Diego Giol Internet and many other things

Many times we have heard things like “who would you take with you to a desert island?” or “what five objects would you take with you to a desert island?” Well, I asked my self the same old question but rephrased for the XXI century: “what five web sites would I like to have access to from a desert island?”

I know, what kind of person asks himself this kind of questions? Let’s just say that it is an excuse for me to list some of my favorite sites.

Anyways, here is my list:

1. Skype: If I am going to be alone in the middle of nowhere, then I will want to talk with my friends and family! And may be I can convince them that they should come and rescue me… Now talking seriously, this is an excellent software and it has very good sound quality. I have audio and video conferences almost every day with friends and relatives in Europe, USA, South America and Australia. I use it even more than my fixed phone!
2. Netvibes.com: This French site is the start page on my browser. It took me a while to understand how it works but now I just love it. I access nearly everything from it. These are some of the sites I access from it: my favorite newspapers, my Gmail e-mails, my favorite blogs, my own blogs, my favorite pictures, bookmarks, a calendar, my favorite podcasts and video feeds. How is this possible? It pulls the info from all those sites into a single page. It is excellent.
3. Google.com: Simply the best and easiest search engine out there.
4. Wordpress.org: This is the software I use for blogging. It is for free and very good. It would help me to write my experiences in the island.
5. And the last one is… Gmail.com: I have to admit that I had an account for more than a year and I never used it. But in the last months they added (or I discovered, I am not sure which one was first) some features that I found very useful: possibility to send e-mails from different addresses but using the same account, I can add the news or info I want to see when I get in, plus old features like over 2 Gb of space and I can read my emails with Outlook.

May be you find them useful as well…

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• Date Thursday, 04 May 06 at 2:42 pm
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