Top 10 Web services in 2011

We have selected the top 10 Web services, reviews of which were published in "Layfhakere" last year. These tools help us to efficiently organize time and work as a team to manage their business, acquire new knowledge and develop their skills, get more pleasure from leisure and entertainment. Try them in the new year and let your life will be brighter and more comfortable!

ifttt (overview) | ifttt.com

Ingenious mashup ifttt allows the causal connection between the events in the various Web services on the principle of "if this is occurred in a single service, the the It happens in the other services. " Supported by more than 20 services, social networks and technologies: Gmail and any other e-mail, RSS, Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, Dropbox, Google Reader, Google Talk, Foursquare, Flickr, Instapaper, ReadItLater, LinkedIn, YouTube and others. In addition, events are SMS, phone calls, stock price changes and even changes in the weather in a given region. Examples of automated processes built using ifttt: «if Google Reader post is marked an asterisk, it is saved in Evernote »,« if it started to rain in New York, then receive a notification in SMS ». Now imagine ifttt opportunities in the future "

Internet of things"When the different electronic devices can communicate with each other! ;) I first learned about this service from other "Layfhakera" Victor Zakharchenko. Later, he also talked about his experience in the use ifttt solo release podcast "42"Dedicated to the productivity and management of start-ups.

Bookmate (overview) | bookmate.com

Bookmate - your personal electronic library, books which can be read on the computer and mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, Android, Symbian). Thus there is a data synchronization between your used device - start reading on your computer, you can continue it on your smartphone or tablet from the place where you left off. The fund Bookmate kept thousands of free books, many books are available on a subscription costs only 99 rubles a month. If you do not find among them the book you want, you can download it to the library themselves. Service allows you to share with your friends recommendations, see lists of their reading and borrowing books from their shelves. Reading lovers can also recommend a wonderful book lovers social network Goodreads, which for almost a year I use myself and which we discussed in 40th edition podcast "42" with Peter Didenko and Victor Zakharchenko.

LinguaLeo | lingualeo.ru

LinguaLeo - one of the best web services to learn English. In LinguaLeo you can view interesting English-language videos, listen to podcasts, lectures and dialogues, fast get the translation of unfamiliar words, add them to your personal dictionary, do the exercises for memorizing new words. Content Complexity increases with the progress of learning. In your journey into the world of English you are accompanied by a cute lion Leo, who need to be fed meatballs, obtained as a reward for successfully completed assignments. By the way, the founder and leader LinguaLeo, young entrepreneur Aynur Abdulnasyrov (along with Peter and Olga Didenko Akukinoy) participated in one of the most popular editions of the podcast "42" about learning English.

my job | moedelo.org

Today's companies need to use new technologies to improve competitiveness and stimulate their development. Many of the tasks of accounting and business management can be outsourced, and in many cases it is convenient for the PI or LLC is the use of cloud services, as "my business". This service - the usual cost-effective replacement of outsourcing. It can be used in semi-automatic mode to maintain accounting records, calculate taxes, submit reports to state authorities in electronic form via the Internet, get expert advice, for 15 minutes to create a package of documents necessary for registration of IP (and soon will be able to prepare documents for registration of the LLC). Note also the similar service from the company "SKB Kontur" - Electronic Accountant "Elba». If you are interested in the topic of cloud computing for business, then listen 54th edition podcast "42" with the participation of Peter Didenko and Nina Gorbunova.

TeamLab (overview) | teamlab.com/ru

Another important category of cloud services - Project management. One of the best (and free) is TeamLab, a worthy competitor Basecamp and other popular systems. TeamLab is available in three solutions - in the form of SaaS for use in the browser immediately after the registration process; as an open source code, which can be self-modifying to suit your needs and tastes, and then deploy the system on their own servers; and a virtual machine with a preinstalled TeamLab portal on Amazon's servers. TeamLab includes project management modules, collaboration, document management, calendar, CRM-system (Customer Relationship Management System). Marketing Manager Nina Gorbunova TeamLab represents this system 54th edition podcast "42" about cloud computing for business.

Pinterest (overview) | pinterest.com

New fashionable service Pinterest lets you create beautiful virtual boards with pictures of various objects, buildings, places, interiors, dishes - all the things that you love and want to show others. New objects are added to the board is very simple - using a bookmarklet to the browser or manually through the web interface. At Pinterest, you can follow the updates of virtual boards of their friends, looking at interesting pictures for ideas, inspiration, and just a good mood. As an example, my board "Guests podcast "42""With photos of all the wonderful reviews and information about their activities and links to issues podcast with their participation.

Yast (overview) | yast.com

With the help of service for time-tracking Yast can track time spent on various projects and individual tasks, to find weaknesses in your work schedule and optimize them. The service is intended for individual users and small teams. time counter when the task is started and stopped with one click, and then you get detailed reports in various sections. Time Trackers are very useful time management tool - not less important than the task managers and calendars. From my own experience I know that personal efficiency can be dramatically improved by deeply examining their work schedule and take some time to optimize it.

Moredays (overview) | moredays.com

Moredays - online organizer, stylized paper planners and something reminiscent of the legendary Moleskine. Its main advantage - a marvelous beauty. Designers have tried to fame and made one of the most beautiful organizer in the world. Thus Moredays has a fairly rich functionality: you can manage tasks, schedule time on your calendar, store notes, contacts, share separate organizer pages with others via Twitter, Facebook, Google+, the sync with Evernote and Google Apps, and will soon appear and clients for mobile devices.

Asana (overview) | asana.com

If you - one of the founders of Facebook, any your project instantly becomes known. That is what happened with Asana Dustin Moskovitz project management system, co-founder of the world's largest social network. However, Asana is noteworthy not only because of identity Dustin - the developers have created a simple and convenient service with a pleasant but rigorous interface. Asana is suitable for personal use and for work in a small team. Funktsialnost system is hardly rich, but may in this and it is one of the main advantages for those who do not require an overloaded function management tools projects. Asana syncs with Google Calendar, Apple iCal and Microsoft Outlook, integrates with e-mail, has clients for smartphones and tablets.

BO.LT | bo.lt

BO.LT provides a simple, but an amazing opportunity to edit to your liking any web page. It is enough to indicate its address, and you can very easily without any knowledge of HTML or other web development technologies that make any changes in the text and design of copies of this web page, and then send others a link to a shortened result. Invitation to view friends or colleagues can edit this webpage. Service is indispensable when you need to clearly present the appearance of the site after various modifications, conduct brainstorm to find new ideas for design or display a web page with your friends explanatory comments. You can switch to editing the HTML code mode, to get even more freedom of action.

Dear readers, as some web services like you in 2011? Which ones would you recommend to us for review in the "Layfhakere"?