Twitter Unfollowed Me.... UH UH No I DIDNT!

Problem: 

Twitter keeps un following my tweeps! 

(The average user doesn't care about Ruby or the lack of SQL, so I'll post tech light and then follow up with the XLS comparison next post)

Quick fix:

1.  Apparently the bug does not affect your lists.  (I've tested this over the past week, I haven't had an issue with it yet)

A little about lists: 

You can put people on lists without following them.   

In the past when I've been placed in "Twitter Jail" not being able to follow anymore Tweeps (but found that diamond in the rough), I wanted to make sure I continued to follow.

I simply put them into a private list as a holding pattern and then follow when I am released from Twitter Jail.

Quick Fix Solution to this irritating problem:

Place all the Tweeples into lists as an "insurance policy".  Then you don't really "lose" and you have some way of tracking the losses. 

2.  I've started testing out different stuff to manage lists but my favorite thus far:  

www.socialbro.com

If you look at the below screen shot you will see the "recently unfollowed"

The dropdown box at the top gives you some awesome flexibility.

The various interfaces can be a bit busy for an average user but has some awesome functionality when you dig into it a bit.  I've had fun playing with the dashboard.

I usually update it once per day and see how wacked out Twitter is acting on that day.

The export and compare function for the more geek heavy solution is up next.  SocialBro has an export function.

So if you combine Number 1 and Number 2 you should have a pretty accurate comparison without going deep into the next solution.

Im sure that there are really smart people that have come up with something far more elegant than my immediate band aid little solution.  If so could you share :-)

Comment below if you think there is something else I need to try to for a good solution (I'm great at breaking stuff, testing it, etc.)

Invictus ~William Ernest Henley

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

~William Ernest Henley

Things that make you go Hmmm

Random Thoughts Going Through Susan's Grey Matter:

“If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time” ~ Chinese Proverb

Clearly Communicating Rule One, Two and Three:  


Explaining the Rules (Rule One):

Date To Note: 28 April 2012 (Rule Three) 

Dear World:  

Please note April 28th=drop dead date. (Rule Three) 

No further consideration will be given to random variables post 1 April . (Rule One & Two)

Thank you, The Management 

Speak now or forever hold your peace. (Rule Two)

Mulligan Sequence On Boarding: Time To Create a New Ending.

I Miss My Neighbors: Part II

Im feeling nothing more than 140 today but I promised a few random pictures to a few people. 

The game with friends is:

Where in the world (Where's Waldo) is Susan (Carmen) San Diego Today?  

Here Fishy Fishy! Explorations w Fish

The fish story inspiration: 

From Twitter:

Me: Wishing I was floating in the warm waters of an ocean..it's Where I do my best thinking.. Bathtub will have 2 do 4 2day..#firstworldproblem

Scott: I've never been to the ocean :\

ME: ?????? Never? How about great lakes or lake Michigan?

Scott: nope.

Me:  D*mn.....growing up land locked I watched Cousteau & knew it was a place I had to find ;) ! It was all I thought & more ;)

Then my tiny wheels in my head start spinning.... I start thinking about how I stumbled my way into the ocean.  Remembering how many hours I spent in the bathtub as a kid sniffing the Coppertone Bottle dreaming about what it must be like to be in the ocean actually looking at fish, swimming beside them, exploring the quiet beauty of the ocean.  With those dreams in my noggin I made it a long way. 

I dreamed of water.  We went to Florida many times when I was growing up, I swam across entire lakes as a kid on a dare, or for lifeguard qualification tests at Campfire Girl Camp.

I fished my fool head off.  But as anyone growing up in the MidWest knows...The water is not exactly crystal clear to hang with and observe the fish.

Fast Forward

 A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.

~Jacques Y. Cousteau

I finally, I end up on the West Coast.  San Francisco (I thought EVERYwhere in CA was warm, palm trees & etc.  oops minor mistake believing what little TV I watched)  

I had a minor adjustment to make... instead of crystal clear warm water, flip flops and a bikini...I ended up in a full wet suit, mits, booties and hood (learning very quickly that peeing in your wetsuit is an awesome thing when your lips are blue) LOL... 

I learned to sail something larger than a 24ft boat on Lake Michigan.  The bay is pretty unforgiving with tidal pulls that would throw you out to the Farallon Islands.  We boat camped next to Angel Island after sailing all day, BBQ in floating and hiking the island.... (Reminds me I'll have to find a picture I took after getting hoisted up the mast).

I would get up at 4 am to surf in Pacifica, Fort Point or various other places before work or school... Had a big brown "thing" (seal) surf next to me (nearly scared me half to death) I stumbled across my first whale (Unfortunately, it was beached near the range at Ft. Barry) 

BUT STILL NO FISH TO HANG WITH THAT I COULD SEE

Fast Forward

My sister decides to get married on a cruise.  Yippee ;-) 

The cruise is going from Miami to the Bahamas for 4 days with a stop at a private island on the way.

We arrive at the private cove, Its gorgeous sunny, 80, I have my bikini (screw the lotion the chit chat and the fluffy coconut umbrella drinks)!  I have my snorkel gear ( I'm really really REALLY excited)  ready to finally get into seriously tropical warm water (Ok surfing Baja Mexico: Rosarita, & Ensenada are warmer than Half Moon Bay but not tropical) for the first time in FOREVER!!!!

Picture and entire cruise ship worth of people laying on the beach working on their tans getting their mellow on and I'm full blast into the water. Giddy as can be.

So I put on my fins, mask and prepare to finally pretend that I'm finally hanging out with Jacques Cousteau....Stick my face in the water for like 45 seconds and see FISH! 

IM so completely excited, I pop my head up and yell: OMG there are FISH down there!  Hystarically laughing.. I AM so happy I can't contain my excitement!

The ENTIRE beach stopped and looked at me....(yep, I'm a little touched...H*ll I'll never see them again so who cares) and I laughed harder, I cried I was so happy to finally see FISH!

It was such a huge moment in my life to finally fulfil a simple childhood dream. 

I spent the rest of the day smiling, swimming with a happy smile in my heart.

I've hung out with many fish all over the globe since that moment.  Me staring at them, them staring at me.  

"Don’t give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don’t listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself."

~Sidney Sheldon~

Random Thoughts... Out Loud

Random fun thoughts:


If I ever wrote a book two of the fun titles I've come up with are:

Tales of an Accidental Intellectual 

(My friend SG says : Suuuuuuuuurrrrrreeeee "accidental" ....besides you're blonde you can't be an "intellectual"....duh :-P )

That thought has now morphed into: 


Adventures of an Insatiably Curious (Though Often Clueless) Undefinable, Eclectic Creature & Her Menagerie of Really Smart Fun Friends ;)




I think one of the most amusing things to come out of my discussions in #140 chars on Twitter with my "followers" 

Disclaimer:

(I still have NO clue why they follow me LOL, except for a few)

Is that in an effort to stimulate Peace and Kumbaya they DM me that they think I (yes me) should sign up for (get this) match.com etc... Needless to say I thank them for their initiative (while ROTFLMAO) and move along.

What THE H*LL would I even BEGIN to say on a site like E-Harmony, Match etc.... (OH the humor never ceases)... Fill in the blank...