Big software updates

Both Firefox 3 and Skype beta 4 (for windows) slammed out some much anticipated software revisions. This is super good timing after wrapping up on Bearskin today, as well as the university semester (Means some sweet time to mess around with all the new features!). Firefox 3 is so much sleeker and cleaner than 2.5. I think some of the coolest features are all the things that happen in the background, whether it is the new suped up awesome address bar, or the integrated download notification system, or even the friendly seamless integration across different OSes.

Skype has a whole new look too. It was a bit of a jerk lately, and the new version seems to be a lot more stable slimmed down than 3. The new interface is beautiful, and feels so functional with everything in easy reach. The call quality somehow seems better which probably Means less disconnections in the middle of conversations with loved ones and geeks (or both! :P). Still need to look into the bandwidth hogging issue (which usually causes throttling at the end of the month), but it is a great refreshing update to an already brilliant application.

What do you geeks think of the new updates? Yell now.

Why twitter is not lame.

I’ve been using twitter for a while now, and haven’t really got sick of it. pownce seemed like it was going to steal its splendor, but with all the new mashups and integrated feed tool, twitter has become one heck of a neat web app. It used to be a bit lame when all you could do is post what you were doing, and grab a lame rss feed, but the new api has pretty much made it a very powerful productivity tool.