Superlist of free web tools
Here is a superlist of articles compiled in only the past week that list free web tools (and we're not even counting those ubiquitous SEO tools). Whether you're a Web 2.0 newbie or a veteran, a quick scan through these lists will surprise you with all sorts of useful applications. Bookmark this
in case you need to find these tools later.Why is this superlist so curious? The web has become so powerful an educational media that in the span of one week, these articles in aggregate provide the essential knowledge I myself would give to get someone up and running as a web worker.
And here's the twist - parts of these lists will eventually become obsolete even within a few months as more cutting edge tools emerge... just look at the spawning of Twitter and its Twitter tools. The speed of web innovation is remarkable... when everything is developing in "real time", the act of "updating" begins to lose its meaning. Simply create a new list in real time.
BASICS
5 Tools Everyone Working Online Should Have - Read Write Web 5/9/08
highlights: basic, important stuff - multi-service IM, web sharing, Google customized search engine (Rembex is customized for real estate search), start page and blog.
Top 6 Web Tools That Increase My Productivity - Melissa Attree 5/9/08
comments: explaining very simply the utility of Google Reader, Google Alerts, Twitter, Facebook, del.icio.us and Slideshare.
UTILITIES THAT SHOULD SURPRISE YOU
Home Office Warrior's Essential Tools - Home Office Warrior 5/14/08
highlights: Jott, Remember the Milk syncs with Google Calendars to remind you of tasks, GrandCentral.
39 Web Based Tools that Don't Require Registration + Best Screen Capture Tools - Go2Web2.0, 5/7/08 and 5/13/08
highlights: a comprehensive variety of online conversion and editing tools for audio, video and jpegs. For example, mypictr easily creates social networking avatars from snapshots, resizr resizes pictures.
MOVING TOWARDS THE EDGE
Top Ten Most Useful Twitter Tools - Hello Giri - 5/10/08
comment: the # of tools that have suddenly popped up to interpret, elucidate and quantify Twitter are indications of its powerful adoption curve. Add Blown Mortgage /TurnHere's Morgan Brown Tweetsmart to tag twitter comments across categories.
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