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Re: Remembering my good friend and journalist, Jeffrey B. White

kwbridge — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:17:40 -0000

I am so sorry to hear about Jeff. He was much too young.

Re: Why Your Numbers Game is BS

kwbridge — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:25:25 -0000

Supersize my followers - LOL

I used to be very generous about who I followed back but I've reached my BS limit on twitter. If someone tweets about getting followers, I'm not going to follow.

Recently I noticed that there are people with 3000+ followers who have only tweeted 10 times - how is that possible? Those 10 tweets must have been amazing ;-)

Did you just start using Disqus? I don't remember seeing it here before. Any reason why?

Re: "You have been rate limited. Enhance your calm." › Kim Woodbridge

kwbridge — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:48:50 -0000

I think you get that when you have sent too many tweets in a certain time period. I'm not sure, however, what thay exact limit is.

And I'm very surprised someone found my very neglected Sweetcron site. I really should do some work on this.

Re: Social Media How To: Explain to People What You Do

kwbridge — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:06:45 -0000

Well, I don't really work in Social Media but I do encounter similar problems when people ask me what I do or what twitter is. I usually just say that I fix broken stuff ;-) And I've found it difficult to explain twitter to people who have never used it - although if I mention that it has helped me find work, then they suddenly see the value.

I don't think it's ever cool to disparage networks that we think are lame that others enjoy. I might despise myspace but it doesn't mean it isn't valuable to my brother and his friends. Who am I to judge?

Re: Jim's Tumblr - Stop having a boring tuna, stop having a boring...

kwbridge — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:04:28 -0000

I know I love his nuts ...

Re: Jim's Tumblr - Emmanuel Adebayor (6’ 3”) and Andrei Arshavin (5’...

kwbridge — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:02:56 -0000

Love Arshavin's jeans. The photo is funny - Ada looks like a giant.

Remember when I thought his name was Ada Bayor?

Re: Jim's Tumblr - The best/worst/best dive in Soccer history.

kwbridge — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:02:46 -0000

hahahahahahaha

Re: From the Hip

kwbridge — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:58:46 -0000

Her comments when you can't do something really get on my nerves.

Re: Pixobyte Valentines day Giveaway , Win prizes worth more than 200$

kwbridge — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:45:46 -0000

Cool - I'm in and I've subscribed. I want to tweet this contest - what is your twitter username? Your twitter link, above, goes back to this site.

Thanks for letting me know!!!

Re: Tips for Launching a Blog or Site Redesign

kwbridge — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:09:20 -0000

Hi Jacob - I was offline for a while and was afraid I had missed the launch. Fortunately it was only by a couple of days :-) It looks great.

A number of my clients have told me that they have worked with designers and tech types who refuse to speak with them on the phone. I don't understand this at all. Talking on the phone can usually clear up an issue much faster than an email. When I worked in tech support I would often call people who emailed in for support because it was a faster way to fix the problem and close out the case. The risk I ran is that the individual would ask more questions about a different topic :-) I suppose the designer could have a previous experience where giving out his number caused calls at all times of the day - I had a client like that and I dropped her as a client.

It is definitely important to have an idea what features who want before getting started as you learned. Personally, I find it difficult to start a project without some sort of guidance.

Great job - I'm excited for you.

Re: Top 10 Reasons to Follow Someone on Twitter

kwbridge — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:09:25 -0000

I follow those with similar interests, those that I can learn from, "friends" and people that might hire me. I started a new policy recently of following anyone who follows me unless it is an obvious spammer - it helps me find freelance work. Recently, however, I've had a number of followers with very very different interests than mine - I'm almost afraid of disappointing them with my liberal smart-ass ways ;-)

I can't imagine using Twitter to find a boyfriend but I suppose it's happened.

Re: Jim's Tumblr - John Cleese’s thoughts on Sarah Palin. “Michael...

kwbridge — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:23:29 -0000

"She's like a parrot"

Re: Thoughts On Tennant and the Doctor

kwbridge — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:14:01 -0000

Thanks for writing this up. I really enjoyed reading your thoughts about this. It would be great if they put some of the money into Torchwood - I didn't know they were going to have a truncated season and I really enjoy that show too.

I wonder what Dylan Moran would think if he knew so many people thought he would make an awesome Doctor Who. Even if he wasn't interested, I'm sure he would be flattered.

Re: It’s Not Always About What You Say but How You Say It

kwbridge — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:27:06 -0000

Excellent way to make your point Jacob. And I love Yahtzee's reviews - very funny and very different. Even if you don't really play games, his Indie games are a hoot.

Re: Coming up With Blog Topics, How do You do it?

kwbridge — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:43:33 -0000

I used to post on a lot of different topics but it seems to have focused on WordPress, a little bit of Twitter and the odd article with personal information (my readers seem to like the personal stuff). So, my article ideas usually come from things I've been trying out on my test site or from questions that people ask me.

Other ideas pop into my head all the time - I just have to be sure to write them down immediately or I won't remember them. I have over 70 drafts right now containing various things that I might want to write about. Even if I don't write them all on the weekend, I usually plan out what I'm posting that week in advance.

Re: 35 Tips for getting started with social media

kwbridge — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:30:34 -0000

After reading this article today I did some research on permalink structure but did not come up with a definitive answer. I do use yoast.com for a lot of my WordPress information and in one of his SEO articles he recommended only using the post name. But I am not clear as to why it would be better - I should probably ask him. There is a plugin you can use if you do decide to change your permalink structure - I installed it when I changed mine and didn't have a single problem. This is the plugin http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirection/ and if you are interested in the yoast article it is http://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-seo/

Re: Six Alternatives To Twitter

kwbridge — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:48:20 -0000

Hi Mike,

Did you consider including posterous? It's a bit like tumblr but everything is posted via email - you don't even have to sign up for an account.

Re: 35 Tips for getting started with social media

kwbridge — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:44:08 -0000

Mike - Wow! You've covered it all. It actually seems exhausting to me :-)

I agree with Mark that there are differing views on permalinks. I actually prefer to remove the date from mine and use only the post title.

And I was really happy to see your mention of diigo. While I still prefer delicious, diigo does allow you to bookmark to all three sites like you mentioned. When I first started doing that it was more for bookmark insurance - if one site disappeared my bookmarks would still exist somewhere else. Only later did I think of the social aspect of it.

I am, however, often hesitant to share my own stuff. You suggested sharing your own content in Google reader. Is that really an acceptable practice?

On a side note, I am slowly trying to spend more time with friendfeed :-)

Re: Are You Rewarding Your Users? How?

kwbridge — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:35:21 -0000

Thanks Jacob.

Commentluv is at http://www.fiddyp.co.uk/commentluv-wordpress-pl...
but I'm not sure if it works with disqus or not.

The one that lists the top commenters with their gravatars is ZdComments Widget at http://www.zen-dreams.com/en/2008/10/08/new-ver...

Time is good too - I answer every comment and I know you do too. If I ever got a ton of comments I don't know if I could keep that up.

I also visit the sites of the people who visit mine and comment if I have anything to say about what they've written.

I've been sick the last couple of days and too fuzzy headed to really work so I started going through my list of twitter followers and visiting and commenting too but I know under normal circumstances I wouldn't have time to do that. I've found some interesting and some strange stuff :-)

Re: Are You Rewarding Your Users? How?

kwbridge — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:56:38 -0000

Any users? On my site I have a top commenters section with links to their websites. I also use the commentluv plugin so the commenters also get links back to their last article.

I'm also slowly working on a theme that I will release for free.

Do you have any other ideas?

Re: I Say Fuck Negative, Stay Positive

kwbridge — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:54:35 -0000

I think that overall the tech community needs to calm down about the current financial situation, especially if they can ride it out by scaling back by simply not buying new clothes or eating out less frequently. I'd say they don't really have any problems then. There are a lot of people losing their homes and their jobs. There are hard-working people who aren't paid a livable wage and don't know how they are going to afford heat this winter. These are the people who should be freaking out not the people who might have to put off purchasing an iPhone.

I'm not trying to be negative here - I just thing the tech community as a whole needs to put things in perspective.

Re: Technology and Mutlitasking, Does Education Need an Upgrade?

kwbridge — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:47:15 -0000

Whenever I visit I always end up commenting on 2 or 3 articles :-) Perhaps it is an age difference but I was not taught to multitask while growing up. I can do it but find it distracting and that it decreases my productivity. Why is it increasingly becoming a required skill when study after study shows that it makes us less productive and more prone to make mistakes (and that isn't just old people but everyone)?

This link is just one example that I found

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/business/25mu...

Re: Bad Advice from Wired Magazine, “Quit Blogging!”

kwbridge — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:41:27 -0000

Thanks for writing about this, Jacob. I saw the Wired article yesterday and completely dismissed what they were saying.

It's amuses me that they are telling me to stop blogging on a blog. It's like when people announce they are leaving twitter forever on twitter. And I should stop blogging because Calacanis did? Puhleez ...

The article also smacks of early adopter-itis. "Well, we were blogging 4 years ago and now it's becoming mainstream so it's time to move on."

There is an awful lot of crap out there and spammers and trolls but that doesn't mean we should stop what we're doing - especially if we enjoy it.

And no one has ever left a comment on my site telling me to suck mccain's ass. I kinda wish someone would (now, don't run over there and do that Jacob :-) because it would make me laugh so hard.

Re: State of the blog - By a Z lister

kwbridge — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:21:28 -0000

Mike,

I just discovered your site yesterday and will have to go through your friendfeed posts. I have tried and tried to use friendfeed more but it just hasn't been for me so far.

Like you, I've had many blogs through the years but they have mostly been casual things - links to funny sites, a site for my daughter. My current blog was started about the same time as yours and I have taken it a lot more seriously. And it's been amazing to meet interesting people, build a community and interact. Though it's been a lot more work than I originally anticipated.

I'm glad the Social Media Marketing project introduced us to each other.

Re: Jim's Tumblr - The Ay-rabs!

kwbridge — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:07:45 -0000

I seriously hope that they don't vote - ugh - that made me sick.