Web services I wouldn’t mind paying for
Here are some web service I wouldn’t mind paying for, simply because of the value they add to my day-to-day life. Note that some of them already have paid plans, it is just that I haven’t reached a stage where I actually need to upgrade. All I’m saying is that these websites have enough real value add for me to be worth for real money.
Having all my financial data pulled in a single place is fantastic. Previously, I used to have to go and log into 5 different websites to check on all my bank accounts and credit cards. Add to that the ability to examine spending trends, watch your investment grow (or crash, as is the case with the current economy) over time, alerts for fee, low balance and over-budgets etc, and you’ve got a killer service in your hands. Of course, Mint is not without its problems, but the benefits far outweigh the snags.
Passpack has been a real time saver for me. I have written about web based password managers before, and so far Passpack has been just fantastic! I just wish they would bring back search-as-you-type…
I’m a big believer in using the right tools you help you work smarter. RTM is a great way to offload your todo list from your brain. It has all the key elements of a good web service good — a great UI, keyboard shortcuts, the ability to email tasks, integration with services like IMified, a nice API (so you can use desktop apps such as Gnome DO or Quicksilver to interact with RTM without ever leaving your desktop).
No Gmail?
Well, the google* family of products is kind of tricky. I think they have become commoditized to the extent that I actually would mind paying for them. In particular, I don’t use gmail as my primary email — it is mostly a archival and search interface for me. I do use Google Apps For Your Domain, but even there it is not a strict necessity.
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have you tried Buxfer (www.buxfer.com) ? Could be an alternative for mint.
I did check it out some time back. The founders are actually friends of friends, so I heard of them when buxfer was still fairly young. It is definitely interesting, but at this point I feel mint is more mature and stable going forward.
Mint ROCKS! Thanks for the tip!
Still have to get my head around passpack.
Google Voice. Frankly I wish I *could* pay them so I could feel a little more confident that they won’t just stop existing. I hate phones and thanks to Google Voice, people can call me and it shows up as a transcribed (pretty damn accurate) text email. Woo hoo! And promotional offers from idiot phone carriers that want to entice you to give up your current cell phone’s real number – done! Any time! If you change phones every 3 months, Net10 can be Net6.6. ;-)
Thank you. I started using rememberthemilk.com and loving it.