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Kristine — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:08:56 -0000

Hi Chris,

Thanks for adding us to the list. I'm happy to know we have your vote :)

Kristine
PBwiki team

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Jason — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:20:38 -0000

Hey Chris,
I'm sure you've heard the great news - Google reader now supports search! Hooray!

http://googlereader.blogspo...

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arhror — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:19:29 -0000

thanx for the tip www.fpt2008.com

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Adam Jochum — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:45:41 -0000

Chris, you're gonna start to think I work for these guys, but, once again: Operator11.com is the shiznitz for live streaming with multiple participants. See you there tonight for Jonny's Par-Tay! Gr8 list, thanks 1MB!

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Renato — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:11:09 -0000

I suggest Pidgin (www.pidgin.im) instead of Meebo or Trillian as multiplatform chat on Windows.

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Graham English — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:03:13 -0000

Nice list. I'm almost 100% in step with you. Great apps. All of them.

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Steve Sherlock — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:01:45 -0000

Great post, even better commentary!

Only piece I would consider adding is CoComment. Up until this version, they did track comments very well. Now for some reason, it is only tracking mine and not the others. I hope they fix it soon.

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marshal sandler — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:07:45 -0000

Chris the folks may find this one usefull also

http://www.apple-of-my-i.co...

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marshal sandler — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:45:56 -0000

Chris one more item http://www.apple-of-my-i.co... Joe Taylor Jr did this Screencast for me ! It has a lot of tech tips and free software suggestions ! It also has an index of the Script in case you don't want to watch video!

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BadgeBunny — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:54:41 -0000

Great Blog!

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marshal sandler — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:09:38 -0000

Chris I forgot my Favorite Mac Journal
http://www.marinersoftware....
Also Mariner has Win Journal ! Priced right great software !
Article on Mac Journal from Apple-of-my-i !
http://www.apple-of-my-i.co...

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chrisbrogan — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:59:50 -0000

Some really great adds here. You guys rock at making this even more helpful. I sure did miss a few tools in this discussion. I should've talked about LIVE products, like TalkShoe and BlogTalkRadio and uStream and BlogTV.com . I should've covered tagging services like del.icio.us and RSS help like FeedBurner.

But I didn't have to. You did. : )

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marshal sandler — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:51:33 -0000

Chris here is a tutorial on Audacity from my Podcsasting site!
http://www.all-podcast-secr...

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Maureen Francis — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:13:22 -0000

I like Plugoo much better than Meebo. I found meebo to be unstable, slow to load, and it did not take messages when I was offline. Have not had a problem with Plugoo, and I can logon to it through my im program instead of having to open another tab in firefox.

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Jeremy Vaught — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:21:00 -0000

Slideshare.net, not slideshare.com :-( Feeding the link-baiters you are. Bad Chris

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Dan York — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:42:11 -0000

Chris,
Great list! It's probably no surprise to you that I'm using most all of the same. I'll add a couple more, though:

* del.icio.us - I use http://del.icio.us/ to bookmark and tag all the various sites I find in the course of daily work. My del.icio.us feed is then a sidebar on a blog, posted to a link blog, etc.

* Feedburner - I use http://www.feedburner/ (now owned by Google) for all my RSS feeds, both for the stats and also to add links ("FeedFlare") to the feeds so that people can post my items into other services.

* Windows Live Writer - I'll second the comment made by Connie Benson that Windows Live Writer truly ROCKS for an offline blog editor (if you are on Windows). It has *greatly* increased the ease and speed with which I can post blog entries.

* Screen captures - A recent addition to my tool set has been SnagIt from TechSmith. It lets me (on Windows) very quickly grab a section of the screen and copy it to the clipboard - which I can then paste into Windows Live Writer. It has again greatly accelerated the speed with which I can make blog entries that include graphics, logos, or other parts of a screen.

Again - a great list - thanks for posting it.

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Rebecca — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:05:20 -0000

Podcasting: We use Ubercaster. It's not free but is a great all-in-one tool for Macs

Video Editing: Quicktime Pro for the basic stuff like screencasts

Screencasting: SnapZPro - cheap, gets the job done, actually pretty neat.

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Joanna Paterson — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:44:58 -0000

Hi Chris, I just wanted to say thanks for such a detailed list, pointers and explanations of how you use these various things (for want of a better word). I'm trying to find my feet in the world of social networks beyond the blog and it can be a bit (= understatement!) overwhelming. This stuff really helps.

Joanna

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iwilker — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:39:36 -0000

@ Luke: Rumor has it that JotSpot's debut as an integrated Google App is imminent (http://urltea.com/1dtd); I'm also a JotSpot fan who's been waiting impatiently for this to happen.

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Critt Jarvis — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:34:03 -0000

Solid collection of tools, Chris.

I've just recently started using chat, GTalk. I want something more private, for business. Might you sometime shine a light on Chat choices for business apps?

Thanks.

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Daniel — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:32:24 -0000

I love all your picks, they are mostly like mine!

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iwilker — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:31:13 -0000

Chris --

I found my way into your digital orbit via your Tweets, and it was quickly apparent to me that you were really stretching the scope of the app's utility -- not just "here's what I'm doing" but lots of crowdsourced questions, requests for feedback, etc. From there I discovered you were just as busy giving all the tools above a workout as few others have. All this to say that readers ought to treat your issuance of this list as an E.F. Hutton type thang -- you may just be the hardest working man in this social-web show business!

Just as useful as the picks themselves is the breakdown of what elements the standard-issue social media toolkit ought to contain -- your list coveres the key bases without getting bogged down in more services than any one person could possibly feed. (Although in your case I don't know -- I've no idea how you manage to be so prolific across so many fronts.)

There are a only categories and/or specific services I might add to your list:

* you've got a few more in your own sidebar, including social-news sites (for me, newsvine and digg) and social bookmarking sites (for me, del.icio.us or ma.gnolia.com).

* Social-networking platform: For me LinkedIn is still a necessity as a professional networking tool -- imo Facebook needs add a "user template" or two to allow grown-ups to center their Facebook experience around the relationships that are most relevant to them, e.g. the ability to make an affinity group or a profession/field the central "network" associated with one's profile. (I'm 41 and have an established career -- my "college network" has zero relevance to my life today.)

* screencasting tool: I recently tested a bunch of OS X options and IShowYou is my fave. (For Windows users, I've liked Camtasia...)

* Finally, whoever you are and whatever your interests there's probably a niche social-web tool that will be a godsend to you but would be irrelevant to others. Love finding new music and connecting with others who dig what you do? last.fm. Scientist? How bout connotea, a specialized social-bookmarking tool. Environmentalist? don't miss gristmill.grist.org's thriving community, keep an eye on Hugg.com (a green Digg), and (warning: shameless client promotion ahead) connect directly with experts at http://switchboard.nrdc.org.

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Alex — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:14:34 -0000

Thx for the Flock. It's realy great.

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Connie Bensen — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:09:31 -0000

I should add:
Feedburner, Google Analytics and the In-Series Wordpress plug-in!