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cool idea! I'm going to try it out!
I like it, but what does it say about me that I need an electronic babysitter?
Well, think of it as your friend, not a babysitter :)
Ask HN: What Web apps increase your productivity?
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#102I started using Evernote. Few reasons I like it and continue to use it: * Can capture whiteboards and make data searchable. Was very useful after brainstorming this weekend. * Has multiple options for using: Web, Cocoa App, iPhone * Easy to use for simple things such as todo lists, jotting notes, voice recordings,etc.
I've also been using it to compile technical notes. The iPhone client is pretty slick too. Comes in handy when at the command line of a server without internet access in the datacenter and you need to remember the format of some config file.
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#103This is kinda lame, but I use it regularly because I cannot remember regular expression syntax: http://www.addedbytes.com/download/regular-expressions-cheat...
The perl regex cheetsheet.
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What's interesting here is that a lot of the commenters -- myself included -- are blurring the definition of what a web app is. I wonder why that is? I don't have a point other than to ask that question, because my gut tells me it would be an interesting thing to investigate.
In general, I'd put it like this: A "web application" is a browser-based tool that allows a user to create and consume content . A "web site" is a browser-based tool that allows a user to consume content .
Yes; for me the test has always been that a web app has something equivalent to File->New.
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#105Hacker News. This is not a joke. I realize that hn is not a web app in the classic sense, but I get far more value from hn than any webapp. Let me explain... I learned long ago that increasing productivity was like "striking out the pitcher". You got small, easily measured, and much appreciated improvements. But the real improvements come in major shifts in thinking and processing. I once had a choice of 2 projects t…
I'll go for HN too, but for another reason: it points me to the good stuff (among them, incidentally, webapps that increase my productivity).
Things I found via HN because it's been mentionned a few times as something great that I now use:
github.com (git repo hosting), slicehost.com (VPS), namecheap.com (registrar), lighthouseapp.com (issue tracking).
Things I'm looking into: aws.amazon.com (cloud stuff), freshbooks.com (invoicing).
And certainly other stuff I'm forgetting...
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#106Assembla Google (if that counts) Featurelist.org (our own site) -- specifically the user feedback widgets that dump all the feedback from all of our different sites into a handy place (per-project) so I can respond/escalate/investigate/etc. Google Apps / GMail Defensio (for avoiding having to manually inspect spam comments on our apps) __ These aren't in the "can't live without category", but still quite helpful: Fee…
Skype has screen sharing from now ( download beta)
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#109SugarSync
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#110Dropbox. I don't have to worry about backing up files, and I know if I screw things up I can revert to old versions. Not to mention, sharing files is as easy as dropping them into a folder. I've been using BackPack for to-do lists, but it doesn't have the depth of features I need. Can anyone recommend a to-do list app with good nesting functionality?
Nothing beats Rememberthemilk. Its UI is very well designed and has integration for many services/devices.
My only complaint is pro version doesn't offer much except syncing.