Web 2.0 Picks

Not terribly long ago I made a list
of my Web2.0 picks
here, then
some time later I decided to start revising it
here. Today I
thought that I should give the second half of my revision a go, but decided that
the sites on the list no longer reflect my feelings on the best web software and
services available (2.0 or otherwise). I now prefer my listings of
essential links and almost essential links because of the ability to change
these as often as needed (these are listed in the right column on the main
page).
In my
post yesterday on the end of web 2.0 I mentioned that nothing
new was all that great to me, I would have to say that there is one distinct
exception, and that is Wink, which I first blogged about
here. Wink is
partially a scrape service, and that aspect I still don't really like, but it also has a
lot of native content. Wink allows you to import
del.icio.us bookmarks
which I would consider scraping, but it has helped wink establish a large amount
of content right out of the gate, if from here out Wink can give its users a
better product that prevents them from using other bookmarking services and
importing bookmarks, then wink will be am essential link, and a very nice
service. Wink's interview was posted to eHub today
here, I especially like
their admission of using open source code, I think this is the first interview
that I've seen with this, but I do it and I imagine nearly everyone does.
Re-Pick - Michael Arrington (of essential link TechCrunch) points to a post by Fred Wilson comparing Last.fm and Pandora. When I made my web 2.0 picks initially I chose Last.fm, for what it’s worth I now use Pandora exclusively. Last.fm, has some great features and if your big into social networking then it is likely for you, but if you just want a simple way to find good music and listen to it without all of the extras, use Pandora.

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