Happy days. Just upgraded to newer version of WordPress. All seems to be working okay. This post will test the Twitter integration is working as well.
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Another Twitme test
Another test of Twitme after changing the text that is included in the Twitter notifications.
Testing Twitme
If everything works okay this post should generate a tweet on Twitter notifying people following me about a new post to the Soapbox.
EDIT: to see if edits generate Twitter notifications.
Testing audio integration
Whilst I’m testing blog features I might as well test audio integration between Ecto. iTunes and WordPress hosted blogs. Here is a short piece of music, called Europa, that I created using GarageBand..
Testing Lightbox plugin
Implementing Lightbox style image handling. Shown below are some test images. Go on. Click them.
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Soapbox and Twitter
Since I started Twittering I’ve been posting things that used to appear here on the Soapbox, like Song of the Day, as tweets instead. I can see this increasing with Twitter been used for short posts and this site being used for longer screeds. My 3 latest tweets also appear in the sidebar on the right here. If you are not on Twitter then give it go.
Mars Phoenix lander is Twittering…
This is so cool. Updates from the Mars Phoenix lander via Twitter.
Now Twittering…
I’ve succumbed to Twitter. My page is here. Surprisingly IanRobinson was not taken!
Joined Del.icio.us
I’ve finally joined Del.icio.us. My bookmarks page is here. I’ll be using WebnoteHappy to manage my links for a while to see what its like.
I suppose it’ll be Twitter next…
Inspiration matters
Garr Reynolds over at Presentation Zen has some excellent points to make on why inspiration matters.
(1) Never apologize for your enthusiasm, passion, or vision.
(2) Never apologize for being inspired by another human being.
(3) Seek out inspiration (don’t wait for it).
(4) Inspire others by sharing your talents and time.
(5) And no matter what: Don’t let the bozos grind you down, ever.
There are a few projects I’m working on that involve me trying to get people to change the way they do things. I’m treading a fine line between evangelising new technologies, solutions and products and trying not to come over as a zealot, at which point people turn off. The 5 points above provide a good framework for this process. Number 1 is certainly true. I believe passionately in the solutions I’m advocating and won’t apologise for that. I’ve found inspiration on many (too many?) fronts, so Number 3 is covered. Hopefully I’m progressing with number 4. Number 5 is for the times when you don’t think you are making progress. Well worth reading the whole post over at Presentation Zen. Check out Garr’s book as well.