Nathan Laan

http://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/apple-magic-trackpad-first-hands-on/ Looks interesting.

http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/index.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/war-logs.html Worth reading.

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/07/23/4739027-pilot-ejects-an-instant-before-fighterjet-crashes From an air show in Lethbridge.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/windows-phone-7-in-depth-preview/ I really like the look and feel of the UI in the new Windows Phone 7. I'm not sure I would switch right away, but it's showing a lot of promise.

http://sourcegear.com/veracity/ SourceGear's Distributed Version Control System (DVCS), called Veracity , has just been released. I've been following Eric Sink's blog posts on Veracity ( here and http://www.ericsink.com/entries/veracity_tech_overview.html), and I will definitely be taking a look at this.

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/07/19/vs-2010-productivity-power-tools-update-with-some-cool-new-features.aspx Looks like some interesting features.

http://antenn-aid.com/ You just knew this was coming.

http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/ I'm not sure exactly when Google announced this, but it's very interesting. Basically, it's an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that allows you to build apps for the Android platform with very little programming knowledge. Google App Inventor for Android is currently in BETA, and, based on the signup page to get access to it, it appears that it is primarily aimed for the education market.

Yesterday YouTube announced an online video editor. It's very simple for now, but I can see them expanding the functionality to adding simple effects, graphics, and maybe even sound editing. http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/06/edit-video-in-cloud-with-youtube-video.html

http://www.rosshudgens.com/thoughts-from-paul-graham/