Legal Ramblings
[ Thursday, September 22, 2005 (10:40 PM) ] ( link )
Three beautiful Internet tools: Here are three Internet tools that have become the mainstays of my surfing.
1. Gmail: This is a no-brainer. But I didn't realize until I started work how much this service has changed my thinking about email. It's almost impossible for me to use other email systems now. I hate deleting messages, I hate having to scroll around to find conversations, and I hate not being able to find a damned thing. Older style email programs have grown obsolete without my even noticing.
2. Bloglines: Keep all your RSS feeds on one webpage. I tried lots of RSS aggregators, but this one is the best because you can check it from any computer (such as, hypothetically, your work computer). Software-based RSS aggregators are unusable unless you use only one machine all day long.
3. If you've never tried del.icio.us, you should do so right away. I don't particularly care about the social aspect of del.icio.us, but I love the fact that it provides a permanent, online, taggable, searchable list of bookmarks. It's the perfect repository for all those links you'd like to keep as a reference, but don't need to check every day. See my list of iPod sites and miscellaneous "how to" sites (including how to twirl pens).
Best of all, it's accessible from anywhere. Have you forgotten that neat trick you once saw online on how to fold a t-shirt? Go to any computer, look under clothes, and you'll find it as my first entry (at the bottom of the page).
You can see my own bookmarks here. At 445 items and counting, it's become kind of rid.iculo.us.
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