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How to use the WordPress bookmarklet for fast blogging and reblogging (screencast)

During my WordCamp presentation, I shared that the WordPress bookmarklet, called Press This, was the Jesus. I use it for two primary reasons:

  1. To quickly create microposts, and
  2. To reblog from one blog to another.

I use password-protected WordPress installs to coordinate blogging activity with other people. I recently converted Press This for use in a theme so we can easily reblog anything shared in that back channel. The bookmarklet works by passing data through the URL. So, to add Press This to a theme, you simply a link to your theme formatted like the URLs spit out by the bookmarklet, but using WordPress template tags to populate the content. The receiving WordPress install will process the link created by both the bookmarklet and the reblog link exactly the same, which is to spawn your blog’s admin in a new window with the content prepopulated. Now, you have a chance to remove any sensitive content, add context, and any other edits you need to complete your reblog.

See, I told you Press This was the Jesus ;)

10/08/2008 6 Comments How To

Microposts

The Lord Matt Borg attempts to automate social interaction

From The Lord Matt Borg found via @Ross

What I am looking at is how far can a person go in automating his social media. Obviously whatever I come up with while interesting in a geeky way is only going to be a shadow of the real me. However I hope to make him quite fun.

I believe social interaction could have rule engines. Etiquette is programmable.

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Social media consultants: snake oil or value add?

We don’t really think of social media as a marketing channel; that would be kind of like asking about ROI on answering phones,” said Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com. “It’s really about making our connection with our customers more personal.

via Ethan

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Panic attacks: Voters unload at GOP rallies

“People need to understand, for moral reasons and the protection of our civil society, the differences with Sen. Obama are ideological, based on clear differences on policy and a lack of experience compared to Sen. McCain,” Weaver said. “And from a purely practical political vantage point, please find me a swing voter, an undecided independent, or a torn female voter that finds an angry mob mentality attractive.”

“Sen. Obama is a classic liberal with an outdated economic agenda. We should take that agenda on in a robust manner. As a party we should not and must not stand by as the small amount of haters in our society question whether he is as American as the rest of us. Shame on them and shame on us if we allow this to take hold.”

via Politico.com

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All Media Is Social

“…in reality, none of these behaviors are new. If you think about all of the social tools and behaviors happening today, in almost every case there is an equivalent comparison to activities in the past.”

via birdahonk

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