Archive for the ‘Lists’ Category

Tom Walker writes for Powerusers about 10 Alternative Uses for WordPress. This useful post lists some exciting ways to make use of the open-source content management system. Here are his top five:

1. eCommerce
2. WordPress Wiki
3. Forum
4. Contact Manager
5. Job Board

The folks at Online Universities.com have pulled together a list of the 50 Best Blogs for Education Leaders. This mega-list contains many interesting blogs which have been divided into the following categories:

• Education News
• Subject Specific
• Inspiration and Innovation
• Educational Policy
• Educational Technology
• E-Learning and Online Education

The team W3Avenue has posted a compilation of 40 Really Useful Tutorials You Should Have Read in January 2010. These quality tuts are culled from such well-known publications as A List Apart, Webdesigner Depot, Nettuts+, and more. Here are just a few of the featured articles:

• 55+ Most Wanted WordPress Tips, Tricks, and Hacks
• The Easiest Way to Build your First iPhone App
• How To Add a Flickr Gallery to Your WordPress Theme Without a Plugin
• How to Make all Browsers Render HTML5 Mark-up Correctly – Even IE6
• 10 Tips for Better Print Style Sheets
• CSS Transitions 101

Karen Schweitzer writes for Digitizd about 15 Must-Have Web Apps for Students. There are many interesting programs listed here and most of them are available for free.

Big Is The New Small has compiled a mega-list of 111 Twitter Tools. This handy directory is sub-divided into the following categories:

• Twitter Analysis
• Information Gathering
• Network Building & Management
• Twitter Management
• Sharing Tools
• Organization & Productivity
• Life Tools
• Business & Finance
• Health
• Blogging

If you’re using Google’s Chrome browser, you’ll want to check out this Lifehacker list of 13 Excellent Extensions. Each entry includes a description and screenshot illustrating its usefulness.

Slideshare.net has published a helpful post about 5 Social Media Secrets for 2010. Organizations who are actively using social media applications will want to check out these quick tips:

1. Pay Attention to the Metrics
2. Scale Good Habits
3. Have Rules, But Trust People
4. Creativity & Personality Trump Big Budget
5. Listen Listen Listen

Blake Carver at LIS News has published the annual list of new must-read LIS blogs. Check out this year’s list of 10 Librarian Blogs To Read in 2010 for professional inspiration. Here are the top five:

1. Academic Librarian
2. Awful Library Books
3. The Best Of PubLib
4. Disruptive Library Technology Jester
5. Everybody’s Libraries

Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch makes some predictions about 10 Technologies That Will Rock 2010. The post details his list of tech which will have the largest impact in the coming year. Here are his top five:

1. The Tablet
2. Geo
3. Realtime Search
4. Chrome OS
5. HTML5
6. Mobile Video

Matt Silverman at Mashable has aggregated all of the iPhone application reviews done by Mashable in this mega-post, iPhone Apps List 2010: 700+ Apps Reviewed by Category. Kick off the new year with some of these apps in the following categories:

• Social
• Business & News
• Entertainment, Music, & Games
• Family, Shopping, & Travel
• Miscellaneous

Ravit Lichtenberg, founder and chief strategist at Ustrategy.com, writes for ReadWriteWeb about 10 Ways Social Media Will Change In 2010. This interesting post postulates different ways we can expect social media to evolve over the next year. Here are his top five predictions:

1. Social Media Will Become a Single, Cohesive Experience Embedded In Our Activities and Technologies
2. Social Media Innovation Will No Longer Be Limited By Technology
3. Mobile Will Take Center Stage
4. Expect an Intense Battle As People and Companies Look To Own Their Own Content
5. Enterprises Will Shape the Next Generation of What We’ve Called “Social Media”

The folks at Smashing Apps have put together a list of the 69 Coolest Web Apps Of 2009. I found quite a few that were new to me that looked interesting including:

• HootSuite
• Color Scheme Designer
• CeeVee
• Wix
• Kuler

Olly Farshi at The Apple Blog has put together a list of The 11 Best iPhone Apps of 2009. The post provides a selection of the best applications across 11 categories along with 2 runners-up for each. Here are the categories:

1. Best Game
2. Best Social & Communications App
3. Best Use of Push Notifications
4. Best News App
5. Best Use of Content
6. Best Video App
7. Best Photography App
8. Best Sound App
9. Best Productivity Tool
10. Best Lifestyle App
11. Best Utility

Take a look back at notable 2009 trends with this interesting post from Chris Allison at Mashable. He rounds up the most influential topics of the past year in 2009 As Seen Through Twitter Hashtags. If that’s not enough Twitter goodness for you, also check out their article listing the most discussed topics on Twitter.

Seth Rosenblatt rounds up The 10 best new Firefox add-ons of 2009 for CNet’s Download Blog. Here are his top five recommendations:

1. Personas
2. Jetpack
3. Weave Sync
4. Multi Links
5. FastestFox