Pocket Personal Choices

Internet services which I find particularly useful
I do use these services, but I don't warrant them!!

Traveller's Aid

mail2web (*10 Dec 2004)
Interrogate your POP3, AOL or other mail from any browser
Use it to pre-delete spam to avoid downloading
Use when travelling - but keep continuity on your own system
Online calendar - share with others (13 Feb 2005)
Time Zone Converter (11 Jan 2005)
Date and time anywhere to anywhere (cities by continent)
Google Earth (7 Jan 2006)
Satellite images of anywhere on earth, at whatever scale data are available, and more! PC only for full version

Simpler Surfing

BugMeNot (*10 Dec 2004)
Stores logins for a range of sites that request registration for access to trivial data. Pick up and use their stored login – keep your details private
WatchthatPage (*10 Dec 2004)
To track this or any page on the Web (basic free service)
Steve Bell's Keeping Up Website has alternatives
Internet Watch Foundation (23 Oct 2001)
report offensive web traffic
Newsgator online RSS reader – many RSS providers have one-button add for your Newsgator account (8 Sep 2006)
Technorati search/watch/analyse the conversation on the web (14 Feb 2007)
Symantec Security (20 Sep 2003)
Check your online vulnerability

Designer tools

HTML Validator from W3C (4 Apr 2005)
validates links and other features of your code

Collaborate and communicate

CiX Conferencing (5 Apr 2005)
wide ranging communities knowledgeable about any topic under the sun (well almost)
LinkedIn (29 Nov 2005)
create, maintain and exploit your personal network and those of your contacts
Skype (4 Oct 2006)
phone, presence and instant messaging between members for free; break out to public networks for less. Read the terms and conditions carefully before signing up.
Flickr - share and tag your photos (19 Jun 2006)
StumbleUpon (17 Aug 2007) share your Web discoveries, and see other people's
Biblet (22 Sep 2006)
get WMDecode to find out what's in those winmail.dat files you get from Microsoft mail users whose servers aren't configured properly

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