Mark Dykeman

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 today

@derekhat sorry man, can't make it this time
Qualifying previous "yummy" tweet: the gent in question was using the term to describe a general state of well-being (I think!)
Is it appropriate for a grown man to use the word "yummy"? No, I'm not asking about myself...
The Economist: Both the Dalai Lama and Aung San Suu Kyi face criticism from their own sides http://twurl.nl/xlypuw
@wizard1974uk marked down prices in a vending machine :)
stale pretzels won't make you sick
@bhc3 - you're getting addicted to Twitter now, aren't you? ;)
@dcrblogs - jeez, you just scared me out of 10 years growth :P
@danschawbel do I still have friends/family or did I lose them too?
I ain't afraid of no ghost...
@warrenellis try saying "hello", "nice to see you", or "I LOVE YOU GUYZ!"
@dermdoc hey, thanks Doc
Today's boost: got a nice compliment from one of my favorite bloggers. :)
Blog post: how to get (and more importantly, deserve) an audience: http://twurl.nl/tc2y01

How to deserve an audience 8:53 AM

One thing that bugs me about Twitter is that the term followers, the people who elect to see your microblogging updates, sounds like a cross between a group of zombies and a collection of cultish fanatics that you might want to keep at arm’s length. We use other terms like friend, contact, colleague, and [...]
@pcornqueen thank you and good morning back to you!
Good morning, world! Am I going to get to 1500 followers today? Who knows? Only 9 more to go though...

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 yesterday

I think my kind of distinctive avatar seems to attract some passerby traffic and then they become dismayed by my large volume of Tweets :)
Check out Tip'd - they keep improving and growing: http://twurl.nl/0ohd2e
@melgallant wow, that is worse than I thought re: Twitter availability
so yeah, Twitter a bit less stable of late
WP upgrades = not gonna happen until I get more knowledgeable...
A blog post that's kind of about the dog eating your homework... http://twurl.nl/p515cf

How to throw traffic at another blog when you are stuck 8:22 AM

Over time I’ve worked up a simple little workflow for writing blog posts.
Typically I’ll do the draft, if not the complete post, the evening before. If I don’t complete the whole thing the night before, I have a window of about 20 minutes in the mornings before breakfast in which I can either write [...]

Monday, November 17, 2008 2 days ago

"Don't bother trying to engage my enthusiasm 'cos I haven't got one." Marvin the Paranoid Android
@EmilyCarpenter ayuh, that would be swell
@EmilyCarpenter from 2.5 to 2.6.3, but it's not a WP problem, it's an ISP problem
This Pavlina post is both hilarious and a bit disturbing... I don't think I'd ever try a juice feast http://twurl.nl/7uikto
OK, in other news... I think one of the producers of "Chuck" played Tom Paris on Star Trek: Voyager
@StevenHodson can't seem to get at Broadcasting Brain from my home
I give up. As long as the blog is still out there, able to be read, that will have to do for now. I'll try again later.
crap, either it's an ISP or wireless problem... gr. going to try PC now...
@robdiana you can see BB? hm...
@BookCoverDesign no loc name change, no
can't seem to get to the site at all... might not be related to my upgrade...
was just starting WP upgrade, it had finished cleaning up old upgrade leftovers, wanted to free up some server space prior to next steps
um, can't get to my blog...
uh oh...
Going to attempt Wordpress upgrade now.. fingers crossed...
@stevensnell Steven, I'd be honored if you followed me here on Twitter :)
@amyguth it's the jam, isn't it? fess up!
Crazy ideas from DC Comics include taking Superman out of Action Comics and a new Adventure Comics w/ the Legion: http://twurl.nl/scgscj
@ZenOfJazz sure, you are welcome for the follow
@sparkcbc - good call re: Radiolab
What content creator(s) make you wait with baited breath for their nextpost? Who is worth waiting for just because they are THAT good?
It rained cows and horses last night
Check out this overview of copywriting, SEO, and blogging: http://twurl.nl/x1g7ko
@reese absolutely focused
Check out the outstanding resource for Twitter/microblogging information: http://twurl.nl/qh3ddg

The outstanding source of microblogging information 9:23 AM

I want to point you toward what is becoming the definitive resource about Twitter and microblogging in general: Pistachio Consulting and the Touchbase Blog. Disclosure: I am an occasional volunteer contributor to Touchbase and I happen to have a lot of respect for the team that Laura @Pistachio Fitton has pulled together [...]
Good morning, world. I hab a code.

Sunday, November 16, 2008 3 days ago

5000 Tweets. Were they good for you? They were pretty good for me.
The real @chrisbrogan asks what the right numbers are for you http://twurl.nl/2x3fmh
@marelewell do Brent Spiner or Robert Picardo blog, I wonder?
Wil Wheaton is a great writer (@wilw) http://twurl.nl/nv0knz
So, seriously, was Hancock worth watching?
@lizstrauss hah, that's a good one :)