31 August 2007

BRILLIANT 2.0: 300+ of the best communities, media creation, publishing & sharing apps, productivity tools & other candy that Web 2.0 has to offer


Totally subjective longlist of the Web 2.0 things which I found brilliant when I first saw them. I've qualified them with a maximum of three asterisks (***): one for concept, one for business potential and one for graphical design & GUI.

It may well be that I've overseen the genius of other companies in my index, or that others have evolved into something magnificent after my first assessment. Please notify me when you know one.

Around one hundred additions in this update, all in italic.

2recall* - Record calls on any phone (USA) - Communicate
37signals* - Basecamp, Backpack, Writeboard, Ta-da List - Software
A9** - Clustered search - Search
Adjustables~** - Super impose clickable logos, banners, ticker tapes etc on video - Marketing
Aggrega*** - Upload to, listen to & share Pandora for music videos - Audio
Ajaxian** - Ajax blog - About
Alexadex* - Buy & sell shares in sites - Game
Amazon* - Shop, sell, review & rank - Ecommerce
Ambientdevices* - Datacasting inc. interfaces - Data
Apidashboard* - Programmable Web's repository of APIs - About
Appaholic** - Pop index for Facebook apps - About
Asterisk* - Open source phone system (free) - Software
Audioclipping* - Search AV (German) - Search
Backbase* - Ajax applications - Software
Betsgowild* - Cash-free betting community - Gamble
Beyond** - Career management software, facilitating 15,000 niche sites & job boards - Employment
Bibme** - Build a bibliography on the web - Data
Bioteams* - Blog on team dynamics & virtual collaboration - About
Bix* - Create & vote for content, and win - Multimedia
Blinklife*** - Social email - Communicate
Boxed* - Build calendars out of all sorts of online sources - Office
Brandgossip*~ - Find what people say about your brand - Search
Brickfish* - Submit, vote for & review content, and get rewarded for it - Publish
Britepic* - Add extra content & intelligence to your online pics - Images
Bulletin* - Share data & mash them up with geo information - Geo
Bustaname* - Domain name checker - Search
Buzzshout* - Review & rank Web 2.0 companies - About
Cambrianhouse** - Collaborate on new software - Community
Capazoo* - Create, publish & share your content - Community
Cartfly** - Create & exploit a store & embed it anywhere - Ecommerce
Catoms* - Replicate anything and anybody, any size, anywhere - Personal manufacturing
Cellitused** - Sell your cell - Ecommerce
Chacha* - Get real time results with help of live guides - Search
Chatcreator* - Create your chat room instantly - Communicate
Chatsum* - Chat with & leave messages same-site-visitors - Communicate
Chuquet* - Find buzzes - Bookmark
Cicatriz* - Video-empowered ecommerce - Ecommerce
Citadel* - Communicate & share in groups - Productivity
Coda** - One page web development - Software
Colr* - Play with colour photos & publish results - Images
Contactoffice* - Virtual office (Belgian) - Office
Cottonrape* - Shopping game - Ecommerce
Couchsurfing* - Home swapping & holiday dating - Economy
Crackle* - Publish & share your video - Video
Craigslist* - Post & read classifieds - Ecommerce
Crowdabout* - Get or contribute to timelined comments on podcasts - Audio
Culturecloud* - Research, discuss & share topics, associating randomly with facts and people - Survey
Daem* - Take pics with your phone cam, have them recognized & win prizes - Marketing
Dailystrength* - Share health challenges & get wellness support - Community
Dapper** - API generator - Software
Darejunkies* - Video challenge contest - Video
Dash* - Internet-connected navigation system - Geo
Daylife* - "4 minute old" news magazine; you can contribute tips & ideas - News
Delicious* - Social bookmarking - Bookmark
Democracy2.0* - Consumers/Citizens unite! - Economy
Desktoptwo* - Manage your desktop in a browser - OS
Digg* - Identify, rank & share interesting news - News
Dnsstuff* - Get a full technical report on your server status - Software
Domaintools* - Excellent toolset for everything related to domains - Software
Dontclickit*** - Clickless interface - Data
Dotherightthing* - Dig or diss companies - Rate
Dreamzone* - Create or improve & vote for images - Images
Ebay* - Sell, rate & buy; auction - Ecommerce
Ebuddy - Integrates several messengers (formerly E-messenger) - Communicate
Edoc* - Fashion ecommerce goes alternate reality game - Ecommerce
Emurse* - Create, share & send your permanent resume page in any format - Employment
Entropia*** - 3D entertainment & trading community - Game
Eol** - Wiki with a decent interface (EOL = encyclopedia of life) - Publish
Evernote** - Create, organize & find back media (client) - Office
Exalead** - Unified search technology - Search
Eyebeam*** - Bleeding edge R&D - About
Facebook*** - Student communities - Community
Fannation* - Customize your sports team's content here - Startpage
Feedbeat** - Bookmark videos, create & share internet tv-shows - Video
Fellowforce~* - Help companies to innovate, pitch & get rewards - Economy
Flashface* - Compose your Most Wanted portrait - Images
Flickr* - Manage & share your photos - Images
Flowchart* - Create & share flowcharts - Office
Fon*** - Share, buy, sell wi-fi connections - Wi-fi
Footnote* - Publish & share your history, research, diaries, stories...anything - Publish
Formatpixel* - Design, publish & share in any format - Publish
Fotograb* - Participate in & create photo treasure hunts - Game
Fotolia* - Buy & sell images - Images
Fotologue* - Publish & share photos (beautiful Ajax interface) - Images
Fractionallife* - Co-own a/o co-use nice things - Economy
Freeconferencecall* - Organize conf calls for free (USA terminated) - Communicate
Freeyourid* - Open ID + .name + your domain = FreeyourID - Identity
Froogle* - Local shopping search engine; Google Maps mash-up - Ecommerce
Gabmail* - Record & send videomail - Communicate
Gadabe* - RSS metasearch (relaunched as Tagjag) - Search
Gapminder** - Discover, maintain & extend your family ties - About
Genbeta* - 2.0 blog (Spanish) - About
Geovector*** - LBS services with a usable interface. - Geo
Giga* - Watch all kinds of live stream & vod shows (German) - Video
Gizmoz* - Create your 3D video avatar & use it anywhere - Identity
Glimpse* - Buy things that celebs wear - Ecommerce
Goggles* - Flight simulator's map mash-up - Game
Gogofrog* - Create & share your 3D web page - Data
Gokita* - Clustered meta search (no advertising) - Search
Google* - Search & adwords - Search
Googleearth* - Global maps - Geo
Googlefight* - Compare search results - Game
Googleig* - Personal portal - Startpage
Goowy* - Personal portal (desktop & browser versions) - Startpage
Grandcentral* - Get 1 phone number for all your calls - Communicate
Grandcentral* - Get 1 phone number for all your calls - Communicate
Gravityzoo~*** - The Grid! - OS
Gumiyo* - Post supply & demand ads & connect live with buyers & sellers through web or phone - Marketing
Hackoff*** - Book published as blog & podcast - Multimedia
Hellodeo* - Record & send your video message - Communicate
Hitask* - Organize & manage groups - Productivity
Hitchhikr* - Share knowledge & experiences on conferences - Knowledge
Honeycomnewsmap* - News treemap - Data
Honeypitch* - Proposal automation solution - CRM
Hotdaddy* - Search engine aggregator - Search
Hullo* - Integrates soft, cell & landline phones - Communicate
Humblevoice* - Publish, share bands, music, other media & arts - Community
Hypediss* - Hype or diss stories - Rate
Imagini* - Profile yourself with images & find people with similar visual DNA - Community
Inkling* - Social delphi, exchange for futures - Game
Insolitus* - Upload & share all your files & docs - Multimedia
Interact10ways* - Interact with Getty images - Images
Internetaddressbook**~ - Find & be found, with all your 2.0 profiles - Identity
Inviteshare* - Get on waiting list for beta releases - Marketing
Itredux* - Concise categorized database of Office 2.0 companies - About
Jimdo* - Create your website for free - Publish
Kartoo** - Clustered, mapped search - Search
Keegy* - Location aware news generator - News
Kitbit* - Strives to emulate natural intelligence thru accumulated experience - Survey
Kiva* - Give a micro credit to an entrepreneur from a developing country - Economy
Klostu* - Connect yourself to all message boards, communities & people - Identity
Kuscash* - Mobile wallet community - VAS
Landcraft* - Render your own 3D landscape & share it - Images
Lastfm* - Profile your taste, share, personalize your radio - Audio
Latengo* - Upload or publish & share all your digital things (German) - Multimedia
Lijit* - Social contextual search - Search
Listigator* - Create, edit & share lists - List
Liveplasma* - Search & find other things to your taste - Search
Livesearch* - Refine your search while you type - Search
Loki* - Search & navigate web & real life - Search
Longtimelost* - Find back lost friends thru Google - Search
Loopt* - Find & share your friends & media on your mobile (cool demo!) - Geo
Lowlandsguide~** - Explore the lay of the Lowland Festival with this mobile app - Geo
Majestic12* - Distributed search engine - Search
Mappedup~* - Map your feed sources geographically - RSS
Matchmine* - Get matched to movie content - Video
Me* - Build, manage & exploit your online community - Community
Medgle* - Medical search - Search
MediaMax* - Store, manage & share media - Multimedia
Memetrics* - Optimize your marketing across media - Marketing
Mendix*~ - Semantic application development - Software
Milliondollarhomepage* - Buy pixels to finance study - Economy
Mindpicnic* - Share & learn from online knowledge - E-learning
Miro* - Open video player - Video
Mobilealibi* - Schedule a call to get you out of a situation - VAS
Mobspray* - Create & share graffiti in places thru mobile2RFID - Game
Monitor110** - One-stop semantic financial research suite - Search
Moodviews~* - Track or predict global mood levels (based on Live Journal) - Survey
Movingweb* - Blog about everything that moves (on) the web - About
Mturk* - Complete simple tasks & get paid - Economy
Musestorm*** - Metasearch in Flash (several interfaces) - Search
Mybestplay* - Profile your skills in sports & find a new club - Employment
Mycybertwin* - Clone yourself into a chat robot - Communicate
Mygame* - Personalize your games - Game
Mymobilesite** - Mobile web server and site hosting (Nokia) - Software
Mypictr* - Create & publish your profile pic for social softwares - Images
Myshape* - Find clothing matched to your body shape & preferences - Ecommerce
Mystickies* - Browse, search, sort & edit notes online - Office
Myvtc* - Share media & documents for generations to come - Community
N2yo* - Realtime satellite tracking - Geo
Nabaztag* - Get info & communicate thru wi-fi rabbit device - Communicate
Nabaztag* - Get info & communicate thru wi-fi rabbit device - Communicate
Naughtyamerica* - Multiplayer video sexgame - Game
Naughty-au-naturelle* - Penthouse letters map mash-up - Geo
Nethaggler** - Track & negotiate prices - Ecommerce
Netsuite** - Manage all your business in one integrated suite - Productivity
Netvibes***** - Personal portal - Startpage
Newser* - Algorithm-based news aggregator - News
Newsletterarchive* - Store & share your newsletters - Communicate
Newsmap*** - Rank-interfaced news (who knows what happened to Hives?) - News
Newstoday** - Publish & share cool jobs, gadgets, etc - Community
Nogoodtv* - Uncensored tv - Video
Odesk* - Work as or hire remote workforce - Employment
Omnidrive* - Store & access data - Store
Ownyourc* - Get help in making choices - Knowledge
Pando* - Store & share data - Store
Pandora*** - Personalized radio - Audio
Partystrands* - Let partygoers interact with you & each other IRL, mobile & online - Community
Peepel* - In-browser office apps - Office
Perspectives** - Visualizes spatio-temporaly the places we inhabit - Data
Phonegnome* - Add VoiP to your PSTN, SIPped - Communicate
Photosynth*** - Rebuild the world in photos - other users' and your own - Images
Pickstation* - Listen to & digg music tracks - Rate
Pickupgame* - Find people locally to play games - Community
Plateau* - Enterprise e-learning, performance & career management solution - E-learning
Playdo* - Gaming community - Community
Plazes*** - Claim & share your locations - Community
Plazesbadge* - Show where you are (e.g. on your blog) - Geo
Polarrose*** - Help to make the visual web searchable (Stealth) - Images
Popfly* - Create & share pages & mash-ups - Publish
Postgenomic* - Share & rank life science knowledge - Knowledge
Postsecret* - Publish & share secrets - Community
Previewseek*** - Byebye Google? (Coming back soon) - Search
Programmableweb** - Web 2.0 reference website, main source on APIs and mash-ups - About
Programmermeetdesigner* - Partner matching for IT projects - Economy
Projectspace* - Organize, manage & collaborate on your projects - Productivity
Properazzi* - Promote or explore European real estate - Ecommerce
Proz* - Global collaboration platform for translators - Office
Psiphon* - Surf the web anonymously - Browse
Publishing2** - Web 2.0 from a publishing & marketing point of view - About
Queeky* - Make drawings online & share them - Images
Rapidobject** - Create, print, sell & buy 3D objects - Personal manufacturing
Rapleaf* - Manage your reputation & rate your friends - Identity
Readon* - Have your video captioned for search purposes - Search
Reardencommerce* - Employee benefit services - VAS
Reblogger* - Collect, filter, sort, index & publish feeds - RSS
Rebtel* - Call international at local rates - using your cell phone - Communicate
Reflexive* - Cocreate & play games - Game
Remotecontrolmail* - Go thru your snail mail digitally before you receive it - VAS
Respectance~* - Come together to remember loved ones - Community
Retrievr* - Search images by sketching - Search
Reviewbasics* - Provide & get feedback on content & creative work - Knowledge
Riya* - Face recognition based photo search - Search
Rocketbux* - RocketEngine: deliver targeted offer to credit card holders' cell. - Marketing
Rollyo* - RocketLaunch: sms couponing. - Search
Root* - RocketPower: local closed loops for mobile marketing. - Marketing
Rootvaults* - Create search agents - Knowledge
Rrove* - Trading platform for realtime consumer data - Productivity
Rssbus* - Store, manage & share knowledge online - RSS
Rubyonrails* - Save & share places - Software
Scanr* - Create RSS feeds to exchange any type of data - Office
Scratch* - Animate games & tutorials, share & educate eachother - Game
Semapedia** - Web development framework - Tag
Sevenload*** - Scan, copy, pdf, fax documents using your phone cam - Multimedia
Shoposphere* - Add wikipedia tags to real world things - Ecommerce
Shopriot* - Make sellers bid for the product you need - Ecommerce
Shyno*** - Contact anyone or be contacted through your clothing - Ecommerce
Sidekiq* - Upload & share photos & videos - Search
Sitekreator* - Create & share pick lists - Software
Sitepal* - Hyper meta search - Communicate
Slapvid* - Watch the Youtube Top25 in 5 minutes - Video
Slide* - Build, publish & host websites - Images
Slurlmaker* - Design speaking animated avatars - Bookmark
Snappreview*** - Create photo loops & share them on your website - Publish
Socialcircles* - Bookmark sites in Second Life - Data
Socialsaga* - Video Q&A - Knowledge
Solutionwatch* - Offer your site's visitors a preview of any page you link to - About
Songbird* - Visualizes relations in an email database - Browse
Sonopia* - Start an mvno; create your mobile & online community - Community
Sourceforge** - Hosts more than 100,000 open source projects - Software
Spacetime* - 3D browser - Browse
Speedtest* - Reviews of 2.0 websites - Software
Splice* - Browse, download, manage & share all media - Audio
Sploder** - Check your ISP's speed - Game
Spore*** - Mix, mash-up & share your music - Game
Spreadshirt* - Play, make & share games - Ecommerce
Springspotters~* - User generated gameplay & characters - Marketing
Sprinko* - Design, buy or sell your T's - Community
Squawklive* - Watch & share trends - Finance
Start12*~ - Do & share everything here - Ecommerce
Stickam* - Mashes up stock data & news, sends alerts - Communicate
Storeatmyhouse* - Rent out your storage and parking space - Ecommerce
Streamload* - Find, compare & review online service providers - Multimedia
Sullr* - Reversed mobile phone number search - Search
Summize* - Check millions of user reviews before you buy something (amazingly comprehensive) - Ecommerce
Swarmteams* - Multimedia communication tool - Software
Swoot**~ - Store & share your media - Browse
Sxipper* - Solutions to set up & manage mobile One2- or Many2Many community communications - Identity
Symbaloo~* - Speed-dial startpage - Startpage
Synthasite** - Construct your page on the fly - Publish
Synthravels* - Build your own browser - Game
T9space* - 10x faster browsing on your cell - Browse
Talicious**Share your talents (by uploading stuff) & get discovered - Community
Talkdiggeralpha* - Wand service (with OpenID; Firefox only) - Community
Tapuxmobile* - Virtual travel agency (only game destinations!) - Software
Techforx* - Technology foresight exchange - Survey
Technorati** - Semantic tools to find, follow & join web conversations - Search
The100lists* - Mobile fun & community content & apps - List
Thebeststuffintheworld* - Find what people are saying - Community
Tiddlywiki* - Publish & share your lists - Publish
Touchgraph* - Visualize online data - Data
Trendmill* - Watch & share trends - Productivity
Trig* - Create & share your network & content, get featured - Community
Trustedplaces* - Review & share great places - ecommerce
Tunefeed* - Publish, discover & share cool things - Audio
Twerq* - Publish and share notes - Search
Uize** - Share your music on any website - Software
Ujiko** - Remember search results in tabs - Search
Universe** - Presents search results in stellar clouds - Search
Utensil-ed* - Java API Library - Productivity
Velvetpuffin* - Mobile community - Community
Vivisimo*** - Visual your search, manipulate results, manage your reputation (by the wizards from Kartoo); the more you use it, the more cool features you get - Search
Votigo** - Create & share a video or photo contest (addictive!) - Game
Vuvox** - Collect, create & publish your media - Publish
Wakoopa~* - Create your software profile, share it & get suggestions for cool stuff - Community
Wamily* - Share & collaborate everything with your group - Productivity
WCC~** - Matching solutions - Software
Weewar* - Multiplayer strategy map game (see how other users play!) - Game
Whatalist* - Explore, publish & share lists - List
Whyrobbierocks~** - Submit ideas and concepts & brainstorm about them with other users - Community
Wiffiti* - Clustered search - Comminicate
Wikibios* - Style your avatar & travel with it around the world wide web - Publish
Wikimindmap* - Search wiki content with mindmap interface - Search
Wikipedia* - Text your message to public screens - Publish
Wordpress** - Publish your blog (Wordpress) - Publish
Writeboard* - Let your friends collaborate on your bio - Office
Xing** - Read & co-edit encyclopedia - Community
X-moment*~ - Write, share, revise & compare documents - Geo
Yahoomaps* - Community for entrepreneurs & professionals - Geo
Yahoopipes** - Publish an event at a location - Software
Yoc* - Share media with your friends thru web & mobile (German) - Community
Youronramp* - Community of professional women, on- or offramping their career - Employment
Youtube* - Global & local maps & search mash-ups - Video
Yubnub* - Remix feeds, create mash-ups & share them - Search
Zamzar* - Upload & share video - Software
Zentation* - Synchronise & publish video & Powerpoint presentations - Publish
Zoominfo* - Search persons; create your own page - Community
Zooof* - Convert your files online - Community

Italic = new. Update 070311, 070531, 070831.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A great list, but it is a pity that we don't get just a fraction more information for each one.

Bob Stumpel said...

@Elwyn: some extra punctuation, an additional letter, an extra word?

 
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