Northern Voice 2009 took place on Friday and Saturday. invoke had a great time, and appreciated the top quality presentations from prominent local and international speakers and panelists. Here are our highlights….

For both current and former Digg members, there has been a marked trend towards establishing a presence on Twitter. Some experienced “Diggers,” a commonly used term for those that use Digg, argue that a Digg account is no longer complete without a Twitter account.

by Grace Carter

For any who missed it, yesterday was a big day for members of the Twittersphere. Last night was Twestival, an international tweetup for charity. The official numbers have yet to be announced, but with 175 participating cities it seems likely that scads of funds were raised for the event beneficiary charity:water, a fantastic non-profit which brings clean and safe drinking water to developing nations. According to the Georgia Straight, Vancouver alone raised $4011, New York City more than $22,000, and figures from other venues continue to pour in.

Yesterday evening, the partners at Invoke accepted the award for best application for Hootsuite (@hootsuite) at the 1st Annual Shorty Awards. More than 50, 000 public nominations and votes were tweeted to determine the winners. Hootsuite was one of the 26 winners of the evening (a full list can be viewed here).