The 2011-12 season saw the transformation of Australia's state-based "Big Bash" competition into the franchise-based Big Bash League. Here are a few points which I think can be taken away following the inaugural Big Bash League:

My second column for iSportConnect can be read in full at http://www.isportconnect.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11342&catid=74&Itemid=193

22:47 Sigh. RT @everyword: politics #
21:30 Start counting, Queensland. RT @couriermail: Police Minister David Gibson forced to resign for unlicensed driving. Details to follow. #
20:09 Has anyone ever seen @rupertmurdoch and @dannolan_ebooks in the same room? #
19:55 A fine piece on the BBC's last, tragic, day at the Grand National. RT @SportSJA: http://t.co/xCoVkMgh #
19:14 @NSWRL agreed, not easy choices but I hope it all succeeds because this weekend's a great opportunity to showcase the NSW Cup! #
18:38 Too long. Will get misspelt or ignored. MT @NSWRL: NSWRL hash tags for weekend #foundationchallenge #battleofthebeaches #battleofthewest #
17:16 Here's that @mgthoughtleader piece again with the title and url fixed - http://t.co/Aw9k2MGq (thx @mailandguardian) #
17:00 @mailandguardian thank you for the prompt response. #
16:29 The subs at The Thought Leader, the opinion blog of S.Africa's @mailandguardian could have checked this heading better http://t.co/B3hY5p3d #
15:39 One to watch for next year's #logies? RT @Noise11Tweets: MIA composes music for Julian Assange's TV show http://t.co/UjRrXYNr #
13:07 There. The "new" Google Mail postponed again, this time with extensive and thorough feedback. I don't think I threatened violence even once. #
13:03 And, Google, I don't appreciate the text buttons all being replaced with obscure pictograms, thank you very much. #
13:02 I see Google snuck the New Gmail onto my account while I was on vacation. Sneaks. #
09:42 Actually, (w/o seeing the Sunrise i/v) Fitz could be alluding to Hawke's old suggestion of replacing the 6 states with 20 regions #
09:25 Is @fitzhunter suggesting a re-run of the 1967 Northern New South Wales secession referendum? #auspol #nswpol #nnswpol #
09:21 Ah, multi-function memories of what might have been RT @everyword: polis #
09:13 How on Earth can anyone even start to claim that Molly Meldrum's #Logies HoF award is a win for Foxtel? - http://t.co/zvcL9YUe #
09:08 Ho ho ho. RT @meadea: In case you missed the Herald Sun's explanation of #logies leak http://t.co/iDesS91p #
03:54 Company boss says don't buy his product. MT @rupertmurdoch: Tweeters who don't like particular newspapers don't have to buy them. #
03:27 "openness and transparency are critical parts of our promise to you" Yes by no longer notifying changes to your T&Cs #
03:22 "in response to feedback about reducing emails to users, in the future we may change our Terms without sending email.to all our users" Hmmm. #

19:59 The astonishing extent to which sponsor's rights are protected at the #london2012 Olympics - http://t.co/bR79rrQ3 #
19:42 If I can't follow the #logies live via Twitter I'm not following them at all. So there. #
19:12 One thing we know for sure about the 2020 Olympics is that they will be held in the northern hemisphere - http://t.co/PspAMPW7 #
17:45 vale Murray Rose 1939-2012 #
17:08 Early days blah blah blah but 6875 at Blacktown for its #GWS debut is pretty underwhelming. (15k at Centrelink Stadium for the #nrl) #afl #
17:01 0-30 0-30 #NRL RT @PenrithPanthers: guys we know you're disappointed, we are too. #
16:49 Why is Hadley doing the ch9 Sunday #NRL game this week? He's audio wallpaper. I was thinking for a moment that Sterlo was the main caller. #
09:37 I don't think Essendon beating Gold Coast by 17 can be described as Dustin Fletcher "celebrating" his 350th game. #afl #
08:27 Some newspapers should only be published this way. MT @romenesko How the NY Times Matzo edition came to be "published." http://t.co/0SA4I0xo #
07:45 Gillard, like most PMs, not going to Olympics. And she's going to G20 instead of AOC dinner. As told by the Sun-Herald: http://t.co/e4EBhXdT #

14:42 Bob Brown has done what??? #
06:56 A happy Friday Noir to you all! #

16:48 As a tentative Instagram newbie I tend to agree. RT @Colvinius: Instagram? Pointless. @domknight thinks so anyway: http://t.co/IwQDBUpF #
16:44 +1 RT @FionaKatauskas I dont know what Pinterest really is but I'm disappointed it's not social media for people interested in Harold Pinter #
16:28 Ducklings! @ Swan Bay http://t.co/DXzX6js0 #
14:17 Goodification sounds like a great topic for a dramality webisode #
13:34 Clive Palmer commissioning an independent inquiry into soccer is like McDonald's paying for a TV doc about its food http://t.co/BLIeh4qQ #
08:08 Today's @newcastleherald #jets #aleague coverage more subdued than yesterday: pages 1, 4, 5, 68, 69, 72 plus editorial and op-ed. #
05:37 Woo hooo! RT @everyword: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis #
05:26 One of my heroes RT @guardianobits: Jack Tramiel obituary. The father of the bestselling Commodore 64 personal computer http://t.co/qrpimvzu #

15:23 It's precipitating down in Newcastle. I left Sydney this morning for this? #
14:27 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 68, 69, 70, 72 - the pages of today's @newcastleherald thrown over totally to #jets #aleague coverage (plus the editorial) #
12:15 How nice of Lake Macquarie to turn on the rain for us today. #
11:59 And the record by plane? RT @farrm51: 255 asylum seekers in 2 boats, a record number for a single day under this govt. http://t.co/8ldKPfk9 #
11:13 A warm welcome. RT @abcmarkscott: Please be upstanding. It appears he has arrived. @PhillipAdamsABC #
11:09 Mobile @conversationEDU website still seems geborken #
09:42 Bizarre notion that the #vbnswcup is "obscure park football" trotted out in today's Tele. - http://t.co/fXiMcxh8 #nrl #
09:14 Rofl. #1d RT @jeloscek: The Occupy Sydney crowd seems to have swelled overnight. http://t.co/XL0teYl7 #
08:20 I am pleased to say that my 9 year old daughter does *not* like One Direction :) #
08:04 Your #aleague word of the day. RT @everyword: plutocratic #

14:33 HSG chuck in the #Jets #aleague licence. FFA says they can't do that. See y'all in court, I think. http://t.co/1B5M5uAU" #
13:34 Oh. Dear. RT @JohnSafran: Tweeters discover sinking Titanic was real event | http://t.co/eQpIvVkb (via @sunili) #
12:32 Provided, of course, they promise never to rename themselves the Hunter Mariners. #aleague #jets #
12:31 I wonder if there's the opportunity now for the @CCMariners to expand their fan base, and maybe home base, northwards? #aleague #jets #
11:24 I wonder how much money our Federal Government will throw at the FFA. Hopefully SFA. #aleague #
11:16 Well that's only 3 teams from greater Sydney in the national competition now. #aleague #
11:14 Today's lesson: Never trust Tinkler. #
08:57 You're linking to a fake? RT @702sydney: Tony Jones @TonyJones_qanda gives his perspective on what happened last night, on air now. #
07:56 Meanwhile, I am being amused comparing the tweets of @sunriseon7 and @tenbreakfast over some unidirectional boy band. #
07:53 Why has the Sydney Morning Herald done a report on last night's confrontation-as-entertainment program on the ABC? #
07:37 Couldn't agree less about Instagram. RT @abcmarkscott: "Facebook lacks soul. Instagram is all soul and emotion." http://t.co/tWWG0AVY #
06:57 @xdamman that test notification feature is still sending emails #
06:49 Thanks for letting us know. RT @xdamman: @rickeyre apologies, a new notification feature that was misfired. https://t.co/jpPvrZAp #
06:43 No @xdamman you don't need to send me all these emails to say I'm on a @storify page you're updating. You do know how to suppress them, yes? #
06:23 Strange typo in the Instagram buyout stories. Surely that b in the purchase price was meant to be an m? #
06:03 Oh poo. RT @instagram: We're excited to announce something very big: Instagram + Facebook http://t.co/In9d70E3 #

20:58 I appear to have beaten @drag0nista in the #NRL dream team head-to-head this week. #
20:48 Thanks for playing, Penrith. #nrlmanpen #
12:51 Another gratuitous Instagram photo in which I refuse to use filters @ Hyde Park Fountain http://t.co/HqfjH8MG #
10:35 Uh oh. MT @an_news: A British cruise ship has sailed from Southampton to recreate the voyage of the #Titanic. http://t.co/fi8PyFHB #
08:26 Would it be wrong for me to describe the late Sheila Scotter as the Ita Buttrose of her generation? #

22:41 It's a hair removal technology, isn't it? RT @ozgooner: I rest my case. RT @andrew_54 @ozgooner What's an IPL? #
22:00 St Kitts-Nevis is another island nation where #climatechange sceptics should be sent to see for themselves - http://t.co/ZhxHysWV #
21:15 Alarm set for 8.00. Thank you. RT @thetodayshow: Set those alarms - @RichardWilkins speaks with @justinbieber tomorrow at 7.40! #JustinToday #
20:17 I have eaten no Easter eggs, nor any chocolate at all, today. So why do I feel unwell? #
20:16 Israel's disgrace for yet another Easter. RT @JamalDajani: A darker Easter for Palestinian Christians http://t.co/8qXmQ8tW #
19:39 That was close. #lightning #
18:28 And a nice little thunderstorm outside to wrap up Easter Sunday. #
15:49 A timeline of conflict in northern #Mali from French colonisation in 1891 to the Azawad independence claim on Thursday http://t.co/Qfe4acgs #
12:47 Oh lovely. Rain just in time for Eastet egg hunt. #
06:56 Today #NRL tip: RT @Horse_ebooks: Eels #
06:52 Not long till #London2012 now. RT @NZStuffSport: Intruder interrupts Cambridge-Oxford race http://t.co/DlLAesq3 #

21:35 So Malawi's new president Joyce Banda is not related to Hastings Banda, but she has had her own nepotism controversies http://t.co/anQQCh1z #
21:26 @Swearycat same here but I thought it was worth a go at filling a niche. The UK rugby league group seems to be going well #
21:16 It's always good to see St George beaten to nil, even if it's by Cronulla :) #nrl #nrlcrosti #
21:11 @Swearycat you can. Is it worth it? I'll find out. #
21:08 How? RT @TrendsSydney: 'toda' is now trending in #Sydney http://t.co/UVvIx1cx #
21:05 Just a reminder of my latest venture into that unlikeliest of social media niches, an #NRL forum on #LinkedIn http://t.co/0gn5Ygtp Pls join! #
17:12 That be 0 bros Burgess playing next week? RT @LeagueUnlimited: SEND OFF - George Burgess (Bears) for a high shot on Manly's Scott Blanch #
16:42 Full time at the NSO. North Sydney 26 Manly 18. #vbnswcup #
16:38 Or sent off? #
16:37 Did George Burgess just get sin binned? #vbnswcup #bearseagles #
16:34 George Rose scores for Manly. http://t.co/ctBm6UDq #
16:28 And Rhys Wollaghan scores for Manly in the corner right in front of me while I have the camera switched off. Bears 26-12 #
16:24 No try. #vbnswcup #bearseagles http://t.co/J1baaswn #
16:04 Hmm. Can't pick up 100.1FM @triplehfooty at the NSO. Maybe I need to be at the Kuringgai end of the ground? #
15:32 Yes, I'm giving the brand new Instagram for Android a test drive this afternoon and starting to like it (with some reservations) #
15:30 #vbnswcup Greg Nichols scores for the Bears. http://t.co/UNJPUKo7 #
15:08 #vbnswcup North Sydney v Manly http://t.co/JENMUR1n #
15:07 #vbnswcup Game under way at the NSO. Oh and the Bears have scored already! 6-0 #
14:17 Didn't realise that North Sydney had separate squads to South Sydney in #hmatts and #sgball. Explains why Parra are flogging them this arvo. #
14:16 (starts following @TennisAustralia) #daviscup #
14:15 Apparently Australia's playing #daviscup this weekend. Who knew? #
13:57 Beautiful day at the NSO. #Vbnswcup Bears v Manly later @ North Sydney Oval http://t.co/Ne0WDcRA #
11:04 @mrtiedt cheers :) #