Replacing the WP.me URL shortener with Bit.ly

Totally possible, here is a great walkthough: http://bavotasan.com/2010/create-bit-ly-short-urls-for-your-posts-in-wordpress/

Bullet points:

-Write a function that gets the bitly link upon publish

-Remove the default action and add your own

-Call wp_get_shortlink() like normal and bitly will be used