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Testing the Postie plugin
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New Plugin! Postie
Blog updates was one thing I wanted to use Twitter for. However, when I enabled the tool that would do a blog post the Twitter plugin went a little schitz. WP has an email-post function, but it required manual action to get the post to show. Not interested in that. If I wanted to manually update after an email post then I would just manually post! After periodic searches and a solid hour of wasted time (it took me that long to give in and read the instructions) I installed, activated, and configured Postie. I like it. Perfect for techno geeks like me! If you choose to play with Postie I recommend that you read the instructions FIRST. That whole part about creating two new folders in your WP directory…yeah, he meant that. It has to be done or the plugin won’t work. Simple to install (if you follow directions) and simple to use. Make sure the email addy you use is secure. Kind of an important point if you don’t want some twit posting to your blog for kicks and giggles.
Twitter
Twitter, don’t knock it til you try it. I am NOT a NYT fan, but I keep them in my feedreader for kicks, giggles, and perspective. Geek that I am, I do enjoy their tech articles. This particular articles is rather amusing. Twitter is a means of keeping friends/family/etc up to date by texting the answer to one simple question, “what are you doing?” Your “tweet”, or response, is received by your followers. Response messages can be turned off/on if you do not want a text from ALL of your followers everytime they get the urge to say what they are up to. Most people use it about like their fbook status and say whatever they happen to be thinking, doing, or reading. You can update via web or via text, doesn’t matter. iGoogle (which I now hate), netvibes, and other homepage sites have twitter apps that let you update without going to the webpage or your phone. You can also link your personal site to Twitter. Now that I have taken up time explaining what it is, let me get to the article…
Twitter is truly whatever you want it to be. Some use it for business. Some use it as a social tool. Some use it for the fun of playing with a new gadget. It’s jsut a new gadget for me, but I do wish more of my family used it. It is a neat way to keep up with info tidbits that connect you with others. I may not have time to type an entire email, or blog post, but I can quickly tweet that I’m having a great day or a rough day…or good news we receive.
Just another fun tech tool IMO. Any opinions?
Flair
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