I like Twitter. A lot. Twitter has helped me connect with a diverse group of people, particularly in the Agile community. I consider myself fortunate to chat and learn from people like Lisa Crispin (@lisacrispin), Brian Marick (@marick), Esther Derby (@estherderby), as well as lesser knowns like myself. For instance, I learned about Lisa’s upcoming [...]
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Twitter Groups: Bringing communities together
by gerrykirk on Dec 12, 08
World Plone Day 2008 – Live!
by gerrykirk on Nov 06, 08
Catch all the action as World Plone Day travels across the globe! Live video streams – http://www.ustream.tv/channel/world-plone-day IRC – #worldploneday at irc.freenode.net Follow http://www.twitter.com/worldploneday Twitter Older Twitter posts Photos on Flickr What the blogs are saying about WPD Get the OblinQ – RSS/ATOM Feed Reader (flash) widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!
Read MoreWorld Plone Day: Show Your Pride
by gerrykirk on Nov 04, 08
World Plone Day is almost here. This is one day of the year we celebrate and promote Plone worldwide as a community. Are you ready to make some noise for your favourite CMS? Come on everyone, gimme a P, L, O, N, E! Before Friday, Easy Ways to Promote Plone If you are on Twitter, follow [...]
Read More5 free things you should do to promote your blog
by gerrykirk on Oct 19, 07
I noticed that a few Plone bloggers registered their blog at Technorati, having read Mr. Topf’s recommendation to do so. I agree wholeheartedly. Technorati is the largest directory of blogs, and offers increased exposure to your blog through its directory, tag and search features. And hey, it’s free, so why not take 10 minutes to [...]
Read MoreTwittered tips
by admin on Aug 16, 07
Now that I have a number of people in my Twitter circle, the social utility is improving. It’s interesting to find out what other people are working on and learning about. Here are some tips and entertaining bits that have been shared in the past couple of weeks via Twitter (what is Twitter and why [...]
Read MoreHow to promote Plone using Twitter
by admin on Jul 30, 07
What is Twitter and why should I care? From Wikipedia: “Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send “updates” (text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) via SMS, instant messaging, email, the Twitter website, or an application such as Twitterrific.” Anyone who has signed up to follow your account [...]
Read MorePeople who use Plone who use Twitter
by admin on Jul 27, 07
Mr. Topf just finished creating a Plone twitter feed so now you can get tasty bits of Plone news and information throughout your day. Head to http://twitter.com/plone, or subscribe to the RSS feed. There are also a number of people active in the Plone community who are twittering as well. Here are their twitter coordinates: [...]
Read MoreIt’s about relationships
by admin on Apr 20, 07
The following is a posting I made on the DeoWeb discussion group, which reflects my thoughts on where online communications in the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie needs to shift (and DeoWeb‘s focus as a communications solution). Have you been enjoying the discuss taking place? Have you been pleased to meet new people through this [...]
Read MoreGrab your credit card for the big show
by admin on Oct 24, 06
On Friday of last week, I got Fr. Tony’s podcast up on iTunes. The process is fairly straightforward. There is a large icon on the main podcast page in iTunes for adding your own podcast. You then have to type in the url of the podcast feed. The url is then grabbed and all the [...]
Read MoreBreaking new ground
by gerrykirk on Oct 17, 06
Fr. Tony Man-son-hing is one of the people pushing the boundaries of DeoWeb and online communication in the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie. He was very active while working as the Chancellor, publishing content on a steady basis. This includes a weekly “In the Loop” news item for priests sent out via the message centre [...]
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