Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

Quest for a Million

April 21st, 2009

I have been talking about it since the day @aplusk reached his mark of a cool 1,000,000 followers on Twitter.  You have seen my tweets about the celebrities getting their time.  It is all I hear on the radio, tv and across twitter now.  I have been assembling my own ‘Race to a Million’ as the ‘Team Average Citizen’ (coined courtesy to @modernsinglemom).  Not sure how I should take that, if I am average and all. :o )

Here is what I do know….

  • I want to reach 1,000,000 Followers on Twitter, that is, the first Non-Celebrity to do it.
  • I want to accomplish it in 21 Days or better.
  • A Charity will be involved.  (Suggestions are welcomed, I already have a few in mind.)
  • I want to do something crazy/zany after it is reached and broadcast it live or perhaps even do it while @peasandbananas is reaching 1,000,000.  (I already tried to pass this *Volcano Bungee* off to the mrs. which she does not approve.)

Give me your thoughts/ideas before I start this challenge.  You can either leave a comment or feel free to email me daddybookins@peasandbananas.com

Enjoy!

Welcome to the YOB Years!  Where all you need is a BIG Hug!

~daddy bookins

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Silly Question: What are caterpillars afraid of?

April 17th, 2009

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

This Poll Question was brought to you by @PrincessJenn

Follow Peas and Bananas @peasandbananas on Twitter for your chance to ask the next silly question of the day. :o )

~daddy bookins

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Getting to Know You Round 3

March 18th, 2009

This morning everyone must have been up and at them….hump day….though that is a tad bit surprising…considering that yesterday was St. Patty’s Day….perhaps no one went to bed!! :o )

Either way, I went for Round 3 early this morning on Getting to Know You.  Five cool posts came flying back at me!

  1. @murnahan: @PeasandBananas Mark Aaron Murnahan 37 male married daddy http://awebguy.com :o ) #peasandbananas
  2. @GoodEnoughWitch: @PeasandBananas #peasandbananas Hi there…www.thegoodenoughwitch.com What a great way to get to know people! Thanks!
  3. @Jannabee: @peasandbananas http://tinyurl.com/c7l6ft #peasandbananas
  4. @CarmaSez: @PeasandBananas http://tinyurl.com/cr8m8t #peasandbananas
  5. @abbrandes: @PeasandBananas  www.sweetbabycakedesigns.blogspot.com #peasandbananas

Check them all out!

@murnahan: Talk about a touching story/video to read!  I know you blog/site is about SEO/Marketing/Web Development…but that post hits very close for a lot of people out there! http://www.awebguy.com/2009/03/the-economy-can-happen-to-you/  Thanks for the link this morning!

@GoodEnoughWitch: Nearly Perfect?? LOL I love it!  First off, I actually know where you went to school!!  Long story and history, you can email me sometime.  That little boy of yours is oh so cute!  Is this what we have to look forward to next year??  Enjoyed the reading!

@Jannabee: Kids know the coolest facts about life’s little mysteries!  Glad I stopped by to visit, “Janna Banana”….no relation to Peas and Bananas though, right? j.k

@CarmaSez: I wondered about that St. Patty’s Day post….I have a beard and I wear hats!! LOL But I look nothing like those photos! :)   Thanks for the link this morning!

@abbrandes: Custom Lovey’s!! I think you would win the lil boo award of favorite today.  Have you seen his Lamby Lovey? (it’s the old P/B Blog site) Lovey’s are the coolest!!  Thanks for the link this morning!

So far it has been a blast visiting all these sites the past few days.  It has been interesting getting to know a little bit more about the people that follow you on twitter and what they do.  I’ll get another round going in a few days, just watch for me on twitter to send out the #peasandbananas getting to know you post.

Thanks again for sharing your sites and letting all of us get to know you better!  Enjoy!

~daddy bookins

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Getting to Know You Round 2

March 17th, 2009

This morning, being a work day…I am up bright and squirrely.  I hopped on twitter @PeasandBananas and thought what the heck I had so much fun yesterday let’s do another round of Getting to Know You.

I am not sure that many people were up this morning I only received three responses but still I enjoyed them!!

  1. @betsy2go: @PeasandBananas will hopefully like www.moxiewebdesigns.com
  2. @michabella: http://michabellacreations.blogspot.com #peasandbananas thanks!
  3. @Anthony_ExpCols: http://www.ExperienceColumbus.com/Blog

Be sure to check the great blogs above, it is always great to see what kind of mischief everyone is up to. :o )

@betsy2go – I like the word ‘moxie’ and apparently you have it!  Cool site, nice colors…yes I like color….though you’d never know it.  I think I clicked just about every link I could find on your site.  I couldn’t comment on your blog though….Your pregnant sister did not look to happy and the Easter bunny is early!!  BTW nifty items on your ebay store….took me awhile to figure out the magic fairy door.

@michabella – Lucky SAHM! I would love to be a SAHD!  Where is the recipe for the Irish Soda Bread??

@Anthony_ExpCols – Next time I am in Columbus I’ll check out a few of those places that twitter on your list.  Not sure when that will be, since the last time I visited (drive through) was say 15 years ago. :o )  Good Luck to you!

So far this little gig I am doing is interesting and fun, it is great to see what the rest of you are up to.  I mean, really now, there are only what a few billion of us on earth?  There has to be more then just lil boo, the mrs. and daddy bookins right???  Wait no, it is our little world – stand back – keep away!!!!

Until next time, have fun, enjoy and thanks for sharing your sites with me.

~daddy bookins

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Getting to Know Each Other….

March 16th, 2009

Today I went a little stir crazy and got that wild hair up my @ss.  I thought to myself, I have over 2000 followers on twitter @PeasandBananas and how many of them do I really know?  The honest truth about less than a handful.  How many do I converse with on a regular basis?  Probably around one percent of the above total followers.  What good is it to have all these ‘followers’ if you have no idea what they are about?  Is that not the true meaning of ‘Social Networking’??  In order to get to know my fellow ‘twitters’ I ran a stream that looked sort of like this earlier today:

@PeasandBananas: Good Afternoon …. ready to have some fun today?

@PeasandBananas: Here’s the scoop…the first 10 people to send me a link to their blog with #peasandbananas in the tweet…..

@PeasandBananas: I will visit and do a write up on the blog at www.peasandbananas.com Sound cool?

@PeasandBananas: Send your links and #peasandbananas in the tweet

I received five responses to that quick blurp.

  1. @frostedbetty: @PeasandBananas Check out my blog!! http://cupcakesandsassycakes.blogspot.com/ #peasandbananas
  2. @artbynemo: @PeasandBananas http://artbynemo.blogspot.com/ #peasandbananas
  3. @AdonyaWong: @PeasandBananas http://tinyurl.com/ddw6ll #peasandbananas
  4. @MagicDandelions: @PeasandBananas http://myenchanteddandelions.blogspot.com #peasandbananas
  5. @3bedroom: http://3bedroombungalow.blogspot.com/ Have a look #peasandbananas

My suggestion would be to follow all of them, their blogs are great!  Each was different and unique in its own way.  I was surprised at the vast diversity of the individuals.  It really opens up your mind to see what everyone else out in the world is up to.

@frostedbetty – I was unable to leave a comment on your site, since I do not have the open id or blogger acct.  I did want to say, the frog and mushroom for the Pixie Cake were awesome!  Also, lil boo loves cupcakes!  You’d have an ‘in’ with him there!!

@artbynemo – Great artwork!  Keep it up, and I am sure you will be famous someday! :o )  Opposed to the title of your blog.

@AdonyaWong – Very informative Blog on Autism!  You have a lot on your plate.  I liked the VLOG.

@MagicDandelions – Sorry there are no detachable nipples on this site to talk of…..your kids are great!  Enjoyed the good laugh!

@3bedroom – The photos along the River Cam….very cool!!  It has been a long time since I’ve been there….you are lucky!!  Funny story…got in an argument with a gentleman when I ordered a ‘Mocha’ at a shop along the Cam….he kept telling me it was a ‘Maacha’ I had a WTF?? moment with him.

Well, this is the gist of what I am doing, every day…or as ever so often as I get the time…I will get on twitter and ask for some links to get to know ‘you’ better.  Hopefully, you will check out some of these blogs as well, and of course subscribe to the PeasandBananas Blog :o )

Enjoy!

~daddy bookins

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