Pocket Personal Choices

Internet services which I find particularly useful. Things get added and removed as my habits change.
I do use these services, but I don't warrant them!!

Collaborate and communicate

CiX Conferencing (*24 Aug 2009)
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.
TransferBigFiles (7 Jul 2010)
send large files that someone's email won't handle. YouSendIt seems to have stopped the free account
Tungle (21 Oct 2009)
effective calendaring for those not on corporate networks
del.icio.us (22 Sep 2006)
tag to share what you've found (Google Reader can do this too, but you end up with the tags in your reader list)
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

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
Google Reader (21 Oct 2009)
in my view, the best RSS aggregator
Technorati (14 Feb 2007)
search/watch/analyse the conversation on the web
Symantec Security (20 Sep 2003)
Check your online vulnerability

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
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

Designer and other tools

HTML Validator from W3C (4 Apr 2005)
validates links and other features of your code
PDF to Word converter upload document, return by email (15 Sep 2010)

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