by Michelle Lentz
It was Laura Fitton, I think, who coined the term microsharing. I think it’s a great way to express a lot of what happens on Twitter (or Yammer, or Jaiku, etc). I certainly prefer it to microblogging.
I discovered two things today that make sharing some things a bit easier – specifically, code snippets and songs.
Song.ly makes it simple to share your current mood music with your Twitter followers. You need to be listening to music online – the MP3 needs a URL. Just go to Song.ly and paste in the URL of the MP3 file you want to share and click Preview. Song.ly creates a widget you can post to Twitter. When your Twitter friends view the flash-based widget, they can hear and share the song.
Obviously this one is aimed more at programmers, but Snipt is an easy way to share code via Twitter. You can upload a snippet of code and generate a short link for sharing on Twitter. Over 100 programming languages are supported. Snippets are color coded and you have the option to add line numbers.
Of course, Snipt might be more useful than Song.ly, which is pretty much just fun. What else do you share on Twitter?
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