Twitter Power: We'll see more of this as the technology becomes more ubiquitous

Unless of course the gubment comes in to save us from ourselves. Mu daughter cannot have a tape recorder at her school. Why? Well, the bluster on about distraction but the truth is the teachers don't want to be taped being stupid or out of line. I'm just sayin'.

Twitter Saves Man From Egyptian Justice: "Twitter. Don’t leave home without it.

I don’t know if this is as good for Twitter as the Charlie Rose incident was for Apple, but it’s close. UC Berkeley graduate journalism student James Karl Buck was arrested on April 10 without any charges in Egypt for photographing a demonstration.

He used his mobile phone to twitter the message “Arrested” to his 48 followers, who contacted UC Berkeley, the US Embassy and a number of press organizations on his behalf."