in my free weekly Bham Blogging Academy newsletter: http://t.co/Z6BKE3Lx #
JOURNALISM: Reporting on/about the Web offers broad generalizations, but little substance, insight. http://t.co/guqzWaPo #
FACEBOOK: What you share, even among friends, can be admissible as evidence. http://t.co/q2SXb8KI #
I see you driving / ’round town with the girl I love / and I’m like … http://t.co/cA8qKo5v #haikuhumpday #
VIDEO: What it’s like to land on Mars. http://t.co/XJd5BItL (via @amandacdykes) #
TECHNOLOGY: Website ranks Bham No. 2 in worst places to find tech jobs: http://t.co/c8RiOtt7 (via @andreafwalker) #bham #
INFOGRAPHIC: Immigrants in US show big shift in feeder nations in past century: http://t.co/N4NtQYwZ (via @Sterne_Library) #

Thursday, Aug. 23

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Make contact info prominent: email, phone number, contact form or Twitter handle. #
Confession: I have bought Twitter followers. I bought them with energetic talks, smart blog posts, jokes and good will. #
POP CULTURE: “Community” creator Dan Harmon gives his account of the Chevy Chase feud: http://t.co/rXLGS16Z #
What’s the ROI on candid advice from an old friend? This. http://t.co/5fww9DS0 #
FACEBOOK: How to Train Your News Feed: http://t.co/ueaUnZ9x (RT @JesseNewhart @zaibatsu) #
HEALTH: US cases jump 76% in 1 week: http://t.co/mNyirrTZ. Jefferson Co., Ala., has 1st case: http://t.co/uVxdT95F #bham #
BLOGGING: 6 Reasons Why You Will Fail, by @jeffbullas: http://t.co/Wdd54jJI (RT @JusticeMitchell) #
I get retweeted a lot. See what folks are retweeting today. http://t.co/rLUxc97S #
Wow: Lance Armstrong to be stripped of 7 Tour de France titles, Olympic bronze medal: http://t.co/Zz2KIstR #

Friday, Aug. 24

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Sprinkle images and videos throughout the site to add flair, color and energy. #
“I’m a utility board member who’s too stupid to be able to open a PDF file. GIMME 10 IPADS!!” http://t.co/nDuKfAQZ #bham #
As Twitter circles the wagons, expect more limits, fewer innovations, more ads, less growth. #
BUSINESS: When every child gets a trophy, we pay a terrible price once they enter the workforce: http://t.co/QTR9Ucxp #
SPORTS: Oakley Prell, 13, US black belt champ from Bessemer, to compete at Junior Pan Am Games: http://t.co/P69yxmvL #bham #
I give away great advice on communication in the free Bham Blogging Academy newsletter: http://t.co/Z6BKE3Lx #
LINKEDIN: @TomMartin asks for 5 features to help with prospecting (but I solved one for him): http://t.co/0bYnlE0s #
Her advice was blunt: “Go look at a newsletter from a year ago and see how much you’ve improved.” http://t.co/5fww9DS0 #
SOCIAL BIZ: “Customer complaints resolved through social media result in 21% increase in sales.” http://t.co/7XSfCW5Q #
BOOKS: My pal @NadriaTucker‘s debut young adult novel “Darwin, Singer” FREE on Amazon today, Sat.: http://t.co/JegZDElQ #
My neighbors are occasionally over-zealous in their neighborhood watch reports … http://t.co/E0laNp1q #

Saturday, Aug. 25

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: What is the promise your site is making with the reader? Never forget it. #
POP CULTURE: Floor plans for apartments in Frasier, Friends, Sex in the City and Big Bang Theory: http://t.co/WtzON4Ri #
The Birmingham Voice, a newspaper written by and sold by the homeless: http://t.co/3vz2yqAN #bham #
Jefferson Co., Ala, was ordered 30 years ago to end discriminatory hiring. Surprise: It hasn’t. http://t.co/U3x9IIIY #bham #
TWITTER snubs 3rd-party developers, but won’t tackle spammers, scammers. No wonder it’s in trouble. http://t.co/WF1c37Wp #
How to remove the clutter and get a badass simple lifestyle. Interview with @zen_habits: http://t.co/HSMjn98r #
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at age 82. (RT @NBCNews) #
The free Bham Blogging Academy newsletter – learn right from your Inbox: http://t.co/Z6BKE3Lx #