The thrill of "the Surge"

Like you, I find that the widgets slow things down considerably.  I did my own test of sorts.  I had a couple of widgets loaded, and checked out my blog from my office computer (which is slower than at home)  That was eye opening for me.  It barely loaded.  Now they're gone.

I think I can get a handle on the surge from StatCounter, which I analyze pretty regularly.   I'm too nervous about slowing down my page loading again.

I just toggled the AR Twitter thingie on yesterday.  I suppose it's really a cop-out.  It lets me tweet without actually having to participate in a conversation or think of something different to tweet about.   

I feel a little guilty about aiding in the conversion of Twitter into nothing more than a collection of "feeds".... But it is what it is, there are only so many available hours in a day.

Sigh.

Maureen, my post tweeted within a few minutes.  2 or 3 probably.  Could be slower now as there are more people on than there were at 5:45 when I made my post.

Ya know, I have seen this one before, but did not exactly understand the widget..now I do though.  Thanks!

Maureen,

I am going to have to go over to Twitter and check this out.  While I am at it I will also check out Shannon's post.  Thank you ma'am. ;-))

Do you use the javacscript one or the html?

Maureen, the java didn't work the html did, FYI

Maureen,

I have changed my setting and went to check the results out and OMG, I had my two posts from this morning there.  I have also added the Who's Amung Us widget to my sidbar.

Thank you ma'am.

Maureen, I have seen the surge on twitter of all the new posts, but I think I am going to chose not to feed Active Rain there due to the fact that I already feed my outside blog there. Hopefully everyone will remember that twitter is not just a place to feed, it's a place to participate.