Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Treader: Twitter directly from Google Reader

I love my Google Reader shared items, but when I want to add a little commentary, I post a link to Twitter. I created a Greasemonkey script named Treader to streamline the process.

In Google Reader, I select the entry I want to twitter and then hit Shift+T. Treader pops up a prompt pre-filled with the entry name and link.

I just edit the twitter to my liking, and hit OK. Treader posts it in the background using Twitter's API. I never have to leave Google Reader.

To try it for yourself:

  1. Install Greasemonkey if you haven't already. Greasemonkey requires Firefox.
  2. Install Treader.
  3. Reload Google Reader, select an entry you want to share, and then hit Shift+T. It will ask you to log into Twitter the first time through.

Thanks to Mihai for helping me work out the kinks.

8 Comments:

Blogger sillyevar said...

JFYI:

Greasemonkey scripts work in Opera out of the box!

7:16 AM  
Blogger Bob said...

Cool! I had no idea.

8:54 AM  
Blogger Eugene Kuleshov said...

Bob, can you make similar script for posting to delicious? :-)

11:40 AM  
Blogger Bob said...

Eu, done. Reinstall and hit Shift+D.

1:53 PM  
Blogger Shanti Braford said...

This rocks!!

9:10 PM  
Blogger Daniel D. Shaw said...

Thanks Bob. Just installed this. It will be a nice addition to my Twitter/Reader arsenal.

http://twitter.com/dshaw/statuses/633449642

11:48 AM  
Blogger Steven said...

Does this work with Firefox 3b4?

8:24 AM  
Blogger Bob said...

Not yet--it requires Greasemonkey which doesn't work with b4 yet.

8:32 AM  

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