<a href=""http://mashable.com">Mashable</a> had a very cool posting about <a href="http://mashable.com/2007/04/29/7-awesome-things-built-on-the-digg-api/">7 new services built with the week-old Digg API</a>. One of them really stuck out, at least for me, because of its use of <a href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/apollo/">Adobe Apollo</a>.


<a href="http://www.gskinner.com/DiggTop//">DiggTop</a> is a very cool application that lets you check out Digg articles via the desktop as opposed to sparking up a web browser. While I don&apos;t think its revolutionary, I do think its a good example of an Apollo app that *I* would find extremely useful. Digg is a monster to navigate at times and the DiggTop UI just makes it so much nicer to navigate.

Also, if you&apos;re into building RIAs and Web 2.0-style web apps, you should really be checking out <a href=""http://mashable.com">Mashable</a>. It truly is an up and coming social network news site and I&apos;ve been finding the content much more timely, focused, and precise than TechCrunch, Read/Write Web or ValleyWag. Also Pete Cashmore, owner of Mashable, is *VERY* active with his users and actually responds to emails. Considering that his inbox must be swamped, I find the latter to be very refreshing and indicative of a person that understands how important his community is. Great job Pete.