List of 6 Useful Web Sites You May or May Not Know About

I figure I’d compile a list of websites / services that have caught my attention recently.  These are sites that cover a variety of topics and uses.  Hopefully I can introduce you to something of interest…

…and don’t worry…there is nothing in here that starts with the letters “T-W-I-T”

Screentoaster | www.screentoaster.com screentoaster
record your screen activity

Have you ever wanted to record your screen activity?  Well, even if you haven’t, take a look at Screentoaster and you might just find a reason.  With a super-simple, virtually download-free setup, you will be producing online screencasts in no time.  You can even make a quick vid for your mom showing her how to check her email.  Screentoaster is still in beta, so go fetch yourself an invite, and start “toasting”.

Favtape | www.favtape.com Favtape
create online “mix tapes”

Straight outta San Diego comes an online mecca for creating online “mix tapes”.  A perfect place to listen to your own unique brand of music.  Favtape even gives you the option of importing your Last.fm and/or Pandora playlists, putting you in charge of your virtual turntable (aka mouse and keyboard).  With the ability to “tweet-out” what you’re listening to over your social networks, it adds a nice touch of sociability to your tuneage consumption.  Highly recommend checking out.

Grader.com | www.grader.com Grader.com
what is your internet grade?

The guys at Hubspot have developed an extremely useful marketing tool for your website, press releases, and twitter profile.  Most famous for its Twitter Grader (www.twitter.grader.com), Hubspot allows you to explore your Twitter ranking, those with similar interests, and who’s who in your neck of the woods.  Using their website grader (www.website.grader.com) is extremely useful for those of us who are looking to increase its traffic and effectiveness to our website(s) (and who isn’t?).  Check it out, these guys are out to help you.

Posterous | www.posterous.com posterous_logo
post blogs/tweets through email

A must for all bloggers.  Posterous is a clever service that allows you to blog from anywhere that you have email access.  Simply email post@posterous.com and it will instantly create a blog post, where the email’s subject becomes the post’s title and the body of the email becomes the body of the blog post.  Set it up to your Twitter account and your smartphone becomes a tweet machine.  Very cool and I guarantee you will use it from time to time.

Dropbox | www.getdropbox.com dropbox_logo_home
sync files, stay ‘live’

Receiving a bunch of press and recently nominated for the 2008 ‘Crunchies’, comes Dropbox,  a tool for syncing files across multiple computers.  Dropbox wants to ensure that your files remain syced up despite any editing or mistaken deletions.  Very cool and seamless product.  Check out the their video, and you will realize why something like this is so useful.  “It just works.”

Animoto | www.animoto.com animoto
create sweet slideshows

Do you have a bunch of photos?  Do you want to do something cool with them?  Enter Animoto.  A pain free way to produce a cool slideshow of your digital memories.  Created by tv and film producers, Animoto gives you the professional and stylish look that you wouldn’t be able to achieve by yourself.  Leave it to the pros, upload your images, and create a masterpiece.

Do you have any other websites that you think deserve mentioning?  What website(s) do you use that your friends don’t know about?

  • Glenn Dooser
    Check out Ted.com too! There is a video about the intelligence of crows. Fascinating! It can also be added to this list!
  • TED is amazing. I would love to catch one of their conferences. Have you ever been Glenn?
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