Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22

  • @KatherinePoss No, sneezes and sniffles do not count as nat sound pops. Unless you're doing a swine flu story. in reply to KatherinePoss #
  • RT: Our problem isn't getting news addicts to pay. Our problem is we need more addicts. (via @yelvington) #
  • Over on the VisualJournalism.info site, I posted our first podcast: http://visualjournalism.info/?p=817 #
  • Pool fixed? Check. Trees trimmed? Check. Leaves cleared? Check. Door painted? Check. Garage cleaned? Check. Redo work assigned to child? Ugh #

Things That Don’t Give You a Warm Fuzzy Feeling

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-15

  • Apparently, my bank accounts at four different institutions have been frozen today. But I need to send money to this guy in Nigeria … #
  • Now online: Don't Do, Be http://visualjournalism.info/?p=746 #
  • Suggested folk band name: Cold Coffee and Gone #
  • What has happened to me? I just grumbled about the price of @khoi 's gorgeous new WordPress theme Basic Maths … http://j.mp/92Tvm So want. #
  • @DOsports So, um WHAT HAPPENED? Last update was 35 minutes ago, score tied, 1:24 left? in reply to DOsports #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-08

  • Mass email from sales guy asking why we haven't been ordering. Sent to 300 people & he didn't BCC it … Why? Because you're an idiot? #
  • RT: Authenticity = ( Trust x Timeliness ) (via @rands) #
  • Wait, the sports headlines on CNN.com have been replaced by Oprah's Book Club? Not that I care so much about sports, just less about OBC. #
  • It's alive … the UGA Photojournalism blog is done and now resurrected as http://VisualJournalism.info . Stop on by. #
  • Just rolled over the frame counter on a camera I've had for five months. Which means I'm averaging 55.6 pictures a day on it … seems low. #
  • Does anyone make an ext. DVD burner that will work for more than six months w/o constant "medium sense key" errors? It's not LaCie or Sony. #
  • I think making four DVD coasters in a row is enough for today … beverages, anyone? #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-01

  • I have a work email that I'm not allowed to click on until Monday … but I want to know what it says. Damned furloughs. #
  • @jakeforddaniels Today, I'm not allowed to know who you are or that you even exist … but thanks for the offer, whoever you are. in reply to jakeforddaniels #
  • Grumblegrumble…I see another university has launched a video project on the same topic we were going to do in the spring. And it's good. #
  • For the record – Google forms? Stupidly easy to set up and use. Highly recommended. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25

  • @barryhollander & I are proposing a new award: The Cooke-Hearst Award given for the most comprehensively reported fake story of the year. #
  • I have reached Inbox Zero. But only on one account. Still, I think I deserve a cookie or something … http://yfrog.com/3oqkhp #
  • @KarenRussell Just let me revel in this for a while, eh? in reply to KarenRussell #
  • This made my day: @FakeAPStylebook . All of it. #
  • If you can't reliably deliver a paper & you can't reliably update your site, are you still a news organization? Or just a news-hobbyist? #
  • I wish I could reprogram my camera to display shutter speeds as decimal numerals instead of fractions. Because 0.002 is cooler than 1/500. #
  • Don't let this be you: RT i do so wish i had started working for the student paper earlier in my academic career. (via @rachelwaits) #
  • With five WordPress-based sites to maintain now, I really need a faster connection to do software updates … #