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This changed my life: http://freeagentcentral.com Biggest benefits if you are UK based. Blew Freshbooks out of the water from my perspective.
Gmail
Google Docs
Pandora (the ability to choose the mood music, use headphones and block out the rest of the office)
Twine.com is up and coming as I use it for bookmarking between home and work, and for sharing links with coworkers.
Tweetcore - This was a twitter client I was developing that had a few features which I really liked and streamlined my twitter use, but I've abandoned the project as it was proving more and more complex for less and less a chance of success.
Hacker 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…
Central Desktop for developing/managing documents and meeting agendas, minutes, specs.
Webex Office for calendar & contacts
123SignUp for registration management
Spellr.us for spell checking blogs/websites
iContact for e-mail newsletters
There is also a great list for startups at http://startuptools.pbworks.com/
Pbworks
Supports both RPN and Algebraic
Includes integrated unit converter with on-the-fly conversions
Handy when you forget your HP or TI
Hacker 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 am new to this place so I am not sure I know what you are talking about. Is it about motivation? Reading about successful stories makes you less procrastinating or what?
And I also find PivotalTracker.com really usable. At first the terminology (story, icebox...) was a little uncomfortable for me, but I keep coming back to it to handle projects, along with co-workers.
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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.
To me, a website is a website. Just because it has forms, uses the "cloud", and has a shiny logo doesn't stop it from being a website. The only websites I use that are anywhere close to "application" functionality are GMail and thesixtyone, and even then it's just ajax frosting on top of a delicious html cake.