TweetDeck First Impressions

I was looking for practical examples of Adobe AIR applications and recently discovered that TweetDeck is developed using Adobe AIR. Very cool. After downloading and installing it, I am impressed with Adobe AIR. I have been getting deeper into Adobe technologies (LiveCycle, Flex, AIR) preparing to develop a few RIA research prototypes and just experimenting with the Adobe stuff out of curiosity.

As a side note, TweetDeck is actually a decent application if you are a Twitter and/or Facebook user.

Chrome OS

After Google released Chrome last year, this was anticipated. They came out with a bang and I am looking forward to Chrome OS. It is a disruptive announcement and is indirect shot at Microsoft. The next 12-months is going to be very exciting as always. This is the da bomb announcement from Google this year. Google just has not stopped innovating in 2009.

This article has some very good points about Chrome OS admist all the media buzz, FUD, and propoganda from all sides.

Web-based Screen Casting with ScreenJelly

I just saw this on Chris Parillo's CNN video blog and it is quite impressive. Check out ScreenJelly. Screenjelly records your screen activity with your voice so you can spread it as a video via Twitter or email. Use it to quickly share cool apps or software tips, report a bug, or just show stuff you like. To start recording, click on the red button. No need to install or download anything!

Now this is really cool and is a yet another web-based technology moving us closer and closer to the cloud.

Google Voice

Google Voice will be a really useful service that is the successor to GrandCentral. Can't wait.