Arrington Started it

Over at TechCrunch, Michael Arrington posted his list of the computer applications he can’t do without, his were all web services with his iPhone thrown in for good measure.

Mike’s is a  good list and well worth reading his post explaining his choices.

Monkey see, monkey do — I made my list.  The official Enquiring Mimes list includes a few desktop applications that I use and all are applications are ones I use everyday.

Here they are in fairly random order.

1. Gmail.com – Without a doubt my favorite email application, a web
2. Evernote - Both web and desktop for storing and organizing clips.  Syncs between computers.
3. Windows Live Writer – Best desktop blogging applications, only Windows, unfortunately.
4. Google Chrome, Firefox- Still haven’t picked a favorite between the two browsers.  I like Firefox extensions, but also like Chrome’s spareness and speed.  Really flies on Gmail.
5. Pandora.com – My fun choice.  Any kind of music I can think of, I listen on and off all day.
6. Twitter.com – My micoblogging addiction in 140 characters.  Follow me.
7. Techmeme.com – First stop for all tech news.
8. Skype.com – I spend the day making calls using Skype, for US almost free, for the rest of the world, very inexpensive.  Sorry t-mobile.
9. WordPress -  all the blogs use this wonderful open source software.
10. Google Reader – Cutting down on web surfing with very powerful RSS reader.
11. Picasa – Excellent photo organizer and enhancer from Google.  As of today, available for Mac, too.
12. Google Docs, Zoho - I haven’t picked a favorite, use both to replace MS Office.  Both free, both great, both good collaboration.