Turn that Twitter bird into blackbird pie

UPDATE: JANUARY 2012 - Blackbird Pie has been discontinued. To embed a tweet, check out this video tutorial: http://youtu.be/SojBeZO6cD4

No, this isn't a post on cooking; it's about the wonderful new Twitter feature, Blackbird Pie. If you blog, this is a real time saver, if you don't, well, it's still good to know about the tools that are available to you on the web.

Prior to Blackbird Pie, if you wanted to include an image of a tweet, you had to do a screen grab and then clean it up in Photoshop (here's an example from an earlier post I wrote on Adam Lambert complaining about his fans). Now, however, all you need to do is paste the tweet's url into Blackbird Pie and, voila, it spits out code you can just drop into your HTML. You can even click on the links in the image!


Easy schmeezy, huh? Feel free to enjoy your Blackbird Pie with a cup of tea and let me know how it goes down, eh?
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19 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 5, 2010 at 8:41 AM

    ANOTHER great find~!!! And I am SO honored and grateful that you used my image as an example!

    Beyond that, this is an incredibly useful app that I will be using all the time! One of the biggest time wasters for me has been revving up PhotoShop to clean up pictures of tweets only to place them on my blog. I have done several stories that are tweet intensive.
    Thank you, Amber!
    x0x
    Anita @ModelSupplies & DNAshopper

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  2. Amber AvinesMay 5, 2010 at 6:48 PM

    Anita: Isn't this the best tool? And such a time saver! It was my privilege to use your tweet as an example. I'm so appreciative of all your support. You are everything that is RIGHT with social media! Thank you!

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  3. AnonymousMay 6, 2010 at 7:28 PM

    We ex-newspaper ladies need to stick together~!!! You can always count on me!
    (((HUGS)))
    x0x
    Anita @ModelSupplies

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  4. Words Done WriteFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    I thought it was wonderfully handy, too!

    Thanks for stopping by, Annette! ;-)

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  5. daNannerFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    Great tool! I've bookmarked it.

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  6. modelsuppliesApril 25, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    We ex-newspaper ladies need to stick together~!!! You can always count on me!
    (((HUGS)))
    x0x
    Anita @ModelSupplies

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  7. Amber AvinesApril 25, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    Anita: Isn't this the best tool? And such a time saver! It was my privilege to use your tweet as an example. I'm so appreciative of all your support. You are everything that is RIGHT with social media! Thank you!

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  8. modelsuppliesApril 25, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    ANOTHER great find~!!! And I am SO honored and grateful that you used my image as an example!

    Beyond that, this is an incredibly useful app that I will be using all the time! One of the biggest time wasters for me has been revving up PhotoShop to clean up pictures of tweets only to place them on my blog. I have done several stories that are tweet intensive.
    Thank you, Amber!
    x0x
    Anita @ModelSupplies & DNAshopper

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  9. daNannerApril 25, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    Great tool! I've bookmarked it.

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  10. Words Done WriteApril 25, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    I thought it was wonderfully handy, too!

    Thanks for stopping by, Annette! ;-)

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  11. Words Done WriteApril 27, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    I thought it was wonderfully handy, too!

    Thanks for stopping by, Annette! ;-)

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  12. daNannerApril 27, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    Great tool! I've bookmarked it.

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  13. modelsuppliesApril 27, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    ANOTHER great find~!!! And I am SO honored and grateful that you used my image as an example!

    Beyond that, this is an incredibly useful app that I will be using all the time! One of the biggest time wasters for me has been revving up PhotoShop to clean up pictures of tweets only to place them on my blog. I have done several stories that are tweet intensive.
    Thank you, Amber!
    x0x
    Anita @ModelSupplies & DNAshopper

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  14. Amber AvinesApril 27, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    Anita: Isn't this the best tool? And such a time saver! It was my privilege to use your tweet as an example. I'm so appreciative of all your support. You are everything that is RIGHT with social media! Thank you!

    ReplyDelete
  15. modelsuppliesApril 27, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    We ex-newspaper ladies need to stick together~!!! You can always count on me!
    (((HUGS)))
    x0x
    Anita @ModelSupplies

    ReplyDelete
  16. Ruth SchillerMay 26, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    Thank you Amber for pointing out this useful tool. I have been planning a story that includes may Twitter examples and this will save me a lot of time and aggravation. I saw your post on LinkedIn's Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations.
    Ruth Schiller, Jerusalem, Israel

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  17. Words Done WriteMay 27, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    Wonderful! Glad to hear it will be useful to you, Ruth. I love a good shortcut and this one is ever so handy!

    Thanks for stopping by and for leaving a comment ;-)

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  18. Kelvin CastelinoJanuary 29, 2012 at 11:04 PM

    This tool doesnt exist anymore! But you have something similar http://www.socialditto.com/!
    Also Twitter has some of its own resources @ https://twitter.com/about/resources which you can use for the same!

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  19. Words Done WriteJanuary 30, 2012 at 8:46 PM

    Hi Kelvin,

    Yeah, I think it gotten taken down a few months ago. :-(

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