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This tip comes to you thanks to Eric Olson, I notice that on my chat section of my web Gmail interface was a twitter account shortcut. I immediately liked the idea and started to implement it, this is rather easy to do, but for the less tech savvy, I’m including images to guide you thru the changes.

• Start by login into your Gmail account on your favorite web browser.

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I’m happy to announce that I had no hiccups, no system freeze, and no problem whatsoever installing Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. I receive the up-to-date CD yesterday and the only thing that made me mad is that the CD comes with a small booklet but without the box. A big “not for resale” stamp on the front of the CD cover and the words OS X upgrade in the front of the CD.

The install took about 2 hours and 10 minutes, this is including the hour or so for the system to check the disk. I almost felt like skipping that step, but then if something had failed I would have asked myself is the disk was faulty or not. Anyway, I spent some time organizing my desk and when the install was done, I was ready to test some features.

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I played with the iPod touch for a week, during that time I spent over 10 hours on the web. I tested different websites like Google, Google Reader, Gmail, Soonr.com, Popcat.com, etc. I surfed and tested Twitter, MySpace, among other sites. Between yesterday and today I’ve been doing the same thing with the iPhone and found out that Safari behaves differently on each device.

Lets clarify something, I understand that both devices are different, one is a phone and the other one is an iPod. One would think that they have the same applications installed, but even if they are the same they don’t behave alike. For the most part the Safari on the iPhone behaves like a mobile device, on the other hand it behaves like a regular browser on the iPod.

Whenever I surfed to Google the iPod would bring my iGoogle site the same way I see it on my computer. In the iPhone it goes directly to the mobile version of Google.com. I guess that since the iPhone could be working off the Edge network and the iPod touch not, this is a good thing since the iPhone would seem sluggish opening a full version of a website off of the Edge network.

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You’ve seen it by now, the press is talking about it, Apple has release a new and refreshed line of products today. The new line up is as follows, iPod shuffle with different colors, same memory size and same prize. iPod nano has a new form factor, comes in 4 or 8 gigabytes at $149 and $199 with the same new colors that the Shuffle has. The 5th Gen iPod is now the iPod classic, comes in 80 and 160 gigabytes at $249 and $349. Both iPod classic and iPod shuffle have an improved UI (User Interface). Battery life improved along the line and casing is now all aluminum.

There is a new addition to the iPod line, the iPod touch. It comes in 8 and 16 gigabytes, touch screen functionality like the iPhone. Price starts at $299 and $399 for the 16 gigs, is just like the iPhone except that it doesn’t do any phone calls nor has a camera. Visit the Apple store for more details, what I really want to talk about is my wish list. Don’t get me wrong, I love this new iPod and I’m getting one as soon as they become available. Here is what I think is missing;

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A co-worker asked me about feeds, it felt like Christmas in August. I love to share information with people, which is the main reason why I have my own blog. As I was explaining what a feed could do for you, I started talking about Google reader because that’s the one I use. I sat back and thought about it and this is why Google reader makes sense to me.

For those of you who don’t know, a reader can be a web application that gives you whatever new content is available from those sites you follow. I specifically say, “can be” because there are software and web browser plugins that can do the same thing only that it will be managed on your computer rather than on the web. All these provided that you subscribe to your favorites website feeds, you can get the latest and greatest as it becomes available.

My first reason for using Google reader is that I’m “Googlelized,” I use many Google web applications. Here is the list, Gmail, Analytics, Adsense, Reader, Calendar, Talk, Docs and Spreadsheets, and Video. If you use Google services already then you end up on their website most of the time anyway, why not having your reader right in there too. With Google’s latest implementation of iGoogle, I have everything that I need for communicating with others on the web, wherever I go.

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I remember the first time I downloaded Adium, what I don’t remember is what version it was but I surely trashed it like two hours after installing it. This time I download version 1.1 and the experience is positive. I was able to connect four of my accounts from Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, and Gmail, and all of them without a single problem. So I started chatting with my friends and here is where the fun begins.

Not all of the people that I connected with have a Mac; therefore all of them were using different messenger programs. I went back and forth asking them what they see when I for example send emoticons and general messages, files, and links. The answer impressed me, there were no hiccups, not problems, the emoticons showed up (almost) perfectly. All communications happen in real time and I even tested features while on the phone, they all worked great.
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