I like… a top 10 list of sites or software

A strange mix of things that I really find useful. It would be impossible for me to qualify everything on this list and a massive number of things will be left off (not missed, I just decided to limit this to 10 items. I would be extremely curious to see your list.

  1. Mint.com
    Generally, I am not fantastic at budgeting or saving or tracking every single purchase. Mint’s a great, free tool to help you do all that. But wait, there is more. It also makes it easy to set goals, get warnings that something is not right (like if a credit card is changing rates or I’m being charged beyond limits you set) and it makes tracking things for tax season so much simpler.
  2. HaveAMint.com
    Shaun Inman’s HaveAMint is a great alternative to Google Analytics. Its simple, clean and quick. I feel like I can get the pulse of my site in real time and be gone.
  3. BrandNew
    Great site to see new branding, logos and the best part is the writing. I love that there is thoughtful commentary  and input from readers.
  4. TweetDeck
    Now that TweetDeck has found its way onto my iPod, home and work Macs, and into Chrome as an app, I rarely go  a day without it on or being checked. (Note, when I use the iPad, I really like the Twitter app better)
  5. Chrome
    Fast. Super fast. Did I mention fast? Oh yeah, its fast. And I likes me some fast.
  6. CSSEdit
    I’ve mentioned my love of CSSEdit before. I hope that there is a new version coming soon, or at least an update
  7. Photoshop
    I would miss it. A lot. But, lately the periods of time that it runs smoothly (as in not crashing or doing something weird where I have to kill it) has not been stellar.
  8. Jing
    Its small, fast, always ready to work. Plus I have customized my mouse buttons to increase speed.
  9. Netflix (the streaming part)
    This is just a super service. Oh, and I love that it works on everything. And, if you’ve not watched the new season of The IT Crowd, you should. Its a treat so far.
  10. Gmail
    I actually pay for hosting, which includes email. I still like Gmail much better.

If and when these top ten list makers break or I am working on a computer that I can’t use them, I really notice.

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One Response to “I like… a top 10 list of sites or software”
  1. 01.27.2011

    I agree that these are great applications, I wish CSS Edit had a windows version though. Your experience with TweetDeck is identical to mine. It was hard to keep up and now it is hard not to.

    I can’t imagine why FireFox isn’t listed, oh, sure I can…Chrome is WAY better. I wish that more sites would support it. Some sites I go to leave it off their accepted list and I am treated like I am running Netscape Navigator 4 or IE on a Mac.


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