Ubuntu 10.10 Beta 1 is out

Sometime yesterday, Canonical released Ubuntu 10.10 Beta 1, the first beta of the Maverick Meerkat release.

There are some improvements (UI wise), and a bunch of bug fixes.

A list of changes would include:

* Change from F-Spot to Shotwell

* The Sound Indicator has been enhanced to include music player controls.

* The software center has been updated, including new UI and Purchases

* And tighter Ubuntu One integration.

* And the Light themes have polished more.

* ‘Faster’ GNOME Evolution E-Mail Client

* Gwibber is now ready for Twitter’s ‘OAuth-calypse’

To my knowledge, Maverick will NOT have the new Ubuntu font included in this release.

The netbook edition has been the focal point of 10.10 with a brand new ‘launcher’ named “Unity” and, “Global Menu Bar”

My 10.10 Desktop: (Click for bigger preview)

NOTE: Google Chrome does not come pre-installed – Sorry!

I think Ubuntu 10.10 shoud have been the LTS, not 10.04. The GUI enhancements are amazing! They basically revamped the Light themes! They look a lot better than in 10.04.

Where to download? Here!

Happy Ubuntu-ing

Cory Claxon

@CoryClaxon on twitter!

Twitter acquires Tweetie

Yesterday (4/9/10), Twitter acquired the iPhone app ‘Tweetie’.

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve entered into an agreement with Atebits (aka Loren Brichter) to acquire Tweetie, a leading iPhone Twitter client. Tweetie will be renamed Twitter for iPhone and made free (currently $2.99) in the iTunes AppStore in the coming weeks. Loren will become a key member of our mobile team that is already having huge impact with device makers and service providers around the world. Loren’s work won the 2009 Apple Design Award and we will eventually launch Twitter for iPad with his help.

Twitter is going to make Tweetie free, as well as renaming as it to ‘Twitter For The iPhone’ (kinda dull, imo).

I hope this is a smart decision for twitter and tweetie! It in theory sounds like a great idea, but what the future behold for us?

Be sure to leave comments!

~CoryClaxon

@CoryClaxon

Interview with Dylan Parrin

What is Your Name?

Dylan Parrin

How old are you?

16 years old.

What do you want to do in 10 years?

Either work for a giant company, or a very small company that’s changing the world.

When did you develop your 1^st website?

2003

When did you actually start building websites from scratch?

2006

What is your latest and greatest display?

My 22″ Samsung SyncMaster (my baby).

(off topic) What is your favorite TV Show?

Haha LOL! Well… LOST! I am addicted to the hit US TV show, LOST.

What social networks do you currently post updates to?

Twitter @dylanparrin and Facebook /dylanparrin

When did you learn the majority of HTML?

2008-2009

How many websites do you currently run?

Too many, at least 10

You Can Follow Dylan Parrin on:

Twitter: www.twitter.com/DylanParrin

Facebook: www.facebook.com/DylanParrin

You Can Follow me on

Twitter: www.twitter.com/CoryClaxon

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Twitter reaches 50M Tweets a day!

Surfing through my overnight tweets from friends I noticed from @DylanParrin from DylanParrin.com, he posted a link to a twitter blog post!

5000000 Tweets everyday! http://blog.twitter.com/2010/02/measuring-tweets.html

about 4 hours ago from TweetDeck

I went read the blog post, and it was really cool!

Quote from Twitter blog:

Folks were tweeting 5,000 times a day in 2007. By 2008, that number was 300,000, and by 2009 it had grown to 2.5 million per day. Tweets grew 1,400% last year to 35 million per day. Today, we are seeing 50 million tweets per day—that’s an average of 600 tweets per second. (Yes, we have TPS reports.)

I thought I would just make a quick post telling you that twitter is now getting 50M tweets a day, which is spectacular!

~Cory Claxon