Fully Curated – Tweets from the Month of March

I often hear that people enjoy the articles that I share.  I’ve even been hearing the term “curation” recently.  I know it was a big month for tweets and decided to take a little time to pull together a list of what I curated from my twitter feeds during the month of March.    Here it is in one place…a month full of tweets.

Amazon Locker

1. Amazon faces backlash over music locker service http://goo.gl/ew5KF
2. The Cloud Will Be Your Hard Drive, Despite The Record Labels’ Greed http://t.co/AqzzNNj
3. HOW TO: Use Amazon Cloud Player With iOS Devices http://t.co/zO0J7Om

Apple

1. Rumors: iOS5, iPhone5, iPad3…Cloud-Based iOS 5 This Fall? http://bit.ly/h47fwx
2. Rumor: iOS 5 will be a ‘major revamp,’ won’t debut until fall http://pulsene.ws/17isK more heavily cloud-based iOS
3. Apple Releases iOS 4.3.1 http://bit.ly/gYoOC5
4. iPhone 5 rumor central http://t.co/poa3QEk (info graphic) http://yfrog.com/gzmzczcj
5. Apple To Let Users Use Cloud Service To Download Songs To Multiple iDevices http://pulsene.ws/14ebq
6. good post on post-PCness http://www.sampletheweb.com/2011/03/04/dear-apple-youre-not-post-pc-until-you-cut-the-cord/

AT&T

1. Why AT&T Bought T-Mobile http://pulsene.ws/15Lsd
2. One bad company buying another: AT&T buys TMobile http://tinyurl.com/6cfe8j2
3. RWW AT&T Starts Sending Letters to Jailbroken Tetherers, Will Automatically Charge Fee http://rww.to/f1hRLx

My Blog Posts

1. Facebook Today, Reminds Me of AOL in 1998 http://t.co/Kuu6VfM
2. Here’s my iPad 2 first impressions blog post http://t.co/yteyHCY
3. My Post illustrating Mobility & Ease of Consumption http://is.gd/DDukd5

CIO

1. The 4 Personas of the Next-Generation #CIO now on #hbr http://bit.ly/en5EHK?

Cloud

1. Great, simple explanation of Dropbox; http://t.co/2xbw4tO
2. Cloud computing: A market for computing power | The Economist: http://bit.ly/hAlInv

Enterprise 2.0

1. Expertise Location: The Killer App for Enterprise Social Computing http://t.co/aOnkEGR
2. List of Enterprise 2.0 CFP winners is now available #e2conf. Congrats to the winners! http://bit.ly/e63w84
3. good discussion w/ IBM’er on adoption The Psychology of Collaboration http://feedly.com/k/dNnqrL
4. Excellent analogy: email vs. SocNets. :Trains, Sliding Doors and Social Networks http://tumblr.com/xhe1qji74d
5. BT Intranet SharePoint 2010 examples http://goo.gl/tSZAS
6. Merck looks to Facebook for employee portal, CSR effort – Medical Marketing and Media http://t.co/EpOHV71
7. Social Business Begins by Unleashing Your Business Talent http://bit.ly/eMfjxc By @elsua
8. The military shows the need for information sharing and local decision making http://t.co/vzXPiu9 post by @BartSchutte
9. Challenges of transforming large, rigid org cultures into agile and aware networks: Great post: http://t.co/kVlkB8r.
10. Awesome, Socialcast evolves the #hashtag for all people to understand – http://is.gd/0P1M5i
11. If true other teams are running plays on field while MSFT is in locker room deciding uniform colors. http://engt.co/h739tL
12. Good advice on social software adoption: http://t.co/tsaf2XE
13. Video: The Conference Call http://post.ly/1gajI
14. Social Intranet – The Intersection Diagram http://t.co/S2taO5l by @adowbor

EBay

1. eBay acquires GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion http://dlvr.it/Lnhjd

Experts

1. List of Social Intranet, Enterprise 2.0, Collaboration, Engagement, and HR Technology Experts http://ow.ly/4nbeu

Future

1. Gaming for engagement is trending… using game design in non-gaming contexts http://bit.ly/h62xXc
2. How do you become a futurist? http://bit.ly/ik3jKx “claim you are and people either believe you or not” says @rossdawson
3. 1373 Twitter users with “Futurist” in their bios http://bit.ly/eHnL2r
4. [VIDEOS] The latest robots are virtually indistinguishable from people http://bit.ly/esxMLX
5. Very cool #future “day in the life” video (Corning) http://bit.ly/e1PX0U “A Day Made of Glass”
6. Top 10 Dying Industries: Newspapers, Photo Finishing, Record Shops make the list: http://bit.ly/gbVv2g

Google

1. Google copies Facebook’s Like Button http://bit.ly/e1iBSY
2. Google Announces New Service for Nonprofits http://is.gd/ZroO4B
3. Half A Billion Blog Posts Later, Google To Give Blogger A Revamp http://dlvr.it/KGBTD

Groupon

1. Groupon moving towards real-time location based coupons. Two buttons: I’m Hungry, I’m Bored. http://Ez.com/grpn
2. CHART OF THE DAY: Watch Groupon Go From 0 To $25 Billion In The Blink Of An Eye http://read.bi/ea2POb

Infographics

1. How Small Businesses Are Using #SocialMedia [INFOGRAPHIC] http://t.co/aQU16xQ
2. The #SocialMedia World Before Twitter And Facebook [Infographic] – http://bit.ly/dQhQHP
3. Infographic of the Day: The Next 25 Years in Emerging Tech | Co.Design http://t.co/7tkiBKB
4. Who’s Really Scanning All Those QR Codes? [INFOGRAPHIC] http://pulsene.ws/149cx
5. #Tablet comparison #infographic – http://ow.ly/48nMB http://yfrog.com/h06mjvaj
6. nice info graphic on the culture aspect http://dld.bz/Mcyc
7. Should you be on LinkedIn? [infographic] http://bit.ly/dVMvLa
8. How Mobile Shopping Is Changing The World [Infographic] – http://bit.ly/h2UETL

iPad / Tablets

1. 18 Million #WordPress Websites Now Available in #iPad Format http://on.mash.to/g8gY8t
2. iPad to go on sale outside US: Apple Inc to stick to plans to roll out product this week. http://bit.ly/f3wulH
3. BlackBerry Playbook Will Be Available In 20,000 Retailers http://tcrn.ch/feSMBw
4. RT @MacOutfittersPA: Read our new blog post, iPad 2: First Impressions http://bit.ly/fF7zg2
5. 7 Twitter Apps For iPad: http://bit.ly/expOJl
6. Five ways the iPad 2 works on the buyer’s subconscious: http://cnet.co/hmQ3RC
7. The Week in iPad Cases: The iPad 2 has landed: All your choices explained http://yhoo.it/dXANhF
8. Apple could face iPad 2 component shortages: http://yhoo.it/i5CNIS
9. This looks like a promising iPad app. http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2011/03/03/100-cameras-in-1-for-the-ipad/
10. Why the iPad is awesome @TreyRatcliff shows off cool photo processing app http://t.co/75XrXU8 100 cameras
11. Equal Time…iPad 2: The Skeptic’s Review: http://bit.ly/gZpzLV
12. iPad 2: A Gaming Machine?: The iPad 2 is out, but is it a good gaming machine? http://bit.ly/dJfilH
13. Dell and HP: Two computer giants prepare for a world no longer dominated by the PC http://econ.st/h3EHnJ
14. Putting iPads To Work — my guide: http://t.co/6l96oFh by @waltmossberg
15. How To Collaborate With Others Online Using Your iPad http://goo.gl/fb/Y8cuu
16. iPad Essentials for the Network Administrator http://goo.gl/ZDuhg
17. The 3 Best iPad PDF Markup Apps; – http://goo.gl/CDO1c
18. Interesting: what is in that iPad smart cover: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-2-Smart-Cover-Teardown/5089/1
19. iPad 2 jailbroken, no ETA on public release http://pulsene.ws/158L9
20. Backordered: Total iPad sellout – 70% new buyers: http://bit.ly/gPwzPp Fortune Article
21. So, what’s inside the iPad 2? http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-2-Wi-Fi-Teardown/5071/1
22. IPad2 offers aspiring movie makers the whole package http://usat.ly/hLjX9c via USA TODAY
23. My hunt for the elusive iPad 2 delivers some big game http://zd.net/fc2en4 <-my story in comments
24. Mobile Harmony: iPad 2, Android & Windows 7 http://bit.ly/hh2f2Z
25. Maybe… Here’s What’s Coming In The iPad 3 (AAPL) http://bit.ly/hTLz0i
26. iPad 2: Thin, Not Picture Perfect My review: http://t.co/KDziWmM #ipad2 by @waltmossberg
27. How does apple really feel about their new Ipad2? Here is the video: http://goo.gl/j4w0J
28. Want a 3G iPad 2 and Own an iPhone? Here’s How You Save $130 http://bit.ly/eMRVBe
29. Original iPad Better Than Ever: Here’s why. Price and Apps http://fxn.ws/gQjhnm
30. Unleashing creativity in many ways… How the iPad revolution has transformed working lives http://t.co/o7n8t1C
31. Did you write a post on how to transfer your data from your first iPad to your new iPad 2? A. Yes http://bit.ly/id7wLX
32. How To Use iPad 2 | A New User Guide http://t.co/5lTsJJD [massive post on how to use your new ipad]
33. It’s Apple’s ‘post-PC’ world — we’re all just living in it. http://r2.ly/7c5j
34. 10 more top 10 reasons to buy an iPad 2 http://bit.ly/i8y2LW
35. An iPad Lover’s (Initial) Thoughts On iPad 2 http://tcrn.ch/dH7ujY
36. iPad 2 Rollout Leads to Massive Deflation in Secondary Market http://pulsene.ws/13Rck
37. Watch the iPad 2 March 2nd Event Keynote – http://t.co/RFKqyo0 #iPad2
38. Steve Jobs announces iPad 2 http://bit.ly/hOzJUO #ipad2
39. Watching the live blog: http://engt.co/dV3fmx for iPad2
40. It’s iPad day! Faster, slimmer, 2-camera iPad said likely: http://bit.ly/gl74VG <-summary of latest rumors Wednesday, March 02, 2011
41. To take on Apple, new tablets go where iPad won’t – http://bit.ly/fq8V1T
42. Check out “The DVD Era Finally Ends – Thanks to the iPad” http://bit.ly/gn2ywA

Japan

1. Japan: whatever happened to the nuclear meltdown? http://bit.ly/hzSUNr March 23
2. Catching up on developments in Japan http://n.pr/h916CQ March 19
3. These images are just sobering. If you need some perspective click here: http://bit.ly/gTZdVU March 16
4. I don’t have words big enough to persuade why you should. The pics from Japan tell that story. http://ht.ly/4f4KT, March 15
5. Cometh the hour http://pulsene.ws/15ihx by @jobsworth, March 14
6. Amazing views of the devastation in Japan http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm March 13
7. Desperation and panic grip Japan (Reuters) http://reut.rs/fIBSrH “Like a scene from a disaster movie”March 12
8. Google is helping to curate info about the Earthquake. http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html March 12

Location Based Services

1. Neiman Marcus Launches Nationwide SCVNGR Challenge http://tinyurl.com/4gjruko

LinkedIn

1. Introducing LinkedIn Today http://t.co/Ya7SBrC

MySpace

1. Amazingly, MySpace’s Decline Is Accelerating http://bit.ly/dHtTFh

Mobility

1. Want to Engage Senior Executives? Think Mobile. http://bit.ly/gbvCjl
2. Nine Powerful Apps That Convert Your iPhone Into A Knowledge Hub http://bit.ly/frB3Nk
3. The Judge Group Launches Mobile Website – March 16, 2011 (Phila) http://ow.ly/1bNwaX
4. March 28, Phila, Mobile Health Forum http://t.co/FbPKijK
5. 90% of the world now lives in a place with access to a mobile network http://goo.gl/KaTzL
6. Hmmm..I need to give this a try… How to build location based app in five minutes, with no coding http://bit.ly/dRQdw4
7. AT&T Confirms Mobile Hotspot Support for iPhone http://bit.ly/fcxKKq
8. The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Mobile: http://su.pr/25JI2F
9. My fav so far is instagram… 22 Ways To Tweet Photos & Images from your iPhone: http://bit.ly/ieWmWv
10. How Mobile Shopping Is Changing The World [Infographic] – http://bit.ly/h2UETL
11. http://ow.ly/4pnph Smartphone use is expected to increase by 50% in 2011

Salesforce

1. Salesforce buys Radian6 / http://tcrn.ch/eXxCsC
2. Salesforce.com buys Radian6, an excellent move! Details http://bit.ly/gDETbH

Social Business Summit

1. RT @joningham: My post on John Hagel session at #SBS2011 http://bit.ly/ijsN27
2. All the tweets, pics and posts from Social Business Summit Austin: http://jimworth.pbworks.com/w/page/37688605/Social-Business-Summit-2011
3. Reflections on Social Business Summit 2011 – Syndey and Austin http://t.co/wJ0clCl http://yfrog.com/h48b5rp
4. Social Business Summit 2011 first half round up http://dach.is/gmghEB
5. 2011 Social Business Summit Review http://bit.ly/fjciuO
6. Social Business is Here: Review of the 2011 Social Business Summit Austin http://t.co/z3Atf0C by @andyjankowski
7. Curated #sbs2011 tweet stream, courtesy of @keepstream. http://dach.is/gohoQv
8. check out #sbs2011 to see great feedback on Dachis’ first summit in Sydney. Join others near you: http://bit.ly/70rO2V

Social Business

1. Career path of the social business professional – Being Peter Kim http://t.co/FbkXTZV
2. Watching the rise of “Social Business” over Social CRM, Enterprise 2.0. http://yfrog.com/h48t3dj http://bit.ly/hAIkwQ

Sunday Series

1. Sunday Series: “Absolute Truth” Click the 3/21 message: http://feeds.harvest.org/ANB or direct to mp3: http://bit.ly/fwqQdt by @greglaurie Sunday, March 27
2. Sunday Series: “Raising The Dead” Click the 3-13 message: http://bit.ly/efUfoz Or direct to mp3: http://bit.ly/e8gptp Sunday, March 20
3. Sunday Series: How Close Are We? Click the 3/06 message: http://bit.ly/f8lYKw or direct to mp3: http://bit.ly/fcxmxy @bridgefm Sunday, March 13
4. Sunday Series: “From Thunder to Love” Click the 2/20 message: http://bit.ly/getBcM Or direct to mp3: http://bit.ly/faVuYx Sunday, March 06

SXSW

1. 2011 Insights from @bobpearson1845 http://bit.ly/hdPLxn
2. RT @ShannonPaul Blog post – My Takeaways From SXSW Interactive http://bit.ly/ey0sq9
3. SXSW 2011: Great for Networking, But No Technology Breakthroughs http://t.co/zqN2P0n
4. Zappos spreading the #Happiness story w/ new #brand. at #SXSW http://bit.ly/dQNQOS
5. At each SXSW a new technology gains early adopter attention, one contender is groupme http://t.co/tblUkoc

TED

1. Topsy’s “Selinah”, 1 of 10 amazing “Ads Worth Spreading” from #TED: http://www.ted.com/initiatives/aws/selinah.html
2. Target’s “Kaleidoscopic”, 1 of 10 amazing “Ads Worth Spreading” from TED: http://on.ted.com/8yFb
3. Intel’s The Chase, 1 of 10 amazing “Ads Worth Spreading” from TED: http://www.ted.com/initiatives/aws/the_chase.html
4. TED Ads Worth Spreading: If You Only Watch 10 Ads This Year Make It These http://www.ted.com/initiatives/aws
5. RT @jordanayan Rode in Google’s new self-driving car at #TED a highlight of the conference http://budurl.com/TEDcar
6. Here is a link to a detailed story on the amazing kidney printing demo at #TED2011 – http://budurl.com/TEDkid

Trends

1. No one uses the phone anymore http://bit.ly/fuJngc
2. Entire movies compressed into single barcodes http://ow.ly/4au4T
3. “Google before you tweet” is the new “think before you speak” http://bit.ly/newtruthisms
4. Something to do with those old books  Masterful sculptures made from large books. http://bit.ly/eOicoL

Twitter

1. Best practices for the “retweet” http://t.co/xQyjDr7
2. 10 Memorable Tweets From Twitter’s Five Years in Existence: http://abcn.ws/eryfvf
3. How do you explain what Twitter is to someone that’s never used it? http://bit.ly/gp6vo4
4. YES!!! Finally got my Twiter https option!!! Everyone should enable it!! http://bit.ly/dLPrFB http://tnw.co/ech1SY
5. Captures reasons why I prefer Twitter to Facebook – http://t.co/PxNPpB2
6. How to do Twitter in 15 minutes a day http://ow.ly/44nz8
7. Paper.li is my fav so far… 4 Ways to Read Your #SocialMedia Updates as Newspaper http://bit.ly/ibgVEs
8. Very Cool: try VisibleTweets – looks great on a large screen! Eg: http://bit.ly/hV0Dvx

iPad 2: You Only Have One Chance to Make A First Impression

My 7 year old son is sitting next to me. He just woke up and came downstairs to grab my iPad 2 from my hands. His first words…”Oh cool, you got iMovie”

That’s OK, he can play with it for now. I have been up for 2 hours and can take a break to write up my first impressions. I’m typing on my laptop because writing a blog post on the touch screen keyboard is just too slow for this seasoned touch typest. But that’s OK. The iPad is not designed to replace a laptop. It’s another animal all together. As Steve Jobs said it is part of the Post PC class of devices.

I unboxed my new 32GB White wifi unit last night at 6pm. Here’s how it went.

• It came fully charged
• I plugged it into to iTunes and was automatically asked if I wanted to restore from my iPad 1 (16GB wifi) backup.  The restore took about 15 minutes, but no apps came down.
• I had to manually select all the apps and do another sync.  This time it took about 20 minutes.  I went to eat dinner and came back about 6:45.
• All passwords needed to be re-entered (mail accounts, app store, etc.)
• By 7, I was up and running.  Most frustrating was that my app icons were all over the place.  I needed to manually set them back where I wanted them.  There was no real rhyme or reason to the app location on my iPad 1, but over the last 11 months, I had built up about 6 pages of apps and just become accustomed to where they were.  I guess the discipline of cleaning this up was really necessary.  So no big deal.
• I tried to call a few friends with FaceTime.  I got through to my iPad buddy Nate who was setting up his too (read his post).  In about 5 seconds I saw him with his 3 year old son and we had a nice chat.  We had nothing really to talk about so we hung up.  I called two more, but got no answer.  Later that evening my iPhone buddy RB called me back…that is really cool.  I like FaceTime.
• The camera is nice, but remarkably coarse and low quality, especially in low light.  It works, but I expect this will be one of the upgrades when the iPad 3 comes out.  For now, coarse front camera is better than no camera…kind of like the early camera phones.  The back camera is better, but you need good light, not the ambient light at my house after dinner.
• Yes, it is fast.  I’m not sure if it is 2x as fast or 9x the graphics, but if Steve says so, it must be true.
• I really miss my standard Apple iPad case.  The store did not have any accessories, so I’m using the iPad “au natural” with no case.  I’m not sure I will go with the standard “smart cover”.  (See the review here.)  I really like to cover the back, it prevents slips when I set it down and also makes it easier to hold.  There is a reason they put a textured cover on a book.  I would never read a metal slippery magazine.  I really don’t get where Apple thinks we will all do that.  Back to the case, I put my iPad 2 in the standard Apple iPad 1 case and it looked like a skinny kid in his father’s suit.  Even with the baggy fit, I may use that case until I can buy one with the same function that fits the slimmer offspring.
• Speaking of kids, my 7 year old is all over this iPad.  He is making some incredible music with Garage Band and already working some videos with iMovie.  Both are incredibly powerful applications, perform well on the iPad 2 and bring pleasure immediately in their simplicity and ability to create a slick media product.  That’s $9.98 I don’t mind spending.
• It’s not about the device, but about the media and the content.  I reloaded Murdoch’s “The Daily” and caught up on the news…There is plenty of it today with the horrible devastation in Japan.  All my content feeds work well….web browsing with safari (I didn’t even notice any of the improvements), tweeting with twitterrific, gmail, and a new app called Zite.  It creates a custom magazine based on my tweet reading habits (kind of creepy, but it looks promising)

Well, that’s what comes to mind right away.  I’m an experienced iPad user who is eager to stay on top of the technology as it evolves.  It’s a good experience that just got a little bit better.  In time, I’m sure I’ll have plenty more to say, but this is one happy Early Adopter.

Now if I can only get it back from my son.

My 21 Personal Productivity Discoveries in 2010

It’s January 1, 2011 and as I read all the reflective posts, it has me thinking of the new technology that I experienced in 2010. Before we all forget what a big year it was and dive right into 2011 innovations, let’s take a moment to reflect.

For me, it was all about the Social Web, Mobility, and of course, the iPad (the only device to make the list). What an impact these innovations have had! I’m not an analyst or a app vendor, and have no agenda to promote any particular technology. I simply seek out technology to simplify my connection with others and to make my day more productive .

2010 was a year of experimenting for this “Early Adopter”. This day, one year ago, I had no idea I would discover and incorporate the following into my regular routine. I bet many of these tools were (or maybe are) new to you as well. I’m sure there are some I missed and many that I have yet to discover.  So please suggest more through comments or Tweets.

MyWi (iPhone hotspot)

Twitterrific twitter app

WTHashtag.com tweet archiving

Pbworks.com simple wiki

Google analytics stat tracking

Google reader RSS reader

Kindle on iPhone / iPad  eReader

Socialcast community microblogging

Instapaper cloud based bookmarking

Goodreader PDF/PPT reader for iPad

Quora crowsourced Q or A

Posterous blogging

Barcamp unconference approach

Ustream personal broadcasting
Eventbrite event registration
iPad tablet
Angry birds timedraining game
Pulse RSS reader

Pandora personal radio

Foursquare location based service

Gowalla another take on location based services

OK, they are not all productive (Angry Birds, Foursquare and Gowalla) but those that aren’t, do break new ground and are enjoyable (for a season, at least). 

The really neat thing is you told me about all of these innovations. I learn about them by keeping up with the conversation on the Social Web. I’m sure I will think of others that I forgot. But just looking at this list of innovations I didn’t even know about 12 months ago is a bit overwhelming.

I wonder if this pace of innovation will continue into 2011. I can only imagine what next year’s list will look like on New Years Day, 2012. It’s going to be a great ride.  Let’s take it together.

What’s So Special About the iPad

I admit, I am a bit of a gadget freak. In my suburban home shared by two parents and two kids, we have technology throughout: 3 laptops, 3 desktops, 2 iPhones, 3 iPods, Wii, Roku, Blue-ray, Netflix, screaming fast FIOS broadband (internet, tv, and telephone service), whole house DVR, and a house and yard covered by WIFI.

Yes, I also bought an iPad and have been using it now for 7 months. I find myself regularly hearing from friends and pundits who point out the limitations and say “I’ll wait for the next generation.”. In the meantime, I’m enjoying what I have today. Let me try to explain the appeal. I bet it will ring true to other early adopters and fellow iPad owners.

• Instant on – it is on and connected to the web before my ROM BIOS boot message appears on my laptop
• All day battery life – my laptop batteries are so bad, we keep them plugged in all day and whenever we use them. The iPad runs often for 2 or more days without a recharge.
• Portability – with the standard Apple protective case it is the size of a small book. No cords, no accessories. I just grab it and go.
• Continuous and free software updates – Apple and app providers update OS and application software for free as soon as it becomes available. This keeps everything at the latest release level and cleans out bugs quickly. (Microsoft could learn a lesson here)
• Social Web and email- Twitter, facebook, websites, email, blogs, it handles it all very well.
• Video and audio – I have yet to see a better device for pulling it all together: YouTube, Netflix, digital movies, iPod, podcasts.
• Games – my kids (and I) love the great games. The display, the touch interface, the speakers: they all work swimmingly together.

Say what you will about the lack of flash support, the difficulty typing, and the lack of ability to build complex spreadsheets and presentations. I’m tired of doing that stuff anyway. All I really want to do is simple short communications (tweets, email, blog posts and the like) and then quickly experience what the web has to offer in video, news, entertainment, and updates from my social circle. For that, the iPad is just right.

Thank You Apple for, yet again, not giving incremental improvements, but rather for dreaming up a new experience that we all wanted but never thought to ask for.

2 Months with my iPad

Welcome to all the new Global iPad owners.

Here is what I’ve learned since I got mine as an impulse buy on the US launch Day, April 3.

My favorite apps / ways of working:

Twitterrific for tweets
Weatherbug for weather
Instapaper for saving tweets
Amazon Kindle app for my books
Facebook on the safari browser
Yammer on the browser or iPhone app
Google maps
Gmail as the default mail client
Netflix for watching the instant queue
Planets for sky gazing

What are your favorites?