Twitter Comes To WordPress.com –If you’re a user of WordPress.com as well as Twitter, you’ll be delighted to know that the folks at Automattic have added a Twitter widget that you can place on your sidebar. All the links that you post to Twitter remain clickable in the widget, and your @ replies link to user profiles. The widget went live on March 26th and is currently available to use.- http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/twitter-widget/

Vote For WordPress – At about this time every year, the folks over at Webware present their Webware 100 finalists on which to vote on to see who will take the crown in their respective category. In 2008, WordPress was the winner of the publishing category. This year, the category is called Social Networking and Publishing in which WordPress.com along with the WordPress Platform are among one of the choices to vote for. The poll is being conducted via PollDaddy and the results will be announced on April 19th.

3 Plugins To Speed Up WordPress – If you’re finding your WordPress powered site to be running a bit sluggishly, then consider the information presented within a blog post on ConnectedInternet.co.uk. The site features three different WordPress plugins which will help optimize your site. On top of that, the site also features a few tips to put into practice to ensure that your site is not bogged down over time.

Plugin Pick Of The Week – Twitter User – Twitter User is a simple plugin which adds an additional field to the authors profile in which they can add their twitter username. Single author blogs will find this plugin useful however Multi Author blogs should really love this plugin as it allows all authors of a blog to quickly and easily share their Twitter username with readers.

If you’re looking for more information regarding WordPress or just want to be part of a community centered around WordPress, please head on over to WPTavern.com where the drinks, are always on the house.

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Or How to take your show on the road!

Tonight, we will discuss how to do a remote podcast. First, you may ask, what exactly is a remote podcast and I beleive that if you think about it for a second, you will understand. However, think of it like a terrestrial radio station doing a remote broadcast from a local business, a remote podcast is very much like that. You are simply producing your live show from a different location.

Right now, look at how you produce your current live show. You are usually sitting at home, at your PC (or Mac…didn’t want to assume everyone has a PC) and you are calling in on the phone, Skype or SIP, and you log into Talkshoe and do your show, right? Now, think about taking your show to a local coffee shop, bookstore or other location that has WiFi access and armed with your trusty notebook and cell phone, you can easily setup, log into the WiFi and place your call to Talkshoe and you are now ready to do a remote podcast.

Of course, like anything else, this may take some planning on your part as you may not have a notebook or a local business with WiFi access and so now what? Let’s look at some other ways you can also do a remote podcast without having to tote around a notebook and other equipment.

Let’s assume for the sake of argument that you are just wanting to interview a local business person and then play that interview on your show. The easiest way to do this, especially if you can’t get them on a phone call on your show, is to take a Digital Voice Recorder or some other type of recording device, and then go to the local business and ask them if it would be ok to record your interview with them. Once you have their permission, press Record and do your interview. Once completed, you can take it back to your computer and then work it into your show,

There are other ways to do remote podcasts and I have a couple of hosts that are doing that right now! Bruce Turner, whom most of you recognize from being on this show and even guest hosting a few weeks ago for me, does a remote podcast, including video, from a local coffee shop in his town called “The Muse”. Bruce couldn’t be with us tonight due to a prior committment, however, he has sent me a pre-recorded segment explaining what he does for The Muse.

Patti Serrano, my segment host here for The Business of Podcasting, has done remote podcasts before and she will now come on and explain a new project that she is currently exploring that will be a new kind of remote podcast.

BTW, we will be bringing Bruce Turner on the show next week for a live segment talking more about this subject.

With Talkshoe’s remote functions over the phone, such as *2*1 to start and stop the recording, you can also use the new feature of starting your call right away over the phone (make sure this is activated in your profile for your show), and you can be at a local business, coffee shop, where ever and start a call and do a remote podcast and of course, you won’t have the chat room in front of you, but you can still easily do a remote podcast in this manner.

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