I finally got my Google Wave invite and I’m already playing around with the interface. It’s kind of bad timing because I’ve got lots of stuff to do this evening, which didn’t include playing around with Google Wave. I like what I’m seeing so far.
As I play around with it I’m remembering the really long video I watched when I first heard about it, so the interface is sort of familiar. The basic concept imitates what we’re using to seeing in our email interfaces. A listing for folders and inbox type stuff, our contacts, message box and then a preview …read more

I am currently using Meebo to login to various instant messaging applications namely Yahoo, MSN & AOL. While I am satisfied in general, being able to add other applications from a single application interface is far better.

Digsby is a wonderful application which allows you to manage your instant messaging, email notifications, & social networking applications from a single interface.
Instant Messaging
digsby is a multiprotocol IM client which allows you to chat with your friends or contact lists on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber.
Email Notifications
digsby is an email notification tool which alerts you of incoming email and allows …read more

I finally got to try the push notification service of iPhone OS 3.0. I upgraded my iPod Touch to the 3.0 software last week and downloaded AIM for the iPhone. Being the cheapskate that I am, I just got the free version.
One of my biggest gripes before with instant messaging on the iPod Touch was that I always had to have the application on or else I would be disconnected from the service. If I’m waiting for someone I can’t do anything else on my iPod Touch. Hence I didn’t really use my iPod Touch much for instant messaging.
Push service …read more

I’ve been playing with a new service the last few days called Aardvark. The service combines the idea of social networking with search to create a social search application. This is something I’ve been wishing for for quite some time. There’s a big difference in my opinion in doing a search and considering the results of a million 10yr olds thinking something is cool in Google’s algorithms and getting qualified, expert results instead.

What happens is that you register for the site and as part of completing your profile you provide areas in which you consider yourself having some expertise. …read more

I came across a post from a friend of mine where he was talking about the speed at which some teens are able to construct text messages typing with just their thumbs. He was even more impressed because she was texting this fast on an iPhone. I’ve played around a bit with my friend’s iPhone and I can tell you, I can’t type nearly as quickly on the iPhone as I can on my good ‘ol PPC-6700 from Sprint.
In the post he shares a link to a clip from The Tonight Show where a morse coder and a texter went …read more

I just noticed when I logged into my AT&T U-verse e-mail account that I can now chat with Windows Live contacts from within Yahoo! Mail.
I thought this was a nice feature, and even interesting that it has been worked on and released within such close time frame to the hostile takeover bid by Microsoft for Yahoo!.
The challenge for me is still that I have AIM and GTalk contacts that are still separate. I normally keep my GMail open, but can’t really say the same for keeping Yahoo! mail open as well.
I use Outlook to manage my Hotmail …read more