So I just watched MacHeads.

The movie is specifically about the community that revolves around Apple. Not Apple Inc., not Steve Jobs, not the products. Just the people that comprise the user community and their beginnings, their struggle during the 90's when Apple was sinking, to their rise again in the 2000s and ironically, their impending demise due to the way the 'net and Apple's newer products are alienating and / or making user groups and communities superfluous.

I've been following the announcements re Skype's availability for the iPhone and iPod recently. I decided to join the bandwagon because seriously, this event is truly about as serious a sign of the decline of the big ol' bad telco as it can ever get.

So here's some recommended reading. Leading up to the launch is Read Write Web's article re Skype and ten reasons why it may be the biggest winner of the Web 2.0 era.

Here's another from Mashable just yesterday, and another from CNet as well, excitedly detailing the planned launch.

And finally today we have launch news. Here's a review from Read Write Web again (can you tell this is one of my fave tech sites?), and it's working great. The most comprehensive is from Engadget, with updates explaining the app wasn't working for jailbroken iPhones and that those not running OS3.0 beta were at least able to call over WiFi (which is fine by me).