Blog Within a Blog
I’ve received about ten emails from readers who are confused about Twitter, so I want to help everyone understand what it is and isn’t.
It is additional content for this blog. It’s not an additional blog elsewhere, nor something I will be using to communicate with a select tech-savvy group elsewhere, and you don’t have to join Twitter because all the content/posts will be hosted on this site. I know that was a common concern for a lot of you.
My intent was to have my Twitter posts show up here at the monastery, and tonight we were able to accomplish that. Check out the “footer” (the dark blue rectangle at the very bottom of the page with the whispers / pictures / twitter posts). The quickest way to the footer is to click on the down arrow in the header.
My thinking behind adding this feature: To provide additional content for monastery readers when I haven’t posted a new (normal) blog for awhile. monastery Twitter posts will be short/quick, light-hearted, and “fictional”. (Remember: a fictional monk/ACIM student and his everyday-random-experiences. An ACIM sitcom-ish version of Seinfeld, but not as funny.) They should hopefully provide a fun contrast to go along with the longer more metaphysical posts.
Right now the ever-changing content of the blog for visiting monks would be:
1. Blog posts — main page
2. Twitter posts — footer
3. Whispers by readers — footer
4. “Latest” posting in Monk sidebar box — sidebar
5. YouTube teaching video in Ken Wapnick sidebar box — sidebar
Hope this helps!
July 1st, 2009 at 6:05 am
Thanks for clarifying that…I was feeling left out and ancient…poor me is technologically challenged and not up to all that keyboard abbreviation stuff. And , of course, I don’t have the right phone…and we all know it’s all about ME!!!
Keep working on the Smileys in your spare time….here I go being irreverent again.
Sending big grinning hugs.
See you in class later.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:50 am
I’m with ya, Marty! The Monk’s explanation helped a lot. :) Thanks, Jamie. Let’s give ‘er a try. :)
July 1st, 2009 at 7:47 am
I just updated the post with this: You do not have to join Twitter. All Twitter posts will be in the footer… the only thing you have to do is click the down arrow to read older posts, and the up arrow to return to newer posts.
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:10 am
I still want to join Twitter! I want what I cannot have! Or would even know what to do with once I got it!
December 29th, 2009 at 4:02 am
Aw c’mon Tex – you’d be twitterer extraordinaire! ya know ya would!
December 29th, 2009 at 4:09 am
Potential ace twitterer Tex
could win the olympics at txt
spreading laughter and levity
awesome in brevity
please Tex, we beg you, be next!
… 2 twita.
December 29th, 2009 at 4:40 am
Al – I DID join Twitter – since that early July post…
And then stopped because of … let’s just say “entanglements”
:(
December 29th, 2009 at 5:07 am
Oh. Now i’m curious! (but not pushy or nosey) … i’ve never tweeted myself – so wonder how one gets entangled in tweeting? Mysteriouser and mysteriouser. I’ll have emm send my email so if you feel like it you could explain … but only if you want OK?