Web 2.0 apps I couldn’t live without
A few weeks back, Mike Arrington posted a list of the Web 2.0 apps he couldn’t live without. I haven’t noticed it developing into a meme but it sort of deserves to.
I mean, we love to talk/blog about so many of them, but which of these apps are actually being used daily? Which are actually being loved?
So, here’s my list. I encourage you to come up with your own and leave a comment linking to it.
What if you could search hundreds of Mp3 blogs through a single, friendly interface. And what if you could then take it a step further and turn your favorite searches into RSS feeds? If you are serious about new music, the Hype Machine is paradise. I can honestly say that I use it pretty much every day and would really, really miss it if it suddenly vanished.
Bloglines is still my one-stop destination for fresh bloggy goodness. I switched over from NewsGator about 9 months ago and I’ve never looked back.
And incredibly intuitive re-imagining of email. The more I use it the more I love it.
In the past year I have used YouTube to:
1) Discover all kinds of crazy random shit that made me laugh
2) Watch video footage of breaking news stories
3) Watch passionate customers assert their power (sleep on, oh weary Comcast technician, sleep on)
4) Track down rare content that I can’t find anywhere else
5) Introduce my son to some of my all-time favourite bands
6) Share videos of my kids with family and friends
That about sums it up.
I always saw the value of del.icio.us but try as I might I was never able to turn it into a regular habit. Then came Ma.Gnolia. More usable. More beautiful. More social. And I never get tired of using their Roots bookmarklet.
I still haven’t switched this blog over from Blogger to WordPress but it’s only a matter of time. I use Wordpress for two other blogs I write and I love it.
Always raising the bar for usefullness, simplicity and elegance.
Loads of fun. I click on my StumbleUpon bookmarklet at least once a day and I am constantly discovering interesting things.
Full disclosure—I am very, very involved with Sutori. In fact that’s why it’s here. Leaving it off this list would be like leaving one of my kids out of my will.
So what about you? Which Web 2.0 apps have become an indispensable part of your daily life?
Tags: web2.0, web20, lists
I mean, we love to talk/blog about so many of them, but which of these apps are actually being used daily? Which are actually being loved?
So, here’s my list. I encourage you to come up with your own and leave a comment linking to it.
What if you could search hundreds of Mp3 blogs through a single, friendly interface. And what if you could then take it a step further and turn your favorite searches into RSS feeds? If you are serious about new music, the Hype Machine is paradise. I can honestly say that I use it pretty much every day and would really, really miss it if it suddenly vanished.
Bloglines is still my one-stop destination for fresh bloggy goodness. I switched over from NewsGator about 9 months ago and I’ve never looked back.
And incredibly intuitive re-imagining of email. The more I use it the more I love it.
In the past year I have used YouTube to:
1) Discover all kinds of crazy random shit that made me laugh
2) Watch video footage of breaking news stories
3) Watch passionate customers assert their power (sleep on, oh weary Comcast technician, sleep on)
4) Track down rare content that I can’t find anywhere else
5) Introduce my son to some of my all-time favourite bands
6) Share videos of my kids with family and friends
That about sums it up.
I always saw the value of del.icio.us but try as I might I was never able to turn it into a regular habit. Then came Ma.Gnolia. More usable. More beautiful. More social. And I never get tired of using their Roots bookmarklet.
I still haven’t switched this blog over from Blogger to WordPress but it’s only a matter of time. I use Wordpress for two other blogs I write and I love it.
Always raising the bar for usefullness, simplicity and elegance.
Loads of fun. I click on my StumbleUpon bookmarklet at least once a day and I am constantly discovering interesting things.
Full disclosure—I am very, very involved with Sutori. In fact that’s why it’s here. Leaving it off this list would be like leaving one of my kids out of my will.
So what about you? Which Web 2.0 apps have become an indispensable part of your daily life?
Tags: web2.0, web20, lists
1 Comments:
Great list, John. Here's a few I use.
Basecamp: I could live without it but it would be more painful.
Gliffy: Try it and you'll see how easy it is to draw and share.
Blinksale: the best way to manage your invoices (and cashflow) that I've found.
Harvest: I'm just getting ramped up using this one for time tracking.
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