Web 2.0 productivity tools
A roundup of apps & resources to make your day go easier
Target audience: educators, students, nonprofits, social benefit organizations, NGOs, journalists, general public Following are Web 2.0 tools we’ve come across that have increased our productivity. Part of the early adopters creed is to share discoveries with others. Hat tip to Office 2.0 for initially compiling this roundup (which is not meant to be a comprehensive directory). Please add your own recommendations in the comments!
Academic search
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Blog
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Bookmarks
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delicious A1-Webmarks, BlinkList, BlogMarks, Blue Dot, Buzka, Clipmarks, Connectbeam, CoReap, de.lirio.us, Diigo, Google Bookmarks, iloggo, Linkroll, listal, Lookmarks, ma.gnolia, MarkIt, Netvouz, Raw Sugar, Simpy, Zurpy
Calendar
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Google Calendar 30 Boxes, CalendarHub, Cozi, Epointment, Famundo, HipCal, Jiffle, Jotlet, Rota Board, Scrybe, Spanning Sync, Spongecell, Trumba, vivapop, WhosOff
Contacts
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Document manager
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SimplifyThis Blinksale, ContractPal, docharbor, docstoc, DocuSign, EchoSign, FreshBooks, Invoice Place, Scribd, Sertifi, ShareMethods
Email
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Feed reader
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Instant messaging
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Meebo Adium (open source), Campfire, eBuddy.com, Google Talk, imo, Kool IM, Lingr, MessengerFX, MSN Web Messenger, Peekamo, Plugoo, Thinkature, Twitter, Wablet, Zoho Chat
Microblogging
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Personal pages
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NetVibes atoolo, Clic!Dev, eskobo, eyeOS, Favoor, Google Homepage, HomePortals, My Yahoo!, Nowsy, Pageflakes, Protopage, StartForce, Webwag, Windows Live, YourMinis, ZCubes
Photo editor
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Photo manager
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Polls
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Presentation
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Scheduler
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Spreadsheet
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Video editor
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Video podcast player
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Word processor
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Google Docs ajaxWrite, Buzzword, Docly, Ebiwrite, GreenDOC, iNetWord, RallyPoint, Solodox, ThinkFree Write, Writeboard, Zoho Writer
Development tool
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Mashery 16bugs, Apprenda, BugJuice, Bugtagger, Click2Map, Dapper, Etelos, LongJump, Morfik, Ning, OpenCode, Oxopia, Pingdom, Pipes, Springloops, Tesly, WebEx Connect
Drawing
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Event manager
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Expense tracker
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foonance billQ, BudgetPulse, Buxfer, Cashboard, ClearCheckbook, DimeWise, Expenses Tracker, expensr, Less Accounting, Mvelopes, NetworthIQ, Wesabe
Fax
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Feed processor
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File exchange
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File manager
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eSnips Backpack, Box.net, DivShare, Egnyte, ElephantDrive, Fabrik, fluxiom, MediaFire, MediaMax, Nakido, Orbitfiles, Spoxel, Steekr, Strongspace, TinyLoad, WebLife, Wiki Upload
Form designer
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Group manager
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CollectiveX AirSet, BlueTie, Central Desktop, e-days, eloops.com, GroupLoop, HiveLive, Nexo, OnlineGroups.Net, OpenTeams, ProofHub, TeamWork Live, WebEx WebOffice
Mind mapper
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MindMeister 3D Topicscape, comapping.com, Freemind (open source), Inspiration, Mapul, Mind Decider, Mind42, Mindjet (Mind Manager), Mindomo, Novamind, Personal Brain, XMind
Music player
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Notepad
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Evernote ChangeToLink, ClipClip, Fleck, Google Notebook, gubb, Jott, Magnoto, mynoteIT, MyThings, notebook G, Protonotes, reQall, SharedCopy, shortText.com, SnapBits, SNIPPit, stu.dicio.us, Ubikuo, Wridea, YourDraft, Zoho Notebook
Office manager
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Outliner
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Personal organizer
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Printer
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Project
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Huddle 1time, activeCollab, Basecamp, Confluence, Convos, CreativePro Office, Goplan, Intervals, LetsProve, PlanHQ, Planix, ProjectPipe, ProjectSpaces, Projity, ProWorkflow.com, Side Job Track, Smartsheet.com, Tangentworks 550, teamwork, timeXchange.net, Unfuddle, WhoDoes, Wrike, Zoho Project
Scanner
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Sound mixer
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Task Manager
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Ta-da Lists Bla-bla List, HiTask, Hiveminder, iPrioritize, Joe’s Goals, Neptune, Nozbe, Orchestrate, Propelr, Remember The Milk, Rough Underbelly, TaskTHIS, tasktoy, Todoist, Toodledo, Tudu Lists, tweeto, Vitalist, Wallnote, WorkHack, Zirrus
Time Tracker
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Utilities
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You got us!
Contactify, emurse, iTaggit, Mowser, MyOpenID, Naymz, PassPack, PDFescape, Ponyfish, ProfileFly, simplifid, Site24*7, Zamzar
Voicemail
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SpinVox Aptela, eVoice, Eyejot, GotVoice, GrandCentral, JAJAH, jaxtr, Odeo, RingCentral, SimulScribe, YackPack
Web Conferencing
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Wikis
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Socialtext (enterprise);
Wikispaces (everyone else)
Blockstar, BrainKeeper, Built Smarter, Docufarm, dublish.com, folionow, Google Pages, Jimdo, LetterPop, MosaicGlobe, Noovo, Office Live, Pagety, PBwiki, Sampa, SiteKreator, Slide, Squarespace, Terapad, UGAL.net, Weebly, Wetpaint, Zoho Wiki
Sites and links of note
Community
Classroom 2.0 Classroom 2.0 (on Ning) is the social networking site for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education.
Classroom 2.0 blog Blog entries about Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in the classroom.
Education
This page may be used for educational purposes only. Collected from various sources on the Web, particularly the Office 2.0 website. Icons designed by Jakub Steiner for the Tango global linux desktop look. What other cool tools have you discovered? Please add them in the comments.
