Fleeting Thoughts

Like just about every other person I was glued to Engadget yesterday waiting to see what his Highness Steve Jobs would unveil to us. And while the new Mac Pros are astoundingly fast machines, I must say I’m somewhat let down. Of the 10 Leopard features shown off only two caught my eye. First is of course “Time Machine” which looks awesome and the second being “Spaces“, not so much for it’s innovation but mainly because it’s about time OS X had virtual desktops.

Another feature not shown in the keynote that caught my attention is that Mail will now also be a RSS reader. Though I doubt anyone will be using it to replace NetNewsWire it’s about time Apple add this feature too.

The one thing that I kept waiting for was the announcement, or lack thereof, a new revised Finder. So I can only really hope that it’s one of the things Apple’s keeping a secret for now.

To see all of this yourself go check out the Keynote here.

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As a subscriber to Earthlink’s Dial-up internet access I always saw them as very old and stuffy. Don’t get me wrong as far as the different dial-up ISPs I’ve had they’re the best yet, but that weren’t cool. Since then they have very quietly but quickly become just that. They have a great blog, they were one of the first big name podcast advertisers, and now they have their own Web 2.0 service!

The first is an online feed reader much like Bloglines or FeedLounge. Simply called Reader it has the the requisite AJAX goodness and allows for the import and export of OPML files. It doesn’t have tagging or other social features yet but from the sound of the blog post this product is still in the early stages of life.

The second is an online social bookmarking service much like del.icio.us or Shadows(more on that here). It’s very simple and like the others allows users to tag websites and it has a browser plugin similiar to the one I use for del.icio.us.

So what does all of this mean? I think it’s Earthlink coming to the realization that much like AOL their future is not as an ISP but has a portal and these recent steps really help move them in that direction.