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Anita CM
PHP/AJAX Freelance Programmer
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India
Posted by Anita CM, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India | Nov 26, 2007

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Given that Internet is a literal lifeline for any Indie-Business these days,it would be interesting to know which 6 websites do you visit/use in relation with your work/business on a regular basis?

-Anita CM

(http//www.vantrix.net)

25 Bizniks have posted replies

  • Anita CM
    Posted by Anita CM, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India | Nov 26, 2007

    Google

    Sitepoint

    ThinkVitamin

    Webdeveloper

    37signals/Developerland

    & Biznik :-)

  • Alex R.
    Posted by Alex R. , Renton, Washington | Nov 26, 2007

    Hey Anita,

    Here is my list or regularly visited sites, not all are 100% related to my work but here goes:

    Google.com -searching

    News.Google.com -news

    Digg.com -popular voted websites

    Reddit.com -voted news articles

    Slashdot.org -tech news

    Seattle.Craigslist.org -computer gigs

    Biznik.com -....

    I also frequent:

    ReferenceUSA.com -call and mailing lists for my business

    Arstechnica.com -tech news

    Slickdeals.net -good deals online

    Hope you find some of them interesting and maybe even useful or productive.

    -Alex

  • Amy Woidtke (woid-key)
    Posted by Amy Woidtke (woid-key), Greater Seattle, Washington | Nov 26, 2007

    google biznik wordpress

    various design blogs and design/decor sites.

  • Anita CM
    Posted by Anita CM, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India | Nov 26, 2007

    Hey Alex,

    Thanks for sharing your resources.Infact thats the intention ie to know what others are looking into and to benefit from others experience.Iam sure others too will benefit from this.

    -Anita CM

  • Michael Halligan
    Posted by Michael Halligan, San Francisco, California | Nov 26, 2007

    Nice, you use thinkvitamin.com, one of my customers :)

    My top 6 sites:

    webhostingtalk.com

    Linkedin.com

    basecamphq.com

    techcrunch.com datacenterjournal.com

    datacenterknowledge.com

  • Anita CM
    Posted by Anita CM, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India | Nov 26, 2007

    Hey Michael,

    Thats cool. ThinkVitamin is a great source of information for any web developer.Apart from the one mentioned earlier i also visit,

    del.icio.us, Techcrunch, Digg on a regular basis.

    Thanks for sharing your resources.Will have a look at websites mentioned by you...

  • Michael Halligan
    Posted by Michael Halligan, San Francisco, California | Nov 26, 2007

    Anita, the owner of ThinkVitamin, Ryan Carson, also runs a few other websites that are interesting. Namely carsonified.com, dropsend.com, and amigo.net. He also puts on some pretty large web conferences around the world including "Future Of Web Apps (http://futureofwebapps.com)", "Future Of Mobile (http://www.futureofmobiles.com)", and "Future Of Web Design (http://www.futureofwebdesign.com)". So far the ones we've been to have been in SF, New York, and London. You should check them out.

  • Kevin Bauman
    Posted by Kevin Bauman, Denver, Colorado | Nov 26, 2007

    *(http://www.codeigniter.com) - for the web dev framework I use

    *(http://www.pdnonline.com) - for the latest in the photography industry

    *(http://www.sitepoint.com) - great articles on web dev/design

    *(http://www.howdesign.com) - great forum for designers of all kinds

    *(http://www.mysql.com) - a great reference for all my MySql questions

    *(http://www.wikipedia.org)

    (http://www.cnn.com)

    One too many I realize, but there's even more than this. Thanks to tabbed browsing I usually have at least ten sites up at once.

  • Anita CM
    Posted by Anita CM, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India | Nov 26, 2007

    This is turning out to be a fantastic thread...

    Hey Michael, thanks again for those extra resources.Will have a look at them.

    Kevin thanks to you as well for sharing your thoughts...

  • Brianna Young
    Posted by Brianna Young, Tulsa, Oklahoma | Nov 26, 2007

    I use Biznik, of course.

    • (http://www.virtualassistantforums.com)

    • MySpace

    • (http://www.macnn.com) - my husband got me hooked on this one.

    • (http://www.craigslist.org) - for advertising and looking for projects.

    • (http://www.deviantart.com)

  • David Krafchick
    Posted by David Krafchick, Seattle, Washington | Nov 26, 2007

    I use Google, also Macintouch, but as for our business.... well, that covers Bike Forums, Wounded Warrior Project, Cascade Bicycle Club, craigslist, but we also work on our own site - and offering Specials and Promotions here at Biznik, but so far.....

  • Anita CM
    Posted by Anita CM, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India | Nov 27, 2007

    I guess i did a wrong thing by limiting the choice to 6,for i myself is tempted to include more of my favourites:-)

    Some other favourites of mine are:

    GigaOm

    Readwriteweb

  • Dennis Dilday
    Posted by Dennis Dilday, Everett, Washington | Nov 27, 2007

    Biznik Google http://www.doctordilday.com in that order.... I don't seem to need much else:-)

  • Leila Anasazi
    Posted by Leila Anasazi, Seattle, Washington | Nov 27, 2007

    Forgive me, but most of my day-job is focused on legal issues in Washington State. So, my links:

    Walks new business owners through determining what licenses do you need.

    Insert a first and last name and look up someone's history with Washington Courts. Good for sussing out possible problem clients. Caution, with so many similar names, just because you find something on a name, doesn't mean it's your John Doe.

    The US Post office for zip code lookup and address verification. In these days of easily lost mail, it's nice to use verified addresses and reduce the odds of another lost chunk of correspondence. Can also be used to determine which county the address is in.

    Lexis portal for tracking down government and related websites in each of the 50 states.

    I'm often lost without a peek atGoogle Maps

    When you need an Employer Identification Number, like, yesterday, the IRS online application rocks.

  • Dani Nordin
    Posted by Dani Nordin, Watertown, Massachusetts | Nov 29, 2007

    I have a few that I'm on regularly for marketing/blogging, etc.

    I keep a fairly regular blog, where I talk about being a business owner, marketing, sustainability and design;

    I use Gather for posting articles from my blog.

    I use LinkedIn and Facebook for general networking, and import my blog into Facebook;

    I have a MySpace account that I almost never check.

    I'm also active on the HOW Forums and Twitter, although that's not really a networking thing as much as it is chatting with folks.

    Other than that, I check out Google, A List Apart and Creative Latitude pretty often, and I keep up on a couple of blogs.

  • Andrey Rozmaity
    Posted by Andrey Rozmaity, Seattle, Renton, Kent, Tacoma, Washington | Dec 03, 2007

    You guys took care of most of mine!

    Here are a few more:


    -(http://www.google.com/webmasters/)

    -(http://www.seochat.com/)

    -(http://babelfish.altavista.com/)

    -(http://www.froogle.com)


    -Andrey

  • Barry Hurd
    Posted by Barry Hurd, Seattle, Washington | Dec 03, 2007

    My favorite websites:

    mashable.com (social networking and technology)

    rismedia.com (real estate news)

    cnet.com (tech videos, gadets)

    namereality.com (my domain site, I have too many domains)

    gizmodo.com (more gadget blog)

    thinkgeek.com (geek gifts)

    b5media.com (blog network 300+ strong)

  • Dennis Dilday
    Posted by Dennis Dilday, Everett, Washington | Dec 03, 2007

    Here is another nice site...(The Natural Step)

    http://www.naturalstep.org/com/nyStart/

  • Anita CM
    Posted by Anita CM, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India | Dec 05, 2007

    Thanks to you Dennis,Barry,Andrey,Dani,Leila,David and Brianna for contributing to this thread.Infact this has turned out be one great resource...

  • Maya Walsh
    Posted by Maya Walsh, Westlake, Ohio | Mar 08, 2008

    My favorite sites are:
    linkedin
    biznik
    activerain
    facebook
    movewithmaya
    craigslist
    backpage

  • Arthur Torelli
    Posted by Arthur Torelli, Seattle, Washington | Mar 08, 2008

    I use biznik, google, thegreensheet all of the others are industry specific and not that interesting for info. Oh and caphillletip Art T.

  • Tyler Oakley
    Posted by Tyler Oakley, Seattle, Washington | Mar 09, 2008

    www.rmaxinternational.com

    www.rmaxinternational.com/flowcoach

    www.yahoo.com

    www.biznik.com

  • Anita CM
    Posted by Anita CM, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India | Mar 09, 2008

    Hey Maya, Arthur and Tyler, thanks for contributing your picks...

  • Justin Baker
    Posted by Justin Baker, Seattle, Washington | Mar 09, 2008

    biznik.com

    seattle.craigslist.org

    ftdi.com

    freecycle.org

    zdnet.com

    cnet.com

  • Debbie Albin
    Posted by Debbie Albin, Plainview, New York | Mar 09, 2008

    linkedin.com

    biznik.com

    startupnation.com

    digg.com

    freelanceswitch.com

    and

    netflix.com

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    Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India
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