Posted by
Anthony on Apr 19th, 2010 in
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I saw a recent
blog post by Kevin Rose, which he had gotten
the idea from Michael Arrington on listing your products/services for the year you can’t live without. I plan on doing this once a year to see what is just a fad and what stays for the long haul. So here is my quick list:
My products/services of 2010
- Motorola Droid
- This device is a huge epicenter to a lot of my interactions and productivity everyday. From using Google Maps to find alternate routes skipping traffic to using it as my main connection to all of my social interactions, it’s surprising how valuable this device has become. I’m absolutely in love with the Android platform.
- Gmail
- For the past 7 years I’ve been strictly using GMail. Not just Gmail, but also Google’s Apps which allows me to use the Gmail software with all of my other domain emails. Organizing content heavily by labels and filters, this tool is amazing.
- WordPress
- WordPress has quickly become a core to many of my web development projects. With community and the ever growing library of plugins has made this open source platform stand out well beyond the rest. Tell me it can’t be done with WordPress and I’ll show you it can.
- Last.fm
- Without audioscrobbling, the service that works hand in hand with last.fm, I don’t know what better music recommendation engine there could be out there. When I want to know about music, this is always one of the first sites I visit.
- Digg
- Can content consumption get much better? With social popularity of news articles and its aggregation of news from all over the internet, its my main site for news and updates.
- Evernote
- A suggested tool after following the works of Tim Feriss, this quickly become my way of tracking notes. With the use of the Firefox plugin and the Android app, my notes are easily saved and synced from anywhere.
- Foursquare
- I think this is such an amazing thing. Now that more and more of my friends are joining Foursquare, its great being able to see if they’re in town or at the same bar I’m at. Also with the new focus for small businesses to encourage customers to become the mayor, I see a bright future for this tool.
- Amazon Prime
- I typically go to border book shopping, but I buy nothing. instead I use the Amazon Android app to take pictures of the covers of the books I want, and them to my wishlist. Then in future time, I order the books I’m most interested in buying. With Amazon Prime I’ll quickly have them within 2 days and save a butt load of money by using Amazon.
- Netflix
- This has become the primary method of me watching movies, beyond the theatre. With instant streaming to my Nintendo Wii and Bluray player, they just don’t make it much easier do they?
- Google Docs
- This collection of tools wouldn’t be as impactful without its online collaboration and sharing. When working with groups on projects, I always find myself using Google Docs.
- Picasa
- I’ve not stored over 10,000 or so photos with Picasa. This is so great when I want to show someone pictures of that past I can quickly login to Picasa where ever I am and enjoy.
- Jing
- I find myself sharing and helping other a lot. Or sometimes I need a quick screen capture. This tool makes it quick and easy to do a screen capture and crop only what you want. Even mark it up or circle/highlight things quickly. Best of all, its free.
- Firebug
- As a web developer I don’t know how I did development without it! Its amazing how much more efficient my development has come with this Firefox extension.
- Google Voice
- Two levels this tool is amazing. First I never had to delete a voicemail and it’s even transcribed for searching (yet the transcription kinda sucks…for now). Having these voicemails saved with Google I can listen to them without my phone on my computer. So great when I’m getting back into work and I need to replay a message. Second, international phone calls. I couldn’t even tell you how much money this has probably saved me allowing me to make phone calls to Canada at no additional charge. Thank you!!
- Facebook
- We all know what Facebook is by now, hence the reason why I love it. Being able to stay connected at the level Facebook provides has become part of all of our lifestyles. That’s truly epic.
- Mint
- Sometimes I really hate logging into my mint account because I’m reminded of spending that I totally forgot. But in the reality, that’s what this tool is for. It really is a great way to manage your money.
- Delicious
- Having the Delicious extension in Firefox just makes it that much easier to save, share, and categorize my bookmarks.
- Bose QC 15s
- Music will never be the same without these headphones. I listen to my podcasts and music tracks on these all day long while I work and its freaking awesome!
- Tweetdeck
- When I’m tweeting or trying to play catchup on Twitter, this tool couldn’t make it any easier. Especially when at events and following a Twitter hash, this is great!
- LastPass
- Password management is a huge issue as many of us know by now. Using LastPass and its many browser extensions, I’ve quickly found a way to manage so many passwords by now. Add a Ubikey for an additional layer of security and you have yourself one secure password management suite.
So there you have it a quick list of my favorites of 2010. What are your products and services you can’t live without?
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