Here is what is happening so far:

I am excited to see the new Chevy Volt on 6th street. I saw it drive off today and it is very, very silent (hence electric). I may try to be an early adopter but I will settle for a video of the car that I will shoot.

Microsoft is here with Silverlight. With the downfall of Adobe Flash on OSX computers and YouTube moving to HTML5 (demo in link), I am interested in how MSFT is going to handle content with this new software. Netflix has chosen Silverlight for their browser viewing, good or bad. This is something to pay attention to and I want to see what is next for them.

Web Fonts on web sites are an interest to me too. With CSS3 out there, web fonts are no longer limited to times, arial, and courier. This allows designers to create some great web pages with interesting typography, finally. I am a long-time typographer and it makes me excited to see that typography will be a focus on the new HTML5 and CSS3. Here is a link where you can see it in action.

Foursquare and Gowalla are having an all-out battle here. Personally, I am a fan of Foursquare. Honestly, I have not tried Gowalla, but I stick with what works. Foursquares’ new version, 1.7 has improved UX, well needed and nicely done.

Today, the Apple iPad went on pre-sale. I am temped to get one but with the lack of Adobe Flash and internal camera I think I’ll wait.  The 3G version will be a bust unless you can pair your phone with it to make calls. $14.99 a month sucks and reminds me of the days of the AOL monthly charge.

Follow me at www.twitter.com/chrisvary for updates throughout the weekend.

The all new Apple Magic Mouse. I wonder if Apple and Disney had to get approval to use the word Magic (Kingdom)?

This mouse is great. It turns your iMac into a multi-touch machine. The best thing is the scrolling with momentum. It works like the iPhone does with the flicking gesture. This mouse will need some work to get used to but so far so good.

Learn more at http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/

Enjoy

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Apple never ceases to amaze. I have been with the Apple Computer family for my entire life. No disrespect to Microsoft… Apple and Microsoft are pivotal to where we are in business and creativity. Creatives have always rebelled to the machine (Microsoft). But… with out Microsoft the business community would not be where we are today. Just think about it when you had to go to friends house (back in the day) to print or use their computer. If you went over there and they had a different computer than a pc? Never happened, everything was compatible. What if Commodore, Apple, NeXT, Linux, Microsoft, Amiga, Solaris, MS-DOS all were in the market place today (and did not talk to each other)? Yikes. It’s amazing that the internet was created and that the OS is becoming more and more irrelevant.

Anyway. Hat’s off Apple. Too bad Steve Job has one of the most profitable companies in 2008 (Apple has 28 billion in the bank), and he’s very ill to see it.