I love startups. I love social media. And I love "shiny new objects" as I refer to the new products on the Web. I am in Orlando, Florida today and spoke at BlogOrlando this morning all these "shiny objects" of the Web. I have share some of the shiny new objects I mentioned today in my session - because sharing is caring. :) You can watch the session as it was recorded and streamed live.
Communications
Gmail - For email that allows away messages
AOL Mail - For email with a personalized domain
Remember the Milk - Enables me to create to-do lists that can be pulled into Gmail or accessed on the iPhone with a pro account
AIM Instant Messenger - For instant messaging using AIM client and within Gmail
AwayFind - Enables people to connect with me quickly via a form that sends a message to my mobile device - more AwayFind details
Facebook - This social utility offers an opportunity to communicate with some of my friends and family
Twitter - This microblogging platform is great for communicating to a larger group of friends like a broadcast instant message both online or via text message
Plurk - a unique timeline interface on a lifestreaming product which encourages sharing - more on Plurk
Photos
Flickr - I have a pro account and over 7500 photos uploaded... like this one of my breakfast yesterday. :)
Fotonauts -A well done photo site for photographers
Video
TubeMogul - For easy distribution of my video podcast videos onto as many platforms as possible in only a few simple steps - more TubeMogul details
Viddler - A video platform I use which offers a slick video player with inline comments and player widgets, I use it for SOMEWHAT FRANK.
Blip.tv - A video platform I use for formulating my SOMEWHAT FRANK video podcast feed
Vimeo - A video platform I use for embedding SOMEWHAT FRANK videos
YouTube - For online videos shorter than 10 minutes
eyespot - I don't use this one as much but it is still the only online video product that allows you to edit video and then download the edited video in multiple formats
Animoto - offers an easy interface for creating slick videos of photos put to music that resemble movie trailers - more on Animoto
Text Messaging
MyDropCard - an SMS text message business card and contact management solution that sends contact info emails - more MyDropCard details
Contxts - an easy to use electronic business card solution for sending your contact info via text message - more details on Contxts
Blogging or Microblogging
Typepad - A hosted blog platform - SOMEWHAT FRANK, is powered by Typepad
WordPress - An open source blog platform - the TECH cocktail site is powered by WordPress
Tumblr - A microblogging platform - I use it for SOMEWHAT FRANK tidbits - more Tumblr details
Storage
Evernote - A digital dropbox with a desktop, Web and mobile component - more Evernote details
MyDropBin - A digital storage interface for Amazon S3 Storage - more MyDropBin details
Content Discovery & Sharing
Mixx - Social news - more Mixx details
Digg - Social news
Delicious - Social bookmarking
StumbleUpon - Content discovery
Shareaholic - A consolidated sharing extension for Firefox - more Shareaholic details
Analytics
SiteMeter - Offers a snapshot view of daily site traffic and activity
FeedBurner - Analytics for my feeds including number of subscribers - more FeedBurner details
Google Analytics - For deeper site traffic metrics
News & Information Management
myAOL - A personalized startpage and feed reader experience
FeedHub - Creates a personalized feed list based on your reading habits - more FeedHub details
AideRSS - Ranks items in a feed by popularity - more AideRSS details
Search & Alerts
Google Alerts - Alerts for monitoring the Web
Filtrbox - New more sophisticated alerts product for monitoring the Web - more Filtrbox details
Lijit - Blog search engine which offers search analytics - more Lijit details
Lifestream Aggregators
SocialThing - Aggregates all your profile updates and your friends into one lifestream - more SocialThing details
MyBlogLog - Creates a community and lifestream around your blog community contacts - more MyBlogLog details
FriendFeed - Creates a conversation around your lifestream
TwitterFeed - Aggregates my items and places them into my Twitter updates automatically - more TwitterFeed details
Travel
Dopplr - Share your travels with others online - more Dopplr details
Tripit - Organizes your travel plans for you - more Tripit details
Project Management
Basecamp - A project management tool created by 37signals
Finance
Quicken Online - I tried to use Quicken for Mac and it was way too complicated so I gave Quicken Online a shot for managing my financial picture easily in one place.
iPhone Apps
Shazam - finds music by listening to a tune
AirMe - location enabled Flickr photo uploading application
urbanspoon - offers a way to randomly find restaurants in your neighborhood
Pandora Radio - Stream a constant flow of music personalized to your liking
AOL Radio - Stream radio stations for a number of regions anywhere
Thanks to Josh Hallett for pulling together BlogOrlando and inviting me to speak.
