Nontrivial Exercises

More Web 2.0 List Goodness

I previously posted about a list that Christian Mayaud had posted of web 2.0 apps – those new-ish websites, web apps, web services that use nice colors, social and collaborative content, AJAX, rounded corners, and innovative ideas that are mostly still in beta.

Christian’s list was taken from Bob Stumpel, an entrepreneur listed in the OpenBC networking site, who has started and is continuing to maintain a list of “Everything 2.0”. What began as a simple list has now grown into a group of lists, separated into alphabetical groups by category (e.g. Audio, Email, Marketing, Search, etc.):

• A - C
• D - K
• L - R
• S - Z

What, exactly, qualifies as Web 2.0 for Bob’s list? To quote from the Everything 2.0 Forum:

Let’s not be dogmatic. Any sign of:
- collective intelligence
- collaboration/sharing
- community/social software
is good enough.
And anything Ajaxian is just an extra endorsement.

In addition, you can hear Bob interviewed on a recent OpenBC podcast by Daniela Waschow.

This is definitely an engaging list and a wonderful way for web 2.0 fans to spend their free time (and once you start perusing through the list, you’ll definitely spend some time!).

I also want to get in a plug for an incredibly useful tool for tracking your on-line identities as you surf and register with all these web 2.0 sites. I’ve written about it before, but Roboform is the best Windows-based identity and password management system I have seen. It’s a completely separate application from your browser, but it cleanly integrates as a toolbar into your browser. And, you can copy all your secure login data to a portable USB drive via the Pass2Go app, and then plug it into any Windows computer and instantly have all your logins and passwords available. Roboform has a free version that supports up to 10 logins, and a full paid version with an unlimited number of logins. I wouldn’t go on-line without it!

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