The S List

My mother-in-law did a B List a few months ago, inspired by Oprah’s O List. So here’s my S List, partially comprised of dorky software things and partially comprised of stuff the rest of you might care about. (Disclaimer: I’m not getting paid to talk about any of this stuff, but some of the links are Amazon Associate links and will give me a kickback if you purchase something via the link.)

TweetDeck
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TweetDeck – I’m a big dork, and I use Twitter a lot. TweetDeck is the best Twitter desktop app I’ve found. It offers much more functionality than the Twitter web interface, and it helps me keep track of everything, and pull out the information I really need to see, like replies, tweets from the most important people in my life, and mentions of my name or my company name.

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Ping.fm – I realize that not everyone is on Twitter. But the rest of you are on Facebook. (And, really, if you don’t have a Twitter or a Facebook page, how am I supposed to keep in touch with you, huh? Get on the bus!) So, in order to keep both my Twitter followers and my Facebook followers updated on my latest stati, I use ping.fm. Check it out, it’s the coolest.

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iPhone – And guess what! Today the launch of Amazon Kindle app for the iPhone makes it way cooler. Srsly. My book budget is going to get blown clear out of the water because of this thing. Anyway, the best thing about the iPhone is that it’s everything in one: PDA, paper agenda, notes, camera, address book, mobile computer, and eBook reader. I carry one tiny little device that does everything.

Wine saver – I don’t know about you, but I can’t (or shouldn’t) drink a whole bottle of wine at one time. But I hate trying to stick the cork back in, which doesn’t really work anyway. The solution: the wine saver. It even gets the air out so you can leave your red wine sitting out at room temperature for a few days. You’ll earn back what you spend on it by your savings on all the wine you don’t have to dump down the sink. (That’s how I justified it, anyway.)

Boys, look away. This next one is just for the girls.

The Diva Cup – I won’t go into great detail here for fear of grossing out the boys who didn’t listen to me and kept on reading, but click the link if you wanna know.

Ok, boys, it’s safe to come back now.

The Hairagami – (What, I said it was safe to come back, not interesting.) It is darn hard to make a good bun that stays in all day long with a rubber band and a ton of bobby pins. The Hairagami is very, very easy, doesn’t take much practice, and looks great every time. Can’t go wrong, especially if you need a slick, neat hairstyle for the military or waitressing or whatever.

Mint.com – If you’ve used mint.com in the past, try it again. There have been some vast improvements recently, and it’s really almost good enough that I’m willing to get rid of Quicken. I hold on to Quicken for the moment because my mortgage stuff isn’t quite worked out in mint.com yet, but once it is, Quicken is ditched. Mint.com is awesome and free. Check it out.

That’s all I’ve got for now. So what’s on your list? Like any of my list products? Hate any of them? Leave it in the comments!

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  • http://librarypendragon.blogspot.com Joanna

    Upon your recommendation, I may have to buy a Diva Cup. Sounds pretty awesome. You must like it if it made the list.

    • http://www.sonjafoust.com Sonja

      It’s awesome, trust me. I sent you email with further details.