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Wow, in just 10 minutes I added a TweetMeme button to the entries and the home page of this Movable Type blog.
Why am I stressing the "Movable Type" part of that sentence? Because if you happen to blog using Wordpress then there's retweet plugins coming out of your wazzoo. For those of us using MT there doesn't seem to be a single one. So you have to add the code to your template yourself - which can be scary to some.
It's really dead easy. Especially in a template like this one, where the compact button fits neatly along side the entry title.
The easiest to do is the individual entry archive:
- Navigate to the "Blog Template" page and select the "Entry" link.
- Find the code "<$mt:EntryTitle$>". This will probably be in a line that starts and ends <h1 blah blah blah> ... <h1>
- Immediately before the "<h1" insert the following code:
<p style="float:right; margin: 0 0 0 5px; padding:0;">
<script type="text/javascript">
tweetmeme_style = 'compact';
tweetmeme_source = 'your username';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script>
</p>
If this has been any help RT it (using the button) and leave a comment. If you want details on how to add it to the front page let me know.
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Been meaning to do this for a while. A list of people I recommend to follow with brief reasons why. This is going to be fairly epic so it'll be a work in progress for a while. I'll start by simply listing them. Scratch that, it's always going to be a work in progress and you can guarantee I'll miss people, so to them I'll apologise.
UPDATE: I've started adding some of the reasons I follow these people and/or why you might want to follow them. It's going to take me a while to work through them.
UPDATE2: 4 bloody months I've been working on this. I'm beginning to regret starting it now. But I'm adding more people as I get to know them, removing a few who no longer tweet or who I don't actively follow and continuing to add reasons.
burntwood - Twitter account for burnwood.org. Tweets about Burntwood.
kincowbag - My missus. Tweets about parenting, Burntwood and living with a Twatterer.
LichfieldBlog - Lichfield / Burntwood. Gd Conversation. The Lichfield Blog
tronster_uk - Burntwood based Tweeter. Farther, Tae Kwon Do
rachelcreative - Lichfield, artist, kind, funny, very easy to talk to, gd conversation, has me/cfs and campaigns for sufferers. Married to @grovesmedia
grovesmedia - Lichfield, works in PR. Gd conversation. Witty. Married to @rachelcreative, Campaigns for me/cfs and for the plight of Carers. Cycles.
sammy_boy - Lichfield. Gd conversation
imapuffin - LOCKED, Birmingham, Fashion designer
Robthedog - LOCKED, Lichfield, engages in conversation
mileshorner - LOCKED - Lichfield / London. engages in conversation. Singer. IT Techie
sixpm - Locked - LOCKED. Lichfield. Web Design (sixpm.co.uk). engages in conversation
NickBrickett - LOCKED. Lichfield. The Lichfield Blog. Engages in conversation.
philipjohn - LIchfield. The Lichfield Blog. F1. Good conversation. Web techie. Friendly. #currynight
lichfieldladLichfield. Conversational. Family man and geek. Husband of craftylittlemia
craftylittlemiaLichfield. Artist & Crafter with Folksy shop. Maker of excellent rings and jewellery. Wife of lichfieldlad.
jodipodi - LOCKED - Friendly & Fun.
BrownhillsBob - Bloxwich, Hyperlocal blogger, BrownhillsBob's Brownhills Blog
TheTallygraph - Bloxwich, Hyperlocal blogger, The Bloxidge Tallygraph
ChasetownFC - Burntwood. Chasetown FC.
ChrisAxe - Burntwood / Cannock. Conversation. Into Heavy Metal. Sweary :)
imbirdgirl - LOCKED, Lichfield. Accupuncture. Engages in conversation. Geek.
66usual - Lichfield. LA worker.
gabehabe - Cannock. Engages in conv. Sweary.
ShawnCGeorge - LOCKED, Lichfield, Lichfield Planters, engages in conversation. Helpful
tamworthtwit - Tamworth. Tamworth Blog
warrenfree - Tamworth. IT Security. Backstopp
Therezin - Burntwood. Musician. IT bloke.
Digressive - Burntwood. IT hippie. Photographer. Dr Who fan.
Markchute - Burntwood (occasionally) . Friendly.
Sara_Moseley - Burntwood business woman. Friendly. Photographer. Sara Moseley Photography
pezholio - Lichfield. District Council web genius. Responsible for RateMyPlace. Occassional DJ. Likes his DnB. #opendata #localgovweb
R_Arblaster - Stafford. Good interaction. Nice guy.
Stickyplasters - Good interaction. Student. Funny.
bubblecat - Joss Whedon fan. Friendly. Good Interaction. A-ha fan.
deejackson - media140. Translator. Arts critic. Journalism. Donor of a mouse-nibbled top hat.
Duke_aardvark - Comedian. Suggester of inappropriate tunes.
benjiw - B-ham / Telford. Good conversationalist. Very easy to talk to.
carolinebeavon - B-ham. DJ. Online Journalism Student.
nicktheowl - Lichfield. Birmingham. Classical music singist. Good interaction.
danux - Birmingham, Interweb geeky person, good conversation, helpful
GaryDelaney - Birmingham, Comedian, Tries out new jokes on Twitter, Conversation.
peteashton - Birmingham, Good conversation, 8bit music fan, Photographer (ttv - through the viewfinder) and internet business guiding light.
bounder - Birmingham advocate, Former member of Brum's Top 50, BiNS, host and raconteur at Birmingham Bloggers.
justinjamesdj - Birmingham, Pro nightspot DJ
DjBenM - Birmingham, Pro nighclub DJ and sound/lighting enthusiast.
probablydrunk - Birmingham. Man whore (not really, obv.). very slightly sweary. Friendly. Verbose. Rhubarb Radio DJ.
karmadillo - Birmingham, One of my first friends on Twitter of @DaNeed4, Birmingham, UK. Wife of , mother, home-based zoo keeper, fairtrade retailer.
DaNeed4 - Birmingham, hubby to @karmadillo, friendly, good conversation. Regular changer of user name forcing me to opdate this list. Grrrr!
fionacullinan - Birmingham, blogger.
DaveDev - Birmingham, Software techie
karenstrunks - Birmingham, photographer, friendly, attends meetups, 4am project.
carocharlton - Birmingham, friendly, helpful.
supercoolkp - Birmingham, @likemind, typography, friendly.
ellielovell - Birmingham, Uni of Warwick
siwhitehouse - Birmingham, conversational. Sweary.
katehughes - Birmingham, very friendly. organised 2009 & 2010 Brum Twitterfest, Housing Assoc person, likes wine and cheesy music.
pipedownmrbrown - Birmingham, very friendly. 2010 Brum Twitterfest Organiser. PR Bod.
cybrum - Birmingham, very friendly. 2010 Brum Twitterfest Organiser. Interested in culture, art, architecture, the urban environment, and media
Jashpal - Birmingham, very friendly. 2010 Brum Twitterfest Organiser. Owner of PallMall Media.
kathy_e_d - Birmingham, very friendly. 2010 Brum Twitterfest Organiser. Works in PR.
kebablog - Birmingham, very friendly (came and talked to @kincowbag & I at first Twestival), excellent iPhone photographer, IT bod.
simonjgray - Birmingham, As his bio ses "i make noises, pictures, words, and enamelled things. if you've been told I'm nice i'll probably follow back". V. friendly and well respected.
midge_uk - Birmingham, punk & music fan, good conversation, curator of mondobunches & joannaangel. Attends tweetups and suchlike.
editorialgirl Birmingham. Friendly. Channel 4 web editor. Property shows etc. Partner of dazwright donator of http://bit.ly/3O62ai. V generous. Donated a cat tree for Ruairidh.
dazwright - Friendly. Helpful. Partner of editorialgirl
TomScotney - Birmingham, Journo, very friendly.
PartTimeLegend - Friendly, conversational and very helpful.
dubnordie - Friendly. Professional web techie.
podnosh - B-ham. Social media specialist, interest in democracy, gov't, active citizens and the media. Ex journalist. Gd conversation. Attends meetups.
tickvg - B-ham. LA person. Doing cleverisation. Good conversation. Friendly. Funny. Helpful. Very welcoming at meet ups. Partner of podnosh
jonhickman - B-ham. Social Media Expert (a lecturererer in it, no less). Good normal bloke too. Good conversation.
JayneHowarth - A good chatterer. Very easy to get on with & helpful.
LollypopBooks - Birmingham. Friendly and talkative. Authors & publishers of green books raising money 4 charity
genzaichi - Birmingham, artist, GPS, BARG - public games,
grunt121 - Birmingham, Geek
steve_nicholls - Birmingham, Journalist.
hellocatfood - Digital Artist, Birmingham
getgood - Birmingham, Digbeth, Hyperlocal advocate, Digbeth is Good, Digpuss, Getgood Guide, Friendly, Welcoming, good conversation.
rasga - Birmingham, very welcoming - was first to welcome me to a brum bloggers event, Foodie, Gin fanatic, data genius, FOI workhorse, Programming Geek, Kiter
exsanguinator - Birmingham. Owner Aquila TV. Friendly. engaging. Helpful. Very welcoming at meet ups. Husband of gabysslave
gabysslave - Birmingham. Owner Aquila TV. Friendly. engaging. Helpful. Very welcoming at meet ups. Wife of exsanguinator
pigsonthewing - Birmingham. Friendly. Helpful. Bird Watcher.
citizensheep - Birmingham. Charity worker. Web site sorcerer. Friendly. Engaging. Attends meetups.
soba_girl - Birmingham. Translator. Mother. Friendly. Engaging. Funny. Attends meetups.
daveharte - Birmingham. Runner. Gardener. BCU
PhotosbyLee - Birmingham. Photographer. Music lover. Friendly. Engaging. Attends meetups. Partner to red_annie
red_annie - Birmingham. Artist. Partner to PhotosbyLee
daceym - Very friendly and talkative. Very easy to talk to.
alexhughes - Birmingham, Artist (primarily cartoons). Friendly and conversational. Attends meetups and @sundaylocal
graphiquillan - Locked, Birmingham, Artist, friendly, good conversation. Attends, and even organises, meetups. Source of much smut.
Rooley - Locked - Birmingham, friendly and chatty. Lethal with a biro. Jedwards and Jonas borthers fan, but don't hold that against her.
simonhowes - Birmingham / Black Country. Responsible for Black Country Social Media Cafe.
BostinBloke - Black Country evangelist and hawker of related products at Bostin.co.uk. Responsible for iBostin and Bostin Heroes.
parboo - Brummie moved south. Blogs on Bins and Baltis. Noticer of #nicestats. Good conversation.
BudgieUK - Coventry. Friendly.
mannyc - Friendly and conversational. Business man and father.
PhilCoyne - Birmingham. Friendly & conversational. Rhubarb Radio DJ with the MidSweep show (@midsweep)
DarenBBC - Social media catalyst and Twitter hub. Things happen on 'tinternet around this man. Friendly and conversational. Music lover. All round good egg.
Hedgewytch - Locked. Very friendly, very chatty and very welcoming. Tweets a lot.
NotAPretender - Friendly and conversational. Fosterer of cats.
scolvey - Journalist, family man and very sweary. Funny.
vatark - The fun VAT man, Gadget fan.
BookMarkLee - Accountancy and Tax, but with fun.
Ceiling_Cat - Funny as feck.
djlisalashes - The worlds #1 female DJ, very friendly and I've been mistaken for her bodyguard.
barrydiston - Coventry, The nice man of hard-house, DJ, producer, tune craftsperson, and video recordist of precious moments.
F1KingdomLive - #f1, I help live-tweet GPs here with @philipjohn
MitchBenn - It's fuckin' Mitch Benn!
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On Friday 11th September I will be doing a short (an hour or so) DJ slot at Brum Twestival.It will be a cheestastic, Abba, YMCA and Dexy's wedding disco squeezed into whatever time I have available. With the small amount of time available to me, the set will probably be largely planned. However, I will be accepting requests, both in advance and, if possible, on the night.
I am inviting, however, one special request. I will be playing one special dedication. That dedication will go to the person with the best "Cheesy Tune that Changed my Life."
Have you ever listened to the Changing Tracks bit on Radio 1? Where you request a tune that changed your life and Sara Cox or Jo Whiley read your story out on radio over a suitably emotional backing track? Well, this is like that but with cheese.
Email me on theaardvark[at]gmail.com with your request and your sob story / uplifting story and I will play the best request / story toward the end of the night.
Requests for the Birdie Song, YMCA or Black Lace will be disregarded unless accompanied by a very (very, very) good and plausible story.
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Today I has been partly commentating on the Monaco F1 Grand Prix.
A Twitter friend is in the process of creating a new Formula 1 site at F1Kingdom and started live tweeting the action a fortnight ago during the Spanish Grand Prix. I suggested, for this week's Monaco Grand Prix, that we do a double headed live tweet, much like BBC's 2 headed commentary in it's live coverage.
I really had some fun following the race for more than personal interest and a little insight into how difficult it must be for Martin Brundle and co to keep abreast whilst simultaneously making a running commentary.
For an idea of what we did take a look at this Twitter search: @f1kingdomlive - which will only be relevant for the next 2 weeks..
