Top 10 web apps of 2008

This entry was posted on March 12, 2008

The lovely people over at Carsonified have just published a survey about people’s favourite web applications of the year. The results were interesting to say the least.

#1 Gmail

Gmail is something that I’ve always disliked for various reasons. Maybe it’s just me not appreciating it enough. Whilst I do have a gmail account, I rarely, if ever, check my mail online. It’s all served up nicely in Thunderbird for me. I get a total of 2 emails per day via gmail. One is a copy of my google analytics stats, the other is a news update for ’simple plan’.

#2 Flickr

Again, flickr is another web app I’m probably not using correctly. I much prefer hosting all my pictures myself, and maybe I don’t take enough pictures regularly enough to update my flickr account (yes I do have one). Then again, maybe I have too many pictures and should really upgrade to a pro account.

#3 Twitter

I seem to go through phases with Twitter. Sometimes I love it, other times I can’t stand it. I think it all depends on how I’m feeling at the time. Right now I’m liking “twitter what you eat” which, despite being a completely ridiculous idea, is actually kind of fun. I need to find more people to keep up with though, so feel free to add me if you know me.

#4 Facebook

Where to begin with facebook? For the most part I love it, but there are also times when I hate facebook, especially when it comes to the applications you can have on your profile. Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with people, especially because we often forget to do this away from the computer.

#5 Ravelry

Ravelry is one web app I’ve never actually heard of. I’m not a member so I can’t really comment on it. According to their about page, though, Ravelry is “a place for knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, and dyers to keep track of their yarn, tools and pattern information, and look to others for ideas and inspiration.”

#6 Wordpress

Ah, trusty Wordpress. I don’t really think of this as a web app anymore. It’s so much more than that. You have so much control over it, and I love that. If you really want to, you can download and install it on your ipod. Wordpress shouldn’t be on this list - it’s in a league of its own.

#7 Mint

Mint seems to be causing a bit of a craze in the world of statistics. Personally I prefer clicky, and I’m gutted that clicky isn’t on this list. Mint is very useful, yes, but I don’t like the interface at all.

#8 last.fm

If you’re a big music fan, then you need last.fm. It’ll take notes on everything you listen to on iTunes and display it in your last.fm profile. There’s also an application that lets you listen to your own radio station with last.fm. Type in the name of an artist you like, and last.fm will introduce you to similar artists. It’s a brilliant way to discover new music. My username is “calmbanana” if anyone wants to be my musical friend…

#9 Basecamp

I currently have no need / use for basecamp, which is a “smarter, easier, more elegant way to collaborate on your internal and client projects.” However, if I ever do get into that area of work, basecamp will be top of the list of apps to use.

#10 Livejournal

I’ve never really used livejournal as a blogging tool, though all my posts here are cross-posted to my livejournal account. I mainly use it for posting / commenting in some of the hundreds of thousands of livejournal communities.

Whilst I don’t use / like / recommend all of the apps on this list, I can see why they are in the top 10. Do you think any are missing?

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