Communicate with others: Web 2.0 applications to help with bulletin
boards, chat boxes, instant messaging, networking, question and answer
services, sending, copying files or data. Web 2.0 applications to help.
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Communication
Bulletin Boards and Forums
Ikonboard.com ::
Download. Looks like an interesting bulletin board product if you're thinking
of adding something to your own web site. Free.
Lefora looks rather
interesting. They'll create and host your bulletin board/forum for you. You can
custom it, they'll catch spam, you can moderate however you wish, nothing to
download - create newsletters, use widgets - looks very impressive.
QuickTopic: free
message board hosting (bulletin boards). Set up a page for yourself or your
website.
ProBoards.com - Free Remotely
Hosted Message Boards. This looks to be of interest if you want to run a
bulletin board but don't want to have to do it yourself.
Tangler Start a
discussion forum for your website or group and get everyone talking. Sleek,
hosted, easy to set-up and real time.
Meebo rooms. Meebo
is well known for offering funky little gadgets that allow you to chat via IM
without having to install anything. They've now gone to the next level and
created chat rooms that you can embed onto a page.
Instant messaging
EBuddy Web and mobile
messaging, for everyone everywhere
Gaim. A
multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client
ILoveIM.com is a web
messenger application that allows you to stay connected with your favorite
Instant Messenger almost anywhere. You need a computer with just a browser
only. This site has pop-unders and trashy flashy adverts. Go elsewhere IMO
IMified - Instant
Productivity is an instant messenger buddy that works across all major IM
networks and offers access to a growing number of web applications, as well as
productivity tools like notes, reminders, and todo's. Imified helps you get
things done faster.
KoolIM.com is a web
messenger application that allows you to stay connected with your favorite
Instant Messenger almost anywhere. You need a computer with just a browser
only.
Msgr - Your Messenger
is a web service you can use to create your own instant messenger. Setup a
messenger for your group of friends, e-group, orkut community, visitors to your
website, or even your intranet
Ping.fm is a simple service
that makes updating your social networks a snap. Update from anywhere using
AIM, GTalk, iGoogle, WAP, iPhone, SMS and E-mail.
Plugoo. This lets you
have a link on your page so that people can chat to you, and when they do, it
comes via your IM system.
SNIMMER is your
personal instant messaging web page that helps you stay in instant touch with
your friends. You can chat on MSN, Yahoo, AOL, ICQ, GTalk and Jabber. Add your
photos, create your profile, chat, connect, have fun!
Trillian -
Reviews and free downloads at Download.com. Chat to friends on mIRC, AIM, ICQ,
MSN, Yahoo!
Zimbie :
make IM work for you. Create/host bots to interactive chat.
Miscellaneous
Goovite Send out
invitations to a party. Preferably your own.
International Dialing
Codes. Don't know what the dialling code for a country or region is? This
site should tell you.
Jubii -
get it together. Email, chat, Voice over IP, uploading and sharing of
files
Message
Board. This is from cl1p, so it's good. It's a quick, simple and cheerful
message board. Nothing fancy, but worth taking a peek at.
Rattlebox – free
ecards. These people make ecards that you can easily embed into a blog,
facebook, send blah blah blah. Lots of different ones, different categories,
and you customise them.
Tumblr. Sort of like a
very cut down weblog package.
Yaplet Beta!. This is
another of the chat box on webpage ideas. Very similar to Gabbly etc.
Voki. is a resource
whereby you create a character, add in some extras, record your voice (or type
text) and create your welcoming little creation that can then be cut and pasted
onto various sites.
Network creation
8apps - For Productive
People. Set up a social network, share task lists, brainstorm. Yes, that's only
3 applications, but they haven't got any others listed, so I can't tell you
what they are.
Amiglia. A site
for families to share memories, create a family tree, calendar and a whole
bunch of stuff.
Blue Dots. Use
Blue Dot to see what your friends find interesting on the Web. It's a fun and
easy way to stay in touch.
Cingo - Where Families
Click.. Keep your family organised. Shared calendar, to do lists, shopping,
travel and so on. All in one easy to nag place.
Classroom 2.0 the
social networking site for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative
technologies in education. US based however.
CrispyNews: Create a
community news site Create a community news site. Users submit stories and
users review them.
Familysite Share a
calendar, see them on the map, build a family tree and keep in touch.
Genwi is a media social
network, save and share, news items, blog posts, video clips, podcasts, feeds,
people, all with user profiles, messaging, add friends, voting, comments, add
widgets to your profile.
Grou.ps A sharing
platform for social groups. Examples include location mapping, photo sharing,
blog collections, link sharing, content editing, personal interests, funds
management and messaging.
Grouptivity. Social
discussions, private discussions via the toolbar.
Hubpages allows you to
share your advice, opinions, reviews, useful tips and so on with other people.
iKarma. Seems to be
similar to Linkedin - utilise your good reputation, based partly on what others
say in order to get new business.
Jambo Networks - Personal
Area Matching. Download onto your mobile phone or PDA and it will search for
other uses and let you identify them, broadcast messages, meet new people.
LinkedIn: Home. Find
people, jobs, make new contacts. I use this one myself
loopnote.com. This is a
resource that allows you to create an alerting service about a particular
subject and then friends and colleagues can subscribe via RSS, email, text or
Instant Message.
Meetup: Organizing Local
Interest Groups. What are you interested in? Where do you live? Work out the
answers to those questions and meet like minded folk.
Mobber. Create your
own instant community (chat, share photos & videos and more) on mobber or
on your own site.
Mugshot .Put your
Mugshot on the Web.Show updates from all your sites on one page. Get live
updates from friends. Share content from MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Flickr,
blogs and more.
MyQuire.com -
Social Networking with a purpose.. It is an online project management tool with
an integrated social network.
Pibb: Stay in the Loop.
COmbines a variety of chat type resources.
Ravelry -
a knit and crochet community. And er.. that's what it does. Invite only, but
you can sign up to be asked.
setdot | plan, organize,
and manage events. Does what it says.
ShareThis | Quick
Sharing to MySpace, Email, and More!. Mash Facebook, AIM, MySpace and email
contacts into one list.
Skobee - Make plans and
hang out!. See what your friends are doing, discover where to go, things to
do
Swarm shows you what
websites people are visiting, right now. Swarm is a graphical map of hundreds
of websites, all connecting to each other.
Tabber is an online social
address book that allows you to import your contacts, get updates and watch
them update their lives online.
Upperz is a free social
network site for professionals that connects you with your business and
professional contacts. Upperz is for professionals like entrepreneurs,
CEO’s, managers, business owners, freelancers and professionals in
general.
WackWall: Create a social
network site FREE. This is very new, and I'm not entirely sure what it is
supposed to do, but I'm guessing you can create your own forum/bulletin
board/wall and meet and chat with friends.
weplaythis. A social
networking system for gamers.
Xing. Create business
contacts, market yourself, organise meetings.
Yugma : FREE
Web Conferencing, Online Meetings and Web Collaboration: home. Free web
conferencing any time for up to 10 people.
Ziggs. Similar to
Linkedin, this allows you to communicate with other people by setting up a
profile of yourself online.
Box.net
- Free Online File Storage, Internet File Sharing, RSS Sharing, Access
Documents & Files Anywhere, Backup Data, Share Files. 1GB for free or 5GB
if you pay them money $4.99 a month.
Eatlime Register and
send stuff to friends; free from what I can see.
FileFactory lets
you host files up to 300MB for free. You don't have to register and there is
nothing to download.
File.io Sharing made easy.
Anonymousfile sharing service where you can upload and share file/s (via
password-protected URL) for 30 days.
FolderShare - sync
files, folders, transfer, share files, web download, access files anywhere.
It's free, though you do need to download software to use it.
GigaSize.com: Host and
Share your Files. Unlimited Files - 600 MB/file Files stored for 45 days
Convenient file organizer
GigaTribe : Share large
files within a private peer to peer (P2P) network. This has just been upgraded
to allow users to install it without having to tweak with their router/firewall
settings to get it to work; now everyone can install and use GigaTribe easily
to exchange huge files with friends (by exploring and downloading content from
specific folders on each other's harddrives).
inteleXual { Products | YC3
}. A powerful Windows clipboard extender/memory- now in its third generation.
Handles Pictures, Richtext, URLS, etc - any size.
JustUpIt Send a file
of up to 120MB to up to four email addresses.
Localhostr Upload
a file up to 50MB in size, share it with friends.
MailBigFile Send up
to a 100MB file to one recipient
Megashares - Drag.
Drop. Our single session upload limit is 10GB (10,000 Megabytes!). This can be
a single file up to 10GB, multiple files or a folder using our browser based
custom uploader.
MoveDigital makes
it EASY to distribute your large media files to an audience no matter what the
size or type of file.
Pando. It's a tiny app.
that lets you email any file of any size to anyone.
Podmailing provides
innovative Peer-to-Peer services and distributes the free Podmailing software.
Podmailing enables you to send and receive files in excess of 1 gigabyte
Sendover Send files to
an email address up to 2 GB
Sendspace Send files
up to 300MB in size, unlimited downloads, free simple and easy service.
Spreadit A file can
be up to 500 mb! We will host your file for 14 days, without downloads limit or
waiting times. Your file is available for download at Spread-it.com 24 hours a
day and seven days a week.
Transfer Big
Files Free - Send Large Files up to 1GB. Does what it says on the tin.
WhaleMail: Send big
files fast. Any size files any time. Commercial product
YouSendIt | Email
large files quickly, securely, and easily!. Files up to 1GB
Zingee Share a file with
a friend, group, share a folder, make them publically available, get remote
access.
zUpload.com Free file
hosting, up to 500MB per file!. Unlimited downloads.
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I haven't tried out all of these myself, and people
who I don't know have kindly made many recommendations as well.
Consequently you should exercise sensible caution
when trying these things out for yourself, and while I haven't included any
programs/utilities/resources that have any spyware or malware included in them
that I am aware of, I cannot take any responsibility for the utilities
themselves.
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