Tweetbacks: Let Twitter host your blog's comments
Back on Sunday, Mashable put out a list of predictions on how Twitter would change blogging in 2009. The first prediction in their list was "tweetbacks", or a way of showing tweets that reference a particular blog article. Well, not two days later did someone actually create them. Social media pro Dan Zarrella whipped up a Tweetbacks system that went live on Tuesday, followed by an update on Thursday.
Facebook could kill Twitter? Yeah, and I'm a flying pig
Nick O'Neill over at AllFacebook has an interesting idea — Facebook could trounce Twitter if they would only add the ability to fetch status updates from their 
East end tweeters? Let's get together!
I've been thinking for a while how neat it would be to get to meet other Twitter users out here in the east end of the Greater Toronto Area — the Ajax-Pickering area, in particular. I've not organized a tweetup before, however, nor do I know too many people in the area with Twitter. So this'll be a new experience.
Retweets: Friend or foe?
Some fuss has been making the rounds lately regarding retweeting, the action of taking someone's message on a microblogging service (such as Twitter, where the term gets its name) and sending it out again from your own account. There are some who think this is a bad thing.
Chris' top dozen communication tools of 2008
Here's a list of the communication, Web 2.0 and social networking sites and tools that I've come to love the most over 2008. The list is by no means exclusive, but these are the ones I've had the most experience with, and wouldn't ever want missing in my online life.
The coalition, Liberal leadership race, and Twitter
I'll start this off by stating that I support the all-but-inevitable Liberal-NDP coalition government. Despite the fact that I've moved away from my old NDP support, or the fact that I'm not comfortable with the leadership prospects of the Liberal party, I think that this coalition will be much better for the country than the ongoing government of Stephen "let's gut the country and democracy" Harper.
Canadian mobile service providers screw over Twitter with expected response
Via VentureBeat comes news that Twitter will no longer be sending SMS updates to Canadians.
Twitter and the Federal Election
For online Canadians looking to break through the Elections Canada blackout, there was only one real option: Twitter.
