My 2009 Year in Review, in 20 words or less

Posted by Ted on Dec 31, 2009 in

Inspired by a few year-end wrap-up posts on Facebook, as well as some year-end photo galleries, I figured I’d join in the fun. Here, my recap of 2009, in 20 words or less:

Introducing http://stripedbull.com

GMTI trip

Furlough(s) = Vacation(s)

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Tags: 2009, Blacksmith Brands, Hyperlocal, InJersey, Striped Bull, year in review

Ted’s Twitter Updates for 2009-12-28

Posted by Ted on Dec 28, 2009 in

Google Said to Be Near a Yelp Deal – http://nyti.ms/7P622g #
Twitter becomes profitable! http://tinyurl.com/yaeplfs #
RT @TechCrunch: Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars http://bit.ly/5ZnDFC #
RT @emarketer Facebook’s Revenue Trajectory http://bit.ly/8Ca9ch #
RT @paidContent PaperG Strikes Hyperlocal Ad Deals With NYT, Gannett, NY Post | paidContent http://bit.ly/5q69Yx #
Dig the monster lens on the next-gen iPhone. 5-Megapixel Camera, Sources Claim http://gizmodo.com/5432786/ #rumor #appleiphone2010 #
Google Nexus One Hands On http://gizmodo.com/5432678/ #nexusone #nexusone #
Google Nexus One Gets Extensive Interface Walkthrough http://gizmodo.com/5432482/ #nexusone #nexusonewalkthrough #
Qik – Baby Christopher cracking up by Ted Mann http://qik.ly/wbwA #
Slate attempts to answer "Why is #hyperlocal news so terrible?" Clearly they haven't seen http://InJersey.com – http://shar.es/a9mkQ #
All my photog friends: Check out Duotone, the new photoblogging theme released on WordPress.com http://tinyurl.com/yd8xdep #
RT New #TSA guidelines: No underwear allowed. TSA employees will attempt wedgies; if successful, passenger turned away. (via @jeffjarvis) #

Tags: Tweets

Just upgraded to WordPress 2.9

Posted by Ted on Dec 20, 2009 in

There are a ton of new features and tweaks to play with, but I’m most psyched to try out the new image editing and video embedding.

Alas, when I tried image editing, I couldn’t get the image to crop or do much at all.

Video embeds, on the other hand, worked well. Instead of copying the normal embed code, I’m going to just past the URL of the video I want to display here:

UPDATE: Turns out that it was a plugin conflict that was preventing the image editor from working. The culprit: The Social Links plugin (I was running v. 1.0.11), which appears to break the image editor. Just headed over to that plugin page to report the incompatibility, and then decommissioned the plugin for good (or at least, until it can be patched).

Ted’s Twitter Updates for 2009-12-20

Posted by Ted on Dec 20, 2009 in

Happy Monkey Day!
http://www.monkeyday.com/ #
Pretty neat little trick to dramatically speed up #wordpress & #wpmu load time http://tinyurl.com/ydgjcy4 Compressed InJersey by 78%! #
RT @GadgetLab Google Phone Coming in January, Unlocked, Thinner Than iPhone http://bit.ly/7e9Ar7 #

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Tags: Tweets

Ted’s Twitter Updates for 2009-12-13

Posted by Ted on Dec 13, 2009 in

Diane Sawyer's last week on GMA #
RT @jeffsayre: Not on Twitter this weekend? My BuddyPress Privacy Component is now ready! Find the Beta here: http://bit.ly/5BKVtw #
Great article about the need for "generative" media events http://tinyurl.com/yejz37m (via @currycolleen) #
@currycolleen Rats. Can't get the @jeffjarvis speech to load on my computer. So much for all my Mac snobbery in reply to currycolleen #
FT @TechnicallyPHL & @brianjameskirk created an awesome biz model for hyperlocal. Hope they get the Knight! http://bit.ly/5fTZbr #
@incherryhill is getting a lot of response to their SeeClickFix map — including from the Cherry Hill DPW, who already fixed one pothole! #
RT @elegantthemes New Theme: Lumin-Elegant Themes Blog http://bit.ly/4xfUFZ #
Awesome new hyperlocal / local news WordPress theme from @darrenhoyt http://tinyurl.com/yj3yf5m #
Looking forward to the #sjtweetup tonight at 6:30pm in Collingswood @tortillapress with @incollingswood http://twtvite.com/1cg67x #
Had an awesome time tonight at #sjtweetup in Collingswood @tortillapress. The food by @chefmarksmith was amazing! #
Headed to Gannett HQ in Va. with @currycolleen to talk #hyperlocal all day with @gcitweets, @jodiontheweb, and the rest of the Digital gang #
Qik – No more ice cream by Ted Mann http://qik.ly/uGRu #

Tags: Tweets

Ted’s Twitter Updates for 2009-12-06

Posted by Ted on Dec 6, 2009 in

This may be enough to finally get me to download Tweetie for iPhone @tuaw: http://tinyurl.com/yjh7ahl #
RT @TechCrunch: iDroid App Rejected By Apple. Well, Duh. http://bit.ly/8b3Yy4 #
Just got my Google Wave invite. Woo hoo! #
Biggest complaint about @googlewave so far: the lack of a settings page where you can have Wave notify you about conversation updates #
Jeez louise! Just found out that AT&T shut off my text messaging for no reason. Had to call and reactivate it. @attnews, I'm fed up with u #
@AndyStettler Feeling the same way, Andy … and I only started using it an hour ago in reply to AndyStettler #
RT You asked for it: free BuddyPress themes http://freebpthemes.com/ #wpmu #wordpressmu #buddypress 6 there (via @andrea_r) (via @apeatling) #
RT @StandHQ: What are you doing for lunch on Wednesday? Come chat with Ben Berkowitz of SeeClickFix http://bit.ly/8FHGEt (via @BenBerkowitz) #
Holy cannoli! Just discovered that http://testbp.org/ already has a P2-like status update box. Happy day. Very happy day! #
@wptavern Have you played around with the new version of P2? When it goes .org, would that do the trick? in reply to wptavern #
@ATTJason Text messaging is working again. I'm just a bit perplexed that it was ever turned off on my phone. Never canceled service in reply to ATTJason #
Poll: Is Google Wave worth the hype? http://poll.fm/1dt12 #
Thanks to Alan Mutter (@newsosaur) for coining the most ugly, depressing newsroom term of the year: Journicide http://tinyurl.com/yewlfnz #
RT @TechCrunch The End Of The CrunchPad http://bit.ly/6CLCDw #
Just got new Clear (@letsbeclear) USB broadband card and connected to 4G WiMAX. Two bars at the Courier-Post. .18MB/s upload speed. Ugh #
Pulling my hair out trying to get refunded for over $100 that http://freecreditreport.com scammed Ana and I for #
@pollyplummer Total scam! Never every sign up http://freecreditreport.com They rip you off for $$ "credit monitoring" + ding your credit in reply to pollyplummer #
The coming extinction of WPMU is neigh with 2.9.1-beta-1 http://tinyurl.com/yl4bzay #wordpressmu #wpmu #
RT Friendly reminder: South Jersey Tweetup is in a week! http://twtvite.com/1cg67x (via @twtvite_alert) #
Uh oh! I thought AOL and Tim Armstrong were all about original content, not automated aggregators ….
http://tinyurl.com/ybv4v86 #
Love the idea of ad guys and edit guys sitting together. Having editors report to sales managers is another story http://tinyurl.com/yda84f9 #
Big news at The Journal News / LoHud: Selling building, new printing facility, more layoffs http://www.gannettoid.com/westchester1204.html #
Digging the new Google Dictionary http://www.google.com/dictionary #
Google Public DNS makes your web browsing lightening fast http://tinyurl.com/yhtxoto #
@johnpaul Yeah, I was a little baffled that ChaosTheory wasn't available. Bizarre. That's pretty unusual for WP.com themes. @wordpress in reply to johnpaul #
@johnpaul btw, have you seen http://premiummod.com/ ? Guys taking premium themes (Woo, etc) and modding them for free release. Good stuff in reply to johnpaul #

Tags: Tweets

Twitter Updates

@silencematters new buttons! Where did you get your buttonmaker, Jeremy? in reply to silencematters 5 hrs ago
Congrats @bdresher on the new USA TODAY Social Media Team http://ow.ly/1hmxR 5 hrs ago
RT @TechCrunch AOL Launches Lifestream As New Standalone Product. This Is What Google Buzz Should Have Been 5 hrs ago
@themesnack any update on making Phototastic theme compatible with WordPress MU? 7 hrs ago
Manage Your Ads in WordPress with OIO Publisher (Review) http://bit.ly/dcX5P8 - #wordpress (via @BinaryMoon) 7 hrs ago
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Did you know there's a newspaper (or a few) per continent including Antarctica? Or how about the lyrics to "The Washington Post March" (born and raised in Fairfax, Va. and even I didn't know that!) Check out this list of nine things you probably didn't know about the news. My favorite: "You've probably heard the New York [. […]
Philadelphia Bulletin bites the dust June 3, 2009
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Jack Bauer’s calling…. on Nexus One? January 18, 2010
- I think the Day 8 season premier last night of '24' found Jack Bauer using a Nexus One cell phone. Did anyone else spy the familiar silver-ringed camera lens on the back of his mobile while he was talking to CTU when the helicopter exploded? Maybe Jack was trying to reach Google's customer [...] […]
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My 2009 Year in Review, in 20 words or less

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