The process of getting my tweets onto my blog is so ridiculous that I just had to write a post about it.
I essentially took notes using Twitter during the IA Summit, and wanted to post recaps for each session I attended on my blog. Tweets are listed in the archive in reverse chronological order (latest at the top) so copying and pasting them straight would make no sense to anyone if I’m trying to tell a start-to-finish story.
So here’s what I did:
- Copy all the tweets from a session
- Paste them in a word doc
- Convert text to table (separate text at paragraph)
- Find/Replace for “Whitney Hess whitneyhess #IASummit2008” and “2008 from web Icon_star_empty Icon_trash”
- Delete the timestamp from the end of each tweet
- Insert column to the left
- Number each tweet from 1 to N
- Sort by Column 1, Number, Descending
- Clear the numbers in the left column
- Paste “<li>” in every cell of the left column
- Insert column to the right of the tweet
- Paste “</li>” in every cell of the right column
- Convert table to text (separate text with Other, space)
- Select all and copy
- Paste in the HTML view of my blog post
- Put “<ul> </ul>” around the whole thing
- Write an intro
- Publish the post
Ludicrous process, right? Is there something I could have done more easily?
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About Whitney Hess
Whitney Hess is a coach and writer helping product teams and senior leaders make better decisions through the principles of user experience. She believes empathy builds empires.