Here’s a neat application from TwitterGrader.

Once you’ve signed up, you can get the TwitSnip application that allows to to tweet directly from another web site.

Say you are on a web site and then want to tweet the content from there, you need only highlight the content you wish to tweet about and click on the TwitSnip icon in your toolbar.

It then automatically copies the text and inserts a shortened URL as well. It loads it in a window with your Twitter user details and you need only press the “Post to @…” button and that copy is automatically posted to your twitter acount.

If you are reading this from a url on my twitter account then you have indeed seen it in action!

Paul Bannister, acting CEO of the International Marketing Council opened the conference with a “scene-setting” background.

The world remembers defining moments. Usain Bolt’s record last night was such a defining moment. So was Obama’s win in the USA. South Africa’s biggest defining moment to date was 27 April 1994, our first democratic election. Our next defining momennt will be 11 June 2010, the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

see full article on http://www.2010ncp.co.za

1. Your opinion on some issue in 140 characters
2. A URL link to a site, blog, YouTube, etc where you’ve seen something worth passing on.
3. A retweet.
4. A link to your own blog / web site where you’ve posted your own original content.

so, what else is there to tweet about?

In case you have not yet read this report on the Committee to Project Journalists’ web site, www.cpj.org below is the list of the top 10 worst countries to be blogging from.  A no, it is not so due to slow connectivity but actual government harassment of bloggers.

According to CPJ, in these countries, relying on a mix of detentions, regulations, and intimidation, authorities in Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Egypt have emerged as the leading online oppressors in the Middle East and North Africa. China and Vietnam, where burgeoning blogging cultures have encountered extensive monitoring and restriction, are among Asia’s worst blogging nations. Cuba and Turkmenistan, nations where Internet access is heavily restricted, round out the dishonor roll.

1. Burma
2. Iran
3. Syria
4. Cuba
5. Saudi Arabia
6. Vietnam
7. Tunisia
8. China
9. Turkmenistan
10. Egypt

So, if you dont reside in one of these countries and you’re a blogger, count your lucky stars and find a way of supporting those that aren’t as fortunate.