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Rotating Twitter Widget

Finally after months of searching and testing the much coveted rotating Twitter widget, I finally got the right code. Also, this code includes retweets, even the new retweet function.

Before anything else, every Blogger blogger should know that when you try to make changes to your template it is always imperative to backup your template.

Step 1

Go to template > edit HTML > find </head>

Paste the following code before </head>

<!-- jQuery library -->
<script src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<!-- Tweet Rotator -->
<script src='http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34682988/TwitterFeed/scripts/rotate.js' type='text/javascript'/>

Save template.

Step 2

Add HTML widget and add the following code.

<div id="twitter_div">
<ul id="twitter_update_list" class="rotate"></ul>

<!-- Twitter Feed -->

<script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script src="http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline/yourusername.json?include_rts=true&callback=twitterCallback2&count=5" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

Change highlighted text in red to your own username.  Change highlighted text in yellow to the number of tweets you want to allow to rotate.

Step 3

Enjoy!

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Social Media Channels

As I was updating my revamped Yahoo! Profile.  It is also a long overdue post that I need just to let it out and well, to break off this ice.  I would completely understand if you don't understand anything with this post.  Thus, you've been warned.  These thoughts on social media, particularly on social networks are based on my own meandering experience.

Infancy

Remember the days of Myspace and Friendster?  They used to be fun.  Checking your Myspace or Friendster profile was fun.  It was not compulsory for you to check on those sites every minute.  There was no wall of your friend's activities back then, still it was fun.  There was such a thrill when a friend posted a testimonial - especially if they were just spontaneous about it.  Another thing I noticed is that people actually connected on those days despite the limitations given on those days.  That I believe is the infancy of social media.