Jun
30th

Jun
26th

1. @kisschanel Chanel doesn’t bullshit… well she probably doesn’t know how because she’s all about keeping it real! She’s straight-forwards, speaks her mind and doesn’t care if she pisses people off. I think if I met her in real life, I’d be so intimidated that I’d run and hide in box for a week so it’s a good thing that I can stalk her on Twitter.
2. @McCainBlogette I learned so much more about her and gained so much more respect for Meghan after following her on Twitter.
3. @godzirrraaaaa Jen is probably one of the longest bloggers I’ve known stalked. She’s a goddess, a designer, is into politics and a total inspiration… and you must check out her photography! Just don’t follow her if you’re an Obama-worshipper!
4. @angry_azn_woman Tiff is my favorite angry Asian woman. She’s angry. And she’s Asian. Well I don’t think she’s that angry but she claims she is.
5. @xppinkx Everyone on the blogger network knows and loves Pam! I love her tweets because she Twitpics a lot and usually about food. Hot girl obsessed with food? What more can you ask for?
6. @Seoulbeats Ellie and the crew makes K-Pop all that much more interesting. They don’t Tweet as much as I’d like but they’re on the list because I LOVE SeoulBeats!
7. @SavageMike Always entertaining to read and I especially love his Atheist tweets.
8. @JohnChow John’s the famous dude who makes a gazillion dollars blogging. Plus he’s super nice!
9. @starbucksbreak I’ve been reading Cheryl’s blog for a long time but I just started following her on Twitter. She’s witty, sarcastic and all that stuff that doesn’t make you a bore.
10. @allkpop Screw Perez (not like I ever read his blog anyway), it’s all about Korean celebrity gossip!

Who are you favorite Twitter’ers and WHY?

May
29th

• Check out my favorite WordPress plugins (written last year).
• Gravatar: Have an avatar appear beside your comment. Sometimes I wish all my commenters would get a Gravatar so my comments section looks nicer with all your hot pictures! *hinthint*
• A hack to add a padlock image to private posts (you’ll need the Post Levels plugin for this).
• It’s SUPER easy to widgetize your WordPress themes.
• WordPress Thread Comment: There is no point in replying to comments when the commenter doesn’t get a notification. I like this plugin better than Comment Email Responder in my previous list.
• Show Top Commentators: Encourages others to comment to get on the list and have a link to their website constantly visible.
• Exec PHP: Use PHP in your posts and widgets.
• WP Polls is a great way to get feedback from your visitors.

May
19th

• Random.
  I don’t follow niche/magazine-type blogs as religiously as I follow personal blogs because it’s always the same kind of content. I’m subscribe to tons but find myself skimming over most of them especially with 800+ new posts in my reader. Don’t get me wrong, I love niche blogs (you can’t compare the two) because they are super informative and are usually interesting but personal blogs are just plain awesome and they’re always random so you never know what’s going to show up next. That’s how I like it. If you need some randomness to spice up your day, check out The Great Demigoddess herself!
• Personality.
  I think some niche blogs feel cold and distant but I love the warm and fuzzy feeling you get from reading personal blogs where you actually get the chance to know more about the person behind it. You feel more connected to the writer which gets you addicted and before you realize it, you’re coming back for another toke of their personalities… it’s kinda like how Pam is my daily dose of Mary-Jane but even better! Haha I kid! Seriously though, drugs are for eff-ing losers that’s why fun personal blogs are my drug.
• Freedom.
  Personal bloggers can go as crazy as they want which helps with my previous point! Also, because my blog is personal, I can write about whatever I want, whenever I want without feeling too bad about alienating my readers since they should know that my blog isn’t catered to a specific topic. I know that I do alienate some readers and I’m sorry but I could really care less about traffic… I still love you guys though and I thank you for coming by occasionally— it brings a tear to my allergy-swollen eyes. ♥

Feb
9th

Remember back in the day when meeting people online was sad and taboo? When someone I didn’t know messaged me on ICQ, I’d feel so guilty talking to them… it was like a betrayal against my morals if I were to reply. A crime against humanity. Thankfully I got over that and now I see the internet and the people you meet on it as a whole world of invaluable opportunity for business and personal interests.

Some of my friends ask me why I don’t use Facebook and why my wall is sometimes turned off. Facebook is super low priority since the majority of my time on the internet is spent working, reading blogs, social networking [with people I can’t directly contact], blogging and my other personal projects, so there’s barely enough time in there for FB! I’m not saying Facebook is horrible… I’m just saying Facebook is boring compared to what’s really out there on the internet.

Unless you’re one of those weirdos with no life who lurk people’s profiles, what’s the point in doing that when their profiles will always contain the same information? I can login to Google Reader and read blogs that are constantly updated. Just for the record, I don’t blog on Facebook nor do I directly promote TwentyFourCarat.net on there because I’m not really comfortable with the idea of everyone I know reading my blog and most of my friends don’t blog or even know what social networking is.

If you spend all your time online on only Facebook, your just missing out! Why are you conversing with your friends on your walls when you can just call them out to eat kimchi and korean pancakes and talk about when was the last time you feasted on a poutine on your real time? Of course, there’s nothing wrong with that if your not a web geek like me but I try not to go online for long periods of time because the death of my eyes, wrist and back (from sitting in front of the computer too much) is inching closer so I have to make good use of time I do.

There’s only one way to get me to use it more often… if Twitter was integrated with it! I would love it if everyone I knew used it. I’m a Twitter addict!

What do you spend the majority of your time doing on the internet?