Top Apps You Can't Live Without (2)

Protopage is another tool I use every day, for work and leisure. I'd be lost without it; fortunately, the site is very rarely down.

Is it a virtual desktop? A news reader? An electronic notebook? It's all those things and more, depending on how you customize. You can use it as a super-aggregator, laying out RSS feeds, bookmarks, and full Web pages, all in the same view. You can add sticky notes (rich text or simple), to-do lists, or calendars. You can use tabs to keep projects or subjects separate. It's endlessly flexible.

For example, for a work-related tab, I can lay out relevant RSS feeds, bookmarks, task lists, and my own notes, all in the same view. Accessible from any device, anywhere (password protected, of course), once I'm on my Protopage I'm all set to work. The service is supported by unobtrusive banner ads (you can remove them for $2.49 per month); no pop-ups, no floating ads, and I've never caught them farming out my data to marketers. Too good to be true, but after using it for a couple of years, I'm happy.