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Twitter Updates for 2008-07-20

July 20th, 2008 by User ImageLyman
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  • @solson Hey, Congratulations!!! :) #

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Twitter Tools Wordpress Plugin

July 20th, 2008 by User ImageLyman
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It looks like Alex King’s Twitter Tools plugin is more of what I’m looking for than the last one I tried.

No over the top self promotion, and many more features (like posting tweets back to your own blog), and much more control over which features can be turned on and off.

It’s interesting… this one was sitting right under my nose for the longest time, but I never tried it.  It’s Acres of Diamonds all over again.

The latest and greatest next big thing may not always be that new.

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Twitter Updates for 2008-07-19

July 19th, 2008 by User ImageLyman
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  • Just over one day left until the Boundless Living Challenge starts - http://tinyurl.com/6mbtjr #
  • Working on my initial challenge post… this is going to be an awesome 45 days! #
  • @AngelaMaiers - that’s really neat looking! I’ll have to play around with that one. #

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New WordPress Plugin: Tweet My Blog

July 17th, 2008 by User ImageLyman
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As a blogger who is finally plunging into the world of Twitter, the new Tweet My Blog plugin for WordPress is something that just may be what I’ve wanted for a while now.

Tweet My Blog pings your Twitter account when you’ve updated your blog, letting those who are following you know that you’ve added something new.  It also has a widget you can add to your blog which displays your latest tweets (take a look over there on the right).

I’m testing it right now with this post… let’s see how it goes!  OK… hitting publish now!

[Update 7/19/08 10:23 PDT]

I’ve decided to remove the plugin, for one main reason:

The uncloseable frame that it includes in the pages that are tweeted.  I’m all about promoting, but without the ability to close the frame, even when moving to another site, too much control is taken away from the user.

The plugin does do exactly what it says it will do, installed easily, and was easily configurable.  Overall, it’s a great effort.  I may consider reinstalling if the frame (or at at least the ability for the user to close it) is removed.

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