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
I know I'm not too original, but...
Facebook
Twitter
FriendFeed
last.fm is a runner up
Logdy.com
Meebo
Redmine
posterous.com
poprl.com
tumblr.com
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.
1. http://www.yowtrip.com (but I might be a little bias)
2. Hictu
3. Seero
its amazing good project.
Flickr, Gmail, Google Reader
#1 twitter
#2 Viddler
#3 Flickr
Or maybe Swurl is the #4.
1. Google Reader
2. Twitter
3. Google Calendar
last.fm gets the runner up spot.
1. http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
2. http://maps.google.com/
3. http://www.doodle.ch/
Mine are:
1. FriendFeed
2. CurdBee
3. Remember the Milk
Beyond the usual list (e.g. facebook, gmail etc.) I'd say ClickPass, Songza and DropBox.
1. Facebook
2. FriendFeed
3. Google Reader
1. Jaiku
2. Last.fm
3. Unfuddle
1. GMail
2. Google reader
3. Twitter
Twitter
Edicy
Google Reader
1. face search
2. Searchme
3. Viewzi
Tumblr
SlideShare
Veoh
1. twitter
2. backbackit from 37s
3. crowdstatus (mine :p, it excites because I get to work on it)
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
1) http://www.grooveshark.com
2) http://www.regator.com
3) http://www.qrowd.com
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
Twitter
Friendfeed
Delicious (though I liked version 1 better)
Always Running
Gmail
Google Reader
Pandora
1. Twitter
2. Google Reader
3. Slacker (like it better than Pandora and last.fm)
Friendfeed
Tumblr
Delicious
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.
g reader
twitter
favtape.com
1. wordpress
2. friendfeed
3. http://www.passpack.com [online pwd manager]- even if I'm not impartial :)
I m a google fan.. so
Google reader
Google adsense and lastly
Google.com.. he he..
Facebook
Deezer
igoogle (with Google Reader and facebook plugin)
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.
1. wikia search
2. buddypress
3. identi.ca
it was the exciting ones, right? not the run-all-the-time list
- twitter
- evernote
- favetape
iGoogle
Google Reader
Facebook
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
- Google Reader
- Remember The Milk
- Twitter
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?
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!
Blogger, Facebook, and while it may not technically be a web app, any place I can download ebooks from.
1. Hirlapom.hu (local RSS Reader, very Good :) )
2. Gmail
3. Youtube/Google video
Upcoming
4. del.icio.us / digg
5. powerset / trueknowledge / freebase
Symbaloo
Searchme
Google Reader
1. Gmail
2. Last.fm
3. Netvibes
All three of mine are in different categories of "web apps".
1) http://pycasa.com
2) Kirix Strata (a data browser)
3) Google Apps
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