100 Most Useful applications

Below is a list of the most useful applications (web,mobile,desktop) that people have talked about online. What applications do you use often? post your answer in the comments section at the end of this article.

Planning and Organization

For managing your projects:

1. Backpack: projects management on steroids
2. Central Desktop: Collaborate, communicate and share files
3. iOrganize: notes, ideas and bookmarks
4. Viapoint:  store emails and files by client or project.
5. Stikkit:  online smart yellow postit notes
6. Webnote: web browser based note-taking
7. Netvibes: web portal.

Calendars & To-Do Lists

For  calendars and to-do lists:

1. Remember The Milk: smart todo list
2. CalendarHub: web-based calendar
3. Google Calendar: web-based calendar .
4. Planzo: web-based calendar
5. Spongecell: web-based calendar
6. Neptune: web-based calendar with a to do list tool
7. Ta-da List: ta-da lists with project management.

Money and Finances

Some applications for managing money and finances:

1. Wesabe: keep tabs on your money 
2. InstaCalc: web based calculator
3. XE: I currency converter
4. Dimewise: manage your business transactions
5. FreshBooks: “painless billing”

Storage

For data storage :

1. openonmy:  offers storage for files up to 1GB.
2. Xdrive: Xdrive offers 5GB of online storage.
3. YouSendIt: use for sending files up to 2GB 
4. Flickr: upload your photos to Flickr.
5. Box: online file-sharing location
6. MediaTemple:  stores files safely
7. DivShare: email files or store them in a folder

Project Management & Productivity

Keep track of projects and tasks:

1. Harvest:  web-based time tracking software
2. Side Job Track: track and manage project information.
3. Basecamp: project communication.
4. ConceptShare: online design collaboration
5. ProjectStat.us: Track status of a project.

Documents,Editing & Design Tools

Some free and inexpensive editing and design tools :

1. Writeboard: share and collaborate work spaces
2. Lulu: self publishinh
3. MailBuild:  templates for email campaigns.
4. MyFonts: for fonts.
5. IconBuffet: trade stock icons for your web designs
6. stock.xchng: more photos  many of them royalty-free.
7. Google Docs & Spreadsheets: MS Office alternative.
8. MorgueFile: high resolution photos

Security & Privacy

This applications help you stay safe and secure.

1. SpamSieve: Fighting spam.
2. Escrow: manage  payment fraud.
3. Cloudmark Desktop: anti-spam,  anti-phishing , anti-viruses,
4. PayPal: pavements.
5. Moneybookers:  secure worldwide payment and acceptance.
6. Spamato: secure your email.
7. Spybot Search & Destroy: scanning for spyware
8. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition: Anti-Virus 

Mobility & Contact

Use these tools for your mobile working.

1. Campfire: web-based online meetings
2. Meebo: instant messaging tool.
3. FaxZERO: send a fax anywhere in the US or Canada for free.
4. eBuddy: online messengers for your mobile device.
5. K7:  receive fax and voicemail messages.
6. GoToMeeting:  online meetings.
7. LogMeIn: access to your computer’s desktop anywhere.

Marketing & Networking

For marketing and promoting yourself:

1. LinkedIn:  online networking
2. askCHARITY: database of key media contacts
3. Craigslist: free and instant classifieds
4. Coroflot: create and  online portfolio and find design jobs.
5. ProfessionalOnTheWeb: directory of portfolios.
6. Elance: freelance  projects.
7. 37signals Gig Board: freelance jobs
8. WebProJobs: freelance jobs .
9. Job Pile: freelance jobs
10. YouTube: for  viral video
11. CafePress:  on-demand printing
12. Spot Runner:  TV advertising campaigns.

Business & Legal

For Templates, Forms and agreements.

1. MyNewCompany: Get legal and tax protection.
2. Help Me Work:  taxes, client billing, paychecks, benefits
3. Designers Toolbox:  legal forms your design business
4. Creative Commons:protecting your work
5. AIGA: standard business forms
6. Nolo: legal advice for contractors and consultants.
7. Creative Public: forms, contracts, pricing guides

Managing your Contacts & Feedback

Use these tools to keep in touch with your contacts

1. Breeze: Send out email campaigns
2. Wufoo: make forms, surveys and invitations
3. Relenta CRM: Keep track of customer relationships
4. Highrise:online contact management system.
5. ScratchnScribble:handwritten or printed greeting cards

Some Website and Blogging Tools

Build a great online presence.

1. Big Cartel: Set up an online store to sell your products using
2. WordPress: Blog about your business or work.
3. Inblogit: Blog about your business or work.
4. Icebrrg: Create web forms.
5. XHTMLized: build a web page
6. XHTMLiT: converting design into HTML.
7. Userplane:  interactive website
8. Ning: create your own Ning social network.
9. ExpressionEngine: build website with lots of features.
10. FlashDen: Build great-looking websites
11. Google AdWords: advertise your business
12. Prosper: people-to-people lending website
13. Text Link Ads:Text Link Ads
14. PayPerPost: have a blogger write about your product
15. Guruza: Find answers to your business questions
16. Pandora: fully customizable internet radio.
17. Jewelboxing: customized, professional-grade DVD and CD
18. Qoop: Qoop prints everything
19. Moo: prints note cards and mini cards from your photos
20. Zoho : A complete office business suite
21. FriendFeed - for real-time communications and feedback
22. Twitter – for real-time communications and feedback

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