15 Responses

1. Chip Griffin

   21|Jun|2007 1

   Google Reader, TechMeme, Twitter, Drudge (hey I like politics & gossip!)

   Also always open are desktop apps: Outlook & Trillian

2. Chris Hambly

   21|Jun|2007 2

   Sorry about this but…

   Google, google, google, google and google.
   

3. Chris Brogan...

   21|Jun|2007 3

   Google Reader
   Wordpress (aka my blog)
   Twitter
   LinkedIN
   Zoominfo.com

4. JohnC

   21|Jun|2007 4

   Always open in tabs: yahoo!mail, work email, backpackit, google calendar, twitter, google reader.

5. Ben Yoskovitz

   21|Jun|2007 5

   I think Chris Hambly has it right…Google, Google, Google…

   Let’s face it:

   1. Google (for search)
   2. Gmail
   3. Google Calendar
   4. Google Reader
   5. … um … Not Google! I’d say WordPress (for my various blogs)

6. Jason Alba

   21|Jun|2007 6

   In this order:

   1. JibberJobber.com (first reason, to make sure the server isn’t down (!!), second reason, because I update info on my contacts throughout the day)

   2. Gmail

   3. My blog (I blog first thing in the morning and it just stays up as I usually refer to various posts throughout the day)

   4. Twitter

   … and from there, lots of surfing.

   Jason Alba
   CEO - JibberJobber.com
   .. self-serve job security ..

7. David Finch

   21|Jun|2007 7

   1. Google Calendar
   2. Gmail
   3. Twitter
   4. Facebook
   5. Google Reader

   Bonus 5
   1. Facebook
   2. Feedburner
   3. Typepad (blog)
   4. CoComment (comment tracker)
   5. Google Docs

   What are your bonus five?

8. Bryan

   21|Jun|2007 8

   Now, David, I think you cheated. I understand you like Facebook, but including it on your list of essential five and bonus five? That’s a little dodgy in my book
   My bonus 5:
   1. Google Docs
   2. My WordPress Bryper blog
   3. Facebook
   4. Libsyn
   5. Feedburner

   And holding down the No. 11 spot but having the potential to move up a notch or two in the next couple of weeks: iGoogle.

9. Scott Monty

   21|Jun|2007 9

   Great post! Here are my five:

   1. Gmail is my nerve center (it’s all scripted up with Greasemonkey, so it integrates my other favorites: Google Calendar, Google Reader, Remember the Milk and a nifty GTD Inbox application)
   2. Twitter, for constant contact and ideas
   3. Blogger (my central repository for 2 blogs & a podcast) for draft posts, which I can get to during other times of the day
   4. Feedburner/Sitemeter/Libsyn for my stats
   5. Desktop app: Outlook

   It’s amazing how Google Reader (or any feedreader, for that matter) has changed my viewing habits. I could have listed 20 other sites that are part of my daily routine, but I realized that I only visit those sites after seeing their RSS feeds. It’s all about the reader these days.

10. Laura Athavale Fitton

    21|Jun|2007 10

    Thinking I need to get someone to pimp my browser! I probably still do too much of this manually…

    usually open:

    1) Google reader
    2) Tab after tab of articles from my google reader that I want to read
    3) Outlook
    4) Wordpress
    5) Twitter

    Bonus:
    1) You Tube. Funny cat videos and anything with Bernard the animated Polar Bear will appease the 23 month old
    2) Trillian. I hop on when need to yap with h-band at work, otherwise try to stay off
    3) Statty things like technorati, socialmeter, etc. seem to have faded for me
    4) I use a lot of folders & dragged/dropped links in Firefox to organize workflow too. a little clunky.
    5) For daily Twitterflix updates: Amazon/IMDB & a few other sites I use to pick quotes and create posts at http://Twitter.com/twitterflix

    While I use LinkedIn frequently, and am edging my way gingerly into Facebook, they’re not 24×7 yet.

11. Laura Athavale Fitton

    21|Jun|2007 11

    Oh and lately, http://blog.pmarca.com please tell me he spent weeks pulling together material in advance for his blog.

12. Kami Huyse

    21|Jun|2007 12

    I love Joe, he is a great conversationalist.

    I actually only have four, adn not all are open in browser tabs, but they are essential to my online life:

    1. Yahoo Mail
    2. Sage (lightweight feedreader)
    3. Microsoft Live Writer 2.0 Beta (AWESOME for posting)
    4. Twitter (most of the time)

13. Chris Wilson

    21|Jun|2007 13

    Man. i’ve been killing myself all day on this one. Fact is, I don’t use many websites, so much as I use web services. And I’m not entirely sure that ‘productivity’ is the final result, either.

    1) Google - I guess its the goto site for any question I might have.
    2) .Mac mail - keeps me up with what I may have to do for my freelance clients once I get home from the day job.
    3) iChat - Keeps me from having to walk all over creation to talk to colleagues or leave voice mail with colleagues that may be at meetings. Also, my freelance clients can find me if they need to talk real quick.
    4) iTunes - This keeps me going all day, with music, audio podcasts and the occassional video podcast.
    5) Schmedley.com - Starting to really like this site. Give me a whole lot of personalized info I may need at a moments notice.

    Bonus?!? man. I had a hard enough time with just the first 5, and I think 3 of them don’t really count.

    1) Twitterific - keeps me thinking all day long as it downloads interesting thoughts and questions from twitter. Thanks guys!
    2) Woot.com - Gotta check it at least once a day.

14. David Finch

    21|Jun|2007 14

    Byper, did I mention Facebook as number 11?

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    21|Jun|2007 15

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