2007: Web 2.0 Companies I Couldn't Live Without

TechCrunch by Michael Arrington | Jan. 2, 2007 (Opinion)

I enjoyed sorting through the hundreds of startups that we had written about, and picking just a handful that made a real impact on my life. It was so much fun, actually, that I'm updating the list this year.

Seven of the companies are still on the list. Six have dropped off to make room for new products, and I've added two more to round out the list to fifteen total products. Here's the current list, in alphabetical order, of products I use every ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Internet, Technology
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jan 2, 2007 - 7:34 AM PST
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Juraj Kovacik (review), David Vogel (review), Thomas Lowenhaupt (review), Mark Mavroudis (review), Marty Heyman (review)
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Thomas Lowenhaupt
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 by Thomas Lowenhaupt - Oct. 1, 2008

A 2.0 progress report with short reviews and good links.

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Marty Heyman
3.7
 by Marty Heyman - Oct. 1, 2008

It's a good article except that it's very much an insider's article. Mike assumes you track all these categories and know, to some extent, what each is. The casual reader will need to follow a lot of links to the coverage on other pages. Just a few more words of description for each might have been a huge improvement.

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
Kaizar posted this story.
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Mark Mavroudis
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 by Mark Mavroudis - Oct. 1, 2008
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Juraj Kovacik
3.6
 by Juraj Kovacik - Oct. 1, 2008

Selection is based on personal taste only, but it is clear it was done on that way so I think it is OK. And maybe this way of selection - to recommend what what is usable for me - is the best way of recommendations. One can find an inspiration here so it could be reasonable to look at it, even if you prefer last.fm not pandora...

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David Vogel
5.0
 by David Vogel - Oct. 1, 2008
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