links for 2009-01-12

• 10 minutes: Do everything faster -- chicagotribune.com
  How to do things quickly so you can get on with your life, from Samantha Ettus.
  (tags: lifehacks SamanthaEttus books friends)
• Twitter / KarlRoveChannel
  Meet new a Twitizen - Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush
  (tags: Politics twitter)
• Hearst Says Seattle P-I Will Either Be Sold, Close Or Go Web-Only
  (tags: Newspapers tangiblemedia)
• 11 Best URL Shortening Services | Online Marketing Blog
  (tags: Tools)
• How to Snap Up that Twitter Username You’ve Always Wanted « TheNextWeb.com
  "How to acquire twitter usernames which had already been snapped up but lay unused"
  (tags: twitter Branding)
• Download Twitter Message Archive - Tweet Scan
  You can download a portable web page and CSV file with your message archive including replies back to December 2007
  (tags: twitter lifehacks)
• Speak & Spell Emulator
  I miss the days when gadgets were this simple.
  (tags: fun nostalgia toys retro)
• Twitter’s Massive 2008: 752 Percent Growth
  (tags: Stats twitter microblogging)
• 93 of top 100 brands don’t control their Twitter name » VentureBeat
  (tags: twitter Marketing PR Branding)