Tweets are the new quote and how to tweeterize your blog
Last night I had a dream about this new tool that Twitter launched. I hadn’t had a chance to check it out and been hearing a lot of hype. In my dream I got to use it and it was like an angels singing, cure of cancer type of moment. Today, I actually got to use it and to be honest it was kind of a let down from my dream, but it had a lot to live up to.
On May 4th 2010, Twitter announced a new tool that would allow you to embed tweets in your blog posts and websites. The reason for this is because it has been mentioned that “tweets are the new quotes“. And in the past, people were just taking screen shots of the tweets. But now they can do much more. The actual tweet itself and all of it’s clickable links can be incorporated on your site.
One thing to note is that it’s not officially a Twitter “feature”. It’s just a hack that someone who works for/with Twitter created and shared. It is a rough prototype of a simple script, but it allows you to have click-able links and it takes on some of the styling of your site to provide design continuity on your site.
How it works is you just visit Blackbird Pie (I have no idea what that even means). Once there, enter in the tweet url and that’s it. The tweet URL can be found when clicking on the timestamp of the tweet. You will be brought to a page that contains only that tweet and it will have a url that looks something like this http://twitter.com/jes_cady/status/13428883539. Copy and paste that URL into Blackbird Pie. It will automatically generate some code for you then you can embed it into your post or web site.
This is what it looks like embedded into my post and taking on the style of my blog.
I can’t focus. All I can think about is this pouty face that needs her Auntie something fierce. http://tweetphoto.com/21160659
Jes Cady
For more information about this you can check out the Twitter Media blog post.
If you find this blog post lame, then maybe you might find my yellow lab playing in her pool entertaining. And if you don’t think she is the cutest thing ever then you are just cold and heartless.
Yellow Lab and Her Kiddie Pool from Jessica Cady on Vimeo.
I’m not sure I like the new hack. It’s just not as pretty to be honest. I loved when people did the screen shot, but it was clearly a lot more work.
Oh and the lab in the kiddy pool. Cutest thing EVER!
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I barely get twitter… this is sounds like calculus tome. blah
And yes… cutest thing ever
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Yep, I prefer the lab to having to learn yet another technological trick.
I use Twitter but I am not at all convinced of its worth.
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I agree with you that it doesn’t look as nice as the screen shot, but I do like that the links are click-able and work.
–>So cute! I love how labs love the water so much.
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I agree that all the tech talk makes me cross eyed. However the happy puppy makes me giggle.