Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2011-08-14

By Wade Kwon

Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: The most important page? Your “About” page. Explain the site, introduce yourself. #
What are you reading? What should you read? Let’s share on Sundays. #sundayread #
#sundayread All the poetry that’s fit to print. Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 21: http://itswa.de/rfPc6Z #
#sundayread Nicholson Baker, the Mad Scientist of Smut: http://nyti.ms/qRqWaR #
#sundayread How can public speaking can guide your business? Wade Kwon shares his insights … http://itswa.de/nwd62T #
Bham’s Best Eats: For serious chocoholics, @ShaunChavis picks 5 top treats: http://itswa.de/bbe-chocolate #bhameats #
#sundayread Getting bin Laden: http://nyr.kr/pGHPiS #
#sundayread The New Yorker and the iPad: a good fit. http://nyti.ms/ppSRp5 #
#sundayread Meet the candidates running for Birmingham mayor: http://mcpo.st/puZWoI #
#sundayread The Julie project: http://bit.ly/donxTD #
#sundayread Flashback: 15 years ago this week, I started my job at the Birmingham Post-Herald: http://itswa.de/cilUh1 #
#sundayread The last supper: El Bulli closes its doors: http://ind.pn/pO78rY (via @trevor_newberry) #
#sundayread Nicholas Kristof: Evangelicals Without Blowhards. http://nyti.ms/rc5QzY (via @kristenmstewart) #
#sundayread Garden Walks: The Journey of a Lifetime, by @RedneckRosarian: http://bit.ly/otX1wJ #
#sundayread Obama’s greatest failure: spending America into enormous deficits: http://onforb.es/mSI6Un #
#sundayread Why aren’t the oldest living people getting any older? http://ow.ly/5Nm6R (RT @liamjford) #
#sundayread The lives of paraplegic jobholders: http://bit.ly/oVD4On (RT @ebertchicago) #

Monday, Aug. 8

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Decide your licensing: copyright, Creative Commons, public domain, copyleft. #
Blog better every day: My daily blog tips from July 2011 Â« Birmingham Blogging Academy http://itswa.de/rhb9GL #blogging #
Sad Etsy Dogs: “Betrayal. Commerce. Woe.” http://http://sadetsydogs.wordpress.com/ (h/t @erinshawstreet) #
Bham’s Best Eats: @FoodRevival shows how to start canning peaches: http://itswa.de/bbe-peach #bhameats #
Great things afoot for @wordcampbham 2012. I’ll sneak a few details in Tue. newsletter: http://itswa.de/bba-newsletter #

Tuesday, Aug. 9

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: No site is perfect on launch. Make your fixes as you go. #
The truth behind metrics: @jaybaer tears apart the notion of social media numbers. http://ar.gy/WUq #
New Yorker’s “Getting bin Laden” author didn’t talk to SEALs featured in story: http://bit.ly/nDwDZj (h/t @ChrisAla13) #
Bham’s Best Eats: @jenbarnett says best cupcakes in town are… @dreamcakesbham: http://itswa.de/bbe-dreamcakes #bhameats #
I have to work most of this weekend. So I should just stop working now and start partying, right? 😉 #
Newspaper publishers. They failed at print. They failed at digital. Why not make custom tablets? http://bit.ly/rrlRqD #

Wednesday, Aug. 10

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Brainstorm a topic list, headlines and images. Lead with your best stuff. #
Good: @bhamboxset blog gets much needed redesign: http://bit.ly/pf5Kqg. Bad: @BHMBizAlliance uses Calif. company for it. #
Handy tool for Web designers. CSS3 Generator: http://css3generator.com (via @imrogb @ajinnashville @studionashvegas) #
The promises you / make reveal your true nature / once you’ve broken them. #haikuhumpday #
Bham’s Best Eats: @glennybrock‘s happy hour has bourbon and… Buffalo Rock?? http://itswa.de/bbe-buffalo-rock #bhameats #
Good: @bhamboxset blog gets much needed redesign: http://bit.ly/pf5Kqg. Better: Some work by Bham-based @bad_muffin. [correcting tweet] #
I give away great advice on communication in the free Bham Blogging Academy newsletter: http://itswa.de/bba-newsletter #
“Fighting Social Media Fatigue,” my topic for the Bham AAF August Lunch on 8/19. $20. Facebook: http://itswa.de/oVjH1j #
101 haiku, just for you: http://itswa.de/rfPc6Z #haikuhumpday #haiku #
31 tips for better blogging: http://itswa.de/rhb9GL #blogging #
Ron Swanson would not approve. 1. No dolls ever. 2. No homemade harp. http://bit.ly/pGek6b (via @ginny_thomas) #
[resend] Ron Swanson wouldn’t approve. 1. No dolls ever. 2. No homemade harp. (via @ginny_thomas) http://twitpic.com/6445v5 #

Thursday, Aug. 11

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Drop the notion that people will read your blog because it exists. Plan to market it. #
I want my life story told this way -> First World Problems in Stock Photos: http://bit.ly/nQAIt1 (via @jeffreyharper) #
LinkedIn users: Opt out of sneaky third-party advertising. http://bit.ly/otY1mW #
A plea for legible text on websites: http://contrastrebellion.com (h/t @tammyhart) #
Bham’s Best Eats: The pleasures of the CafÃ© Dupont tasting menus, by @DLinBham: http://itswa.de/bbe-dupont #bhameats #
Next Ignite Birmingham @ignitebham is Oct. 20. Submit your speaker proposals: http://bit.ly/n6x4Ej #bham #
Is A/B testing too flawed for content optimization? What do you think? http://j.mp/fTyW4A #
The irony of secure passwords: http://xkcd.com/936/ #
That big Alabama bingo trial? No convictions, several mistrials: http://bit.ly/qIKoTZ #

Friday, Aug. 12

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Most important feature to include is email capture system, for a newsletter or an ebook. #
Bham’s Best Eats: A tale of two taco trucks, by @glennybrock. http://itswa.de/bbe-taco-trucks #bhameats #
Who are Birmingham’s most influential leaders? White guys! http://t.co/Yep6TTJ #bham #

Saturday, Aug. 13

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Stockpile completed posts, to get your blog off to a smooth start. #
Twitter has made t.co the mandatory URL shortener. Destroys all my custom URL searches, though tracking stats in place. #
Helping out with tornado relief today. #alablogvol (@ Scott Elementary Pratt Disaster Relief Center) http://t.co/NJ1UtB0 #
Bham’s Best Eats: What are Eggs Birmingham? @Foodimentary cracks the case. http://t.co/n1LEfn3 #bhameats #
I made it into the @infomediadotcom newsletter: Look for me next to the big screaming blue bird. http://t.co/kbptMty #
31 tips for better blogging: http://t.co/3Z6xAnu #blogging #
My free Bham Blogging Academy newsletter is where you get exclusive info and access: http://t.co/mqQx6RA #