I caught this from Doug Johnson and then linked over to Will Richardson’s entry. This is interesting!
I like Doug’s layout, and I’m going to go one further by listing the app, whether it’s open source, and on what platform I use it, since I use so many different platforms in a day…I think this is supposed to be web apps, but I’m listing everything I can think of, just for fun.
I’ve added links where possible for what it’s worth. Some of the links might not be right, as I’ve done this more off the top of my head than anything.
Daily
TheBlast.fm (Internet radio, this is the first thing I turn on every day when I get to work) – through iTunes on PC and Mac, through VLC on Linux
Mozilla Firefox – latest version on all platforms. This is my web browser of choice. The really crucial plugin is Foxmarks for bookmark synching.
Gmail – through Firefox.
Bloglines – the classic version. I can’t get a grip on the beta and don’t like Google Reader as much. I still check my friends’ shared items in GR though.
Twitter – I usually have the previous two tabs as well as this one open all day and refresh periodically.
Novell Groupwise 7.0 – School email, on the PC I use the work installed version and at home the web version although I have a rule that forwards each message to Gmail for my own backup. It stays open all the time while I am at work and I strive to empty the inbox when I check it.
Papers – Mac only, this has become my defacto pdf management tool for research.
Foldershare – Mac and PC only, I use this to synchronize some folders between four machines.
Moodle – for use with my students.
Blackboard – for graduate school use.
Weekly
iTunes – for iPod synching. Mac only for synching, Windows for podcast management at work so I’ll have TED talks and Pogue videos to watch at lunch time.
FileZilla – open source and all platforms, this is by far my favorite FTP application, been using it for years. So thrilled to see a Mac version that works nicely with Leopard.
WordPress – handles all my blogs, from this one to TeachJeffSpanish.com to NextGenTeachers.com.
Google Calendar – I really just use this to keep track of myself and a few others, can’t convince my wife to consolidate the paper calendar to here.
Google Reader – periodically I check in to see what you’ve shared.
Jott – I constantly do Jotts to myself to help me remember to do certain things. I’ve got a rule set up in Gmail to flag it TO DO.
Colloquy – Mac IRC client that I use to keep track of edublogosphere.com.
Cisco VPN Client – to connect to University VPN system
NoodleTools – My current system for organizing bibliographies for grad school – web based. Since I’ve moved to Papers I’ll probably stop using Noodletools although it’s been wonderfully helpful over the last year. I might keep the subscription just because they’ve been so good.
Monthly or just Occasionally
Facebook – I log in periodically hoping the revelation will strike me as to why the heck I need it. So far, nothing, except that a Ph.D. I respect from across the country has accepted my friend request. Not sure what that means…
Audacity – for audio editing – open source and cross platform
KomPozer – open source and cross platform, based on Nvu, for HTML editing when I don’t feel like firing up VMWare Fusion and Windows XP to use…
Dreamweaver – for grad school course that requires it’s use.
PbWiki – by far my preferred wiki.
AuthorPoint Lite – this was given out by the WizIQ folks but I use it to prep my slideshows for my Moodle install. I can’t use Slideshare anymore so I go this route.
Google Maps – for driving directions around town and otherwise.
That’s what I can think of for now, I might come back and add more as time progresses, but for now it is time to smack the publish button…
Chris
