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New twitter tools, apps, and mashups trickle into my Feedly reader on a daily basis. A couple of weeks ago I came across
Tweetalink , one of four Tweetfx twitter utilities by
@noahwesley. Tweetalink is a browser bookmarklet, that allows you to post a link to the web page that you are currently viewing, as a twitter post. The bookmarklet shortens the url for you and allows you to add your message and publish a tweet directly from your browser. The best part about this tool is that when your followers click the link in your tweet, a bar is added to the top of the destination page (just like facebook does now for shared links). The bar contains your avatar and original twitter message which orients the user and gives a context for the page that they are viewing. This is very helpful. Just this morning I went through
tweetdeck and clicked all of the recent links tweeted by my friends. When I minimized tweetdeck and went back into firefox, I had pages opened on twenty different tabs and no idea who posted what. I didn't know who to @reply to, which tweets to retweet, or any contextual information that might further the social engagment around the content. This make tweetalink very usefull.
Read on
New twitter tools, apps, and mashups trickle into my Feedly reader on a daily basis. A couple of weeks ago I came across Tweetalink , one of four Tweetfx twitter utilities by @noahwesley. Tweetalink is a browser bookmarklet, that allows you to post a link to the web page that you are currently viewing, as a twitter post. The bookmarklet shortens the url for you and allows you to add your message and publish a tweet directly from your browser. The best part about this tool is that when your followers click the link in your tweet, a bar is added to the top of the destination page (just like facebook does now for shared links). The bar contains your avatar and original twitter message which orients the user and gives a context for the page that they are viewing. This is very helpful. Just this morning I went through tweetdeck and clicked all of the recent links tweeted by my friends. When I minimized tweetdeck and went back into firefox, I had pages opened on twenty different tabs and no idea who posted what. I didn't know who to @reply to, which tweets to retweet, or any contextual information that might further the social engagment around the content. This make tweetalink very usefull. Read on
