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Codswallop, The Freelancer’s Toolset: 100 Web Apps for Everything You Will Possibly Need By Yoav Ezer last updated on May 10 gives us just that.

The site maybe aimed at the business person, but all of us can make use of many of these. Below I am listing the categories and highlighting a few of the apps in each category as examples.

Organization
1. Backpack: Create to-do lists, notes, files, images and a calendar with reminders that can be sent via email or to your mobile device.
4. Viapoint: Store emails and files by client or project.
5. Stikkit: Use Stikkit’s “little yellow notes that think” to keep in touch, plan and collaborate with clients and coworkers.
Calendars & To-Do Lists
8. Remember The Milk: Remember The Milk reminds you to take care of important tasks, so you’ll never forget when a project is due.
9. CalendarHub: Use CalendarHub’s web-based calendar to keep track of deadlines and set goals for your business.
Your Money
15. Wesabe: Use Wesabe to keep tabs on where the money in your business goes, helping you to make better financial decisions.
16. InstaCalc: InstaCalc is a web based calculator with lots of bells and whistles including spreadsheet capabilities, unit conversions and programming commands. 19. FreshBooks: FreshBooks offers a program for “painless billing,” so you’ll never have to spend hours sending client invoices out. Designed with service-based businesses in mind, this software provides a method to manage and send invoices, handle work orders and generate reports with ease.
Storage
20. openonmy: openonmy’s website offers storage for files up to 1GB. These files are made to be accessible from any computer, so you can open them up even when on-site with a client.
21. Xdrive: Xdrive offers 5GB of online storage. Use their service to share files with your clients and coworkers.
Project Management & Productivity
27. Harvest: Harvest offers web-based time tracking software with simplicity. Track your progress and inform your clients using Harvest’s reports.
28. Side Job Track: Side Job Track, designed with freelancers in mind, provides software that lets you track and manage project information.
Writing & Design Tools
32. Writeboard: Have you ever had a client or coworker revise a document and end up wiping out your work? Use Writeboard to share and collaborate while saving separate versions each step of the way.
33. Lulu: Lulu gives fledgling writers an easy way to get published. Each product is printed as it’s ordered, so you don’t have to build an expensive inventory.
Security & Privacy
40. SpamSieve: Fighting spam takes time away from your business and opens your system up to intruders. Use SpamSieve to keep spam out of your Mac email client.
41. Escrow: Don’t get burned by clients that make fraudulent payments. Use Escrow to protect yourself and your clients from payment fraud.
Mobility & Contact
48. Campfire: Campfire is a web-based chat tool that’s ideal for online meetings with clients or coworkers.
49. Meebo: Don’t miss out on a client just because you don’t use the same instant messaging tool. Get access to every major messaging service on Meebo’s website without having to download anything.
50. FaxZERO: Online communication is popular, but sometimes you just have to send a fax. But who wants to invest in a fax machine and phone line for something that happens only on a rare occasion? Instead, use FaxZERO to send a fax anywhere in the US or Canada for free.
52. K7: FaxZERO lets you send out a fax for free online, but what if a client wants to fax something to you? Enlist the help of K7, a service that assigns users a phone number that accepts fax and voicemail messages, which are then sent to your email.
Marketing & Networking
55. LinkedIn: LinkedIn offers online networking at its best. Find opportunities and contacts based on your work and the people you already know.
56. askCHARITY: Take advantage of askCHARITY’s database of key media contacts to get the word out about your business.
57. Craigslist: Craigslist is an invaluable tool for any freelancer. Find clients, sell your work, buy supplies, network and more using Craigslist.
Business & Legal
67. MyNewCompany: Get legal and tax protection for your freelance business by making things official. Use MyNewCompany to incorporate or form an LLC online.
68. Help Me Work: Get the stability of corporate life while still working as an independent consultant. Help Me Work takes care of taxes, client billing, paychecks, benefits, retirement plans and more.
72. Nolo: If you’ve got a legal question about your business, head to Nolo. Experts there offer legal advice for independent contractors and consultants.
Client Contact & Feedback
74. Breeze: Send out email campaigns to your clients with Breeze’s easy tool.
75. Wufoo: Use Woofoo to make forms, surveys and invitations for your customers with ease.
Website Tools
79. Big Cartel: Set up an online store to sell your products using Big Cartel’s service.
80. WordPress: Blog about your business and industry with WordPress.
Printing & Packaging
89. Jewelboxing: Impress your customers with Jewelboxing’s customized, professional-grade DVD and CD packages.
90. Qoop: Qoop prints everything freelancers might need: business cards, apparel, promotional items, posters and more.
Tools to Give & Take
92. Google AdWords: Use Google AdWords to advertise your business or make money by putting AdWords on your website.
93. Prosper: Using Prosper’s people-to-people lending website, you can borrow money for business expenses from real people. If you have extra cash, use Prosper to earn interest by lending to others.
Miscellaneous
97. Zoho: Zoho’s Office Suite includes a variety of software solutions for freelancers: a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, wiki writer, notebook, project management, CRM solution, database creator, calendar, web conferencing, email and chat.
98. Veetro: Veetro offers another all-in-one solution that specializes in the tools freelancers need the most. This program combines money, document, task and customer management with email marketing, reporting and blog publishing.
99. Work: Are you clueless about what it takes to run a business in your industry? Work offers guides that show you how.
100. Pandora: Get your creative juices flowing with Pandora’s fully customizable internet radio.

On the list, there are only a couple of apps I have mentioned in the past. Since they are web based, they should be cross platform.

See the list here.

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