Even though I haven’t been posting in a long time, I have definitely been keeping up with the ever changing realm of the web. After posting about my go to Web 2.0 services back in May 2006, I found myself inundated with new and exciting Web 2.0 offerings. Unfortunately in this world of over-abundance it is easy to get overwhelmed by the mountain of content and services. I soon realized I had to stop reading sites like Mashable! and Life Hacker on a regular basis because they were clouding my “what I need” with a bunch of “That’s cool as shit”. In an effort to get my ducks in a row, I decided to only focus on what was essential to me and to go searching for something new only when I had a “need’ gap to fill.

The results have been quite successful and has produced this list of “My Essentials”. These are the things that allow me to function on most days.

Coda - What i use to develop Web Appications
Firefox - What I use to surf the Web
Flickr - Where I share my photographs with my friends
Gmail - What I use to send and receive email
Google - Where I find things on the Web
Google Reader - What I read my RSS feeds with
iPhoto - Where I manage and tinker with my Photographs
iTunes - Where I manage and listen to my Music
Last.FM - What keeps track of the music that I listen to
M3U2iTunes - What allows iTunes to play M3U playlists seamlessly
MacBook Pro - Where everything comes together
Nikon D70s - What I take my Pictures with
PagePlaylist - What lets me to play mp3’s from any web page
Peel - What automatically downloads new mp3s from my favorite blogs
Remember The Milk - Where I manage my tasks and to-do’s
Samsung SCH-i760 - What I make my phonecalls and text message with
The Hype Machine - Where I find new music
Twitter - Where let people know what i am doing
WordPress - What I use to build and maintain this site

As my needs change over time so will the list. You can come back to this post or check out my current list in the sidebar. Maybe some of these things will be just what you need and hopefully you will be able to ignore the ones that aren’t.

Enjoy.