Archive for April, 2009

Meeting over. Alone @ Applebee…

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Meeting over. Alone @ Applebees. Miss my boys. Miss Jana. Wish I could teleport home.

Finally in San Jose … Now I h…

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Finally in San Jose … Now I have to get my car and find my hotel… So tired. Maybe I’ll just sleep in the car.

Maintenance delay in Phoenix. …

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Maintenance delay in Phoenix. At some point they’ll decide “eh that’ll probably hold.”

Jana and I had a great time th…

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Jana and I had a great time this weekend with Kevin, Avery, Carson, Cindy, and Xavier! Need to enjoy the summer with friends more often!

Making it all work together…

Monday, April 27th, 2009

I got an interesting question about HOW I’ve tied Facebook, Twitter, and DougMeade.com together. The answer ended up being longer than a status comment is allowed to be on facebook. So I thought I’d put the info here.

Here’s the breakdown - I hope it’s not too confusing.

I’ve decided that (for me) everything starts from twitter … if you’re curious here’s why I chose to use twitter as my “home base”
http://www.dougmeade.com/about/about-the-site/

Anyway…

I have a wordpress plugin called “twitterTools” running on DougMeade.com that creates posts from my tweets, and tweets from my posts.
Here’s a link to the plugin:
http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress

Also I use the Twitter FaceBook app to put my tweets in my status.
Here’s a link to the facebook app:
http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2231777543

My only concern at the moment is… what happens when I reply to a tweet. I’d rather NOT have any twitter replys show up as my facebook status.

Previously I was using a wordpress plugin called “wordbook”  to update Facebook with my blog posts .. which were being created by my tweets. :) That worked great because twitterTools doesn’t create posts for twitter replys - so I never had to worry about facebook being updated with those.

The downside is that WordBook updates the wall - not the status.
But other than that it’s a good tool.
Here’s a link to WordBook:
http://www.tsaiberspace.net/projects/wordpress/wordbook/

…In the end I may have to create my own app. :)

Just updated the twitter / fac…

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Just updated the twitter / facebook integration. Now tweets & blog posts should go to the status area vs. the wall. I think that’s better.

NOTE 2 SELF: blog-twitter inte…

Friday, April 24th, 2009

NOTE 2 SELF: blog-twitter integration fires when you edit a post! .. and when you edit 10 in bluk… Ooops.. sorry folks.

What’s happening out there in Vegas???

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Is Dave MIA?

Some odd Tweets by Dave recently have me wondering…
- Has his phone has been stolen?
- Has he been kidnapped and are his captors tweeting in his name?

Here’s a screen shot of what I’m talking about:

Dave is in Vegas working on our Data Center... supposedly.

Dave is in Vegas working on our Data Center... supposedly.

Also curious are the pics that his tweets link to.
They show video poker machines, stogies, and blue drinks - the last two of those things just ain’t his bag.
(and not often found in Data Centers where I’m sure he and John are spending all of their time.)

I guess what happens in Vegas only stays in Vegas if you don’t tweet about it…

Seriously how can I convince H…

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Seriously how can I convince Harley Davidson 2 give me a free bike? I go through motorcycle withdrawal every season but it’s bad this year.

In her first ever attempt at w…

Friday, April 10th, 2009

In her first ever attempt at wii sports Jana kicked my butt in wii boxing. I won tennis. I’m not satisfied with that.