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Rondee
Host free conference calls. Rondee gives you fast and flexible conference calling with no software to download and no charge. An account with Rondee lets you schedule calls, see who is currently dialed in to your conference, save your contacts online, and record your conference call. There is no charge for using Rondee, however, participants may be charged long distance fees if they live outside the 619 area code.

LinkBlip
Find out if someone really visited that link you sent them with LinkBlip. LinkBlip is a free url shortening service that sends you an email when someone visits your link. You paste a web address and your email address into the form on the LinkBlip homepage. You then copy the shortened url that LinkBlip provides and share it with...someone. You receive an email response as soon as the link is visited. No account is needed to use LinkBlip. You will only receive one email from LinkBlip regardless of how many people you share the shortened url with.

FOWA (Future of Web Apps) Miami

Twimbler
Tumble blog from your micro-blog with Twimbler. Twimbler is a no frills, no hassle, no-account-needed blog that you post to using your Twitter account. If you twitter, you already have a Twimble blog. Find a useful link that you want to share? Twimble it by simply typing "#log www.examplewebsite.com a short description" and it instantly shows up at http://twimbler.com/yourtwitterusername.

Second Brain
Collect, organize and share all your content. Keep track of all the content you have online. Bookmark web-pages and import content from your favorite internet services. Organize everything in collections and share it on your public page.

Wii Browser
Acts as a bridge between your computer, and your Wii. Lets you create your own page for quick and easy browsing on your Wii. Just create a page, remember your page's ID number, and set your Wii's homepage to http://WiiBrowser.com/yourID number.

JustAddMe
A widget you embed in your blog or website that makes a little list of the social sites you're on so people can add you.

7tasks
A free, lightweight simple to use to do list application, whether that's personal (grocery lists) to professional (client projects). Track those tasks received by email or IM on the daily basis. More features in the works but open for feedback now.

New Interface Paradigms
It still strikes me as fascinating that the iPhone and the OLPC (or XO) laptop were both released in the last year, and yet they're such radically different "computing" and communication devices and concepts. I've spent some time playing simultaneously with the iPhone, the XO or OLPC laptop, and my regular computer combo - an Apple slim keyboard and MacPro tower. I thought about the emotional attachments I've formed based on user experience. Ignoring the discussion of their obviously different markets and functions for a moment, I wanted to share my experience of using each.

Now Your Plants Can Call or Twitter You
Botanicalls is a project by students at the NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program. It's "a system that was developed to allow plants to place phone calls for human help. When a plant on the Botanicalls network needs water, it can call a person and ask for exactly what it needs. When people phone the plants, the plants orient callers to their habits and characteristics." Botanicalls Twitter DIY is a version for Twitter so your plants can send Twitter updates when they need water, or send you their thanks.

PilotOutlook
A one stop shop for all pilot's training requirements. We facilitate social networking between pilots and aviation enthusiasts as well as help them put in touch with the largest selection of flying clubs in United States.

Scheduly
A smart online appointment scheduling engine that will make your business grow. Publish your business service, offer appointment slots, and then manage your schedule with the clients you want to seat down with. [Private Beta]

Young Women Driving the Social Web
In an article at the NY Times last week, the writer states that "research shows that among the youngest Internet users, the primary creators of Web content (blogs, graphics, photographs, Web sites) are not misfits resembling the Lone Gunmen of "The X Files." On the contrary, the cyberpioneers of the moment are digitally effusive teenage girls."

Twitterlights
Highlight snippets of text from any website and twitter the URL automatically. The text you highlight is stored on the site for archiving.