This will be one of my final posts for 2007 so in keeping with the top 10 lists from the year, here is my own top 10 list. These are the top 10 web tools I have found make my online life and work much better. If you aren’t familiar with some of these I wholeheartedly recommend you check them out…and in case you were wondering, each one is free for use.

1. Gmail - Without a doubt this is my number one web tool. It’s the hub of my online existence.
2. Del.icio.us - I love this site. It’s my primary source for bookmarking websites. My page is at Del.icio.us/fourthbill.
3. Twitter - This is becoming a new favorite. Twitter is a microblogging tool that’s one part messaging system, one part social network, and one part addictive. I’m finding it a great additional outlet to this blog and a new way to discover emerging ideas and connect with new people of similar interests. You can find me at Twitter.com/billseaver.
4. TinyURL - Once I got hooked on Twitter I found this to be an invaluable tool for referencing links and keeping my character count below the maximum.
5. Google Docs - If I ever have to collaborate with people on docs or spreadsheets this is my go-to resource.
6. Google Reader - I’ve only switched over to Google Reader in the last few months. I used to read my feeds with Sage but I’m really liking Google Reader and have made the full conversion.
7. Ping-o-Matic - Every time I write a blog post I ping a number of different services just to let them know it’s out there. Ping-o-Matic makes that possible in mere seconds and that’s why I like it.
8. Feedburner - Feedburner continues to emerge as a necessary tool for me. I use it to track both my feed stats and site visitors but it had me at hello with the blog post email feature that lets readers get these posts via email rather than coming to the blog or subscribing with an RSS feed reader. I think I can personally account for fifteen bloggers using Feedburner for that feature alone.
9. Facebook - Facebook has been my social network of choice most of this year and it’s allowed me to connect with people that MySpace never did. Not sure why, but it did.
10. Picnik - Picnik is still one of my favorite websites. It’s photo editing made easy and was actually integrated with Flickr recently as well. That’s a double dose of goodness.

BONUS: Firefox - None of the above sites would be nearly as enjoyable and useful to me without my browser, Firefox. If you don’t use it, quit using Explorer or Safari and get on the Firefox bus. It really is as good as everyone says. Now go download it.

If you’re a fan of the increasing number of tools Google provides, you’ve likely been using their Documents & Spreadsheets. I use these on a regular basis and find them about as easy to navigate as anything out there. In fact, I like their spreadsheets better than Microsoft Excel or Open Office’s Calc.

Yesterday I noticed that Google updated the layout and some features. The new look feels much more accessible and presents all your files very cleanly. There’s also a new folders feature so you can group your documents into individual folders like you might do in an email client. The new view also lets you see all the people you’re sharing document access with and how many docs/spreadsheets they have access to. This is a great new design and I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered it yesterday.

Ok, so I had some other stuff to talk about tonight but I’ve been watching the Steve Jobs keynote this evening and I simply cannot focus on anything else. If you haven’t heard by now (where have you been today???) Apple Inc. unveiled their iPhone. I must say that the more I’ve seen of this tonight the more impressed I am. Earlier today I just thought it was cool. Now I’m blown away. Check out the demo on the Apple site or the live demo from the keynote today (which actually shows you a bit more about it).

The iPhone is due out in June through Cingular. I expect the race is on for applications that can work with the iPhone…in fact, this may help push the adoption of web applications like Google documents and spreadsheets or the Zoho family of products because you can use them through the web browser. Should be interesting to see what happens.