Thing #16

There are a lot of web 2.0 apps floating out in the world wide web, some useful, others not so useful. Today we were looking at customizable start pages and I selected igoogle to create a page. It may be that I selected to many things that I was interested in but by the time it was loaded up I felt it was way to cluttered and it was difficult to see what was there.
I did spend some time manipulating what I had put up and getting the ones I liked to the top, but I still had to many windows showing and was unsure of how to remove them (most of the ones I wanted to delete did not give me that option. Given time and a lot of editing to this page I feel that I could come up with something that I would be happy with. I am going to research if there is a way to attach my blog for editing etc, flickr to manage my pictures and a few other links I would like to see.

After messing with Igoogle I headed over to Google calender. In the wired article "The web's best calendars" it is classed as the number one calendar. It is understandable. This calendar is crisp, clean and easy to use. If you have events that you need to share out with others, this is not a problem. Overall I left this site after adding a few events for school and felt like it was something I could use and possibly mesh up with outlook to manage my life.
I did look at the to do list applications, but honestly felt that I did not like them and would not use them. I think of the three we were linked to I liked remember the milk the best.

Of all the apps discussed in the different links the one that stood out for me and has been bookmarked is that of tinyurl. This is probably one of the most useful apps available in my mind. The numerous times I have been given a link that is 3 lines long and to get it into the browser take 3 copy and pastes. cutting this down to one small link, nothing short of genius. I think that this has unending use in both work and school. By shortening the link it makes it easier for people to remember and it just looks a lot cleaner over all. This site gets the Stevie two thumbs up seal of approval and recommendation of the week. If you havent visited the site do it now.

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