From bliss hit to wonder - today I was doing my daily searching and lo and behold there
was a site with a poem I had written at the top of a post. Now it had appropriate
attribution this site as you can see from the graphic below. However, after the initial
bliss hit of seeing one’s work out there in the world for all (some?) to see a few after
thoughts raised a few questions for me to ponder. Take a look …

Proper Attribution?

How I would have liked to see my name (Val Spangler) as well as my blog url in the
attribution under the image! However, I could have (and will in the future) take the
precaustionary step of including my name in the image itself. So what did I learn from
this little bliss hit?

1. Integrate your name into the image if you are going to present your poetry
   as I did in my original post.

2. If you do use an image, make sure to put your keywords into your tags
   that are in the poem to facilitate search engine pickup for SEO.

3. If you just put your poetry into a “block quote” format, you get the
   SEO benefit but that makes it easier for copying without attribution.

4. Ask yourself about the trade-offs re including your name in your blog
   URL vs. having a too lengthy domain name.

What do you think about what “appropriate use” and “proper attribution”
mean in the contexts of blogs and websites?

Let me assure you I still enjoyed seeing my little “twitty ditty” on another’s
blog post. What was also curious was to see that the contributor didn’t even
have a Twitter ID (at least through a cursory search). I see this quite
frequently where people are writing about Twitter without even having
experienced it. (Their and the public’s loss!)

If you come up with your own “twitty ditty” please share it here or on my
http://140terse.com blog dedicated to such “cultural” sharing.

Finally, when using other’s work product/content, please do your best to provide
proper attribution. That effort will be rewarded in the long run.

Thanks for listening - I’d love to hear your thoughts.

- Val Spangler, Mister Senior Blogger
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Just finishing posting on Gobala Krishnan’s blog a poetic response to his question,
“Do you Twitter?”.

I’ll share the little ditty - it’s not so witty - and not so pretty.
What can one expect from such a little ditty?

To help you understand this Twitter thing,
This “SeniorTweet” brings forth this borrowing
From the Noble Bard
Tis sure to make him turnover in his earthly yard:

To Tweet or not to Tweet.

To Tweet or not to Tweet.
That is the question:
Whether tis nobler to suffer alone
Their slings and arrows
Or join with all the other sparrows?
And take arms against the doubters muzzles.

And tweet, tweet, tweet about our troubles,
Victories or defeats - neither kind is near as sweet
Without the mundane sharing of one’s tweet.

Tis is a very human thing to share
The sound of words upon the air,
Or, read them - share them in this blogosphare.

- VS, Twitter url: http://twitter.com/SeniorTweet