Boyink! - Spring Forward on the Web

Not sure why I even feel like posting this - probably because I’m overwhelmed with things I should be doing so naturally want to do something I don’t have to.  At any rate, here are my rough self-guidelines for twitter usage.  No promises of success, no analytics tracking data to back them up.  Just what feels right.

• No tweets about food. Yes, I just had an amazing meal but you weren’t there to share it so why rub it in?
• No tweets about travel. It sucks for everyone - no sense confirming it. Updates via emails to MsBoyink are enough.
• No tweets about workouts. Yes, I’ve gone for runs and long bike rides but do you really want to know every time I break a sweat?
• No retweeting compliments from others. A simple thank you to the original tweeter is enough.
• No following FourSquare or GoWalla users. If you value my attention so little that you’ll spend it just telling me where you are then you probably won’t miss me.
• Attempt to be encouraging and positive, but not at the expense of honest reactions & feelings.

Within the past couple of weeks we noticed we had lost another long-term neighbor on our street, and it greatly saddens me.

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Yesterday on Twitter Solspace challenged it’s customers to win prizes by insulting their website. Here is my entry…

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Just in case you missed in on Train-ee.com, on the Train-ee mailing list, on Twitter, on Facebook, or in the EE Forums: This morning I released Building an ExpressionEngine 2 Site - Small Business, a 362-page book covering the complete build of a web site on the ExpressionEngine 2 publishing platform.

MsBoyink and I started the re-write back in March, so I’m quite happy to at least have the .PDF version available.  Print and ePub versions are forthcoming.

It’s Sunday afternoon, we’ve been to church and had a good meat and potatoes dinner, and I finally feel like I have a few minutes to sit and reflect on the events of last week.

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