Web2.0 Second Generation Web Development Tools
Web 2.0 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

Communication
Blog - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Blogger - http://blogger.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogger
Bloglines - http://www.bloglines.com/ track favourite blogs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloglines
Blogroll - http://weblogs.about.com/od/partsofablog/qt/WhatIsaBlogroll.htm
Blogspot - http://googleblog.blogspot.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogspot
Blogradio - http://blogradio.com - talk radio podcasting
Blog Carnival - http://blogcarnival.com/bc/ - blog events on particular topics published regularly   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_carnival
Live Journal - http://livejournal.com - free service for all journaling and blogging needs   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_journal
Plaxo - http://plaxo.com - social networking service - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaxo
Plurk - http://plurk.com - social journal and microblogging service  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurk
Twitter - http://twitter.com - microblogging  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
Typepad - http://www.typepad.com/ - blogging tool - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TypePad
WordPress.org - http://wordpress.org/ - blog tool and publishing platform   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_press

Social Bookmarking and Newsfeeds - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking
Del.icio.us - http://del.icio.us - social bookmarking   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del.icio.us
Digg - http://digg.com - social news website   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg
Feedburner -  http://feedburner.google.com Google's tool for RSS feeds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FeedBurner
Feed Reader - http://feedreader.com - open source aggregator that supports RSS and Atom formats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregator
Google Reader - http://reader.google.com - Web-based aggregator - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Reader
Linked In - http://linkedin.com - business oriented networking   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_in
Live - http://home.live.com - mail, messenger, photos, etc. AKA BING   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Search
Meebo - http://meebo.com - the web platform for IM on any network or site  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meebo
Newsvine - http://newsvine.com - open source community news service   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsvine
Reddit - http://reddit.com - social news website  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit
Stumble Upon - http://www.stumbleupon.com/ - share web page, photos. videos  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stumbleupon
Technorati - http://technorati.com/ - real time search for user generated media by tag or keyword  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technorati

Social Networking
Classmates - http://www.classmates.com/ - Find a friend or high school alumni
Facebook - http://facebook.com - social utility to connect people
Friendster - http://friendster.com - global social network
MySpace - http://myspace.com - community for sharing music, videos, etc.
Orkut - http://orkut.com - Google's free-access social networking service - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut

Collaboration
Google Docs - http://docs.google.com - create and share work online
Google Sites - http://www.google.com/sites - create group websites and wikis
WIKI - http://www.wiki.com/ - website creation tool for interlinked pages   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
Wiggio - http://www.wiggio.com/  - group collaboration tool   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiggio
Zoho - http://www.zoho.com/ - productivity and collaboration tools   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoho
Moodle - http://moodle.org/ - open-source community based tools   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle
NING - http://www.ning.com/ - create and join social networks   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ning
Webs - http://webs.com - free webpage making - individual and group sites
Wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/ - free website creation   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetpaint
Voicethread - http://voicethread.com - transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting

GROUPS
Google - http://groups.google.com/
Yahoo - http://groups.yahoo.com/

Photographs, Media and Audio
Animoto - http://animoto.com - video creation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animoto
Bebo - http://bebo.com - share photos, music, blogs, white boards
Flickr - http://flickr.com - photo management and sharing
Imageshack - http://www.imageshack.com/ - working with images
Photobucket - http://photobucket.com/ free image hosting and sharing
Picasa - http://picasa.google.com/ - organize, edit and share photos
Podbean - http://podbean.com - free podcast hosting and social subscribing
Last.FM - http://www.last.fm/ - free music - Internet radio
Stock Photos: istockphotos.com and gettyimages.com
TinyPic - http://tinypic.com/ - upload images and videos
Truveo - http://truveo.com - video search engine - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truveo
UStream - http://www.ustream.tv/  - free live video streaming; online broadcasts - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustream.tv
Webshots - http://webshots.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webshots
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/  - free videobroadcasting: tutorials, TV and film clips, etc.

Miscellaneous
Analytics - http://www.google.com/analytics/ - tracking and analyzing web effectiveness
Diigo - http://www.diigo.com/ - web highlighters, sticky notes
Folksonomy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folksonomy
Giffy - http://giffy.com - graphics converter
Gliffy - http://www.gliffy.com/ - free web-based diagram software
GoDaddy - http://www.godaddy.com - domain name search tool
Google Scholar - http://scholar.google.com/ - find scholarly literature - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Scholar
Mahalo - http://www.mahalo.com/ - human powered search and knowledge sharing
Mashup - http://mashup.com - conjoined media - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup
MyLife - http://mylife.com - People search engine
Search and Research - a variety of search and research sites - http://astralsite.com/searching.html
Skype - http://skype.com - free telephone with video capacity - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype
Virtual Worlds - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world (see Second Life - http://www.secondlife.com/)

Educating the Net Generation - Diana G. Oblinger, PhD 2005 - http://www.educause.edu/educatingthenetgen

Social Bookmarking and Newsfeeds Tutorial by Julie Hannaford, Director Information Resources & Services
OISE/University of Toronto - http://homespace.oise.utoronto.ca/~hannafo3/RCATSocialBookmarking.ppt

Minimalism in Web Design - http://line25.com/articles/50-inspiring-examples-of-minimalism-in-web-design
Six killer web design tips - https://www.marketingmedia.com.au/blog/6-killer-web-design-tips/

drkarsten@astralsite.com - please send additions/corrections to this resource

Last update, September 2018