Thirteen23 is an interesting production company which actually is developing gorgeous apps for, surprise surprise, Windows. This chat app looks very nice and I love the idea they have of integrating some functionality into a gadget. If only the Windows gadget system was as useful as the mac.

They have lots of mock ups and only a few live apps, the most notable being blu. It’s a twitter app that is very gorgeous, and still functional. The one downside of it is that, compared to most popular twitter apps, it lacks some of the more advanced features.

I’ve always wondered why windows apps were so horrendous looking. I thought perhaps that the API’s weren’t out there, this shows that they exist currently. I’m not sure if they’ve always been out, or how good they are. It’ll be nice to see some more dev houses follow this route and make good looking Windows apps.