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Lots of Web Tools 13 Jun 08 @ 13:21

I recently sent an email out to a bunch of my co-workers with a laundry-list of tools that I have come across that I really enjoy. Why not bring that list here.

TinEye (http://tineye.com)
This is still in the invite-only stage but signing up never hurts. Update: my invitation came pretty much instantly as of today
The tool basically allows you to upload an image and then find similar images on the web.

YouSendIt (http://www.yousendit.com)
Another document storage site geared towards professional use. It recently released an Outlook plugin that will take large attachments and automatically upload them to your YouSendIt account and create links in your email to the documents.

DocStoc (ttp://www.docstoc.com)
Scribd (http://www.scribd.com)
Both of these sites are aiming to be the 'Youtube of documents'. Scribd is very generic whereas DocStoc is more focused for professional use. DocStoc also has a similar function to YouSendIt where you can create email attachment links from documents.

LiquidPlanner (http://www.liquidplanner.com)
This is basically a Microsoft Project clone, but web-based. It let's you do manage projects, tasks, collaboration, resources. They pride themselves on helping make more accurately timelines for projects.

CrowdScience (http://www.crowdscience.com)
Think of this as Google Analytics...for demographics. When you have CrowdScience activated you can collect demographic information about the users visiting your site and build surfing data off of these demographics.

Dropbox (http://getdropbox.com)
This is still in invite-only stage but I have a bunch of invites I can toss around if anyone is interested.
Dropbox is a cool little tool. Basically you install an app (OSX and Windows) on your machine that creates a folder called 'My Dropbox' in your 'My Documents' folder. Anything that is in this folder is automatically synced to a server which also allows for sharing of folder between groups of people. The other nice thing is it does version control and saves deleted items. So if you accidentally delete a file or overwrite it, you can go back to a previous version.

Evernote (http://www.evernote.com)
This is still in invite-only stage but I have a bunch of invites I can toss around if anyone is interested.
Evernote is an interesting application that scans images and pulls out text. It is hauntingly accurate even with hand-written notes. It's great for scanning say, a business card. Once the program indexes the text in an image, you can do a search on that information. Very cool.

Infinilink (http://www.infinilink.info)
This is actually a tool that I've developed. It's basically a bookmark tool that has a Bookmarklet (a bookmark that runs Javascript code) and allows you to manage bookmarks while maintaining the page you are on. Still needs a lot of work but any feedback is much appreciated.

Now more for the personal and fun stuff.

RepairPal (http://www.repairpal.com)
RepairPal is a site dedicated to helping the guy/girl who doesn't know much about cars and wants to make sure they aren't getting hosed on repairs or maintenance.

CamTrax (http://www.camtraxtechnologies.com)
This is one of the slickest things I've seen in a long time. Basically the software does motion-capture...for anything. It turns these motion-capture actions into joystick/keyboard actions for gaming or whatever you want. Watch the video to get a better idea.

HotPads (http://hotpads.com)
If you're looking for a house or just want to get more information about the area you live in, HotPads is a must. It's breaks down an area by a bunch of different categories: population density, per capita income, household income, age, rent, and lots of others.