Stumble upon is a great source for search as well. It seems to me that it actually outperforms Googles and others when you use its search feature for a topic.
KarenSwim
· 1 year ago
Steve, this is a great list. I've used a lot of these tools but also found a few new ones, particularly in multimedia which is a weak area for me. It's always great to get advice from the tech savvy and find out what others are using. Thanks for pulling it together!
I agree but also like...
· 1 year ago
One web application you should have looked at in terms of just having fun or customizing how you blog with video is Overlay.TV - I guess most people just want it to play, but I think more and more it would be good to engage folks in the video
robneville73
· 1 year ago
All right, I guess I really need to look harder at FriendFeed...I'm always so reluctant to jump on these trends because it feels like overloaded social networking.
I suggest you take a look at Vitalist for the productivity section of your list. It is similar to RTM but tends to be easier for GTD.
Ed
· 1 year ago
Great list except for Kayak ... Mobissimo slaps on Kayak
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
I love flickr, it has been the one consistent site that has connected me to other artists and publishers. I recommend it to all my visual arts friends as a tool for promotion and visibility.
John
· 1 year ago
You do realize that Disqus is AWEFUL for SEO, right?
ok...just tried out GrooveShark... dude....much appreciated...thanks for the recommendation ....its excellent... hadn't tried it out before, and i'm very impressed... Cheers and thanks
acurrie
· 1 year ago
My first Disqus comment :-)
Thanks for this... Wondering about StumbleUpon vs. Digg, though -- how exactly do you find Digg frustrating? Is it the submission process?
I myself can't handle the fugly StumbleUpon toolbar, and the links I submit without it only capture the page URL, not the page title...
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
Stumble Upon is just so much more transparent and customizable to me. I don't have to wade through all of the "same old stuff" that I often see on Digg's front page.
The tool bar is a pain, but I like the service enough to deal with it.
Thanks so much for making your first comment on HTSAA!
ampressman
· 1 year ago
What about sync and/or backup services? I'm liking Mozy for backup but wishing there was some better file syncing solutions.
paresh
· 1 year ago
great list.
moserw
· 1 year ago
Good list. Quite comprehensive and useful too. Found that I have used quite a few of them myself.
David from Light Links
· 1 year ago
StumbleUpon is my favourite (my username is Allnew) plus I'd add BBC news and the Drudge Report.
Rachael
· 1 year ago
What about last.fm? I'm addicted to that site...if there is a better once that I am missing, I'd love to know about it!
Croatia realestate
· 1 year ago
A nice compilation. You have covered every aspect of online browsing and site surfing. However I will put Digg and Del.icio.us at top in News and Bookmarking category. Rest all are almost same as per my judgement.
SpilltoJill
· 1 year ago
I live on bloglines - but perhaps I will give google reader a try.
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
You should at least give it a look, especially if you like iGoogle
kamal
· 1 year ago
I'd heard of Remember the Milk. Will check it out based on your recommendation. Thanks!
nascar
· 1 year ago
cool beans
Hjörtur Smárason
· 1 year ago
Remember the milk sounds like exactly something I need. Can it be set so that my wife can update the list?
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
As long as you give her a login to your account, you should be able to share the same todo list.
BlueCockatoo
· 1 year ago
You don't have to do that... have her create her own account and you can share lists. My husband and I do that all the time. You can also add stuff to each other's lists by using the email trick (RTM gives you a private email address to add stuff to your lists... share that with your S.O. and they can add stuff directly).
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
Good point. I forgot completely about list sharing. Yet another reason to try out RTM.
Online Advertising
· 1 year ago
As someone who stumbled upon this site I would recommend stumble upon to anyone. Also, there is a new company releasing a product called slingpage its also very solid!
tony
· 11 months ago
Mint is my favourite
mmo
· 9 months ago
Good info, I just started using Kayak for my travel ;)
Winnie
· 4 months ago
Hey, I've also stumbled onto one great site for travel. www.trax.com , and they have a widget we can use for our blogs as well. I hope it makes it to the list :)
asfjhgajfsajf
· 1 year ago
how could an invite only beta with a hideous website rank higher than del.icio.us? i call bs
m4th13u
· 1 year ago
I was thinking the same thing. I read the article and thing it seems cool but realize that it's invite only ... Am I missing something ?
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
I love Delicious,but recently I've been using Twine a lot more, so I mentioned it. As I said, Delicious is great, but I wish it had a few more community features.
asfjhgajfsajf
· 1 year ago
what. having community is what ruins places like digg. who submits what article, arguments over who submitted first, comment flaming, comment spam, all that shit. delicious is delicious. it's just bookmarks. bang. simple as that.
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
Good point. Delicious is great if I am looking for cool stuff to look at and it is deliciously simple. Places like Twine work when I am looking for recommendations.
I completely agree on the Digg thing. Their community is borked because of things like comment spam. So far, the Twine community has been pretty intelligent and helpful. We can only see how well it grows.
andymurd
· 1 year ago
I was thinking recently that it shouldn't be too hard to create a del.icio.us killer using Google's AppEngine and OpenSocial. Any Python hackers want to give it a go?
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
I'd love to see someone try.
asfjhgajfsajf
· 1 year ago
'if it aint broke dont fix it' would be the right response here.
Dick Cheney
· 1 year ago
that was only 20, wtf man? BOGUS!
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
With the runners up it's 40.
stephen h
· 1 year ago
lame
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
Any sites to suggest or just talking about the overall lameness of the list? :)
All Comments
Oh yeah....article stumbled....:)
dude....much appreciated...thanks for the
recommendation ....its excellent...
hadn't tried it out before, and i'm very impressed...
Cheers and thanks
Thanks for this... Wondering about StumbleUpon vs. Digg, though -- how exactly do you find Digg frustrating? Is it the submission process?
I myself can't handle the fugly StumbleUpon toolbar, and the links I submit without it only capture the page URL, not the page title...
The tool bar is a pain, but I like the service enough to deal with it.
Thanks so much for making your first comment on HTSAA!
the same todo list.
try out RTM.
having community is what ruins places like digg. who submits what article, arguments over who submitted first, comment flaming, comment spam, all that shit. delicious is delicious. it's just bookmarks. bang. simple as that.
it is deliciously simple. Places like Twine work when I am looking for
recommendations.
I completely agree on the Digg thing. Their community is borked because of
things like comment spam. So far, the Twine community has been pretty
intelligent and helpful. We can only see how well it grows.
Either way, thanks for the time.