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So in spirit of the holidays, here is a list of some of the best Web 2.0 software that I've come across so far. You may have heard of some of these, but hopefully you'll find a few nice new Christmas presents under your Web 2.0 tree.
Finally, the usual disclaimer: This list is entirely subjective and any errors or omissions are my fault, you may not (and probably won't!) agree with some of the software I've listed. But this isn't a one-way web, I definitely encourage you to list anything you feel we missed or got wrong below in the comments. Please use the wiki link syntax ([url text_desc]) help to make sure you embed plenty of good links. Finally, a big thanks to Kate Allen for help compiling this list. Enjoy!
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While not packed with Ajax, digg frankly doesn't lack for it. And of course, Ajax is only one of many optional ingredients on the Web 2.0 checklist. The important Web 2.0 capability digg provides is that it successfully harnesses collective intelligence. All news items listed in digg are supplied by its users which then exert editorial control by clicking on the digg button for each story they like. The home page lists the most popular current stories, all selected by its registered users. And digg's RSS feed has to be one of the most popular on the Web. Digg has been so successful that Wired magazine has even speculated it could bury Slashdot, which also allows users to submit stories, but doesn't let them see what stories were submitted or vote on them.
Great list Dion. Good place for people to start in on a Web 2.0 journey.
Great list, Dion.
I second -> reddit <- in the "peer production" category. (sorry for
the double post, I think I broke the wiki)
This is a great post. A few sites I never even heard of.
Excellent list, Dion. Your list is pretty spot on to my feelings, although
I too feel that Reddit fits great in Peer Production.
So helpful, many thanks. Exactly what I've been looking for!
So helpful, many thanks. Exactly what I've been looking for! BTW, I find
Basecamp (http://www.basecamphq.com/) absolutely invaluable for business
communications, basics project management team co-ordination and to-do
tracking.
The most interesting part of this list is what's missing, namely that
there's no webmail client. I think you might be right that none of the
existing webmail clients should make it into a "Best Web 2.0 Software of
2005' list, but if I had to make a list like this, I'd probably include
Gmail. I know it came out in 2004, but so did del.icio.us. As far as I can
tell Gmail has had a huge influence on getting people used to (and happy
with) using web-based software and storing their data on the Net rather
than on their local system. I think (hope!) that in 2006 we finally get a
decent webmail client (and service providers) with more open APIs than what
Gmail currently provides.
How about Millionsofgames.com?
Folks:
I miss eg. Simpy, ClipMarks, MeasureMap, Google Mail, Rojo, Last.fm, 23,
Zoto,...
Thank you for adding reddit. Unfortunately, the link is broken.
I think you might want to add www.pandora.com to the list. It is a really
cool music streaming service that plays songs based on your preferences.
It learns what you like and dislike.
Grassroots = Democracy 2.0. Just started, amazing grassroots potential.
http://wiki-law.org/mwiki/index.php?title=Democracy_2.0:_Main_Page
The Wikicompany project is an ambitious attempt to create a new form of
online business directory.
You need a category for Backpack. Indispensible app for me.
For my start page, I personally like google.com/ig. Being able to track rss
feeds and my gmail, makes it pretty useful.
Seems like you need to add a category for "project management / information
sharing."
Basecamp is popular in this category as you can see from the
response...as well as Central
Desktop.
How about a category for best open API use or user created mash up?
I believe the use of the official Web 2.0 Validator ("We're the dot in
Web 2.0") would go a long way in scientifically determining just what sites
are or are not Web 2.0.
I also don't get why those runner ups are there in the Social Bookmarks
category. What about Simpy? None of
the other services (del.icio.us including) can't do full-text search or
don't even have support for AND, OR, and NOT...
Ghaa, I can't beleive basecamp was first. our entire class had to use it
for a project, and almost everyone hated it by the end.
Why does everyone likes del.icio.us? It's frontpage is ugly as hell and
looks like a spam site you get to by typing a wrong URL accidentally. Even
my home page looks better! If this is Web 2.0, I'd rather downgrade to
previous version...
Thanks Dion for the list. I signed up for CalendarHub but can't figure out
where the info is for "Publish a calendar on your own website?." I sent
them an email but have not heard back yet, curious do you know? Also, any
leads on 2.0 spell checkers?
otis: actually del.icio.us does support AND and OR in search (not sure
about NOT though)
Aggregate your blog faves with suprglu.com It's great. For a simple wiki,
try pbwiki.com
My Goovite and Gootodo tools aren't on the list? Oh well
:)
I strongly feel that AirSet should be in your onine calendar list, although
it is much more than just a calendar. I have tried out just about every
variation of online calendar out there and it is by far the best.
Great Compilation Dion...
Thanks for posting.
great list... thanks for posting.
Hey Dion, awesome list.
This is a good list, but is lacking some very important players in the
field.
SpinSpy.com has a chance. Sort of a
community media watchdog digg.
Great list Dion...in my opinion...the best citizen 2.0 news site out there
is www.nowpublic.com. They were truly the pioneers in this space and are
really still the best. It is not re-blogged stories but often great
original content.
Lots of reasons to prefer Simpy over del.icio.us in my opinion. Why does
everyone seem to overlook it? I tried Furl and found it annoying.
Some of the big ones I use daily:
Gmail
Google Reader
Planzo.com
As for online storage and file sharing, http://www.sendspace.com appears to
be the absolute leader
not sure if this counts but "stumble upon" is a super fun tool - good way
to find some gems
I can't believe you mention WYSIWYG without including the most popular open
source WYSIWYG editor, TinyMCE (http://tinymce.moxiecode.com). It is beeing
used in ALL (more or less) the major open source CMS for publishing content
on the web.
I think you can add RawSugar to the list. We offer great search, publish
and personalization features. This is very attractive for bloggers or
WebSite owners, as well as for individual linkbloggers. You can check out
some of our users.
Great list, lots of sites I did'nt know... I put a link to this page from
my site (http://www.snowball.be).
Another vote for Pandora.
http://last.fm/ does everything Pandora does with similarities radio--with
a lot more obscure independent artists judging from a few cursory
searches-- and it's also a fully-featured social music site.
Hipcal (http://www.hipcal.com) is by
far the best online calendar tool I've come across. It's also one of the
most improved web 2.0 applications around.
Not sure if a software might count, but Qube websearch client has recieved rave
reviews all around, might want to include it.
Thank you, this list is very useful.
For the bookmark service I think http://www.kopikol.net/ is a cool service
too
I love almost all the apps on this list!
I think the spanish viajeroo as well as
kayak, is a good web2.0 app for travel
deals search. :)
Omnidrive as a runner up in online storage - has it actually been tested
yet? Still seems to be in closed beta to me.
Cool list ...
I want to add 180 news
http://www.180n.com/
cheers
John you are right about Omnidrive - it is still being tested and developed
internally and I am also suprised it is on this list (gives you an idea
then of how poor the other offerings are). I look forward to starting the
public beta so that it can be included in lists such as this one based on
its merit!
Did you consider eSnips for you 3rd Party Online File Storage category?
Hello Dion,
Hi,
180n.com (just lauchned) is a web2.0 play for regular news stories. Users
mod stories up to Important as they come in over the news wire. "Google
News x 10"
Hi,
Looks like you are missing a "business" category ... for billing and
invoicing there is <a
href="http://www.2ndsite.biz">2ndSite</a>.
The ultimate in web2.0,IM in a browser,integrates all the major IM clients
in on single easy to use web interface.
I have really come to love www.hipcal.com It is a fairly new calendar site
and still in beta but it is so pretty!
tempinbox.com has saved me a ton of time lately...
How about email/collaboration? Citadel http://www.citadel.org has ajax-based
email, calendar/scheduling, message boards, instant messenger, real time
chat, and a bunch of other stuff *plus* a really powerful back end.
How come there is no category for online mapping tools. You also missed
Google's Personalized Page under the start pages section.
The Best Web 2.0 Software?
I'm happy to plug my site: http://www.toeat.com
Thanks for including Basecamp, Writeboard, and Ta-Da Lists here. You may
want to also check out Backpack,
37signals' personal and small business information manager.
What about RSS aggregators? The guys over at attensa (attensa.com) have a
pretty slick one, though their website needs a bit of updating. ;)
http://quimble.com - Create polls... the right way.
fluctu8.com .. nice little podcast /rsscast /atomcast aggregator supporting
mp3, ogg, and flac
better than flickr. $50 = unlimited space/bandwith for a year. public
sharing. practically every method of uploading -- ftp, web, java, some
integrated cliets, etc.
Your Social Recommender
Don't know what category you'd put this in but 'Recommendation Engine' &
'Social Networking'come to mind.
I love meebo.com to log into msn
messenger and gtalk from any browser when I am not at my pc.
http://www.ispott.com looks
interesting. Still in very early beta.
Great list. I'm wondering if a not so tech-centric category, such as
personal finance would be a good fit for your list? <a
href="http://www.networthiq.com">NetworthIQ</a> is social personal
finance tool that allows users to track, share and compare their net worth.
As this is all about Web2.0, it's pretty amusing how many commenters
are stuck at Web.01 when it comes to link posting.
I suggest Yubnub.
Hi!
I love your blog, i am writting a spanish web 2.0 blog in
http://wwwhatsnew.blogspot.com with the bests web 2.0 application i have
found.
If you want a clean, usable calendar with a todo list check out HipCal.com.
Kiko's interface is crap and CalendarHub is still pretty buggy (they dont
even have standard recurrence options). I've been using it for a while and
it has been pretty nice.
some seconds, and also some additions...
some seconds, and also some additions...
Still in early developpement, but www.eventsniper.com is worth a look !
Consider Zvents.com for the calendar
category. I recently took a look at many online calendar apps (mostly for
the purpose of integrating with websites, not for personal use), and
decided these guys were the best.
manbol - Hindi mondegreens
great list. though, i always wondered what web 2.0 was. this article made
me want to research it even more at wikipedia. Why isn't wikipedia on this
list. i'm sure it is part of web 2.0
Thanks for the honor! Hopefully with a lot of hard work Clipmarks will
rise from runner up to best of the web for 2006.
Interesting as well: the "do it yourself" searchengines like Rollyo.com and
Scoopgo.com. Definitely something that fits in the web20 list.
"AND WHAT ARE YOU GUYS PREFERRED ONLINE SOCIAL BOOKMARK
MANAGER?":http://quimble.com/poll/view_poll/224
Right on with writely.com's vote. What really sealed it for me was their
support of the Open Document format. Both import and export.
A great list, but no links to make eBay more managable, especially for
Christmas shopping?
I have been using filangy.com for a while now, works very good. Any
opinions on it?
I suggest http://www.hipcal.com under
calendars.
I miss ButterFly a webbased application to redline and share webpages and
in the WORD/PDF in the future.
Surf Tail is a great use of all the Web 2.0 stuff, as users browse the web
they leave trails for others to follow www.surftail.com
FURL.net has some great features. Takes awhile to master. Wondering why
it did not make the list? Not web 2.0?
Excellent list, lots of nice sites I've never heard about before. I believe
you missed this one (or at pleast personally I would have put it higher on
the list) for writing solutions:
Thinkfree Office Online
http://www.thinkfree.com/
I do prefer writely, who won the contest, but in my opinion, this should be
a close second.
Good list, but I prefer this list:
I think you missed a whole big category, no?
Social stuff?
MySpace, My Web 2.0, Yahoo 360, LinkedIn, EventFul, Upcoming.com, Orkut
I'm not sure if it counts, but Ning
certainly seems like an excellent use of Web 2.0 technologies (it's a
social app that uses Google Maps and several other APIs to allow
non-developer users to make their own social software -- okay that was a
horrible explanation, but it's an interesting site).
NewsMob is also a very nice free Web
2.0 service. NewsMob works with your existing Desktop, Palm, Pocket PC,
and Mobile Phone web browser, sync or live, to provide you access to your
favorite RSS news feeds. With NewsMob you can tag feeds, save them as
favorites, and you can clip headlines (and optionally provide a RSS fee of
your clipped headlines).
Great list, Dion, and great idea to share the comments! My suggestion would
be in the project management category: ProjectPlace
What about contact management / customer relationship management category?
I think many businesses are missing a killer app in this area badly.
Another similar list, albeit without categories:
Another similar list, albeit without categories:
i would love to see someone do a web2.0 app that uss the crowd to determine
lines for games/sports and see how the masses do against bookies - like an
open line generator that using groupthink.
Looks like it's been said enough but still; great list!
Thanks for the list, Dion. It's a start, and it contributes to the critical
growth of 2.0 services. Speaking of growth, a number of the services listed
above have been stressed out by the jump in server hits and sign ups during
the past few days inspired by this list and the increasing publicity in
general ... growing pains:
Awww, the smell of Web 2.0. Smells like a sourdough fart lofting around
Cyberspace. Nerds and ******* liberals.
PetFinder:
Either one:
http://www.petfinder.org
http://www.petfinder.com
This web based application makes it easy to find the ideal pet.
Hi folks,
Cattegory: Search Application
Best Church-Based Web Software (Content Management System (CMS), Contact
Management System, Assimilation/Member Management System and
Event/Registration Management System into one program.)
no category for web painting and drawing tools ?
-> want to sketch, draw, paint and show your art skill online ?
Anyone interested in a free web based (you need your own server) project
management tool should have a look at dotproject.net ,Basecamp is good but
not for more technical projects. Dotproject really works for team
collabortation projects.
my favorites
My vote goes to Rollyo - a roll your own search engine. It's got all the
web 2.0 features - community, evolution, building on top of existing assets
(Yahoo).
