As you all know, on Tuesday. On Monday, I interviewed Biz Stone of Twitter for my podcast. Through out the week, I released a new episode each day! I just wanted to say that there are 5 brand new episodes out on Apple Universe!

Enjoy and comment,

Daniel

This is a new Apple iPhone Ad:

After our little scare with the Mac Mini last week, the little boxen that could is quickly becoming my favorite computer (still can’t wait to get one with Leopard on it). So seeing cool applications of it like this one thrills me to no end: Andrew sent us his writeup of putting a Mac Mini into a Corvette (complete with touchscreen monitor) as a music player.

The whole process looks pretty complicated to me– the most I’ve done with my car stereo is install an old CD player, and by install I mean “watched my friend do it.” But Andrew’s writeup is really thorough, and he goes through everything from choosing components to creating a layout, to potential problems during installation, and what he plans to do next. Apparently the Mini is almost tailormade for car systems like this– not only is there a special cable built to power it in the car, but there is even a special version of Front Row designed to be controlled from a touchscreen. Not everything worked well, however– the Mini had a grounding problem, apparently, and Andrew had an issue with the Mini’s volume setting reverting after a restart, but he was able to punch out an Applescript to fix it.

The end product looks great– Andrew says he’s still working on the mounts, but considering he’s got a working touchscreen controlling a Mac Mini in his Corvette, that’s good enough for me. Very nice.

From TUAW.

Shape Services on Monday announced IM+ for Skype for iPhone, a Web application that enables iPhone users to access the Skype messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) network.

IM+ for Skype for iPhone follows the release of similar software for other mobile platforms like BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Symbian and J2ME devices. The software taps in to your Skype account, enabling you to make voice calls using SkypeOut credits. The application works on any network, according to Shape, and doesn’t specifically require Wi-Fi.

From Yahoo! Tech

Today I met up with Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, and he gave me a desk, and I am allowed to stay at Twitter HQ for the rest of the day!

Biz is really an amazing guy, and so are all the employees at Twitter! Did I mention that everyone has an iPhone and a Mac at Twitter! I am really jealous!

Well, as the day goes by, more blog posts go, and my stay at Twitter shortens……..

The Apple Universe podcast has been honored by being allowed to join the Tech Podcast Network! Only the best podcasts are allowed and I am so pleased that Apple Universe has been elected!

Tech Podcast Network is a community supported web site dedicated to the promotion of technology by using the Internet.

These initiatives include audio streaming, podcasting, and new technology delivery mechanisms. The content producers actively support the broader technology community with a wide variety of content related to technology subjects.

Goals:

1) To provide a community for Podcasters who produce rich media content related to technology.

2) To embrace and create affiliations with a wide variety of content providers that are involved with technological issues and topics.

3) To pursue opportunities, both commercial and cooperative, that will benefit the content producers at large and users of technology in general.

 4) Create community activities that increase site traffic, listenership, distribution, and knowledge of TechPodcasts.com and the individual sites of its members.

 5) To provide TechPodcasts.com content producers the opportunity to have a second point of presence and the opportunity to host their podcast on the Tech Podcast Network.

 Values:

1) TechPodcasts.com and its content producers will advocate on behalf of fair and full content use, free speech rights, and technological innovation.

2) Each member of TechPodcasts.com will remain responsible for its own creative content and retains full rights to his or her show.

3) Content creators will communicate openly and fairly with community members. Activities like flaming or disparaging comments are in direct conflict with these values.

4) Members are not required to link to any other member within the group. While we value each others opinions we can agree to disagree privately on individual agendas, political ideas and technical views.

5) No requirement will ever be made to force members to promote another members show.

6) As a community endeavor, members are encouraged to assist fellow content producers, listeners as well as potential members, with the technical details associated with producing or consuming content. Suggestions and assistance should be tactful, but truthful, and, should be received in the spirit of producing a quality podcast.

I would like to say thank you to the Tech Podcast Network for allowing Apple Universe to join!

My new friend Biz Stone invited me to the Twitter HQ! I will be going on Monday and I will be interviewing Biz!

Biz Stone is co-founder of Twitter, Inc and also helped make Xanga, Blogger, Odeo, and Obvious. Biz sometimes writes books about what people are doing on the Internet.

I will be recording Apple Universe #32 on Sunday, and #33 on Monday with Biz and any other team members that want to join! Keep refreshing your browsers for this amazing episode! BTW, Biz Stone and his team have been on the Scoble Show! the video is on my blog.

Have a great weekend,

Daniel

Over the past few weeks, I have started using Mozilla Thunderbird. The 2 main features that I use are, the email client of course, and a RSS Feed client. The reason I use the RSS Feed client is because when I use my email, I like to stay updated in the tech and in Apple news. Every minute, Mozilla Thunderbird updates the RSS Feed and retrieves data from that site! This makes my day a lot quicker and faster!

Along with the RSS Feed, it has a gmail client pre-configured so ll you have to do is type in the email address, and it does the rest! Especially if you have more than one gmail email account. I have my personal, and than I have my Apple Universe account come to one mail client along with all my RSS Feeds!

My Overall rating is: 4 out of 5