One of our favorite Australians, Lachlan Hardy, twittered an interesting question today: What are the three things online that are exciting you most? Lachlan was asked this question as part of a newspaper article in the Sydney Morning Herald. His own answers were interesting, but he also got a great response from commentors on his blog. So we thought we'd ask the same question (well, slightly re-worded) here on ReadWriteWeb.
The three web apps most exciting me currently are: Imeem (I'm enjoying exploring this admittedly trendy music site, especially the playlists), soup.io (an underrated lifestreaming app, better than Tumblr IMHO, with full-text feeds and loads of ajaxy goodness), and... Cuil. No I'm kidding about the last one. The third is Basecamp (the online project management service that keeps our RWW business on track and organized; maybe stretching to call it 'exciting', but as a business app it does the business).
Lachlan said that his favorite 3 things online were Twitter (www.twitter.com), Tumblr (www.tumblr.com) and Fire Eagle (www.fireeagle.yahoo.net).
There are literally thousands of great web apps to choose from, many of which have been profiled here on RWW. Tell us your current 3 favorites in the comments. We'd especially love to discover new things that may be flying under the radar...
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1) facebook
2) digg
3) youtube
Posted by: A Suresh Kumar | August 19, 2008 2:31 AM
I know I'm not too original, but...
Facebook
Twitter
FriendFeed
last.fm is a runner up
Posted by: Stan Schroeder | August 19, 2008 2:50 AM
Logdy.com
Meebo
Redmine
Posted by: Dan | August 19, 2008 2:56 AM
Posted by: Andrea See
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August 19, 2008 3:02 AM
posterous.com
poprl.com
tumblr.com
Posted by: Sam | August 19, 2008 3:04 AM
FriendFeed, buxfer, wordpress, ...
Posted by: Nishant
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August 19, 2008 3:05 AM
Your url should read http://fireeagle.yahoo.net/
As for web apps.. well, I suppose it depends on where the line sits between handy websites and web apps.
Excluding news sites, RSS feeds, social networks, games, forums, video sites, etc..
I'll just say one - Google Maps.
Posted by: Robert | August 19, 2008 3:11 AM
1. http://www.yowtrip.com (but I might be a little bias)
2. Hictu
3. Seero
Posted by: Felipe | August 19, 2008 3:12 AM
its amazing good project.
Posted by: prefabrik | August 19, 2008 3:15 AM
Flickr, Gmail, Google Reader
Posted by: Jan Kraus | August 19, 2008 3:25 AM
#1 twitter
#2 Viddler
#3 Flickr
Or maybe Swurl is the #4.
Posted by: Wayne | August 19, 2008 3:28 AM
1. Google Reader
2. Twitter
3. Google Calendar
last.fm gets the runner up spot.
Posted by: Mike Brown
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August 19, 2008 3:32 AM
1. http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
2. http://maps.google.com/
3. http://www.doodle.ch/
Posted by: Tom | August 19, 2008 3:37 AM
Mine are:
1. FriendFeed
2. CurdBee
3. Remember the Milk
Posted by: Nash | August 19, 2008 3:41 AM
Beyond the usual list (e.g. facebook, gmail etc.) I'd say ClickPass, Songza and DropBox.
Posted by: Shu | August 19, 2008 3:48 AM
1. Facebook
2. FriendFeed
3. Google Reader
Posted by: Joe Dawson | August 19, 2008 3:52 AM
1. Jaiku
2. Last.fm
3. Unfuddle
Posted by: Tijs | August 19, 2008 4:03 AM
1. GMail
2. Google reader
3. Twitter
Posted by: kreekoor | August 19, 2008 4:17 AM
Twitter
Edicy
Google Reader
Posted by: Steve | August 19, 2008 4:19 AM
1. face search
2. Searchme
3. Viewzi
Posted by: Franz | August 19, 2008 4:21 AM
Tumblr
SlideShare
Veoh
Posted by: SE7EN | August 19, 2008 4:23 AM
1. twitter
2. backbackit from 37s
3. crowdstatus (mine :p, it excites because I get to work on it)
Posted by: Darren | August 19, 2008 4:27 AM
I'm biased here but have to say it:
1) Hobnox Audiotool (http://www.hobnox.com/index.1056.de.html) Note: Java Applet
2) Tumblr
3) Twitter
Posted by: David | August 19, 2008 4:38 AM
1) http://www.grooveshark.com
2) http://www.regator.com
3) http://www.qrowd.com
Posted by: robertorbob | August 19, 2008 4:42 AM
I am glad to see lists like this pop up every so often, I myself am fairly new and still looking for cuil stuff. LOL
My list so far,
Twitter
delicious
Google Reader
Posted by: Steven W | August 19, 2008 5:06 AM
Twitter
Friendfeed
Delicious (though I liked version 1 better)
Posted by: Fabrice Epelboin | August 19, 2008 5:26 AM
Always Running
Gmail
Google Reader
Pandora
Posted by: Jason | August 19, 2008 5:53 AM
1. Twitter
2. Google Reader
3. Slacker (like it better than Pandora and last.fm)
Posted by: Mari | August 19, 2008 6:05 AM
Friendfeed
Tumblr
Delicious
Posted by: marcantonio severgnini
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August 19, 2008 6:15 AM
1) Wufoo - excellent form/survey app. Use it everyday for business purposes
2) Flickr - an oldie, but still tops for photo sharing
3) Google Maps - Street View may the one of the coolest (and creepiest) features I've seen recently. Apparently my lawn needed mowing when the google truck went by.
Posted by: Eric Gohs | August 19, 2008 6:25 AM
g reader
twitter
favtape.com
Posted by: martin english | August 19, 2008 6:33 AM
1. wordpress
2. friendfeed
3. http://www.passpack.com [online pwd manager]- even if I'm not impartial :)
Posted by: markingegno | August 19, 2008 7:04 AM
I m a google fan.. so
Google reader
Google adsense and lastly
Google.com.. he he..
Posted by: PC | August 19, 2008 7:06 AM
Facebook
Deezer
igoogle (with Google Reader and facebook plugin)
Posted by: Jahmon | August 19, 2008 7:07 AM
Google Reader
Twitter
Online Banking from Postbank.de
The first two are obvious, and the last one is a personal choice after having lived (and banked online) in three different countries.
Posted by: Dave White | August 19, 2008 7:08 AM
1. wikia search
2. buddypress
3. identi.ca
it was the exciting ones, right? not the run-all-the-time list
Posted by: klikklak | August 19, 2008 7:24 AM
- twitter
- evernote
- favetape
Posted by: Agi | August 19, 2008 7:36 AM
iGoogle
Google Reader
Facebook
Posted by: Julie Roth | August 19, 2008 7:44 AM
1. Gmail
2. Google Reader
3. MediaWiki
Posted by: LouCypher
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August 19, 2008 7:47 AM
My top 3 web apps: FriendFeed, Google Reader and Gmail. What are favourites of my followers?
Posted by: Jan Horna
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August 19, 2008 7:50 AM
Article Submitter Pro
Wordpress
Market Samurai
Posted by: Ken | August 19, 2008 7:59 AM
- Google Reader
- Remember The Milk
- Twitter
Posted by: Peter Efland
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August 19, 2008 8:22 AM
Gmail, FriendFeed, Remember The Milk Firefox extension
Posted by: Winston Teo
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August 19, 2008 8:38 AM
Google Maps
Facebook
Cuil?
Posted by: Mikaël | August 19, 2008 8:46 AM
Google Reader - not too exciting, but very useful!
Flickr - I'm a luddite and am just starting with Flickr
Needish - call me biased, but I enjoy it as a user as well!
Posted by: Emily Williams | August 19, 2008 8:52 AM
Blogger, Facebook, and while it may not technically be a web app, any place I can download ebooks from.
Posted by: Sara | August 19, 2008 8:52 AM
1. Hirlapom.hu (local RSS Reader, very Good :) )
2. Gmail
3. Youtube/Google video
Upcoming
4. del.icio.us / digg
5. powerset / trueknowledge / freebase
Posted by: Jade | August 19, 2008 9:04 AM
Symbaloo
Searchme
Google Reader
Posted by: Tijl Vandersteene | August 19, 2008 10:02 AM
1. Gmail
2. Last.fm
3. Netvibes
Posted by: Milan Stankovic
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August 19, 2008 10:05 AM
All three of mine are in different categories of "web apps".
1) http://pycasa.com
2) Kirix Strata (a data browser)
3) Google Apps
Posted by: Brian | August 19, 2008 10:13 AM
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