Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2011-08-21

By Wade Kwon

Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: It’s not the platform, the computer, the desk, the look. It’s you that makes it go. #
What are you reading? What should you read? Let’s share on Sundays. #sundayread #
#sundayread Flashback: 5 years ago this week, I started my tenure at Southern Living: http://t.co/zZ6DIPw #
#sundayread Turning a family member’s suicide into a cause for hope: http://t.co/tfPjItR #
#sundayread “We are walking, talking, breathing, ‘mistake-making machines.'” http://t.co/VV2bK7B (via @whoatemyblog) #
Bham’s Best Eats: @EatBHM introduces Golden Rule Bar-B-Q to a first-timer. http://t.co/TyuDsSG #bhameats #
#sundayread “I chose to be humiliated for my children.” Essay by my pal Marie Jones on her mama: http://t.co/Tt7Iknw #
#sundayread In Chicago, “you don’t go to jail for shooting people.” Pulitzer-winning story: http://t.co/h034aCR #
#sundayread That truck driver you flipped off? Let me tell you his story. http://t.co/uKR34dJ (via @kristenmstewart) #
#sundayread The stories our leaders tell us matter very dearly. http://t.co/yiiC3rn (via @somisguided) #
#sundayread My latest tips for better blogging: http://t.co/3Z6xAnu #
#sundayread Everything you know about newspaper paywalls might be wrong … http://t.co/geP628J (via @MediaGuyCarl) #
#sundayread 10 years after “Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” author offers update: http://t.co/tnCC1NT #
#sundayread Teats Out: An Oral History of the Rise and Fall (and Rise) of “The Dana Carvey Show”: http://t.co/LCP7r7r #
#sundayread “Can the Middle Class Be Saved?” by Don Peck in @TheAtlantic: http://t.co/0Nr0BGM #
#sundayread The first day of kindergarten comes as an unexpected shock to mom @erinshawstreet. http://t.co/ruQnmmU #
#sundayread 91-year-old still working on Encyclopedia Iranica after 38 years. He’s on “K.” http://t.co/cU9RiA1 #

Monday, Aug. 15

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Build time into your schedule for blogging, lest it become a non-priority. #
Bham’s Best Eats: Happy birthday, Julia Child! Celeste’s tribute: http://t.co/gmZyp1h #bhameats #
If you want to come to Bham Kitchen Table with me, 6p Tue at @RailroadPark, message me. Topic: social media. #bham #
RT @ALsocme: LAST CHANCE: Tell us who should be on our #ALsocme September social media success panel. http://t.co/PxnEZ3z #

Tuesday, Aug. 16

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Vow to make each post informative, inspiring or entertaining. Hopefully, all three. #
Newspapers and Nonprofits Team Up for Investigative Journalism: http://ow.ly/61jcF (RT @BABJ_NABJ) #
Is 13″ MacBook Air the “perfect computer?” Gushing review in Computer World: http://t.co/CogCTsP (RT @ebertchicago) #
Bham’s Best Eats: @seankelley shares markets, restaurants w/ best gluten-free foods: http://t.co/8KabG9T #bhameats #
Twitter removes search results’ RSS links. Here’s how to get them: http://t.co/N7HXvta (RT @JayOatway @AskAaronLee) #
Trent Richardson on Sports Illustrated cover; ranks Alabama No. 1: http://t.co/CZJMo6T (via @IzzyGould) #rolltide #
Discussing social media at Birmingham Kitchen Table on a gorgeous evening. (@ Railroad Park w/ @socialmediabham) http://t.co/IwW1iRD #

Wednesday, Aug. 17

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Investing money in a site makes it real, ups your commitment to make the blog work. #
Bham’s Best Eats: What’s good at Dyron’s Lowcountry, Mt Brook? @DLinBham says grits! http://t.co/sllElMu #bhameats #
Why journalists donâ€™t always make the best PR pros: http://t.co/2glVwMh (interesting comments, too) #
Content theft done right. The blink-182 “crowdsourced” video for “Up All Night”: http://t.co/YxvhJFU (h/t @chriscreates) #
RT @aafbirmingham: Join us Fri as @WadeOnTweets speaks about Fighting Social Media Fatigue. RSVP: http://ow.ly/65V6u #
Subtle Facebook change: Now add favorite Pages (that you admin) and Groups to top section. http://t.co/z8oHOAi #

Thursday, Aug. 18

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Plan your editorial calendar with assigned writers, deadlines and art. #
Bham’s Best Eats: Elisa @bikeskirt makes chicken w/ arugula-basil pesto. Yum! http://t.co/nufX1EH #bhameats #
Think twice before installing any Chrome Extension: http://t.co/wyB4ayu (RT @beley @jeffrsmall) #
Great way to learn some of unexpected improvements in Apple’s Lion OS: http://t.co/3KRYArF (via @phillryu @danielpunkass) #

Friday, Aug. 19

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: What will your site look like to a mobile user? A tablet user? Design for them, too. #
Paying for scoops? Everyone has done it, from CBS to the New York Times: http://t.co/Y5WHIJk (RT @jwpetersNYT) #
Bham’s Best Eats: Who’s your fave home cook? @ShaunChavis shares 3 of her picks: http://t.co/INJd3ex #bhameats #
About to talk about fighting social media fatigue to @aafbirmingham. (@ Energen w/ 2 others) http://t.co/W6Xtsz1 #
Tips to help you keep your passwords safe and organized: http://t.co/m7xKlrA [I recommend KeePass.] #
Amazing underwater sculpture transforming into reefs: http://t.co/nubGTZK #

Saturday, Aug. 20

#DailyBlogTip Getting started: Determine the goal of your site. Will it be customer service, sales or ideas? #
2 wks till kickoff: Alabama coach Nick Saban “changed man” post-tornadoes: http://t.co/R4WgM2L #rolltide #wearealabama #
What can you do in your microwave? This. http://t.co/ZwQUe9s #
Graphic: 64 Awesome Facebook Marketing Techniques: bit.ly/rnt9Dw #
Bham’s Best Eats: Does @bheptin‘s chicken dish use black magic? No: Blackened Voodoo. http://t.co/AlfvH7r #bhameats #
Who’s the real king of late night? The surprising answer: http://t.co/2W4nuU5 #
Community management *and* anonymous comments? Cleveland.com is doing it right: http://t.co/W8tNrlI #
Celebrating @jenbarnett‘s birthday! #nohotdogs (@ SpryLab) http://t.co/BgtGYkK #