I was just part of a marketing action by Twitter that I find rather cool. Here’s the story:

1. Someone I follow asks for help picking the best Mind Map software (Wikipedia: mind map).
2. I recommend MindManager from MindJet based on own experience.
3. MindJet picks up my tweet and adds me to their Twitter network (follow) and express gratitude for the nice words about their product.

For some reason they have tweaked the CSS to hide network counters and direct message links. Not 100% sure why, ideas?

Blog finally upgraded from v2 (!) to v4. Not much new to the blog except some minor details such as Gravatars, comments RSS, upgraded XSLTSearch from Percipient Studios, design polish and more.

However, under the hood there are some enhancements such as Darren Fergusons excellent Feed Cache Package to speed up Last.FM, Twitter and Google shared RSS listings, and last but not least MetaWeblogAPI integration via Umbraco Content Channels. Man, I love blogging from Windows Live Writer!