Ted’s Twitter Updates for 2010-01-04

Posted by Ted on January 4, 2010 in | 2 comments

• AT&T Customer Service: “New York City Is Not Ready For The iPhone” – The Consumerist: http://bit.ly/8HX22E via @addthis #
• Finally bit the bullet and enabled Captcha for http://tinyurl.com/yc644a5 Used the SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam plugin http://tinyurl.com/7lrb95 #
• Spent the better part of the day helping the Clarion Ledger troubleshoot #wordpress problems. Feeling like Gannett’s 1-man WP helpdesk #

• @yurivictor Not sure I ever told you this, Yuri, but http://furloughhouseswap.com/ was one of my favorite sites of 2009 #
• RT New USA TODAY home page preview hits the web. Lotsa lotsa Twitter and FB buttons http://tinyurl.com/yfzwkyj (via @GCITweets) #
• RT http://ow.ly/Qw9V mac & cheese cookoff to kick off homestyle classics event in Jan (via @chefmarksmith) #
• RT @elegantthemes New Theme: Deviant + Theme Sneak Peek-Elegant Themes Blog http://bit.ly/8yk6O8 #
• Ajax Edit Comments goes the pay-plugin route http://ajaxeditcomments.com (via @ronalfy, @darrenhoyt) #
• One of my favorite #buddypress sites: CUNY Academic Commons — http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/ This should be in the BP showcase #
• Trying to find a #buddypress developer up to the challenge of creating a kick-ass BP 1.2 child theme for http://injersey.com Any takers? #
• An unbelievable NYTimes multimedia project – http://bit.ly/92eO7a (via @AndyStettler) #
• RT @TechCrunch: LinkedIn Polishes Its iPhone App Into A More Facebook-Like Gem http://bit.ly/6nLqAr #
• RT SeeClickFix connected @craignewmark to SFGOV. Read the gov20 Story on CNN here: http://bit.ly/6vfBJM (via @seeclickfix) #
• Thing I hate most about booting up my virtual PC in VMWare: Having to wait a half-hour every time for McAfee to work its evil voodoo #
• Thing I like most about VMWare virtual PC on my Mac: keeping IE6 in my dock http://twitpic.com/voaq3 Yes, I hate it, but need it, too #
• Un Blog added to the #wordpress showcase http://bit.ly/6pN6ja Woah, this French #wpmu site has 560,000 blogs! (via @wpmuguru) #
• Attempting to curb the number of splogger signups to http://tinyurl.com/yc644a5 with these helpful tips http://tinyurl.com/ybdsdjl #
• RT @huffingtonpost 12 Things That Became Obsolete This Decade (PHOTOS) http://bit.ly/6uIrpH #
• RT @TechCrunch: Best Job Application Ever: “Twitter Genius” http://bit.ly/5wb57t #
• @jodiontheweb Thanks, Jodi! These days I feel like somehow in the Gannett Co. directory, I’ve been labeled “WordPress support contact” in reply to jodiontheweb #
• “The 50 Worst Gadgets of the Decade” on Gizmodo. Love this list! Especially the ol’ CueCat barcode scanner http://gizmodo.com/5432480/ #
• Joe Francis: Gawker’s Douche of the Decade http://gawker.com/5432310/ #polls #joefrancis #
• Qik Live is finally available in the App Store … and it rocks http://tinyurl.com/yd63b35 #qik #
• “25 Magazines that Folded in 2009″ on HuffPo http://tinyurl.com/ydwerf4 What, nobody is mourning the loss of InTown Westchester? #
• @jodiontheweb Jodi, have you tried the Yowza! iPhone app? One of the more interesting AR shopping apps I’ve seen. #yowza in reply to jodiontheweb #
• Interesting new take on the Ask/Answer site model: WPQuestions lets you offer up a $ reward for answer http://bit.ly/5gZFZE via @darrenhoyt #
• Lots of excitement about @seeclickfix after this morning’s call with the Gannett social media posse. Here I thought everyone was on vaca! #
• Google announces press gathering on January 5th – Hello, Nexus One. http://bit.ly/6ccj0O #
• @jodiontheweb nope, just a love of 20%-off coupons at Pier One. Doesn’t give you the compas magic you get with Yelp, but still AR in my book in reply to jodiontheweb #
• Looking forward to the “On the Go” theme, coming soon from @elegantthemes http://tinyurl.com/yz57b4s #
• RT @incherryhill Hip Hop NUTCRACKA’ brings Audience to their Feet! http://bit.ly/6IYi8I #
• @ladygypsy I got the Smashing Mag book for Xmas. Curious to hear what you think. Also considering splurging on this: http://digwp.com/book/ in reply to ladygypsy #
• Reno, ho! One of the most outrageous naughty Santa girl photos on a Gannett Metromix site. http://tinyurl.com/yj5my4m (via @gannettblog) #
• CUNY Academic Commons website featured on BPinspire.com. Good choice! http://www.bpinspire.com/312 #BuddyPress (via @bpinspire) #
• @jodiontheweb Good story! http://bit.ly/85tLaH I like No. 10 in particular — we don’t put enough thought into gameplay in our sites in reply to jodiontheweb #
• Had a great call today with Liz White and the folks at the Meriden-Record Journal about SeeClickFix. Seems like everyone is into SCF today! #
• @johnpaul so, I’m curious: Do you think the “Digging into WP” book is worth ordering? A little pricey, but I like me a good spiral binding in reply to johnpaul #
• @citysourced We’re using SCF on the Gannett NJ websites. Looking forward to trying out your iPhone app. What sort of performance benefits? in reply to citysourced #
• Mmm, prime rib … RT cantina tonight prime rib special $16.95 – 7716 Maple Ave Pennsauken, by the CH Mall (via @chefmarksmith) #
• @johnpaul If it were $50, I might bite the bullet. But with shipping: $106! Why couldn’t he have released this 2 wks ago, in time for Xmas? in reply to johnpaul #
• @yurivictor @jodiontheweb, either of you played with blurt.it? OS version took about 20 min to install here http://chatter.gannettnj.com/ #
• @noel have you looked at the way the opensource blurt.it handles photo and video embeds? Might be useful for P2 #
• Just finished watching Paranormal Activity on DVD. I may not get to sleep. Ever again. #
• #qik is on a roll. New VideoCamera app rocks allows recording on old iphones http://tinyurl.com/yldmafo #iTunes #
• @yurivictor @jodiontheweb Dig it so far. Might be a cool collaborative tool for Digital folks across Gannett. Like a localized Yammer in reply to yurivictor #
• @yurivictor One more q: Do you know anyone at G who’s good with Django? Want to try to adapt http://reportingon.com/, which is open source #
• Going through iPhone app purge.See ya, Twitterific, Labrinth, Urinal Test, Do Not Press, WordPress 1.0, TextFree, and others #
• Leaked Nexus One Documents: $530 Unlocked, $180 With T-Mobile http://gizmodo.com/5436673/ #nexusone #
• Only have a couple of these, but still, good list: Gizmodo’s Essential iPhone Apps http://gizmodo.com/5436652/ #iphoneapps #
• The value is curation over creation: Over 500 photos by NYT readers: Documenting the Decade – http://nyti.ms/8hs4Ra (via @jeffjarvis) #
• Since when did @gannettblog get back to publishing?! http://gannettblog.blogspot.com/ #
• Suffering from a serious case of #buddypress envy. @hmag_hoboken is the most badass customization I’ve seen so far. Move over @tastykitchen #
• ‘E&P’ Suspends Operations–Good Chance for Return: http://bit.ly/6Gbj8c via @addthis #
• Wadaya know, I’m a “SideClick” Thanks, Ben! http://bit.ly/89eZ3x (via @BenBerkowitz) #
• From the Guardian: “Trends 2010: Hyperlocal is where AOL, CNN and Google put their business hopes” http://tinyurl.com/yhfqnh7 #
• RT @TechCrunch: ChaCha Makes Its Crazy Business Model…Profitable http://bit.ly/63Um8q #
• RT @FishbowlNY How Citizen Journalism Helps A Story Live On – mediabistro.com: FishbowlNY http://bit.ly/4T3A1A #
• RT @TechCrunch: Wipe The Slate Clean For 2010, Commit Web 2.0 Suicide http://bit.ly/8G6RQ0 #
• @juliaevehays Did you see you got a shout-out here? http://tinyurl.com/y9b4hgg #
• My 2009 Year in Review, in 20 words or less – http://shar.es/a9VPg #
• @incherryhill Wegman’s in Cherry Hill is a zoo right now. No Parking at all. Stay away! #
• Building a Custom WordPress for iPhone App – http://vormplus.be/weging/building-a-custom-wordpress-for-iphone-app #
• Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #haddonfield_nj #buddypress #wordpress #gannett #wpmu #
• A pretty definitive recap of the trials and tribulations of the newspaper industry in 2009: http://tinyurl.com/yamcakv #
• RT @incherryhill Crumbling courts not presentable for players http://bit.ly/5LHhrD #
• @BenBerkowitz What say you to the idea of adding an Augmented Reality view to the SCF iPhone app — sort of like the Yelp AR “monacle”? #
• SheepWorld: One of the most adorable, cuddly #buddypress sites I’ve seen: http://sheepworld.de/ #
• @BenBerkowitz What got me thinking AR was http://outsideindc.com/stumblesafely/ This much I’m sure of: You’d get a lot of buzz if you did it in reply to BenBerkowitz #
• @BenBerkowitz Check out CrimeDeskSF: http://tinyurl.com/yd8mjn4 in reply to BenBerkowitz #
• Belated SJ TweetUp follows: @bilhelm96, @lhowardfusco, @dawnbricker, @jayzekas, @melissa_shae, @cherylzekas, @rshreeves, @bshreeves #
• Just cleared and filed 1 year’s worth of email out of my inbox. Feeling mentally exhausted. #
• Great review of @SeeClickFix on @theappsmachine: http://bit.ly/72Gdq9 Make 2010 the year you give a darn! #gov20 (via @BenBerkowitz) #
• @jen_mcfadden Have you seen http://www.wickedlocal.com/ ? Noticed them early last year, but looks like they’ve grown a bunch #
• Turns out that Google’s DNS server, according to Namebench utility, isn’t the faster than Verizon. Get test app: http://tinyurl.com/ylr8m63 #