In case you aren't following any of the Lotus Community on Twitter, Mikkel Heisterberg has released TwitNotes for the Notes 8 Standard Client.  Although still a work in progress, it is a great example on the extensibility of the new Notes client built on Eclipse.  This will allow developers to build applications for Notes without having to learn anything about Notes.  It is almost like building applications for browsers.  When the platform is a known quantity, like Java or Eclipse, and cross platform, developers are more likely to invest the time and money learning how to develop applications for the it.

If you are a fan of Twitter and use the Notes 8 client on a regular basis, TwitNotes is a must have.