Thinking to create my own twitter client.
Its been long time I have not coded as a result I was thinking to create my own twitter client.
There are two reasons I want this to happen.First I will come back into the flow of coding, Second I want my own little client which provide more control to me and honestly I am sick of memory hogging and CPU intensive Abobe Air apps for twitter. Idea of creating my own twitter client is bugging me from longtime now.
BTW, if this twitter client will see light then I have big plans for it.
If by any chance you are reading this post then please do provide your feedback on if given a chance to use the prospective twitter client what kind of funtionality you would like to have ?
Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps
Ingredients of Intoxicating Blog Posts
Blogging isn’t new, but the notion of blog authorship contributing to
marketing effectiveness is very much gaining favor in the U.S.,
resulting in a flood of new bloggers, especially B2B.
Encouraged by inbound marketing proponents like Hubspot, Chris Brogan,
Michael Gass, (and me), organizations are jumping on the blogging thing
like a nine year-old boy with a pogo stick and a can of Red Bull.
And for good reason. It’s at least 97% true that if you commit to taking
what you know, “atomizing it” (coined by Todd Defren), and giving it
away in digestible chunks, it will eventually lead to new business. This
is especially true for professional services providers, but not
exclusively.
I work with many PR firms and corporations that are giving blogs a warm
embrace for the first time. Most of these organizations are opting for
group-written blogs to lessen the burden on any particular team member.
That makes sense from a social media strategy standpoint, but makes
consistency a challenge. Many (most?) of the contributors have never
written a blog post before, and sitting them down and saying “Go for it”
makes for a pretty daunting circumstance.
Blogging Isn’t As Hard As Bloggers Make It Sound
The premise here is that like solid blackjack play, or Mel Gibson’s
career demise, a good blog post can be segmented into its contributing,
component parts.
1. Blog Post Headline
You must have a good, intriguing headline. It must fit in a tweet, so
120 characters or less (leaving room for RTs). Problogger.com and others
have suggested that posts containing numbers work well (like this one).
2. Main Point
Also known as “your thesis” – but not since college. What’s the point of
your post? You have to boil it down to just one.
3. Secondary Blog Points
In addition to your thesis, what other points of view are you trying to
convey? No more than two, please. This isn’t a manifesto (that’s a whole
different worksheet).
4. Search Term
If you had to pick one search term (phrase) that best describes your
masterpiece, what would it be? Figure it out (more specific the better),
and incorporate it into your post. (great post from Lee Odden 37 Tips
for Blog Optimization)
5. Subheads
It’s always a plus to give readers’ eyes somewhere to land, and breaking
up long passages with subheads accomplishes it, while also giving you
some SEO extra credit. I prefer 2-3 subheads in most posts.
6. Photos/Art
No question in my mind that thoughtfully selected photos and other art
improve the readability and enjoyment level of your blog posts. I
usually use Flickr’s Creative Commons search engine to find good photos.
7. Resources, etc
Where are you linking in your blog posts? To other bloggers? To online
resources? How can you improve the usefulness of your post by directing
readers to other great content?
8. Blog Post Call to Action
The aforementioned Chris Brogan told me to end posts with a question to
generate more comments. I have found that he’s right (as usual), and
recommend finishing with a question or some other call to action to
solicit comments from readers.
Learned a little about OSGI
I have a thing I don't know weather it is a good quality or bad but I always good deep and deep in the concept which is very time consuming. Instead of coding straight away I go deeper into the concept and dig around the api built on concept.
I don't know, coding wise, it is proving expensive to me. For example I was trying to make a bootloader bundle in OSGI but instead while coding I got side tracked and I went deeper in OSGI api which took all of my day.