Rich Sharples' Blog » blogging http://blog.softwhere.org Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:03:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Twitter and Microblogging http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/588 http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/588#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:42:07 +0000 sharps http://blog.softwhere.org/?p=588 screenshot2

I’ve been using Twitter for about 8 months and I like it. I like the conversational nature and the low time investment and the brevity. I like the new and hopefuly permanent reliability. I like some of the Twitter clients – Tweetdeck, Twitterific, iTweet, Twhirl. I like the mind-numbing simplicity.I like my fellow Tweeters.

You can follow me @richsharples and I’ve recently created a work related handle at @JBossNews.

Note – you can change your Twitter handle at any time – I’ve just changed mine to something less anonymous. Here are some instructions on doing it right; and remember to update FriendFeed, Facebook, etc.

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]]> http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/588/feed 0 Hello blogs.sun.com ? http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/24 http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/24#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:34:39 +0000 sharps http://blog.softwhere.org/?p=24 If all went well (and Linda pulled the right levers) this entry should be included on the front page of blogs.sun.com. As I mentioned – after 4 happy years, I’ve deprecated my blog at Sun in favour of my own hosted WordPress blog.

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]]> http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/24/feed 1 Ecto Test http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/12 http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/12#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:00:46 +0000 sharps http://www.softwhere.org/blog/?p=12 Every Mac / Blogger I know raves about Ecto – I’m surprised it’s taken me so long to give it a try. There’s very little wrong with the WordPress native editor but sometimes (I know it’s hard to believe) you’re not online when you have the inspiration.

I’ll try it for a week and if all works as expected – I’d be happy to shell out twenty buck or so (which IMO is a reasonable price for a piece of software like this.)

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]]> http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/12/feed 0 Hello World Part II http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/10 http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/10#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:00:08 +0000 sharps http://www.softwhere.org/blog/?p=10 OK, looks like everything is working. This is the new home of my blog. My previous blog was hosted by my employer (Sun Microsystems) and used Roller. At some point I’ll post in some detail the differences between Roller and WordPress.

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]]> http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/10/feed 0 Hello world! http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/4 http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/4#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:58:44 +0000 sharps http://www.softwhere.org/blog/?p=4 I thought I'd give WordPress a spin after 4 years of my Roller-powered Sun Blog . So far, so good - the editor is especially nice.

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I thought I’d give WordPress a spin after 4 years of my Roller-powered Sun Blog. So far, so good – the editor is especially nice.

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