OK, The new site URL is in place!

Chris — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:19:13 +0000

The new home for Chris Leckness is WPMVP.com! I am leaving ChrisLeckness.com behind and going with something shorter, and more meaningful to who I am. I don’t think I am anything special, but I am a Microsoft MVP, Windows Phone still. (don’t ask me how, it is what it is)

I want to clarify that this is still MY PERSONAL BLOG. It’s not going to be converted into a Windows Phone news/review site. It’s just a new domain. Same content, same me. While I might post some tech bits here and there, 90% of my mobile related posting will be done at GottaBeMobile. You will also be able to find me in some of the Microsoft run support forums helping out when I can.

As for Windows Phone 7, I am still quite excited. I have had the chance to play with Windows Phone 7, but don’t currently have a device in my possession. I am told that I should have one soon, but if not, I will rely on getting my hands on T-Mo and AT&T US versions for review. I am unsure which device I will actually purchase right now, but I am leaning towards the HTC Surround or LG slider since I don’t want to ditch AT&T right now.

Thanks for reading my ramblings all these years.

What’s up with Chris on Twitter?

Chris — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:54:56 +0000

A couple of days ago I decided to abandon @ChrisLeckness and start over with “protected tweets”. I was going to seperate friends, followers, and asshats this way. It went well but there are a couple problems…

By protecting your tweets, others can’t see what you tweet. That is the point right? Right. BUT, what about when you want to say something to someone that isn’t following you. You can @theirname all you want, but they aren’t going to see it. I had thought that they would as long as they were @’ed, but I was wrong. I did a test with a couple people on my new account yesterday and no luck. I am not going to be able to protect my tweets. Being able to have conversation with others that do not follow me is important.
I also realized yesterday how many accounts and how many services I will have to log in and chance stuff on to reflect the new account. I had not thought about that.

That said, I have to go unprotected and I am going to return to my original account. No, I don’t mind losing 3500 tweets and almost 800 followers. In fact, I removed 250-300 followers one by one before I said screw it, this is taking too long. I wasted almost 2 hours removing about 200 of the followers. It’s ridiculous… I have decided to just leave those that are left in place. I unfollowed everyone I followed on that account when I moved to the new account too. I will refollow the same folks I followed on my new account. My new outlook on Twitter will remain the same too.

Chris Leckness » @ChrisLeckness

OK, The new site URL is in place!

What’s up with Chris on Twitter?