2008 March | Words & Tricks

Words from beyond the blog: My daily Twitter digest for 2008-03-29

March 29th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Tweets by Chris Pommier

@MenwithPens Wait, how many hours am I conscious? #
@jsnell "Nadir" may be optimistic. #
@jowyang Re: social computing accessible by anyone? Thanks for the caveat, and the innovative solution. #

WordPress upgrade to version 2.5 successful

March 29th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Admin by Chris Pommier

WordPress just released their official upgrade a couple hours ago. I jumped right in and followed their instructions, and it all seems to be working. I think I’ll reward myself with lunch.

Later I’ll have to come back and explore all the new features behind the scenes.

Interesting. As I write this, I notice that the news “Write Post” dashboard shows you the permalink that your post will have when you publish it. You can edit for clarity or SEO. Exciting!

However, my not-yet upgraded Simple Tags plugin doesn’t seem to be working properly. Ugh, the chore of actually typing tags awaits.

Words from beyond the blog: My daily Twitter digest for 2008-03-28

March 28th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Tweets by Chris Pommier

@PCBaer Say hi to brother for me. How about that? #
just loved Adem - To Cure A Weakling Child/Boy Girl Song http://hypem.com/track/516550 #
just loved Dosh - Um, Circles and Squares http://hypem.com/track/516554 #
@CreativeSage Great advice. #
just loved John Doe - The Golden State http://hypem.com/track/516485 #
Trying to overcome the why bothers … #
Trying to sell two houses in this market really sucks. #
@PCBaer If you sign up for an account, let me know so I can add you to my list of friends on there. #
@MenwithPens Amen. #
@PCBaer Dude, Some people are lactose intolerant. Have a heart. #
Up early this morning. Sky beginning to glow a muted blue. A bird wakes. Its whistle pierces the air, cold and thin as tundra. Goes silent. #
Daylight has chipped the night from the sky. It’s time for me to go. #
@apenny No problem! If you’re signed up let me know your user name, so I can add you to my watchlist. #
http://Quotably.com seems to make a lot of mistakes in threading Twitter replies. Is it learning when I fix threads? Or am I wasting time? #
You know you’ve seen to many LOLcats when you send a reminder to yourself that reads "H-1B portability packet: UR DOIN IT RONG" #

A couple updates to Words & Tricks: Tweet Digest and Comment Love

March 28th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Admin by Chris Pommier

Source: FlickrIn the interest of centralizing my online activities, and encouraging more participation in the comments section of Words & Tricks, I’ve made a couple small tweaks to the site.

First Tweak: Tweeting

Though I haven’t been able to find the time to blog regularly lately, I have found that posting to Twitter is fast and easy. I can even do it from my cell phone. So, I’ve installed the Twitter Tools WordPress plugin in order to collect my tweets each day and automatically post them as a digest, or roundup, to this blog.

This is experimental, since I don’t want to spam you, or my own blog with annoying daily messages that have little substance. After a couple weeks, please give me your feedback as to whether this feature is worth keeping.

Second Tweak: Editable comments that keep track of you

I’ve tweaked the comments section using the WP AJAX Edit Comments WordPress plugin to allow readers to edit their comments after they submit them. Misspell something? No problem! Your comment is editable for a brief time.

Also, in order to encourage commenting, please note that I installed the CommentLuv WordPress plugin. If you have a blog and enter its address in the URL field, CommentLuv will look for your RSS feed there, and pull the title of your most recent post to link to you comment.

Enjoy!

Words from beyond the blog: My daily Twitter digest for 2008-03-27

March 27th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Tweets by Chris Pommier

How quickly the snow melts. #
I noticed Facebook’s "People you may know" feature since I joined weeks ago. but can’t find LinkedIn’s apparently similarly named feature. #
@elizabethpw I love Tahoe. My grandparents used to live there. Have a great time! #
Hype Machine now allows you to automatically Tweet your favorite songs, searches, people or music blogs http://www.hypem.com #
@newmediajim Good morning! Tired. Cold. Need more coffee. Still waiting for that "Spring" thing I’ve heard so much about. #
@jowyang Great pictures! Makes me miss the Valley. #
@Reckon Keep this meme going - Where are you? City, State, Country #where - I’m in Minneapolis, Minnesota, (MN) USA #
@jowyang Mentor me, please. #
@SHurleyHall That can be a nice position to be in. I hope she or he was gracious about it. #
@SHurleyHall I don’t know, but Penelope Trunk at the Brazen Careerist Blog had a similar experience recently: http://tinyurl.com/22t7k3 #
@apenny You didn’t mention Hype Machine. http://www.hypem.com #
@kubecraig Haven’t seen Juno yet. I’ve only heard 1 person say it was annoying. A guy. All my other friends who saw it & loved it are women. #