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Play Twitter is a neat little tool that allows you to easily play mp3 files directly on Twitter or Jaiku. Invoke this bookmarklet and mp3 links will automatically become playable right on the page. In addition, your visitors will have the opportunity to easily tag and post the mp3 link to del.icio.us. This script is very lightweight, as is the flash movie that plays on demand.

A playable link will look this this:

http://tinyurl.com/yupxk8

Drag this link: playTwitter up to your Bookmarks Toolbar (or right-click and choose Bookmark This Link or Add to Favorites) and when you're on a page with links to mp3s, click this button.

When you are creating a Twitter entry, type the word "play" and then the URL of an MP3. For example

play http://lucasgonze.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/monday-856-am.mp3

Then, when you are on a Twitter entry in that format, select the bookmarklet.

If you have Firefox and Greasemonkey, you can install a version of the script which runs automatically. Using this version you do not have to install or manually invoke the bookmarklet -- play buttons will appear on their own.

This is a PlayTwitter-ified version of the Greasemonkified version of the original del.icio.us script.

To install it:

1. Get Firefox and Greasemonkey.
2. Open playtwitter.user.js in Firefox.
3. Follow the instructions.
4. Go to Twitter or Jaiku and create an entry in the "play [MP3 LINK]" form.

Play Twitter, including the javascript and this page, is a small modification of del.icio.us PlayTagger.