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Wondering how to Find at what time a previous tweet was sent out?
I was asking myself the same until Googled it. I created this 1 minute tutorial on how to find the time tweets where published.
If you can’t see the video click here.
If you have any further questions regarding managing twitter or your presence online feel free to ask in the comments are or contact us.
Update: It seems that Google did remove the functions we mentioned in this post.
Updated from Google:
We wanted to offer you more control over who you can chat with in Google Plus. So we’ve made a change that requires you to explicitly invite people in order for them to appear in your chat list. For Gmail, Orkut and iGoogle users, we’ll continue to include the people who you can already chat with in those properties.
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The other day using Google + I started using gmail chat which I got the option to include everyone in my circles into my GTalk contacts. A few hours later I got a message from Steven (a member of Kitchen Table Companies → Affiliate Link) asking me how did I on how I adding myself to his Gtalk contacts.
I quickly ran him through the steps and he gave me a few reasons why this could really help him use even more GPlus. (many of them where on the business side).
If you go to the chat area on your left side of your Google+ screen you will see an arrow giving you the option to see your Circles, Setting, or to Log Out of Gtalk.
If you click on Circles you will get the options to choose the circles you want to chat with. This automatically enables the people in your circle to see that you are online.
Something you have to take into consideration when enabling your circles in Gtalk is the fact that people might be able to discover your email address. So make sure you only enable people you trust.
If you need to adjust setting of your Gtalk you can also do that by hitting the chat settings button.
This integration on Google+ will help me keep in touch with many of my contacts that I had lost touch for a while since I hardly use Gtalk.
What other benefits and/or disadvantages do you see in having Gtalk integrated with your circles?
Prototype with Many Advantages for your Blog or WebsiteEvery time I create a blog post for the Blogs I participate in (Twitpuerto.com & Noveltica.com) it involves a tedious process of creating an image of the tweet, uploading the image, and then creating a link towards that tweet so others can reference it.
Yesterday while browsing on the web I found this new twitter tool called Blackbird Pie. This tool allows bloggers or website administrators to embed a tweet into their blog posts or articles.
The advantage is that the tweet keeps most of its functionality since the reader will be able to view the user’s profile, picture, click on links within the tweet, and even view hashtags.
Blackbird Pie was developed by Twitter employee Robin Sloan @robinsloan and is available on the company’s media site.
In order to embed tweets into their sites or blogs:
1. Users need to input a tweet’s link into Blackbird Pie.
2. The service creates a line of code that can be embedded into a site.
Twitter was very clear that Blackbird Pie is not a new feature and it’s still a prototype with some usability issues.
I had one usability issue when bringing the code to my twitpuerto.com site since it displayed some unwanted text.
Removing the part of the code that was not working was a lot easier than doing the full manual process.
Although Blackbird Pie is being modified improved I think it is a huge improvement from going through the previous manual process I explained.
UPDATE: There is also a Blackbird WordPress Plugin for those of you who run your blogs in WordPress.
Example of how a Tweet Will Look:
[blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/twittermedia/status/13376445689″]
Other External Posts and Articles:
Can you name any other advantages or improvements to this tool?