Google is now widely recognized as the world's largest search engine -- an easy-to-use free service that usually returns relevant results in a fraction of a second.Google - Free web apps with awesome search
Lively - 3D chat in a virtual world
June 6, 2007: Netcraft
Netcraft is an internet monitoring service that provides a lot of more low-level statistics on uptimes, security, and server usage.
May 21, 2007: Deep Web Exploration
There are several popular social bookmarking sites on the Web now. These sites are good for learning about the latest trends and finding the newest coolest sites. A few good ones that I regularly check are del.icio.us, Digg, Alexa, and Slashdot.
May 5, 2007
del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site that lets you maintain your web bookmarks online and also see what other people are bookmarking. Check out my del.icio.us links.
April 10, 2007
I tried out two major online calendar systems: Yahoo! Calendar and Google Calendar. It ended in a draw. You can make an argument to choose either one of them over the other, but it all comes down to which one you will see more often. A calendar is no use if you never see it. My personal choice is Google Calendar because I use a personalized Google homepage displaying the calendar as my browser home page. If you use My Yahoo! as your browser home page, I would go with the Yahoo! Calendar.
With the online calendar you can set up recurring events, reminders, and search events. I did find a few major differences between the Google and Yahoo! calendars though:
3/29/07
pbwiki is a free easy-to-use web page that multiple people can edit. Mine is at salveste.pbwiki.com.
3/25/07
No matter what you hear from anyone, Wikipedia is very reliable and the quickest way to get information on just about anything.
3/24/07
Use Flickr to upload and tag photos.
3/3/07
Use Yahoo! Calendar or Google Calendar to remind you of things to do and important events. I would recommmend Yahoo! Calendar if you prefer to be e-mailed about events, and Google Calendar if you use Google as your homepage because then you can show your calendar on your home page (Yahoo!'s personalized portal is still a bit quirky).
Backpackit is a good site for organizing todo lists. Its free features include creating your own pages with to-do lists, notes, e-mail reminders, and wiki-style pages.
Google is now widely recognized as the world's largest search engine -- an easy-to-use free service that usually returns relevant results in a fraction of a second.
Google is now more than just a search engine, it's becoming a complete solution for replacing all of your desktop software. The search engine portion of Google is still robust, allowing you to search web pages, images, maps, news, products, email, and a lot more in detail. The office webapp features include email, calendar, documents, photos, news reader, and a lot more. For a full list of features, go to the product page.
Best reason to visit: to find just about anything on the internet.
Yahoo! is committed to empowering its users and employees through programs, products, and services that inspire people to make a positive impact on their communities.
While Yahoo! is very similar to Google in function, the approach is quite different. Yahoo! focuses on building communities. You basically choose something that interests you -- whether it is sports, television, movies, jobs, travel, or many others -- then Yahoo! will give you the tools to participate in that community.
Best reason to visit: to participate in an online community that shares your interests
MySpace is an online community that lets you meet your friends' friends.
Create a community of your friends and interact with them through blogs, message boards, mail, and more. Also has lots of videos and music. The site is still most useful for bands to promote their music and information.
Best reason to visit: sample music by different bands
YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience.
Find and watch video clips. They have just about every music video you can think of. Rate, comment on, or share videos.
Best reason to visit: to find and watch video clips
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.
Best reason to visit: to interact with friends online
Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft.
Best reason to visit: set as a portal page
Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free content encyclopedia project.
Best reason to visit: look up information on any subject
MSN is a collection of Internet services provided by Microsoft.
Best reason to visit: set as a portal page
eBay is The World's Online MarketplaceŽ, enabling trade on a local, national and international basis.
Best reason to visit: buy or sell items
AOL is an American global Internet services and media company operated by Time Warner.
Best reason to visit: wow, it's a copy of Yahoo!