Grab, Organize, and Embed Your Tweets with Keepstream

Have you ever wished that there was an easier way to organize your tweets and save them? Have you come across a few tweets or maybe a conversation from Twitter that you wanted to share on your blog? Well if you’re looking for a tool that can do both of those things, you’ll definitely appreciate Keepstream. It’s a tool for curating, organizing, and embedding your tweets. You can grab tweets from a search query, your favorites, or via the bookmarklet and then organize them into collections for safekeeping or sharing.

To get started you’ll need to create a new collection in which to add items to. You’ll notice 2 columns: the column on the left is where you can find tweets and Facebook items (if you connect your account – see more below) to add to the collection column on the right. When you find a tweet or Facebook status that you want to use, click on the plus sign (or drag and drop) to add it to your collection. You can also name your collection, save it as a draft, and then publish it when ready.

If some of the tweets you use have a link in them, Keepstream will add a thumbnail and description (in a Facebook-like manner) so that you can preview before clicking through.

Once you publish your collection, anyone can of course view it. You can always edit it and add more tweets or embed it on your blog via a Javascript code. If you want to see an example of a published collection, you can view my Google collection. As you can see, Keepstream can be a great way to collect links, interesting tweets, and status updates on specific topics/categories.

The only downside is that only you can add tweets to it; there is not yet a way to collaborate with other users.

Once you’re done, you’ll have the option to share your collection on Twitter, Facebook, and/or Google+ (coming soon).

If you’re wondering how the bookmarklet works, it’s pretty simple. When you find an update or tweet that you like, just click on the bookmarklet and it will add the item to your queue on Keepstream. If you notice the image under “Create New Collection” above, there is also a Keepstream icon next to the Twitter and Facebook icons. This is your queue.

When you add items via the bookmarklet, they’re put here so that you can add them to new or existing collections. Once you add an item to your collection, it becomes faded so that you cannot use it anymore.

Although you sign into Keepstream with Twitter, you can connect your account with Facebook and/or WordPress so that you can also share your collections on either service. Note: The WordPress service does work with self-hosted account.

That’s all there is to Keepstream – finding items, organizing them, publishing, and sharing. A tool like this is definitely useful and can come in handy for all types of situations.

What do you think of Keepstream?

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Hungry man tweets about steak, gets surprise delivery

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You've been traveling all day, are hungry, and want nothing more than a delicious steak to be waiting for you when you land at your next destination. So you tweet about this craving. What would you think if your wish came true and a stranger met you at the airport — steak and sides in hand?

Well, this whole series of events did happen to one man — and he shared his exact thoughts in a blog post. 

Peter Shankman, an angel investor who appears to spend a great deal of time jetting from city to city, had a rough day on Wednesday. His alarm went off at 3:30 a.m., he had to catch a 7 a.m. flight from Newark, New Jersey to Tampa, Florida, have a lunch meeting in Clearwater, Florida, and then catch a 5 p.m. flight back to Newark.

By the time he was ready to board his return flight, he was starving — the "healthy piece of grouper" he had at lunch just wasn't enough to hold him for the rest of the day. His stomach growled as he took his seat and visions of steak started floating through his head. He decided to cope with the hunger the same way any other social media-obsessed individual would: He jokingly tweeted that Morton's Steakhouse, one of his favorite restaurants, should have a steak waiting for him when he lands in Newark.

Two and a half hours later his flight landed, he grabbed his things, and started walking towards the area where a car would be waiting for him.

Then something strange and wonderful happened:

Looking for my driver, I saw my name, waved to him, and started walking to the door of [the airport], like I’d done hundreds of times before.

“Um, Mr. Shankman,” he said.

I turned around.

“There’s a surprise for you here.”

I turned to see that the driver was standing next to someone else, who I just assumed was another driver he was talking to. Then I noticed the “someone else” was in a tuxedo.

And he was carrying a Morton’s bag.

...

He proceeds to tell me that he’d heard I was hungry, and inside is a 24 oz. Porterhouse steak, an order of  Colossal Shrimp, a side of potatoes, one of Morton’s famous round things of bread, two napkins, and silverware.

Shankman was shocked. Not only had he merely been joking when he wrote his original Twitter message, but he also knew that the nearest Morton's was over 20 miles away from the airport. Someone at Morton's corporate offices had seen his tweet, ordered the meal, and had someone drive over 20 miles to deliver it.

Yes, it may have been a publicity stunt — someone may have noticed that Shankman has more than 100,000 Twitter followers who'd hear about the whole thing, after all. And yes, Shankman may have gotten lucky because he is known to be a frequent Morton's customer.

But this its still one fantastic story and a display of what great customer service looks like.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to tweet about my travel plans and food cravings ...

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Rosa Golijan writes about tech here and there. She's obsessed with Twitter and loves to be liked on Facebook. Oh, and she can be found on Google+, too.

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Hungry man tweets about steak, gets surprise delivery

Twitter

You've been traveling all day, are hungry, and want nothing more than a delicious steak to be waiting for you when you land at your next destination. So you tweet about this craving. What would you think if your wish came true and a stranger met you at the airport — steak and sides in hand?

Well, this whole series of events did happen to one man — and he shared his exact thoughts in a blog post. 

Peter Shankman, an angel investor who appears to spend a great deal of time jetting from city to city, had a rough day on Wednesday. His alarm went off at 3:30 a.m., he had to catch a 7 a.m. flight from Newark, New Jersey to Tampa, Florida, have a lunch meeting in Clearwater, Florida, and then catch a 5 p.m. flight back to Newark.

By the time he was ready to board his return flight, he was starving — the "healthy piece of grouper" he had at lunch just wasn't enough to hold him for the rest of the day. His stomach growled as he took his seat and visions of steak started floating through his head. He decided to cope with the hunger the same way any other social media-obsessed individual would: He jokingly tweeted that Morton's Steakhouse, one of his favorite restaurants, should have a steak waiting for him when he lands in Newark.

Two and a half hours later his flight landed, he grabbed his things, and started walking towards the area where a car would be waiting for him.

Then something strange and wonderful happened:

Looking for my driver, I saw my name, waved to him, and started walking to the door of [the airport], like I’d done hundreds of times before.

“Um, Mr. Shankman,” he said.

I turned around.

“There’s a surprise for you here.”

I turned to see that the driver was standing next to someone else, who I just assumed was another driver he was talking to. Then I noticed the “someone else” was in a tuxedo.

And he was carrying a Morton’s bag.

...

He proceeds to tell me that he’d heard I was hungry, and inside is a 24 oz. Porterhouse steak, an order of  Colossal Shrimp, a side of potatoes, one of Morton’s famous round things of bread, two napkins, and silverware.

Shankman was shocked. Not only had he merely been joking when he wrote his original Twitter message, but he also knew that the nearest Morton's was over 20 miles away from the airport. Someone at Morton's corporate offices had seen his tweet, ordered the meal, and had someone drive over 20 miles to deliver it.

Yes, it may have been a publicity stunt — someone may have noticed that Shankman has more than 100,000 Twitter followers who'd hear about the whole thing, after all. And yes, Shankman may have gotten lucky because he is known to be a frequent Morton's customer.

But this its still one fantastic story and a display of what great customer service looks like.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to tweet about my travel plans and food cravings ...

Related stories:

Rosa Golijan writes about tech here and there. She's obsessed with Twitter and loves to be liked on Facebook. Oh, and she can be found on Google+, too.

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Peacock flies the coop, returns -- and tweets!

This peacock went rogue on Tuesday, Aug. 2, taking its perch on a window sill in Manhattan. The Central Park Zoo said in a statement to local media this morning that it would retrieve the male bird if it did not fly home on its own and that the peacock is not a threat to anyone. The peacock is the third animal is a few months to have escaped from the zoo. A peahen and a cobra were returned without incident. 

At 6:45 a.m. the peacock took flight and is now, apparently, tweeting from somewhere in Central Park (digitally, not just in the birdly sense). The peacock has more than 1,700 followers on its @CentralPeacock Twitter feed. Check out the video below to see the peacock take flight and hear the TODAY anchors' get punny about their new feathered friend.

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A peacock on the loose after it escaped from the Central Park Zoo stands on a window ledge above Fifth Avenue Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 in New York.

A male peacock wandered away from the Manhattan zoo and made its way to an apartment building on Fifth Avenue, where he perched on a window sill. The incident spurred a flurry of tweets.

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Pre-caffeine tech: Winehouse tweets, Comic-Con geeks

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You're gonna like the way you look. I guarantee it!

Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today:

Not long after news of Amy Winehouse's death hit the Internet, so did the obligatory series of Facebook scams which often follow a well-publicized death. 

Microsoft apologized for its tacky Amy Winehouse tweet.

Speaking of Facebook, looks like the world's largest social network accidentally leaked video descriptions and thumbnails. Oops! 

Speaking security, you know how we worry a lot about our computers' — and increasingly our phones' — security vulnerabilities? Turns out, Mac batteries could be hot tool for hackers, too.

In other Apple news, Chinese officials shut down those two fake Apple stores — not because of piracy or copyright concerns, but because the stores did not have an official business permit.

Acknowledging that "a very small number of Seagate 1TB hard drives used in 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac systems, may fail under certain conditions," Apple has initiated a replacement program for the problematic drives.

There is now a landing page for the "Murdoch Leaks Project."

You can now own a piece of the Balloon Boy saucer of hoax fame.

What makes a viral video? Let's find out!

So this is neat: The most visited Internet domains of 1996 and today.

In closing, Comic-Con pics! You'd think a corporate military industrialist Tony Stark could afford not to shop at the Men's Wearhouse. Apparently, no.

Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook ... and see if you can find her on Google+. She triple-dog dares you!

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