I haven’t done a “list” web site recentlly, here is one from last December that is useful for more than just us Mac people.
As the author says: “The list primarily highlights the lesser-known or undiscovered websites and misses out all-time favorites like Google Docs, Wikipedia or IMDB that most of us are already aware of.”
Here are a few of the web sites mentioned:
01. screenr.com – record movies of your desktop and send them straight to YouTube.
04. untiny.me – find the original URLs that’s hiding behind a short URLs.
05. localti.me – know more than just the local time of a city
06. copypastecharacter.com – copy special characters that aren’t on your keyboard.
08. fb.me/AppStore – search iOS app without launching iTunes.
09. iconfinder.com – the best place to find icons of all sizes.
10. office.com – download templates, clipart and images for your Office documents.
24. scr.im – share you email address online without worrying about spam.
30. tineye.com – this is like an online version of Google Googles. (Reverse image search. Paste in an image and find it on line.)
36. wetransfer.com – for sharing really big files online.
38. polishmywriting.com – check your writing for spelling or grammatical errors.
41. whichdateworks.com – planning an event? find a date that works for all.
42. everytimezone.com – a less confusing view of the world time zones.
46. translate.google.com – translate web pages, PDFs and Office documents.
53. lmgtfy.com – when your friends are too lazy to use Google on their own. ( I’ve mentioned this one before.)
56. faxzero.com – send an online fax for free
62. boxoh.com – track the status of any shipment on Google Maps
63. chipin.com – when you need to raise funds online for an event or a cause.
65. example.com – this website can be used as an example in documentation.
67. google.com/history – found something on Google but can’t remember it now?
72. sxc.hu – download stock images absolutely free.
76. scribblemaps.com – create custom Google Maps easily.
81. snopes.com – find if that email offer you received is real or just another scam.
(PLEASE remember snopes. I get so tired of telling people that the stories they are spreading are false and then pointing them to Snopes as proof.)
92. snapask.com – use email on your phone to find sports scores, read Wikipedia, etc.
101. nutshellmail.com – Get your Facebook and Twitter streams in your inbox.
As you can see, these are not major web sites but many can be useful on occasion. Some, like Snopes will be useful more frequently for some than for others. Check out the whole list here: http://www.labnol.org/internet/101-useful-websites/18078/
