Stuff I’m Still Using: My Favorite Products From 2010: Online Collaboration«

One of the fun things about writing here is that I get to experiment with a bunch of apps and devices that I might not have tried otherwise. A friend recently asked how many of the products I wrote about last year have made their way into my everyday work life. I checked, and here’s the list, in no particular order:

Devices

• TheOverdrive Mobile Hotspotfrom Sprint. I’ve been very impressed with the simplicity and usefulness of this device while I’m on the road. I took it on across-country train triplast summer, and was able to get a 4G or 3G signal in many large and medium-sized cities. I’ve had to exchange this device twice: The first one stopped booting, and the second one had a defective USB port. But Sprint was very good about replacing them, and the current version came with updated firmware and seems to be faster and more reliable than the original one.
• TheHTC EVO 4G, and most of theAndroid apps I wrote aboutin November. I’m still discovering more cool apps, and have added some like theofficial LinkedIn appthat was recently released.
• TheZaggSPARQbackup battery chargerfor USB devices. Much as I like the EVO, I have to watch its battery use, so having some extra power in my pocket is awfully handy.
• The third-generationKindle. I find it so comfortable that I forget I’m using an e-book reader.

Apps

• TotalFinder, the Mac Finder replacement that adds tabs and other enhancements. The latest version has added cut and paste, a real necessity.
• TheFirefoxadd-onsthat require secure connections over wi-fi networks. I’m still using Firefox, thanks to theadd-ons I still can’t live without. Most are now available for Chrome; I might be able to switch once something likeGmail Manageris available for that browser.
• My web-design company is using theGoogle Font APIfor embedding fonts into websites.
• The“Call from Gmail” function thatGoogle Voicedebuted in 2010.

I tried some really great hardware and software last year. There are some other products that didn’t make the list, not because I didn’t like them, but because they didn’t fit my workflow for one reason or another.

The innovations from 2010 were quite impressive. I look forward to seeing more great stuff in 2011!

What cool new apps and devices did you discover in 2010?

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