It’s Savitri here and I just want to share my favorite apps of 2008, in no particular order.

Windows

• Pidgin: This chat software is stable and gets all my account in one application. It has a Facebook plug-in too, which I love because I don’t like logging in to Facebook all the time.
• Twirl: A Twitter based desktop application. Simple and easy on the eyes.
• Flock: The best social networking browser that connects me to Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Delicious, and more.
• SnagIt and Camtasia: Creating screen captures and videos has never been easier.
• PortableApps: Many OpenSource apps on your USB drive.
• Filezilla: Still my Windows FTP application of choice

Mac

• Snapz Pro X: Very awesome for creating screen capture videos.
• Adium: Like Pidgin but the Mac version.
• Handbrake: There is a Windows version too but I’ve only used the Mac one. Awesome for recording my daughter’s DVDs since she ruins it all the time. Now, each time the DVD gets scratched I can make another copy from the original.
• CyberDuck: My favorite FTP program.
• TextWrangler: Best text editor for me. It can easily open hidden files, un-corrupt Word files, and more.
• NeoOffice: Free office suite.

Web Based

• Twitter: I know half of what I know from it.
• GoogleDocs: It’s a really nice web based office suite.
• Zoho: I think I like it better than GoogleDocs, still indecisive.
• LiveMocha: Learn a foreign language for free and meet people while you’re at it.
• Delicious: Life saver for those who works on multiple computers. Best online bookmarker for me.
• YouTube: My visual manual for learning new apps.
• WordPress MU: I love WP but MU makes it easier to create multiple blogs here on campus.
• Flickr: Just a personal favorite
• Zamzar: Converts all sorts of file.

Cool but no time to really explore

• Gimp: OpenSource image editing software, Photoshop-ish.
• InkScape: Vector drawing application, Illustrator or Corel Draw-ish.
• Dreamweaver CS3: Sad, it’s just sitting there. All I use is the editor for html, css, and php/coldfusion.
• Drupal: I’m finding it more interesting than Joomla but didn’t have a lot of time to really learn this CMS.
• Acrobat.com: Word Processor, Video conferencing, pdf converter.

Oh, there are a few more but these are what come in my head at the time of writing. I’ll add them later!