Send A Google Reader Item To Twitter
Apr 18 2008 
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Did you know that there’s a Greasemonkey script that allows you to share a Google Reader item on Twitter?
Selective Sharing
For those who may be debating on adding their Link Blog feed to your Twitter accounts, this could be a great solution. If you’re overwhelmed with feeds and share a lot of items daily, you may be a little hesitant to simply run your link blog feed to Twitter. Users may appreciate a good link or two on Twitter, but not everyone wants to be bombarded with them. The "Share with Twitter" Greasemonkey script is a great solution to this problem.
Rundown of Share with Twitter Greasemonkey script
- Format of tweeted link is: [Tag] Title(Note) URL
- Tag\title\URL are received from articles in Google Reader automatically, but you can edit them.
- URL can be converted into tinyURL.
- Before sending the messages, the words number will be counted.
- Sits in the bottom of an item where the "Share" and "Add Star" features are located
- Mini-window popup for editing
- One time user authentication
Surprisingly, this little gem has been out since 2007! Well, better late than never right? Be sure to have the Greasemonkey extension installed in your browser (Firefox), then grab the script here.
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Installed this and just tried it out. Awesome!
Awesome script! Thanks for sharing.
Greasemonkey again … firefox sucks…
oh and don't forget you can feed it through Friendfeed too
As Zee says above, I share items through FF now as you can toggle upon posting if you want to share the item or not. :-)
Hey All,
Great Post. If anyone is looking for a way to keep up with their RSS Feeds and post stories to Twitter all while browsing the web. Please check out http://tweetnewz.com . You can sync the app with your Google reader and conveniently stay up to date with all your favorite feeds.
Here is a little blurb about the app:
TweetNewz, a news aggregator and desktop ticker with Twitter integration, keeps readers connected to the news and content they love, all while browsing the web. With TweetNewz you can instantly post tweets about blogs, articles and events to Twitter and view Twitter social commentary around your favorite Newz*. Now your commentary or story can become as viral as Twitter itself.
Sry for the shameless promotion. We would like to get some feedback about the concept.
Cheers,
Ryan
Hey All,
Great Post. If anyone is looking for a way to keep up with their RSS Feeds and post stories to Twitter all while browsing the web. Please check out http://tweetnewz.com . You can sync the app with your Google reader and conveniently stay up to date with all your favorite feeds.
Here is a little blurb about the app:
TweetNewz, a news aggregator and desktop ticker with Twitter integration, keeps readers connected to the news and content they love, all while browsing the web. With TweetNewz you can instantly post tweets about blogs, articles and events to Twitter and view Twitter social commentary around your favorite Newz*. Now your commentary or story can become as viral as Twitter itself.
Sry for the shameless promotion. We would like to get some feedback about the concept.
Cheers,
Ryan
Hey All,
Great Post. If anyone is looking for a way to keep up with their RSS Feeds and post stories to Twitter all while browsing the web. Please check out http://tweetnewz.com . You can sync the app with your Google reader and conveniently stay up to date with all your favorite feeds.
Here is a little blurb about the app:
TweetNewz, a news aggregator and desktop ticker with Twitter integration, keeps readers connected to the news and content they love, all while browsing the web. With TweetNewz you can instantly post tweets about blogs, articles and events to Twitter and view Twitter social commentary around your favorite Newz*. Now your commentary or story can become as viral as Twitter itself.
Sry for the shameless promotion. We would like to get some feedback about the concept.
Cheers,
Ryan