#31 Plaxo

Plaxo is like an office application with built in social networking etc.... much like Facebook but kind of a little bit more professional. Plaxo years back was used as an electronic business card and address book but it looks like it has morphed into this.

I personally wouldn't use this as it's just another application to use and somewhere to put your calendar and other business information. Google calendar is much better.

#29 ScrapBlog

Without much effort I was able to create a scrapbook page. The graphics were easy to use and much of the site was drag and click.

The result of my efforts are here
http://www.scrapblog.com/2b114489f4/0DFFC13D-09AB

#27 Photobucket

I seem to be getting lost in all the photo sharing sites available. Like many have said this allows you to collect photos from lots of sources, not just those on your PC. I tried sending a picture from my mobile phone using email and it landed in my "bucket". Another added feature is that you can edit photos that you have stored.

Found some Concorde images.

#26 Widgets

Decided to create a weather widget.

Seems to work pretty well. Although I am not sure if the forecast is exactly correct but seems to be pretty close.

#25 Letterpop

The newsletters look good.... except for the ads all down the side. Then again they have to keep the site running somehow. Can people pay for this and get rid of the ads?

My Newsletter

I tried taking some pics on my phone and uploading them to flickr, then linking them into my Letterpop newsletters.

#24 Zamzar file conversion

Interesting site. Yes sometimes you don't have the software you want on your own computer and you want to convert it to a format that can use. So I can see some applications for that. Waiting for the file was a bit annoying when you may need to send it straight away. Though clever idea.

I downloaded a short video file from YouTube to my computer. Then converted it to iPod format. flv to m4v format. Then i realised you can just put the YouTube URL address where the video is straight into Zamzar and it will post the file back. That was clever. Though you wouldn't want to send an email >5MB unless you have a really fast connection and a none restrictive email box.

Learning 2.1 Begins

Time to start learning a few more interesting things that I never knew about.